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Gary W

@vinylspin.bsky.social

Interests - new vinyl shops, books, London past and present, UK & USA politics, comedy, retro tv.

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My children now ask what it was like in the time before the rains came.

And I tell them, I cannot remember....

15.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@bethrigby.bsky.social Just a thought but please could you and your fellow Sky politics reporters start to post here. There are now 42.5 million accounts on Bluesky, so lots of people would appreciate it if you all would do so.

14.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@bbclaurak.bsky.social Isn't it time BBC and Sky news journalists started to post on Bluesky? There are more 42.5 million accounts here now, so it's no longer a niche site.

14.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're still on sale in evwry supermarket

12.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just avoid paying over the odds. Shop around online and be persistent and you won't get ripped off. Most indies have online shops and the sales happen frequently as they try to rake back some money from overstocking

07.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From experience, most years its not worth queuing. Add bookmarks to your phone for a few record shops, & you can buy 99pc of releases the next day or in sales across the year. The ltd release issue numbers are a bit of a con. If all else fails wait a few months and buy a copy off discpgs or ebay

07.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Put it this way, it should have been a lot shorter. A lot of barrel scraping.

04.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97472    πŸ” 40936    πŸ’¬ 4307    πŸ“Œ 5376

No problem😎

30.01.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could I suggest you add a weblink to your Bluesky biog πŸ™‚

30.01.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

This Bruce Springsteen song deserves to be shared, heard and shared again
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

29.01.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The accounts I miss from X are the political journalists from the beeb, Sky, ITV etc. Most of them set up accts here and then didn't post.

21.01.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Worth every second

15.01.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20210    πŸ” 8190    πŸ’¬ 591    πŸ“Œ 729

You should post this again

01.01.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thought I'd share that I called over to say hello to you at a pub in Newcastle, England in about 1989 after seeing your brilliant show. I was a nervous young thing meeting a comedy hero, and you couldn't have been nicer, signing a flyer. Thank you for making a very nice memory. Merry Christmas Emo

25.12.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't you think he looks tired?

17.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1155    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 23
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Speaking of which, I've always wanted to see this South African film

14.11.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was there and it was the best gig I've ever been to and I've been to a lot of gigs seeing bands of many genres. The atmosphere was electric and joyous.

25.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The organisation is on bluesky. Search for 'FilmisFabulous!' (exclamation mark is part of their bluesky name, not me being trollish πŸ˜€

12.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning. Here's Gareth Hunt demonstrating the dangers of trying to work whist nursing the mother of all hangovers.

27.09.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10
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September Sale Independent Record Store near Birmingham with mail order platform, offering Record Store Day and Black Friday exclusives. Specialising in indie, alternative, metal, post-rock, rock, punk & new wave, a...

@cheapindievinyl.bsky.social Hi Tom, there's a good sale on at Eclipse. Here's the link
eclipse-records.co.uk/collections/...

05.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't bother. It makes Murder She Wrote look like Shakespeare.

28.08.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched The Thursday Murder Club and having read the books I can honestly say this is an absolutely dire adaptatation. A spiky clever cosy crime book has been adapted into a cringeworthy tv movie with some seriously criminal bad acting.

28.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to festivals from 97 to 2012 and saw some full on rock acts. Absolutely no need for that amount of crowd separation. A front and back section is more than enough.

24.08.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Summer sale Specialist record store focusing solely on vinyl (from singles to boxsets), things to play that vinyl on and the care of your records. We have a great range of both new and preowned vinyl*, we stock R...

@cheapindievinyl.bsky.social The Bending Sounds sale has doubled in size! This is a bit like the record shop sales during lockdown - real quality music bargains (and contrastingly Sleaford Mods and Phil Collins)
bendingsound.co.uk/collections/...

17.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Gaza We want our audience to know where we stand.

Some people have been critical that U2 have been (mainly) silent on Gaza. I believe everyone has the right to choose their causes and battles (and U2 have fought more than most music artists). But this makes it clear where they stand (and I stand with them).
www.u2.com/news/title/o...

10.08.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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SUMMER SALE

Pt 2

NOW ON!

vinilo.co.uk/collections/...

@cheapindievinyl.bsky.social

10.08.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you see were having a summer sale?

It's all exclusively online on our website - save up to 80%!

Head to ravesfromthegrave.com/product-tag/... for all the deals!

Ends Monday 11th August.

A repost please? @justplayed.bsky.social thanks! πŸ™πŸ»

06.08.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Summer sale Specialist record store focusing solely on vinyl (from singles to boxsets), things to play that vinyl on and the care of your records. We have a great range of both new and preowned vinyl*, we stock R...

@cheapindievinyl.bsky.social Hope you are enjoying your holidays. Here's a top notch sale you may want to share on your return

bendingsound.co.uk/collections/...

05.08.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at a loose end on this one

27.07.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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