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I’m the one on the right. Mostly posting about music, retro games, cats and poached eggs. He/him.
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In an effort to be less perpetually online, I have removed all social media, news and forums from my phone. Seems to be working, although I keep pulling my phone out and staring at it blankly out of habit. Anyway, if it seems like I’m here less, that’s because I am.

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Funnily enough, I was sorting out the TV setup earlier, and accidentally ended up on Freeview for the first time in years. We all somehow got sucked into watching Homes Under The Hammer and it was weirdly wholesome.

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A random salad of discs picked up on my way to/from work. The Jeffes CD is lovely, a previously unknown delight. Currently listening to the Joe Henderson, which is certainly hitting the spot. #cdFriday

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Re-reading an old friend. I acquired this three-volume version of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as I thought my daughter might be about old enough for it, and it’s less intimidating to newcomers than the old brick. I didn’t mean to read it again, but these slim volumes are just so easy to pick up…

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Proposed replacement for the Drake Meme Format.

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Giving myself an energy kick with the Buzzcocks’ debut, from this wonderful set. Love the one-and-done nature of this fatbox - all the original albums and singles, in pre-loudness war (1989) sound, plus a great booklet. #cdFriday

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We just did a family viewing of only the songs that *didn’t* qualify for the Eurovision final. Australia’s entry is… quite something. It’s possibly too perfect a Eurovision entry, to the point where audiences suspected, almost certainly correctly, that it was a piss-take. youtu.be/EJ0RdIU_G8g

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This week’s other new arrival was the ‘91 Japanese release of Shout by Devo (WPCP-4175), completing my set of these releases. They’re a pig to get on CD! Shout is a bit of a curate’s egg. Mark building absurdly busy tunes on a Fairlight, Jerry singing, and the rest of the band redundant. #cdFriday

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New arrival just in time for #cdFriday. This release (2014 RCA Legacy, CD+DVD, Vic Anesini mastering) is fairly uncommon outside the US, but a cheap copy turned up on eBay in Germany about 2hrs after I set up a saved search. Totally manifested. Arrived today, and it turns out it’s sealed to boot!

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*crab-walked

submitted 46 days ago • 406 comments

Lunchtime and after-work listening, respectively. - Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (CAD 602 CD) - Cate Le Bon - Reward I forgot how good this Le Bon album is, not that she has released a bad one. #CDFriday

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Hey you! You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your Vitamin #CDFriday! Ege Bamyasi by CAN, Spoon CD 008.

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Now spinning a recent arrival for #CDFriday - The Kinks third album, The Kink Kontroversy. This is the original 1986 UK PRT CD, sounds great (in a raw kind of way). Getting Kinks albums in the contemporary mono mixes can be a pain, but this one (and Kinda Kinks) are easy, as no stereo mix exists!

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Amazed to find that I can still make my eyes do the necessary contortions to make these things work, after 30 years or so. Turns out they still make me feel sick, too! Good times.

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I regret to inform you that Bullet With Butterfly Wings remains a banger. Got to love any work of art which manages to be simultaneously supremely effective at what it sets out to do, and yet indistinguishable from parody. CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

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First up for #CDFriday - The Cardigans second album, Life. This is the original Scandinavian version, which is kind of a whimsical lounge-indie semi-concept album. For UK/US release the first two albums were mashed together to make something more Britpop sounding, but much less coherent, IMO.

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At uni, I had a temp job processing dropped-kerb applications for North Yorkshire County Council. 8hr day with about 1hr of actual work to do. I played so much Minesweeper my brain broke. Went to the pub after work and saw everyone sitting at the table in a grid pattern. Took hours to get to sleep.

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The fruits of an experiment arrive just in time for #cdFriday. I had a crack at using the Buyee proxy service to get some JP exclusives from Yahoo Auctions. Some 60s mono obscurities and a legendary game OST. Total cost £55, £35 was P&P. Think I could use a cheaper packing option next time!

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

I'm going through user-made tilesets for an old DOS mahjong solitaire game and I found what's possibly the most evil one

submitted 66 days ago • 89 comments

Bacon and poached egg on homemade baked beans on a homemade crumpet, from The Crumpet Club in Christchurch, NZ. Destroyed by the quake in 2011, and never reopened. Now I’m on the other side of the world anyway.

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Went to the office today, and hotdesked by the window in an otherwise deserted room. Across the road, pigeons were flying in and out of the slightly-open windows of a derelict brewery, strutting around on the pub tables. Ever wonder if the world ended in 2020, and we just haven’t noticed yet?

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Yeah, this is accurate.

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