Mark M Smith
@markmsmith.bsky.social
I like music. Buy records. Work for a University and live on the east coast of Scotland. Elsewhere: @cheasyweasel
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sideburns being named after general burnsides sounds like one of those apocryphal folk legends except it's true. They're literally named after this guy
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
sideburns being named after general burnsides sounds like one of those apocryphal folk legends except it's true. They're literally named after this guy
#nowplaying
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#nowplaying
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
Definitely shoddy but all gold.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Definitely shoddy but all gold.
Sorry to hear about Lô Borges. Going to start the day listening to these two
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sorry to hear about Lô Borges. Going to start the day listening to these two
I don’t use Spotify any more but, if you do, I’m sure this is worth a listen.
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don’t use Spotify any more but, if you do, I’m sure this is worth a listen.
I completed Bob's Word Search Daily Challenge!
🗓️ Date: Nov 3, 2025
⏱️ Time: 4:03
🗓️ Date: Nov 3, 2025
⏱️ Time: 4:03
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I completed Bob's Word Search Daily Challenge!
🗓️ Date: Nov 3, 2025
⏱️ Time: 4:03
🗓️ Date: Nov 3, 2025
⏱️ Time: 4:03
I completed Bob's Word Search Daily Challenge!
🗓️ Date: Nov 2, 2025
⏱️ Time: 5:45
🗓️ Date: Nov 2, 2025
⏱️ Time: 5:45
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I completed Bob's Word Search Daily Challenge!
🗓️ Date: Nov 2, 2025
⏱️ Time: 5:45
🗓️ Date: Nov 2, 2025
⏱️ Time: 5:45
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This is my favourite thing on Blue Sky at the moment and it really deserves more followers.
Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is my favourite thing on Blue Sky at the moment and it really deserves more followers.
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Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
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Support the show.
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Support the show.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
Most insightful piece on a, after one listen, remarkable record.
I stayed up all night listening to her new album and then I wrote this about the Lily Allen I know: heawood.substack.com/p/love-and-g...
Love and gaslight:
Obsessing over the Lily Allen I know
heawood.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Most insightful piece on a, after one listen, remarkable record.
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I stayed up all night listening to her new album and then I wrote this about the Lily Allen I know: heawood.substack.com/p/love-and-g...
Love and gaslight:
Obsessing over the Lily Allen I know
heawood.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I stayed up all night listening to her new album and then I wrote this about the Lily Allen I know: heawood.substack.com/p/love-and-g...
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Cannot believe I am just learning Diane Keaton directed the music videos for Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” AND “ I Get Weak.” youtu.be/NOGEyBeoBGM?...
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BelindaCarlisleVEVO
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Cannot believe I am just learning Diane Keaton directed the music videos for Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” AND “ I Get Weak.” youtu.be/NOGEyBeoBGM?...
Wednesday - Elderberry Wine (Official Video)
YouTube video by WednesdayVEVO
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lovely sunrise this morning
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Lovely sunrise this morning
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Hey! Lots more fun here now.
Original versions of the title images from Cheers: UPDATED.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
Original versions of the title images from Cheers: UPDATED.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
Where nobody knows your name...
Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey! Lots more fun here now.
Original versions of the title images from Cheers: UPDATED.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
Original versions of the title images from Cheers: UPDATED.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
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I interviewed the lovely Roddy Woomble of Idlewild about life on the Isle of Iona. thequietus.com/interviews/t...
Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble on Living in Iona | The Quietus
The Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble describes his life on the spiritual and golden 'island off an island' Iona.
thequietus.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I interviewed the lovely Roddy Woomble of Idlewild about life on the Isle of Iona. thequietus.com/interviews/t...
Listening to a Chico Buarque musical that is a strange mix of songs he wrote, Mack The Knife, and an operatic section sung by Gal Costa and Francis Hines. All over the place.
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Listening to a Chico Buarque musical that is a strange mix of songs he wrote, Mack The Knife, and an operatic section sung by Gal Costa and Francis Hines. All over the place.
There’s a channel called U&Eden repeating Later… from the start.
Just turned it on and there’s Jellyfish doing the Ghost At Number One. Perfect timing.
Just turned it on and there’s Jellyfish doing the Ghost At Number One. Perfect timing.
September 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
There’s a channel called U&Eden repeating Later… from the start.
Just turned it on and there’s Jellyfish doing the Ghost At Number One. Perfect timing.
Just turned it on and there’s Jellyfish doing the Ghost At Number One. Perfect timing.
Delighted to have a new Emma Pollock record to listen to today.
September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Delighted to have a new Emma Pollock record to listen to today.
Season 17 of Always Sunny feels like a definite return to form. Enjoyed it much more than any of the recent seasons.
September 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Season 17 of Always Sunny feels like a definite return to form. Enjoyed it much more than any of the recent seasons.
Clearly a realistic recreation but undermined at the end. McCartney would never have used the word schnitzels.
This (via @johnhiggs.bsky.social and his excellent newsletter) looks like it will be an amazing and completely authentic telling of a moment in music history www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2eb...
EBONY & IVORY | Official Red Band Trailer | Drafthouse Films
YouTube video by Drafthouse Films
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Clearly a realistic recreation but undermined at the end. McCartney would never have used the word schnitzels.
Sunday long run in Denmark this weekend (visiting the in-laws).
One of those runs where you start in sun cream and sunglasses and finish in torrential rain soaked to the skin.
One of those runs where you start in sun cream and sunglasses and finish in torrential rain soaked to the skin.
September 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sunday long run in Denmark this weekend (visiting the in-laws).
One of those runs where you start in sun cream and sunglasses and finish in torrential rain soaked to the skin.
One of those runs where you start in sun cream and sunglasses and finish in torrential rain soaked to the skin.
#nowplaying
Something a bit different for a Wednesday afternoon - for me anyway
Something a bit different for a Wednesday afternoon - for me anyway
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#nowplaying
Something a bit different for a Wednesday afternoon - for me anyway
Something a bit different for a Wednesday afternoon - for me anyway