Some records from this year to give #vinylsanta a clue
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some records from this year to give #vinylsanta a clue
It’s that time of year when I spam my timeline with pictures of records to at least give my #vinylsanta half a chance 👍🏼
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It’s that time of year when I spam my timeline with pictures of records to at least give my #vinylsanta half a chance 👍🏼
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
WIN a set of #Christmas cards
Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
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I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
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Time to clarify something. When authors say “Unbound haven’t paid me” that makes it sound like Unbound had some money, which they used to buy authors’ writing.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Time to clarify something. When authors say “Unbound haven’t paid me” that makes it sound like Unbound had some money, which they used to buy authors’ writing.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
Nice piece about Spurs cup win, the last two paragraphs are pretty much how I feel.
I've held this back because I wanted to give myself a little distance and collect my thoughts, but here are some final ponderings on the Europa League final, as a match, and as a personal experience.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/some-final...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/some-final...
Some final thoughts on the Europa League Final
It was their first European trophy in 41 years and their first of any flavour in 17. If I've been supporting them 45 years, I should probably say something about it, shouldn't I?
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Nice piece about Spurs cup win, the last two paragraphs are pretty much how I feel.
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An urgent message from The Wire magazine
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
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Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
An urgent message from The Wire magazine
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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Last Ride is a distillation of the surreal beauty of the Western sprawl. The record exists in some intangible haze; a bakelight bridge to the past that reverberates in the V-hold flicker of home videos from forgotten desert expanses. bit.ly/44Mw2ru
May 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Last Ride is a distillation of the surreal beauty of the Western sprawl. The record exists in some intangible haze; a bakelight bridge to the past that reverberates in the V-hold flicker of home videos from forgotten desert expanses. bit.ly/44Mw2ru
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Dear Bluesky. I wonder if you can help? I have 100 copies of this book, each of which I'm happy to send to anyone in the UK for £4 postage, plus a donation of your choice (however low). Please drop me an email with your address at hello@tom-cox.com if you'd like one. P.S. I promise it's not shit...
March 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dear Bluesky. I wonder if you can help? I have 100 copies of this book, each of which I'm happy to send to anyone in the UK for £4 postage, plus a donation of your choice (however low). Please drop me an email with your address at hello@tom-cox.com if you'd like one. P.S. I promise it's not shit...
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new long-form explainer over on FB.
it's all turning into something of a quagmire!
www.facebook.com/secretdjbook...
it's all turning into something of a quagmire!
www.facebook.com/secretdjbook...
The Secret DJ
Look, I feel again I need to wind this back and do a more measured explainer for folks who are entangled in the terminologies that are quite deliberately being thrown in our paths and used to divide.....
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February 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
new long-form explainer over on FB.
it's all turning into something of a quagmire!
www.facebook.com/secretdjbook...
it's all turning into something of a quagmire!
www.facebook.com/secretdjbook...
Catching up on the last couple of @thenighttrain.co.uk shows. 380 is brilliant and 88 made me dig in to the archives. Have lined up LAGWAFIS and Blue Lines tribute shows and the Second Summer Of Love for this week at work 👍🏼
February 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Catching up on the last couple of @thenighttrain.co.uk shows. 380 is brilliant and 88 made me dig in to the archives. Have lined up LAGWAFIS and Blue Lines tribute shows and the Second Summer Of Love for this week at work 👍🏼
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Spurs to get relegated this season? The odds are still against it but we can hardly say that it hasn't happened before. So this is about when it did happen before, 48 years ago.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-...
As Bad As Things Got: Tottenham Hotspur, 7th May 1977
16 years after becoming the first English club in the 20th century to win the prestigious League and FA Cup double, Spurs were relegated.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Spurs to get relegated this season? The odds are still against it but we can hardly say that it hasn't happened before. So this is about when it did happen before, 48 years ago.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-...
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As promised (a day or so late) here's a link to grab my 20 Lyric posters that I did during Covid Lockdown.
Once the link expires, that's it, they're gone.
So grab them quick!
Give credit where credit is due if you repost them, print them etc
we.tl/t-xe9sqaMrHf
Cheers ✊
Once the link expires, that's it, they're gone.
So grab them quick!
Give credit where credit is due if you repost them, print them etc
we.tl/t-xe9sqaMrHf
Cheers ✊
🧵Back during lockdown I did a series of DJ A5 based flyer/art cards and flowers those up with some lyric posters based on my favourite House & Disco records.
Here's a random selection in what might end up being a lengthy thread of all the designs...
First one I did was Joe Smooths - Promised land
Here's a random selection in what might end up being a lengthy thread of all the designs...
First one I did was Joe Smooths - Promised land
January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As promised (a day or so late) here's a link to grab my 20 Lyric posters that I did during Covid Lockdown.
Once the link expires, that's it, they're gone.
So grab them quick!
Give credit where credit is due if you repost them, print them etc
we.tl/t-xe9sqaMrHf
Cheers ✊
Once the link expires, that's it, they're gone.
So grab them quick!
Give credit where credit is due if you repost them, print them etc
we.tl/t-xe9sqaMrHf
Cheers ✊
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January 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Album of the year for me. Only heard it for the first time at the start of December but think I’ve listened to it every day since.
December 31, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Album of the year for me. Only heard it for the first time at the start of December but think I’ve listened to it every day since.
Very happy with my #vinylsanta presents this year, Alex Taylor looks very interesting.
December 24, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Very happy with my #vinylsanta presents this year, Alex Taylor looks very interesting.
He’s been here too! @vinylsanta.bsky.social #vinylsanta
December 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
He’s been here too! @vinylsanta.bsky.social #vinylsanta
Shack sounded great on @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social show on @6music.bsky.social this evening 👏🏼
December 18, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Shack sounded great on @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social show on @6music.bsky.social this evening 👏🏼
#vinylsanta packaged and posted @vinylsanta.bsky.social 👍🏼
December 18, 2024 at 9:53 AM
#vinylsanta packaged and posted @vinylsanta.bsky.social 👍🏼
Twenty years ago today I started work at Royal Mail- this is what I got to celebrate it 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
November 29, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Twenty years ago today I started work at Royal Mail- this is what I got to celebrate it 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
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They were all out of Dreadlock Pasta
November 26, 2024 at 8:38 AM
They were all out of Dreadlock Pasta
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**COMPETITION TIME** Repost, Like & Follow us to be in with a chance to #WIN a REGA Planar 3 RS Edition turntables worth £999.00. Find out more here: shorturl.at/Z6rsp One lucky winner will be selected at random from all entrants on the 18th December 2024. Enter on X and IG also. Good luck!🤞
November 19, 2024 at 1:20 PM
**COMPETITION TIME** Repost, Like & Follow us to be in with a chance to #WIN a REGA Planar 3 RS Edition turntables worth £999.00. Find out more here: shorturl.at/Z6rsp One lucky winner will be selected at random from all entrants on the 18th December 2024. Enter on X and IG also. Good luck!🤞
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NEW HERE, trying to show off our wonky football doodly nonsense, so reply to this with a footballer's name and if we've drawn them we'll reply with an appropriately upsetting picture...
Shares appreciated! x
Shares appreciated! x
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM
NEW HERE, trying to show off our wonky football doodly nonsense, so reply to this with a footballer's name and if we've drawn them we'll reply with an appropriately upsetting picture...
Shares appreciated! x
Shares appreciated! x
Wasn’t gonna leave a cover like this in the charity shop plus released on Warner Bros in 1971. It’s James Taylor’s brother and I love the country funk of Truck Driving Man.
November 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Wasn’t gonna leave a cover like this in the charity shop plus released on Warner Bros in 1971. It’s James Taylor’s brother and I love the country funk of Truck Driving Man.
Gonna do a few posts to give my #vinylsanta a bit of a clue. Most recent purchases here.
November 10, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Gonna do a few posts to give my #vinylsanta a bit of a clue. Most recent purchases here.