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Home grown & hand sewn, folk-pop art. A happy idiot, struggling for the legal tender. Shop: heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

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Collage of vintage coke bottles and machines, stars of 60s French cinema, Karl Marx and cat legends Betty and Bo.

Collage of vintage coke bottles and machines, stars of 60s French cinema, Karl Marx and cat legends Betty and Bo.

Delighted to announce new MONKEY’S WANDERING WIRELESS SHOW: THE CHILDREN OF MARX & COCA-COLA. 21 carefully curated cuts from across the decades and continents with a healthy crop of current artists. Music and art as a form of resistance to enjoy and share. βœŠπŸΌπŸ΅πŸšΆπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ“»πŸŽ­ www.mixcloud.com/markraison12...

07.12.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Yay! Thank you Cyn! 😊

06.12.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hooray! Thank you Matt! πŸ˜ƒ
(if you have them, please do send photos of heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com bits on YOUR tree! It brings me much joy 😊)

06.12.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Stereolab - French Disko
YouTube video by VimanaRama Stereolab - French Disko

And lastly (as I do have work to do), here's the greatest live music performance ever on British TV.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH3a...

04.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Ah, thank you - yes I'm hoping to resume US shipping next year but it was so uncertain until very recently (and is, even now, a bit of a mixed bag, I think - not to mention quite expensive) I couldn't face having loads of delayed items in the run up to Christmas. Fingers crossed for '26!

04.12.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hurrah, my latest @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social order has arrived and is cat approved. (No points for guessing what film I re-watched at the weekend.)

03.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a lovely thing to hear, thank you - I'm a big fan of your work and it means a lot 😊

04.12.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

<adopts Brian Blessed voice>

TERRRRRRY CHRISTMAS one and all! It’s Day Four of recommending small businesses that we really love. If you want to be the coolest gift giver this Christmas - get to Hey Kids’ Etsy store RIGHT NOW!

www.etsy.com/shop/heykids...

04.12.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Aw! Terry! Thank you very much 😊

04.12.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Steve Cropper in the Stax studio, 1968

Steve Cropper in the Stax studio, 1968

Soul flag flies at half mast today.

03.12.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Christmassy things just a'flying off the shelves here at Hey Kids HQ (well, not so much the Sade's - which I'm surprised by)
Treat your tree! heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

03.12.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh that sounds great! πŸ™

03.12.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hooray! Thanks Louise, I do really love seeing the Hey Kids decorations up on trees. 😊

03.12.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A small acrylic painting of two Mari Lwyd with a sunset behind them.

A small acrylic painting of two Mari Lwyd with a sunset behind them.

Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar is a shameless plug for a piece I have in a charity auction run by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social . There is some brilliant small artwork, including this 13cm x 19cm piece by myself #ArtYear #art

03.12.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507

All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!

03.12.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Been v busy and wanted to post about the 10th anniversary of #DoctorWho - Heaven Sent when I read this article that Rachel shared. This episode screened a year after I lost Becky and I found it incredibly insightful about the nature of grief. So much so, I wrote to Steven Moffat about it (1/n)

02.12.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another week of magic begins folks…the shop is bursting with wonderful music and cool stuff! Open midday to 7pm all week…See ya here!! ⚑️🎷πŸ’₯πŸš€

02.12.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to stop trying to turn these things from small talk you have with your friends to kill time into things people think have actual right & wrong answers because they’re dull

02.12.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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I've dipped into the Chr*stmas box a few weeks earlier than usual (I'm still not certain I'll put anything out). First to come out are prized possessions made by @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social (from whom I ordered two more things last night!). Highly recommend all her bits and bobs.

02.12.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heyyyy the @skullsandsheets.bsky.social charity art auction listings hast gone live! Bid! Bid! Bid! If you don't like my submission there's a ton of other pieces to check out πŸ‘οΈ...
ebay.us/m/wz1VQ7

01.12.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possibleπŸ΄πŸ’€πŸ‘»
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...

01.12.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8

Yeah, that's a good one. I think Diana's girlish type voice plays into it too, that (obv. dodgy & unpleasant) 70s trope of mad stalker lady.

01.12.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well London…that was a really special night…beautiful venue, beautiful people…Thank you all so much!! See you soon! πŸ™πŸš€β€οΈ

01.12.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'You Are Everything' (either the Stylistics or Marvin/Diana versions) always suggests somebody having a crisis to me. Woozy claustrophobia and obsessive repetition. I think the Tindersticks should cover it.

01.12.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hooray! Thank you AJ 😊 It's the most wonderful time of the year, please do send any pictorial evidence of heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com stock in situ on YOUR Christmas trees (etc) - it's genuinely my favourite thing!

01.12.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hooray! Thank you AJ 😊 It's the most wonderful time of the year, please do send any pictorial evidence of heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com stock in situ on YOUR Christmas trees (etc) - it's genuinely my favourite thing!

01.12.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With bleary, morning eyes I misread the last word of this poem as 'hell', making it substantially more dramatic.

01.12.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mini drawings of album covers by…
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop x 3
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine 
10cc
Scott Walker
Neil Young and Crazy Horse 
Queens of the Stone Age 
Lol Creme / Kevin Godley
Godley + Creme
Pixies x 2
Suede
Echo and the Bunnymen 
Stevie Wonder
Gene Clark
George Harrison 
OutKast 
Air
Love
and
Pink Floyd.

Mini drawings of album covers by… The BBC Radiophonic Workshop x 3 Mogwai My Bloody Valentine 10cc Scott Walker Neil Young and Crazy Horse Queens of the Stone Age Lol Creme / Kevin Godley Godley + Creme Pixies x 2 Suede Echo and the Bunnymen Stevie Wonder Gene Clark George Harrison OutKast Air Love and Pink Floyd.

Here are this week’s small drawings.

The most fun to draw this time were probably the Pixies and Air albums.

The most difficult: Firebyrd by Gene Clark.

30.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Auctions start 12pm tomorrow!!

Original mari lwyd artwork, Mari lwyd goodies and signed folklore related books!

All raising money to support Domestic Abuse charities to help provide services for survivors

30.11.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025) As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was β€˜De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…

NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...

23.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

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