David A. James
@vidjam.es
Speech technologist, ex-UBS/Nuance/Denon-Marantz/Microsoft. Doctor Who enthusiast and lapsed Dalek builder/operator. Bachgen o Gaerdydd. 🏃+ 🍕= 😁
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Happy Doctor Who Day!
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day!
Somehow, the silly band that I like despite its reprehensibly puerile name is playing Brixton Academy next May!
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Somehow, the silly band that I like despite its reprehensibly puerile name is playing Brixton Academy next May!
Not only is Carpenter Brut superbly exploring the crossover between synthwave and metal, he's also using double height BBC Micro MODE7 text for his tour dates!
UPDATE/
Opening act confirmed//
DANGER joins the European tour/
See you on tour//
tix.to/CBTICKETSEUR...
Opening act confirmed//
DANGER joins the European tour/
See you on tour//
tix.to/CBTICKETSEUR...
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Not only is Carpenter Brut superbly exploring the crossover between synthwave and metal, he's also using double height BBC Micro MODE7 text for his tour dates!
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3 more prisoners released from prism by mistake
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
3 more prisoners released from prism by mistake
Can confirm!
Amazing matinee show from @psbhq.bsky.social this afternoon at The Barbican Centre with The London Contemporary Orchestra.
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Can confirm!
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My 12 year old, who isn’t a fan of fireworks, has just announced that she has shifted into Christmas mode.
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My 12 year old, who isn’t a fan of fireworks, has just announced that she has shifted into Christmas mode.
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RIP to inspirational movie poster legend, Drew Struzan. Everything he put his pen to ended up being some canonical representation of a movie we now love. Often, the posters are more famous than the movies themselves. Poster auteurism!
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP to inspirational movie poster legend, Drew Struzan. Everything he put his pen to ended up being some canonical representation of a movie we now love. Often, the posters are more famous than the movies themselves. Poster auteurism!
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
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That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988
Casablanca - Marseillaise Scene (extended edition)
YouTube video by Jeremy Limb
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October 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988
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Google Photos just reminded me of my son's old coat, where the designer apparently didn't send over one of the comic-strip fonts, so it just said 'BAM' in lower-case Helvetica, like he was the least-interested superhero ever. Punctual Man. The Credible Hulk. Hullboy.
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Google Photos just reminded me of my son's old coat, where the designer apparently didn't send over one of the comic-strip fonts, so it just said 'BAM' in lower-case Helvetica, like he was the least-interested superhero ever. Punctual Man. The Credible Hulk. Hullboy.
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Check out this new music video I made for Adam Buxton. Its got robots and everything www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iV...
Adam Buxton - Dancing in the Middle (Official Video)
YouTube video by Adam Buxton
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Check out this new music video I made for Adam Buxton. Its got robots and everything www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iV...
Excellent 'Yes / Yes / The Tiger Is Out' energy in this post. I have followed this account for a while and can only presume it is run by a very excitable teenager)
The international break is over The Premier League is BACK
Matchweek 4
The latest team news
Quotes from press conferences
results Match
Let me know if there is something in particular you would like to see
Matchweek 4
The latest team news
Quotes from press conferences
results Match
Let me know if there is something in particular you would like to see
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excellent 'Yes / Yes / The Tiger Is Out' energy in this post. I have followed this account for a while and can only presume it is run by a very excitable teenager)
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I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
Look at this glorious mayhem
That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Look at this glorious mayhem
“The Royal Mail has issued a commemorative stamp featuring Daryl Hall and John Oates kissing”
I Can Go For That (Yes Can Do)
August 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“The Royal Mail has issued a commemorative stamp featuring Daryl Hall and John Oates kissing”
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RIP Biddy Baxter. An extraordinary woman by anybody’s standards.
August 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
RIP Biddy Baxter. An extraordinary woman by anybody’s standards.
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Oh sad to see this. I had a lovely time in studio with him directing his autobiography audiobook form Fantom, one of my first ever pro jobs. Under orders not to have lunch in the pub as we may well have lost valuable studio time, did Tescos and bonded over dislike of self service checkouts. Glamour.
TV actor Ray Brooks, who starred in some of the UK's best-known programmes in a career spanning five decades, has died aged 86.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ray Brooks, voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86
He also starred in ground-breaking drama Cathy Come Home, as well as primetime shows Big Deal and EastEnders.
www.bbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oh sad to see this. I had a lovely time in studio with him directing his autobiography audiobook form Fantom, one of my first ever pro jobs. Under orders not to have lunch in the pub as we may well have lost valuable studio time, did Tescos and bonded over dislike of self service checkouts. Glamour.
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RIP Ray Brooks. Voice of Mr Benn; worked with Ken Loach for Cathy Come Home; was in The Knack with Rita T; star of Big Deal; made a much sought-after singer-songwriter LP; appeared in both EastEnders and Coronation Street. Goodbye 20th century. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ray Brooks, voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86
He also starred in ground-breaking drama Cathy Come Home, as well as primetime shows Big Deal and EastEnders.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
RIP Ray Brooks. Voice of Mr Benn; worked with Ken Loach for Cathy Come Home; was in The Knack with Rita T; star of Big Deal; made a much sought-after singer-songwriter LP; appeared in both EastEnders and Coronation Street. Goodbye 20th century. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Belter of an advert for "A Midsummer Night's Tube" from NME, 25th Jun 1983. Really simple idea, carried off beautifully.
August 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Belter of an advert for "A Midsummer Night's Tube" from NME, 25th Jun 1983. Really simple idea, carried off beautifully.
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Here’s a quick video of my EMU replica puppet in action!!
August 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Here’s a quick video of my EMU replica puppet in action!!
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Writing an hour of comedy that's charming, cohesive and brutally biting is rare. To do it in the space of a couple of weeks is an actual miracle. This is a set that should take a year to be this good. You'll not regret watching it. What a talent.
July 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Writing an hour of comedy that's charming, cohesive and brutally biting is rare. To do it in the space of a couple of weeks is an actual miracle. This is a set that should take a year to be this good. You'll not regret watching it. What a talent.
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Unfortunate name really
July 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Unfortunate name really
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The FUNNIEST and SILLIEST thing happened tonight. Sadly it doesn't fit in one post. So:🧵
(feat Italian Oasis fans, and Manc joy)
(feat Italian Oasis fans, and Manc joy)
July 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The FUNNIEST and SILLIEST thing happened tonight. Sadly it doesn't fit in one post. So:🧵
(feat Italian Oasis fans, and Manc joy)
(feat Italian Oasis fans, and Manc joy)