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Fiona Watson

@monsterfromid66.bsky.social

Edinburgh based screenwriter/video essayist. Masters Of Cinema. Arrow. Criterion. Owner of an ADHD/AuDHD brain. Manual not included.

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Confused.com Compare insurance for your car, home, van, bike, life and more at Confused.com.

Does anyone else find those confused dot com ads creepy?...Ok. Just me then.

04.03.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is (Official Audio)
YouTube video by London Records Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is (Official Audio)

#Blancmange Good moaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS1P...

04.03.2026 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s going full Harkonnen

02.03.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
Nick Straker Band - A Walk in the Park (1979)
YouTube video by Musikladen Nick Straker Band - A Walk in the Park (1979)

I didn't know The #NickStrakerBand had two pairs of breasts. Should I issue a Breast Warning? There doesn't seem to be any video of the man himself, or his band, just these fully mammaried up proxies. Proceed with caution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmcr...

02.03.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant (1978)
YouTube video by DiscoBar80 The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant (1978)

Just catching up with this morning's news. Frankly, I just want to run away but there's nowhere to run away to. Have some #MichaelZagerBand who I always mix up with the #NickStrakerBand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmzx...

02.03.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Chaz Jankel - Ai No Corrida
YouTube video by Steve Sharp Chaz Jankel - Ai No Corrida

#ChazJankel has too much funk so his girlfriend thrashes the living daylights out of him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=asA5...

01.03.2026 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Coast To Coast - Do The Hucklebuck
YouTube video by CoasttoCoastVEVO Coast To Coast - Do The Hucklebuck

#CoastToCoast Morning. This may be too energetic first thing on a Sunday. If so, you have my most sincere apologies. The rest of you can do The Hucklebuck with varying degrees of skill. Try not to break anything in the living room while attempting it. You may proceed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9X...

01.03.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The National Year of Reading celebrates the β€˜joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too | Charlotte Higgins Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into β€˜reading for pleasure’, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

#NationalReadingYear www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I worry about The Youth' not reading. Maybe this is an explanation. They're disturbed by encountering 'diffficult' material. Currently re-reading #WilkieCollins' #TheMoonstone and #JamesCurtis' W.C. Fields: A Biography.

28.02.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is Proprioception? - Bristol Autism Support What is proprioception. What does under and over sensitivity in relation to the proprioceptive sense look like and how can we help.

You can't ride a bike? No shame. It took me ages to learn how to ride a bike. I think my difficulty was to do with my ADHD and how proprioception works in tandem with it. 'Tandem.' D'you see what I did there? www.bristolautismsupport.org/propriocepti...

28.02.2026 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm always 'complicating the day.' It's definitely an ADHD thing. Your brain just goes into overdrive and thinks of all the different permutations a situation could throw your way. It always got me into trouble when I worked in retail. I overcomplicated how the till worked until I ground to a halt.

28.02.2026 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Death Line - Opening theme and titles
YouTube video by Bananas About Movies Death Line - Opening theme and titles

@annodracula.bsky.social Following on from your #GarySherman #PoltergeistIII post yesterday I love #DeathLine. #DonaldPleasence and #NormanRossington should have had their own horror sitcom after this. This would be my stripper music if I wasn't old and 'decrumpet'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvH4...

28.02.2026 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TotP goes full J-horror in 1973.

27.02.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Comedy nerds: does anyone know if "Paul Newstead" who wrote the PC Savage sketch for Not The Nine O'Clock News ever wrote anything else (eg he's not listed as writing for Week Ending)? It's not for a thing, I'm just interested.

27.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh fuck.

28.02.2026 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so sorry to hear this. Elvanse/Vyvanse has been a game changer for me. I'm nearly 60 and I wish I'd been diagnosed before the age of 52 and been put on this. You absolutely haven't failed. Have you tried any other ADHD meds, including the non stimulant ones? It can be trial and error. x

28.02.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tina Charles - I Love To Love (1976) β€’ TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop Tina Charles - I Love To Love (1976) β€’ TopPop

More morning music and #TinaCharles is standing on one of the most confounding sets I've ever seen in my existence. 'Surreal' desn't do it justice. It's just, well...horrible. I dare you to gaze upon it before 9 in the morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMnn...

28.02.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This man has an amazing voice. I don't think he should be relegated to just 'and company.'

28.02.2026 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (1975) β€’ TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (1975) β€’ TopPop

#Shirley&Company Morning. What outrage has been committed while I've been asleep? www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0mj...

28.02.2026 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Christoph Waltz's Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION Christoph Waltz's Closet Picks

Waltz acts like a film professor & delivers a lecture on the theme of resistance via his picks.
Btw: he says β€˜That’s a bingo!’ as he selects each film*
youtu.be/fJcVa4vYMHs?...

27.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

David and I worked on that Bergman Box Set. I recall I likened The Devil's Eye to an episode of The Twilight Zone. I also said All These Women was like Benny Hill. That's my brag for the day over and done with.

27.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is becoming a theme at awards ceremonies in 2026, people shouting things out. I wonder what's going to be shouted out at the #Oscars.

27.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

symbols of 20th century cinema. And she was a racist. We all know that.

27.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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#BrigitteBardot #2026CΓ©sarAwards I read people were booing and someone shouted "Racist!" during BB's section of the In Memoriam. Mate, what do you want from her? She's dead. She can't hear you. Not to sound like an old fossil, but 'down with this sort of thing.' She was one of the premiere sex

27.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've looked at this entire thread and its offshoots. These are indeed bold style choices (I was 22 in 1988 and I don't remember ANYONE dressing like this at the time). But the thing I remember Poltergeist III for is all the mirror stuff. Really clever.

27.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scanning is so rude. You put on a nice suit and tie to go to a panel, you think everyone's going to be professional, and your head blows up

26.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
RFK JR IS F*CKED | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk RFK JR IS F*CKED | The Kyle Kulinski Show

#Whoops! #EpsteinFiles #RFKJunior www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwZ...

27.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blancmange - Feel Me
YouTube video by London Records Blancmange - Feel Me

And another thing! Remember the time #Blancmange was the most criminally underrated band of the 1980s and #NeilArthur sang in his natural #Lankashire accent? That was interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYnk...

27.02.2026 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Was (Not Was) - Shake Your Head
YouTube video by WasNotWasVEVO Was (Not Was) - Shake Your Head

Good morning! Remember that time #WasNotWas tried to turn #KimBasinger into a pop star ("You can't make missiles out of MUD." πŸ˜†) and #OzzyOsbourne embraced the funk? Those were the days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF86...

27.02.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. What is it about Rosie O'Donnell that he just can't shake? I can't even remember what the inciting incident was.

26.02.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. 🧡
blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

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