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@markasparrow.bsky.social

Dark Beer. Weird Music. Wandering. Straight Outta Tunbridge Wells.

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Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
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30.10.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Funghi foraging today…..

25.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So sad. He'd been unwell for a time. You think of Non Stop Erotic Cabaret. Of fabulous singles like Torch & Bedsitter & Memorabilia - all with proper 12'' mixes. Soft Cell burned SO brightly in the early 80's. What a shame but WHAT music. Thankfully Marc goes on. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye....

23.10.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The lady who poured coffee dregs down the drain is fined whilst Ofwat admit they’ve been weak on corporate sh*t dumpers. People who project Epstein images on Windsor Castle under pressure while the real offenders continue to get away with it. It’s quite a grind, just now….

22.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œI have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time β€” when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media β€” the 30-second sound bite (now down to 10 seconds kind of celebration of ignorance.”

β€œI have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time β€” when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media β€” the 30-second sound bite (now down to 10 seconds kind of celebration of ignorance.”

21.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

Top Halloween tip.

19.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A return to the North Downs Way. Harvey walked the whole 153 miles a couple of years ago.

19.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing β€˜shrooms this year…

19.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice post.

08.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This lad used to live in a disused hen coop on a farm. Cold & lonely. No more! 12 year old Rocky aka Rock Star lives with us now.

02.10.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wrote about zappa for IHTOV

19.09.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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SCARY MONSTERS IS 45 TODAY

β€œHe opened strange doors that we'd never close again”

Follow the link below for β€˜Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ at 45: A Track-by-Track Guide to David Bowie’s Uncompromising Art-Rock Masterpiece by Jason Draper.

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#BowieScaryMonsters

12.09.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Soggy in Tunbridge Wells right now!!!!

03.09.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never married.

03.09.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing.

02.09.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beer price list from 1976

Beer price list from 1976

Interesting beer price list (I believe from a wholesaler of the time) dating back almost 50 years to 1976.

It's good to see some familiar names!

@atjbeer.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @drinksmaven.bsky.social @beesononbooze.bsky.social

30.08.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Crap lawyers paying referral fees to crap agents to recommend is a disaster too!

26.08.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheap lawyers using teams of bods who badly prepare documents for real lawyers to sign off. Scared surveyors. Overworked proper solicitors. Public as disingenuous as ever β€˜cos they’re under no legal obligation to behave. A mess.

26.08.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A great record. Full of sweet melodies and interesting twists and turns - with a bonkers track at the end (erm, Road to Raratonga? Nuts!) I'm not sure of the politics but it could easily have been a Crowded House LP. Enjoy!

22.08.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing to think that any brewer producing 6X would be on the list!

18.08.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An afternoon by the Thames at Chiswick.

17.08.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

366 Meditations. You got me going & I thank you.

15.08.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LAPD officers dressed up as women to go undercover to catch a purse-snatcher in 1960.

11.08.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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An afternoon at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth. The history! The musicians! Even met Tim from Hawkwind. All too much!!!!

10.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The reduction is good news. This being said, I thought their only concern was meant to be inflation which is (in truth) out of control. Hmmmm. The economy is in a poor state right now….

07.08.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear God.

06.08.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eye popping costs on occasion. Β£26 for 2 pints and one wine recently. My favourite pubs are always worth a go but otherwise? Cans in the fridge. Sorry.

06.08.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rightly so.

06.08.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they’re a bunch of clowns.

06.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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