A little collage from #endoftheroadfestival. Two of us made it there, in the end; despite fate seeming to want us not to. Hwyl, er gwaetha'r glaw. Lisa O'Neill, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Vieux Farka TourΓ©, BC,NR and Viagra Boys were some personal highlights.
01.09.2025 19:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm just going to destroy some cereal BRB
28.08.2025 16:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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16.06.2025 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you. I might do a part two when I'm 60. Or 80.
16.06.2025 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
"I miss the future that we had in the past"
15.06.2025 22:36 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story
Between January 2022 and March 2023 I wrote a sort of memoir entitled "Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story". I had long had the idea...
6 years tomorrow since I last exchanged white collar labour (i.e. writing) for remuneration. To mark the anniversary, I conclude the serialization of #CurriculumVitΓ¦ on my blog (and on Spotify) and will henceforth shut up about it. Happy St Dogmaelβs Eve! www.alexandervelky.com/post/curricu...
13.06.2025 11:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
https://www.alexandervelky.com/post/curriculum-vit%C3%A6-a-working-life-story-chapter-22-tell-me-about-a-time-you-had-to-persuade-someone
Chapters 22 and 23 of #CurriculumVitæ continue "the perilous stepping-stones dash of our author's freelance #copywriting career", including one Job he's still not allowed to talk about for legal reasons... t.co/VUcUUbR27W
11.06.2025 15:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Pssst. 'Ere, m8... want some trees???
07.06.2025 18:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This CNN #EUROVISION coverage is lightyears ahead of the BBC's. And the phrase "doesnβt treat Eurovision fans with the respect they deserve" absolutely sums up the UK approach of recent decades, barring one obvious aberration: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/e...
17.05.2025 09:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Nooo Albania has been shafted
#eurovision
16.05.2025 06:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Complex solutions to nonexistent problems.
13.05.2025 11:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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SHOULD: π¦π±
WILL: πΈπͺ
#EUROVISION
13.05.2025 06:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There's at least 6 bangers there
13.05.2025 06:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Forgot to strim the orchard, now it's full of bloody flowers.
#Landskerianflora
12.05.2025 15:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Sergeant Buzfuz - Topic
Here Come The Popes, Pt. 1 (1st Millenium)
"It's good that [the Pope] has progressive views"
Completely disagree. What's the point of a "Progressive" Pope? I want my Popes hosting orgies, assassinating people, and bankrolling holy wars, like in the good old days: youtu.be/8cqkwOdak3Q?...
#bbcbreakfast
09.05.2025 06:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#Rhagiummordax #BlackSpottedLonghornBeetle #ChwilenHirgornSmotiogDu*, running away
#landskerianfauna
* Welsh name is a guess; couldn't find the real one
06.05.2025 17:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I see that Continuity Ukip (and, by extension, continuity BNP and continuity NF) has swept to power in the English local elections. Oh well, at least our manufacturing industry is hollowed out, so we probably can't invade France any time soon...
02.05.2025 18:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Does dim dyn yn croesi'r un afon ddwywaith: dyw hi ddim yr un afon; dyw e ddim yr un dyn.
β Heraclitus
#AfonWern
30.04.2025 17:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I chuckled at "Brits out" but thought the album was a bit shit. Supporting Hezbollah? telling people to kill MPs? Not ideal. But what really got *my* goat was that time they applied for Arts Council funding. Anyone that does that is... I wish I could think of a better idiom than "beyond the pale".
30.04.2025 16:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Unbound have gone into administration? Good. Serves them right for passing on my memoir. I will gladly sup wine from their skull π
30.04.2025 06:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Re my previous skeet, Boundless (publisher previously known as Unbound) are today soliciting for pledges via email, so if you're on their mailing list, read this before giving them your money.
28.04.2025 12:40 β π 205 π 197 π¬ 8 π 6
Young herring gull with a beautiful spotty tail.
30.04.2025 06:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Spent the afternoon trying to make a round doorframe. An activity I wholeheartedly cannot recommend.
27.04.2025 15:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Massive rat eating a dead rabbit behind megashed. Where's David Attenborough when you need him?
25.04.2025 17:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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