Tom Spooner

Catch That Train

Morning

Sam Ballard - Catch That Train (1934)

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Wistful winter songs spanning continents and several decades, from Moondog to Peggy Seeger, Felt to Ustad Bismillah Khan

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Afternoon

And oof...

Work Money Death - A Dance for the Spirits

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Powerful writing, demonstrating just how much you can achieve with 100 words. Congratulations Yara Zgheib.

YouTube video by Lonnie Liston Smith - Topic Aspirations

Afternoon

Lonnie Liston Smith - Aspirations

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How To Gift Hippos and Emulate Becca: Hip Hippo Hooray A true story about ceramic hippos, special friends and making your own stories. Hip hippo hooray.

A couple of years ago I distributed some antique ceramic hippos around a nature reserve to be more like my friend Becca

Here's the story

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Stunning, powerful, wonderful writing - this one floored me

Tumor, by Otto Benson from the album Peanut

Morning (rainy)

Otto Benson - Tumor

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YouTube video by Robert Wyatt - Topic A Beautiful Peace

Morning

Robert Wyatt - A Beautiful Peace

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There really are. So original and impactful.

Oof. Another brilliant micro.

YouTube video by Fabrizio Barone Jessie Williams Tender Words And Tender Kisses

Afternoon

Jessie Williams - Tender Words and Tender Kisses

youtu.be/bhpyEnFxNZc

Brilliant

YouTube video by Berndt Egerbladh - Topic Hjortronmyren

Morning

Berndt Egerbladh - Hjortronmyren

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Congratulations to all those making the longlist

YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official The Blue Nile - Family Life (Official Audio)

Afternoon (rainy)

The Blue Nile - Family Life

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The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers., by lobsterfight from the album My Coat Hanger Is A Necklace

Morning

lobsterfight - The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers.

lobsterfight.bandcamp.com/track/the-fi...

YouTube video by Brandon Schneider (GhostRetro) Juanita Rogers - I'm So Glad You Love Me (Unissued)

Evening

Juanita Rogers - I'm So Glad You Love Me

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Starting the year from the bottom of the slope I like to think I’m quite a positive person, and the start of the year, for me, usually feels like it amplifies that sense of positivity through its inherent newness, the multiple possibilities lying ...

Matt @mattkendrick.bsky.social changed my relationship with writing. He has encouraged & inspired me, and his courses have made me a better writer. I am endlessly thankful to Matt & the community he has built.

Get involved - you won't regret it.
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Inner Beauty, by The Rookies from the album Play Jazz 3

Afternoon

The Rookies - Inner Beauty

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A Fog of Freedom Runs The Day A little New Year's Day mix of sad lo-fi indie folky bits Little Kid - Fog Hello Shark - Danny Frog - Catchyalater Thanksgiving - Sings of Freedom Little Wings - Whale Mountain The Beatles - Julia B...

Happy New Year!

Here's some quiet lofi folky records for you

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Some different Christmassy music, lovingly compiled from my record collection

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YouTube video by St Patrick's Festival Irish Legends with storyteller Eddie Lenihan Ep 3 The Weasel

Eddie Lenihan on Weasels - perfect winter viewing

youtu.be/sBDHW1UiOl8

Best Gigs Of 2025 - The Spoonster Spouts From legends like Stevie Wonder & Laaraji to seeing pivotal bands for teenage me like The Beta Band to the exhilarating The New Eves - these are my shows of the year.

A round up of my favourite shows of the years

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Striking it lucky at the Wind Creek Casino A Flash Fiction by Cole Beauchamp

Brilliant language and everything else in this one from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social westword.substack.com/p/striking-i...

Goodnight World, by Lisa O'Neill from the album All Of This Is Chance

Morning

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RIP Martin Parr.

I have a story, from the one time I met him. At the Port Eliot Festival. It gave, eventually, the secret to his genius.

We were standing under a tree, chatting, and I was asking him about how he worked? How he got people enough at their ease that they'd forget he was there?

Best Albums of 2025 From the Spoonster Spouts The Spoonster Spouts shares its favourite albums released in 2025 feat. Yara Asmar, Andy Hay, Ultan O'Brien and many more.

Here are my favourite albums of the year.

My sincere thanks to all of the artists.

#bestalbumsof2025

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Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, by Arvo Pärt from the album Silentium

Morning

Perfection

Arvo Part - Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka

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MT Eyes, by BRNDA from the album Total Pain

Morning

BRNDA - MT Eyes

brendadc.bandcamp.com/track/mt-eyes