Nick Stripe
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Nick Stripe
@nickstripe.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Aww, no. Another one gone. Best gig I ever went to was seeing Roy Ayers at Ronnie Scott's club in London thirty odd years ago. Roy was fantastic. And Ronnie, as the MC and raconteur on the night, was his usual hilarious self.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Roy Ayers, Jazz-Funk Virtuoso, Dead at 84
Roy Ayers, the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" jazz-funk virtuoso who paved the way for neo-soul, has died at age 84
www.rollingstone.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reposted by Nick Stripe
"The most striking aspect to Trump's crypto reserve and the scrapping of anti-money laundering rules, which together amount to a global charter for criminals, is that he's making no effort to dress them up. This pig has no lipstick." My column. on.ft.com/43kiBOu
Trump’s heist in broad daylight
[FREE TO READ] Having previously declared bitcoin to be a ‘scam’, the US president now wants to add it to the Fed’s balance sheet
on.ft.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Nick Stripe
Every accusation is an intention.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What a refreshing FA Cup quarter final draw.

Vitality!
March 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Institute of Egregious Arseholes (IEA)
The IEA's Chris Snowden here.

If you see a hotter Brexit take I'll buy you a can of Irn Bru.
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hmmm - people are living longer than expected?

Not so much in the US. Their profit-motive-based health system costs far more than anywhere else. And for what? A poor level of life expectancy given the wealth of the country.

I wonder where all that profit and wealth ends up? 🤔
March 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Gwen McCrae, Roberta Flack, and now Angie Stone 😪

It's been a tough week or so.

Thank you for the music, ladies 🙏

youtu.be/9PWz-NubVpM?...
Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You
YouTube video by AngieStoneVEVO
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Reposted by Nick Stripe
On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Everyone needs respite from the madness for a couple of hours.

Do yourself a favour. Go see this. At a cinema. With good sound.

It put a great big smile on my face.
February 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM