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jodb.bsky.social
Music, books, other stuff. Idiots, the lot of you.
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Success! Was wedged between wash basket and banister.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

My old colleague spent yesterday evening having a nice meal & excellent laugh with his ex-wife celebrating what would have been their golden wedding, if they had not divorced 38 years ago. That’s nice innit.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Actually self-described as “covers and sharply-penned originals” 💯

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

I’ve lost my watch somewhere in house. Took it off to wash yesterdayAM. Any ideas? (Not in fridge, looked there).

submitted 22 hours ago • 9 comments

Anyway, despite all this *gestures around with arm* happy 70th birthday to your pal and mine Green Gartside youtu.be/8cIjVgnoizA?...

submitted 22 hours ago • 16 comments

Topical film night #nowwatching

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

#nowplaying The Altons - Heartache in room 14. Such a hard recommend for soul, mellow soul, blue-eyed soul fans.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Third criticism of Wes Anderson I’ve seen describing his films as “fantasy”. Well yes. Is anyone watching Wes Anderson films for gritty realism and social commentary?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Still hoping for this #TheArchers www.butlins.com/resorts/skeg...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

If anyone has a podcast, a radio show, a TV show even, a press title, and they're interested in me talking about my fact-filled, entertaining breeze through the innovations of 80s pop, do get in touch. INTO THE GROOVE: THE 1980S: THE ULTIMATE DECADE OF POP HISTORY, by me, is out in the UK on 2 Oct.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Goodness, there’s a lot of smug “hot are you? Uncomfortable are you? GOOD GOOD GOOD” from people who seem delighted that cataclysmic climate change might be occurring. “You’ll all be dead and I’ll be RIGHT. “

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

For a split second, I thought she was wearing an Iggy Pop suit.

submitted 2 days ago • 178 comments

Good for her, the absolute star. Also the irony of calling her “the wrecking crew’s Carol Kaye…” after that response.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Samira has been brilliant on this.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment