Stephen Lord
@thecrankycripple.bsky.social
Voice artiste (hire me!), smart arse, daydreamer, bookworm, cinephile, occasional writer, massive nerd, old rocker, miserable git
HUGE thanks to @crobertcargill.bsky.social, @joe-hill.bsky.social, Scott Derrickson and everyone involved with The Black Phone 2. This thing goes HARD! More of the same with all you’d want and expect from a sequel.
October 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
HUGE thanks to @crobertcargill.bsky.social, @joe-hill.bsky.social, Scott Derrickson and everyone involved with The Black Phone 2. This thing goes HARD! More of the same with all you’d want and expect from a sequel.
Because @diannalgunn.bsky.social will want to know, tonight I’m comfort watching Labyrinth (1986) and nursing fond memories of seeing it in the cinema as a nine year old. Nanna nudged me in the ribs several times to ask if I was scared, because she was. 😂
‘It’s only forever, not long at all…’
‘It’s only forever, not long at all…’
June 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Because @diannalgunn.bsky.social will want to know, tonight I’m comfort watching Labyrinth (1986) and nursing fond memories of seeing it in the cinema as a nine year old. Nanna nudged me in the ribs several times to ask if I was scared, because she was. 😂
‘It’s only forever, not long at all…’
‘It’s only forever, not long at all…’
Hey @sarahandco.bsky.social, do you like Paradise Lost or are they too metal and not goth enough for you? I'd appreciate some album recommendations. Please and thank you. 😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAl...
PARADISE LOST - Silence Like The Grave (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Hey @sarahandco.bsky.social, do you like Paradise Lost or are they too metal and not goth enough for you? I'd appreciate some album recommendations. Please and thank you. 😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAl...
This beauty by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social will be on its way to me soon. I should have it by the 17th.
No hardcover edition in Australia until September? We'll just see about that.
No hardcover edition in Australia until September? We'll just see about that.
June 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This beauty by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social will be on its way to me soon. I should have it by the 17th.
No hardcover edition in Australia until September? We'll just see about that.
No hardcover edition in Australia until September? We'll just see about that.
#NowWatching The Black Phone to prep for the sequel in October.
@scottderrickson.bsky.social, @crobertcargill.bsky.social
@scottderrickson.bsky.social, @crobertcargill.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#NowWatching The Black Phone to prep for the sequel in October.
@scottderrickson.bsky.social, @crobertcargill.bsky.social
@scottderrickson.bsky.social, @crobertcargill.bsky.social
To the bus stop and beyond!
The lesson here, boys, girls and all variations thereupon, is when the bean counting bastards at the #NDIS don't give you much needed capacity building funds for physio, do it yourself. Maestro, News Of The World track 2 if you please.
The lesson here, boys, girls and all variations thereupon, is when the bean counting bastards at the #NDIS don't give you much needed capacity building funds for physio, do it yourself. Maestro, News Of The World track 2 if you please.
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
To the bus stop and beyond!
The lesson here, boys, girls and all variations thereupon, is when the bean counting bastards at the #NDIS don't give you much needed capacity building funds for physio, do it yourself. Maestro, News Of The World track 2 if you please.
The lesson here, boys, girls and all variations thereupon, is when the bean counting bastards at the #NDIS don't give you much needed capacity building funds for physio, do it yourself. Maestro, News Of The World track 2 if you please.
No, YOU’RE playing this on repeat at half past sodding nine on a Saturday morning while you idealise the unobtainable and imagine a cosy breakfast with them. Argh…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJv...
May 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
No, YOU’RE playing this on repeat at half past sodding nine on a Saturday morning while you idealise the unobtainable and imagine a cosy breakfast with them. Argh…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJv...
Must everything I write be a bloody Jungian archetype and a transparent, if only to me, attempt to acknowledge and heal old wounds? Yes. Yes it must.
Morning. 👋
Morning. 👋
May 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Must everything I write be a bloody Jungian archetype and a transparent, if only to me, attempt to acknowledge and heal old wounds? Yes. Yes it must.
Morning. 👋
Morning. 👋
Jung era update. Sublimation is the way. If all the anger and frustration I harbour at being squeezed sideways into a world I find tedious and distasteful could be put to service creatively, I might feel less like a wasp buzzing around in a jar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2WI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2WI...
Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Dickinson
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Jung era update. Sublimation is the way. If all the anger and frustration I harbour at being squeezed sideways into a world I find tedious and distasteful could be put to service creatively, I might feel less like a wasp buzzing around in a jar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2WI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2WI...
Today I will go on two stupid walks for my stupid mental, and physical, health. Please clap.
I complain, in jest, but this is a big improvement on months of not being able to put weight on my feet at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWx...
I complain, in jest, but this is a big improvement on months of not being able to put weight on my feet at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWx...
Trouble Walkin'
YouTube video by Ace Frehley - Topic
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Today I will go on two stupid walks for my stupid mental, and physical, health. Please clap.
I complain, in jest, but this is a big improvement on months of not being able to put weight on my feet at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWx...
I complain, in jest, but this is a big improvement on months of not being able to put weight on my feet at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWx...
Apparently I'll have to wait until September for a hardcover of @sarahpinborough.bsky.social's next book. Paperback in a week or two it is then.
www.hachette.com.au/sarah-pinbor...
www.hachette.com.au/sarah-pinbor...
We Live Here Now: The sensational new thriller from the number one bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES! by Sarah Pinborough - Books
The brand-new pulse-pounding, mind-blowing thriller from No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Pinborough
www.hachette.com.au
May 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Apparently I'll have to wait until September for a hardcover of @sarahpinborough.bsky.social's next book. Paperback in a week or two it is then.
www.hachette.com.au/sarah-pinbor...
www.hachette.com.au/sarah-pinbor...
I got the last copy in stock at Amazon today and have been after it for aeons. Yay! Thanks to #flametreepress in anticipation of another fine volume in this series. #writing #inspiration
May 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I got the last copy in stock at Amazon today and have been after it for aeons. Yay! Thanks to #flametreepress in anticipation of another fine volume in this series. #writing #inspiration
I don't enjoy feeling obliged to be social or go out and do things.
The original draft of this post ended the sentence with 'on weekends'. I deleted that part for reasons of accuracy.
The original draft of this post ended the sentence with 'on weekends'. I deleted that part for reasons of accuracy.
May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I don't enjoy feeling obliged to be social or go out and do things.
The original draft of this post ended the sentence with 'on weekends'. I deleted that part for reasons of accuracy.
The original draft of this post ended the sentence with 'on weekends'. I deleted that part for reasons of accuracy.
No, YOU'RE tearing up over my children's book idea and looking back through rose coloured glasses at days that will never come again.
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
No, YOU'RE tearing up over my children's book idea and looking back through rose coloured glasses at days that will never come again.
That moment when you realise the children's book you're plotting is essentially Music From The Elder for the five and under set. Starring the dude in your profile picture and stitched together from bedtime stories your Nanna told you when you were little.
Sod it. I'm having fun.
Sod it. I'm having fun.
April 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That moment when you realise the children's book you're plotting is essentially Music From The Elder for the five and under set. Starring the dude in your profile picture and stitched together from bedtime stories your Nanna told you when you were little.
Sod it. I'm having fun.
Sod it. I'm having fun.
Because @diannalgunn.bsky.social will want to know, here's tonight's comfort viewing. I was born between episodes two and four. I should have been a Deadly Assassin baby, but I was in a hurry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYS...
The Masque of Mandragora Trailer (Original Edit)
YouTube video by DrWho OnlineAdventures
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Because @diannalgunn.bsky.social will want to know, here's tonight's comfort viewing. I was born between episodes two and four. I should have been a Deadly Assassin baby, but I was in a hurry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYS...
I ordered a six inch and I got a foot long. Ooh, pardon! 🤭
Let's hope this new Jungian era I've embarked on, with all its self-awareness, acceptance, forgiving, understanding and growth, lets me keep doing smutty jokes.
Let's hope this new Jungian era I've embarked on, with all its self-awareness, acceptance, forgiving, understanding and growth, lets me keep doing smutty jokes.
April 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I ordered a six inch and I got a foot long. Ooh, pardon! 🤭
Let's hope this new Jungian era I've embarked on, with all its self-awareness, acceptance, forgiving, understanding and growth, lets me keep doing smutty jokes.
Let's hope this new Jungian era I've embarked on, with all its self-awareness, acceptance, forgiving, understanding and growth, lets me keep doing smutty jokes.
And the peculiar thing is this, my friends. After carefully reviewing its major influences, I've realised that my current work in progress is a modernised tribute to two of the greatest spooky house stories in the world. Aaaaalllll riiiiiigghht...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4...
Tenacious D - Tribute (Official Video)
YouTube video by tenaciousDVEVO
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
And the peculiar thing is this, my friends. After carefully reviewing its major influences, I've realised that my current work in progress is a modernised tribute to two of the greatest spooky house stories in the world. Aaaaalllll riiiiiigghht...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4...
Dear smoke detector:
Please calm down. I like my toast this way and ritually cremate it on purpose.
Yours etc,
Me
Please calm down. I like my toast this way and ritually cremate it on purpose.
Yours etc,
Me
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Dear smoke detector:
Please calm down. I like my toast this way and ritually cremate it on purpose.
Yours etc,
Me
Please calm down. I like my toast this way and ritually cremate it on purpose.
Yours etc,
Me
#NowWatching Dune Part One (2021).
1) A chosen one narrative seems fitting for Easter.
2) On screen and on the page, this saga buries LOTR. Under layers of sand.
3) Cast Rebecca Ferguson in everything.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_d...
1) A chosen one narrative seems fitting for Easter.
2) On screen and on the page, this saga buries LOTR. Under layers of sand.
3) Cast Rebecca Ferguson in everything.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_d...
Diamond Head - The Sleeper (Official Video)
YouTube video by Diamond Head Official
m.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#NowWatching Dune Part One (2021).
1) A chosen one narrative seems fitting for Easter.
2) On screen and on the page, this saga buries LOTR. Under layers of sand.
3) Cast Rebecca Ferguson in everything.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_d...
1) A chosen one narrative seems fitting for Easter.
2) On screen and on the page, this saga buries LOTR. Under layers of sand.
3) Cast Rebecca Ferguson in everything.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_d...
Happy Easter, you lot. In my former life I would have been expected to whip myself* and contemplate my own wretchedness all day. Instead I'll watch Life Of Brian and Immaculate tonight and 'ave a grand old time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Aj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Aj...
Why Michelangelo Didn't Paint the Last Supper
YouTube video by Cindy572908
www.youtube.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Happy Easter, you lot. In my former life I would have been expected to whip myself* and contemplate my own wretchedness all day. Instead I'll watch Life Of Brian and Immaculate tonight and 'ave a grand old time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Aj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Aj...
Get a load of me watching #DoctorWho on the night it premieres instead of putting it off for weeks and months and never getting around to it. Who dis? Fun episode too.
April 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Get a load of me watching #DoctorWho on the night it premieres instead of putting it off for weeks and months and never getting around to it. Who dis? Fun episode too.
Happy 'piss away the afternoon on medical appointments I could have done over the phone' Wednesday.
/headdesk
/headdesk
April 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Happy 'piss away the afternoon on medical appointments I could have done over the phone' Wednesday.
/headdesk
/headdesk
Morning all! If it's too early for you to be up and aboot, let the late, great Cozy Powell remind your heart what it's supposed to do.
Mr. Powell is not pictured here. The cover of this pleasant if far from essential compilation shows the Cross Purposes lineup from 1994.
Mr. Powell is not pictured here. The cover of this pleasant if far from essential compilation shows the Cross Purposes lineup from 1994.
March 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Morning all! If it's too early for you to be up and aboot, let the late, great Cozy Powell remind your heart what it's supposed to do.
Mr. Powell is not pictured here. The cover of this pleasant if far from essential compilation shows the Cross Purposes lineup from 1994.
Mr. Powell is not pictured here. The cover of this pleasant if far from essential compilation shows the Cross Purposes lineup from 1994.