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Long in the tooth, short of attention, neither rough nor rowdy. Ex-Observer hack

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Hunky Dory - not so big at the time but now prob ahead of Ziggy

08.11.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the day James Watson died at 97, this is worth repeating

07.11.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bar owner decides to not go to Lisbon

07.11.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see they’ve changed it

07.11.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prob same as β€˜I honestly can’t be arsed with it’, which is at my house

06.11.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Best to go past the Stop and Shop

05.11.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!

β€˜In 204 years, the Grauniad has published only 15 zero-star reviews…’
That’s Sky Sports Prem league rewriting of history there. Maybe 22 years didn’t sound as good.
Obs critcs were very against star ratings, and I think Philip French resisted them till he retired. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

05.11.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was l hoping it would be:
β€˜Who’s your favourite living Italian film director?’
β€˜Pier Pao…’
β€˜Wrong!’

02.11.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I liked the running theme of tech failures small and large, and thought the suspense stayed high until the last section. Unlike many, I thought the ending worked, as long as you have volume up. Prob better in cinema

31.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not as good. Still very good

31.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, there’s a brighter trebly one but both recorded at Rockfield, I thought

31.10.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought they did this one in 73, but I’m happy to be set right

31.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the unfortunate consequence of the Greens winning Bristol West. Pesky things, elections.

31.10.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (video)
YouTube video by Robert Caruso (Official) Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (video)

Seems to be a lot of buzz today about the 50th anniversary of the recording of one of the great 70s songs at Rockfield Studios. Odd because they’re a couple of years late to the party.

youtu.be/TkoTNF73EPY?...

31.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True, but they cut from a scene cycling in Bristol, turn a corner, and it’s Oxford

30.10.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoying Down Cemetery Rd but wondering why so much of a show set in Oxford has been filmed in Bristol

30.10.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Was just a couple of years too young for this tour. Love how the Eagles opened the UK shows. Could not be a greater contrast

28.10.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, especially when extrapolating from Sam Conman’s numbers

28.10.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are they the guys that did Adventure?

28.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pensioners and the criminally insane. Not mutually exclusive groups

24.10.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think there were any takeaway coffees when the 1990 act came into force. And it was probably designed to deal with excessive amounts of liquid being poured down drains. Mission creep at work

22.10.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think there were any takeaway coffees when the 1990 act came into force. And it was probably designed to deal with excessive amounts of liquid being poured down drains. Mission creep at work

22.10.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

This is a quite brilliant piece by Jonathan Liew, and clearly explains why the government and all politicians from the centre and right are so on the wrong side of the argument.

I really think this should be a resignation matter for Lisa Nandy, encouraging actual fascism to go to Birmingham.

21.10.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Ladykillers gang led by Alec Guinness

The Ladykillers gang led by Alec Guinness

20.10.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Football fan with a dart sticking out of the bridge of his nose with police taking him from the ground

Football fan with a dart sticking out of the bridge of his nose with police taking him from the ground

It was all good natured fun

17.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pick it up and move on

14.10.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well I never knew that

14.10.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes that’s her boy. Do you think Tom taught him guitar?

13.10.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Birdland was amazing. Jackson’s TV guitar on Break It Up also terrific

12.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Newsroom scenes in DotR were filmed at the Times. There’s a couple of (now long gone) casual subs I knew on the Obs in the background

11.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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