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rocketron101.bsky.social
@rocketron101.bsky.social
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Aviation, Science, 3D printing, vinyl, photography and "stuff" (including, but not limited to, general bleating & wittering).
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rocketron101.bsky.social
Good grief. Has it really been that long?

A large backlog of stuff to listen to, so here's the most recent:

Georgia Nevada's new disk, Back Fire.

Bought & dedicated by the lady herself last night after her gig as support to the ever-excellent When Rivers Meet.

#vinylsky #vinyl #nowplaying
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Two pieces of technology approximately the same age (1965).

Mamiya C33 Pro TLR and the inside of Vulcan B.2 XM594 from a visit to Newark Air Museum on 11/4/2025.

Dev and scan in the next couple of days, here's a couple of digital images to be going on with.

#aviation #avgeek
Mamiya C33 Pro TLR sitting on bomb bay doors inside the bay of Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594 at Newark Air Museum. Twin Firestreak armed wheelbarrow with yellow and black "Danger Barrow Armed" sign in front. At Newark Air Museum. Close in shot of Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 nose with large black 630 in front of roundel under the cockpit. XN694 at Newark Air Museum. Face on black and white shot of front fan of Pegasus engine from a Harrier jet.
April 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
And lastly, before I have to get on with things:

Bleach - Killing Time

Forgotten about this lot from way back in the mists of being a grotty teenager.

*gazes at shoes*

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinylsky
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Next up:

Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

Not my usual listening, but I quite like it (I think it's what I've had playing in auto playlists and not realised 👍)

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinyl
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
First of a mixed bag of breakfast listening on bright but hecking cold Saturday morning:

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Trust

Promo copy of the 12" single, side B is way better than A (which at the runout sounds like they forgot to turn the recorder off)
#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning
April 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Oooh, look what the postie brung today.

New album by The Darkness - Dreams on Toast

Signed, translucent white with pink and blue splatter #vinyl . Lovely 👌

Part way through side A, liking it 👍

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky
Latest The Darkness album Dreams on Toast. Signed cover standing on the turntable lid with translucent white with pink and blue splatter disk lying on inner slip.
March 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Sunday morning breakfast listening :

Marisa and the Moths - What doesn't kill you

Double signed #vinyl in a fabulous translucent red marble 👌

#nowspinning #NowPlaying #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinylsky
March 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Back to the cold / damp place.

Live stream ready for final league game before the playoffs.

Tonight, The Brick does ice hockey. The least wieldly camera ever does the fastest sport ever.

This isn't going to end well.. 😂

#Mamiya #C33 #TLR #Analog #120filmphotography #XP2
Mamiya C33 Pro TLR being held up in front of freshly Zamboni'd ice and computer hardware for live streaming.
March 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Breakfast (well, pot of black coffee if that counts?) listening :

The Apocalypse Blues Review

A lively start to the day.

#vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky
March 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
After another of those 6 day weeks that is best left forgotten, an evening of listening to try and wind down.

First up: Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Bargain buy a couple of weeks ago.

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky
March 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Debut album Hot Shock by Hot Wax, freshly arrived today.

Just what I need after the week that was.

Signed by band, Gold 140g #vinyl

Side A was good, let's see what side B brings...

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #hotwax #vinylsky
Debut album Hot Shock, in Gold vinyl by Hot Wax. Cover sleeve signed by the band standing on cover of turntable.
March 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Not my usual thing, but I like it nonetheless.

Darlingside - Extralife

Gatefold with printed/embossed outersleve and trifold track list / lyrics sheet.

Some alt/rock/folk-y type stuff to wind down on a Friday night while I eat crisps.

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinyl #vinylsky
Darlingside - Extralife LP (2018 release) standing on lid of deck & leaning against wall. Gatefold cover with plastic printed /embossed outer sleeve.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Some of this for breakfast on a Sunday morning when I'm supposed to be working...

The Fall - Live 1993 11th October

#vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky
February 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Wouldn't say that it's cold in my home from home, but pingu and the polar bears have gone somewhere warmer.

Peterborough Phantoms vs Telford Tigers, warmup underway.

Live stream streaming from 1915z

#LetsGoPhantoms #WeArePhantoms #CantFeelMyFingers #ProbablyFrostbite
February 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Postie just rang & handed me this:

Those Damn Crows - Inhale / Exhale

I know, I know, colourful #vinyl. I don't care, I *like* the funky colours.

A splendid translucent green 👌

Been listening to these guys off and on for a while.

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky
Translucent green vinyl of Those Damn Crows - Inhale / Exhale album on lid of turntable with cover leaning up against the wall.
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Some breakfast listening on a cold Wednesday morning, well, I say breakfast, I really mean another black coffee.

I don't often buy compilation / collections but:

Best of Bachman Turner Overdrive

You ain't seen nothing yet....

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #vinylsky
Best of B. T. O. Record sleeve (yellow outlined cog with blue outlined vertical BTO) leaning on wall while standing on top lid of record player.
February 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
rocketron101.bsky.social
With a spare 20 mins to hand I decided to rummage through todays #iridium #ACARS log.

10x C-135 (KC-135R & T, RC-135V - all bar 2 over UK, others somewhere in Europe) & 2x C-21A Lear Jets (these were in Germany).

The ones over UL were tracked by my #ADSB set up also.
No #VHF ACARS tho.

#avgeek
Screen grab of small spreadsheet of Iridium ACARS reg numbers, actual reg numbers, model/type & based at. No VHF ACARS today however.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Saw something weird in the sky today.

Blue for a start & something yellowish, roundish, kinda bright to look at.

I was busy rummaging through a bazillion boxes of vinyls to be able to use any of this in anger in my Brick.

#120film #analogfilm #analogphotography #analogcommunity #Mamiya #C33
Small pyramid of six 120 roll films. Foma 400, foma 100, kentmere 100, rollei retro 400s and Ilford sfx 200 & xp2 400. Mamiya C33 professional TLR sitting on beech coloured desk in front of a white painted wall.
February 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Another #vinyl from today's visit:

Another one from way back:

The Beloved - Happiness

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
Vinyl album cover and inner sleeve of the beloved album happiness. Reverse of the happiness album and inner sleeve. Cover has track list and sleeve has a vinyl track stlye list of credits and thanks yous (in a spiral pattern).
February 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Been a busy few weeks (when is it not?).

Finally shifted the plague & am vaguely human again.

So a trip to my local #vinyl pushers was in order:

CJ Bolland - The Prophet 12"

Back to the good old days in the late 90s and the whole club thing...

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
Cover of cj bolland the prophet 12 inch (negative style image with close up of a face showing nose and left eye & cheek but in shades of blue and purple) leaning on wall above the spinning vinyl on an audio technica LP120X.
February 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Cavok Air AN-12 [UR-CKM] CVK7099 en route DUB-->IST just south of my location @ FL250 and sounding like they are driving along my road.

Noisy Beast.

Yet to see one in clear sky (low cloud & rain again today).

#avgeek
Screen grab from Flightradar24 showing a Cavok Air AN-12 [UR-CKM] CVK7099 en route from DUB to IST just south of my location @ FL250 and sounding like they are driving along my road.
February 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
USAF Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A [01-0076] hex:AE0978 as SPAR99

Looks like bods from the NATO meeting in Brussels RTB across the pond.

VHF #ACARS and #ADSB as they transited north over the UK.

Didn't seem to get anything from them on #Iridium ACARS though (assuming they Tx)

#avgeek
Screen grab of virtual radar server aircraft page showing flight path of SPAR99 USAF C-37 over UK from south to Scotland and the associated data as it returns from Brussels from NATO meeting. Screen grab of ACARSDeco2 message data page showing VHF ACARS messages from SPAR99 USAF C-37 over UK from south coast to Scotland and the associated data as it returns from Brussels from NATO meeting.
February 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
There's always these too (if you're feeling down at any point) 😉
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
Been busy, been ill, but back on the #vinyl again.

Sorting a box of dodgy techno & trance 12" singles / EPs & promo pressings from the 90s & 00s.

Quite out of touch with the scene but digging up memories from my yoof 😂

Luis Kala - Panema
#nowplaying #nowspinning #AudioTechnica #vinylcommunity
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
rocketron101.bsky.social
My other home.

My weekly evening in a freezing cold rink running the live stream for the Peterborough Phantoms hockey team.

Warm-up underway...

#LetsGoPhantoms #WeArePhantoms #CantFeelMyFingers #icehockey
February 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM