Duncan Parsons

Totes understand, I can see how that would happen in the face of the rest of the material :-)

No IKEA Starmer gag?

@aiannucci.bsky.social vaguely surprised you didn't manage to work in an IKEA Starmer gag today..

Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom When Trump announced a $300 million ballroom at the White House, something went off in my brain.

Very very interesting thesis indeed.
thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt...

So spare a thought over the next few days as the crates and containers are packed in readiness (what? sacks? are you serious? Haven't used those in decades)
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It's a regulatory minefield expertly navigated by his agents who work around the year to ensure conformity to all the latest changes in legislation and trade agreements between The North Pole and other countries.
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I don't think folk give sufficient attention to the absolute customs nightmare Santa faces each year, making sure his carnets are accurate for the items he is bringing in to each jurisdiction, intending to give away.
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1. Like everyone else in the biodefense community, I've been watching H5N1 like a hawk since long before SARS-CoV-2 emerged. H5N1 could easily undergo reassortment with another influenza strain to create a reassortant virus with a significant CFR and efficient human transmission.

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Whatever your taste, there will be something on the site that will pique your interest!

#BandcampFriday is when Bandcamp waives their %age & all monies spent go to the artist (unlike Spotify, etc), so if you want to support an independent artist, these are the best days to do so!
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Duncan Parsons Multi-instrumentalist, drummer with the John Hackett Band, former bassist with Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band It's as if the 80s never quite arrived, music from Nineteen Seventy Twelve or Thirt...

Then there's my stuff. If you think someone might like quirky folk-tinged progressive music for Christmas, now might be a good time to turn the thought into action!

I'm Here, All Weak is a good place to start :-)

duncanparsons.bandcamp.com
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I've been around Ant Clifford's #Lofter music for years - the new album, Perseus & Ulysses, is absolutely the best yet (amongst stiff competition from the rest of the catalogue!)

lofter.bandcamp.com

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John Hackett John has never quite made up his mind if he is a classical flute player or a multi-instrumentalist rock musician and if truth be told, he is both! He studied music at Sheffield University, then went o...

We find ourselves again at a #BandcampFriday!

Might I recommend..

johnhackett.bandcamp.com

The recent #JohnHackettBand album Red Institution is now available as a digital download, as is John's first solo rock album, 2005's Checking Out Of London.
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Spooking markets all sounds very Scooby Doo..

Banter is just being insulting dressed up with a paper hat and silly nose

If Happy Days were made today, it would be nostalgic for 2005

Duncan Parsons Multi-instrumentalist, drummer with the John Hackett Band, former bassist with Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band It's as if the 80s never quite arrived, music from Nineteen Seventy Twelve or Thirt...

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Oh yes - I'm also a musician with quite varied music available via Bandcamp and digital distributors/streaming services, should that be of any interest!

duncanparsons.bandcamp.com
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I've also done graphic design, voice over work, programmer for 30yrs (mainly C++ recently)..

If any of this makes a connection in your mind to folk/businesses you know, do let me (and them!) know :-)
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Event organising/co-ordination - 15 events this year (including with drum legend Bill Bruford, folk legend Boo Hewerdine, and international artist Angel Snow), and events with 20+ artists booked for 2026
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Administrating and organising CD production/distribution of music for others
Session work, audio production work (recording, mix, mastering)
Live sound engineering (weddings, council projects, gigs)
Music writing and arranging/sound design for theatre and various clients
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Video editing and consultancy (mainly corporate, some theatre, music)
Transcription services
Proof reading

Teaching theatre tech with an SEN school
Music mentoring with an SEN pupil
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I find myself in need of bits of work, if anyone knows of or hears of things. Full time permanent positions, alas, are not for me, more contract/project/etc are the things that work better with all the streams of things I do

The last year has seen me doing..
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This Saturday (25th Oct) I'll be opening for the fabulous @boohewerdine.bsky.social at @thelanternsheff.bsky.social <3

Tix - www.ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...

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Catherine Warr, Mark Beltane, and Duncan Parsons At Knutsford Little Theatre The Eighth of November – the Bodleian Library is opened to the public in 1602, and Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel, makes his first appearance in print in 1920. ..and in 2025, we're delighte...

Catherine sings "Horrible Histories meets Weird Al" tunes

Mark's songs are inspired by nature (cf John Martyn, Vashti Bunyan, Sandy Denny..)

Mine are songs of nostalgia, nervous love, and robots.. (#Prog said of me "like a more assertive Nick Drake")

Tix - wegottickets.com/event/669239/
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Catherine Warr, Mark Beltane, and Duncan Parsons At Knutsford Little Theatre The Eighth of November – the Bodleian Library is opened to the public in 1602, and Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel, makes his first appearance in print in 1920. ..and in 2025, we're delighte...

On Sat 8th Nov I'll be playing with @cathwarr.bsky.social & Mark Beltane at @knutsfordtheatre.bsky.social

Tix - wegottickets.com/event/669239/

If you're within reach, do come!

Those near #Brighton #Hove, #JohnHackettBand are playing The Brunswick tonight (Sat 18th)!

I would note that new Rush drummer #AnikaNilles was on our guitarist #NickFletcher's last couple of albums
Steve Hackett calls Nick "the best jazz-rock guitarist in the country"

Do come!

#prog #livemusic

Gnome UnGnomes and UnGnome UnGnomes by jefph | Redbubble While Donald Rumsfeld echoed philosophical ideas from down through the ages, the guardians of garden developed their own version..

We had a silly conversation last band practice..

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1748...

There are Gnome Gnomes,
Gnomes UnGnomes,
and UnGnome UnGnomes..

Our governments should be focusing on better vaccine solutions, reusable plastic free masks which are already in existence and clean air. They are doing none of this because facial surveillance seems to be the priority.

YouTube video by angel snow official Angel Snow “Midnight Sun” (FULL VIDEO)

The gorgeous Midnight Sun will undoubtedly be on the set list..
youtube.com/watch?v=bo00...

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