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Making Music in Cardiff

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Better Than Life!

15.12.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

St. Fagans! Love that place.

13.12.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

D.I. Derek Grim: โ€œItโ€™s your cock-up, my arse!โ€ was a great line delivered with comedic precision by David Haig!

13.12.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It has strong hints of Loganโ€™s Run as well.

02.12.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A two tone art deco cover of the book โ€œWeโ€ by Yvgenny Zamyatin.

A two tone art deco cover of the book โ€œWeโ€ by Yvgenny Zamyatin.

Saw this book in the local library and thought โ€œthat looks awesomeโ€ andโ€ฆ. oh my days! How had I not heard of this before??? The original sci-fi/future fiction dystopia book. Written in Russia 1921 + translated into English 1924. A massive influence on Brave New World(1932) + 1984(1949). Mindblown!

02.12.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜

30.11.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Sadies - "Good Flying Day" [Audio]
YouTube video by TheSadiesMusic The Sadies - "Good Flying Day" [Audio]

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead The Sadies "A Good Flying Day" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6F...

25.11.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Without asylum:

Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist

Queen would have been without a front man

The other queen wouldn't have had a husband

Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea

And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc

15.11.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2845    ๐Ÿ” 800    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

โ€œDonโ€™t knowโ€ is the actual public favourite and should not be ignored!!

13.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know who doesn't integrate? People like Robert Jenrick. You think he works out at the local leisure centre? Goes to the Tuesday night pub quiz? You think his golf club lets anyone play? Or his private members' clubs let anyone in? He puts the ick in prick

07.10.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 597    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. Iโ€™ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

07.10.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3394    ๐Ÿ” 1842    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 77

1 of my favourite films!!Saw it as a teenager on tele.Couldnโ€™t get a grip on where it was heading.Just
couldnโ€™t get the motivation of characters cos of my age but thatโ€™s what hooked me.I recognised character types of Guinness,Segal,Sydow+wanted to know more.Max Von Sydow has remained my fav actor.

12.09.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Arvo Pรคrt - And I heard a voice... (Official Video)
YouTube video by ECM Records Arvo Pรคrt - And I heard a voice... (Official Video)

For fans of Arvo Pรคrt, he turns 90 tomorrow. ECM has released a CD of his latest choral works by the group Vox Clamantis, titled "And I heard a voice," and here is the title track.

10.09.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Itโ€™s so good it verges on the unbelievable. The fact that he hears this in his head and then writes it is astoundingโ€ฆ..

11.09.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooooh! I saw that in the reception of the Tate Modern Liverpool 10 years ago. Itโ€™s undeniable!!

06.09.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My mate Chris used to share vhs tapes of UFO stuff with Reg Presley from The Troggs and do Freedom Of Information requests from Ministry of Defence. Reg was really into Crop Circles!!!

05.09.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was it at a gig? Did you take the vhs?? It might have been just a home camcorder video of him holding his guitar sayingโ€ฆ โ€œHereโ€™s the Chemtrail Truthโ€ฆ. itโ€™s all bollocksโ€ ๐Ÿ˜†

05.09.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

12 hour journey home from hols in Brittany yesterday and mistakenly gave the kids the ipad in the back of the car and asked them what film they wanted to watchโ€ฆ. three times in a row! ๐Ÿ™ˆ

28.08.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just donโ€™t think you guys are ready for the takedownโ€ฆ..

28.08.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha! Amazing. We are in Brittany and the only way in and out of Pont Aven is a narrow single lane bridge on a via-duct with a double hair pin bend at the end ๐Ÿ˜† Iโ€™ve only driven on the wrong side of the road once so thatโ€™s a plus!

25.08.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from IMDB of the film โ€œSomewhere In Timeโ€ with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

Screenshot from IMDB of the film โ€œSomewhere In Timeโ€ with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

The Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour film Somewhere In Time had the same effect on my fascination with the uncanniness of the past and I genuinely had many dreams in the following years of travelling back into the pastโ€ฆ

23.08.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m currently reading it for the first time. Itโ€™s amazing and got me hooked! Iโ€™m already looking forward to re-reading it in 5 years time :)

08.08.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressedโ€™: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales Inspired by the โ€˜enchanted, sapphic feelingโ€™ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and anti-coloniali...

had a wonderful time speaking with welsh language gothic trio tristwch y fenywod about feminine melancholy, neurodivergent unmasking in experimental music, and minority languages as anti-colonial resistance ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿช„๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”ฎ @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

07.08.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I think failure undersells what has been a conscious and malicious effort to demonise and scapegoat immigrants of all kinds.

05.08.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 215    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ฆahh yes, a good myth travels far and wide :) That pesky Knowledge always causing trouble and mischief!

31.07.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Page from a book of Folktales.

Page from a book of Folktales.

We look up the places on maps and weโ€™ll visit all the places in in the stories. Next time we go north we are going to Llyn Tegid!

31.07.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ฆthe kids a bedtime folktales story of how Taliesin came to be (greatest of the Welsh poets) from 1400 years ago and it turns outโ€ฆ. magic was real!!! You had it spot on :)

31.07.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I finished The Valkyrie audiobook and loved it :) I loved the diary style storytelling from the main two characters and the fact that the magic element was taken by the characters as another layer of politics/power to be navigated rather than some mysterious force. By coincidence I was just readingโ€ฆ

31.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Zeitpyramide ('time pyramid') by Manfred Laber (1932โ€“2018) under construction in Wemding, Germany. The pyramid began in 1993, the town's 1200th anniversary. With a new block added every ten years, the structure should consist of 120 blocks when complete in 1190 years, in the year 3183.

21.07.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sharing with the #SciArt Feed:

21.07.2025 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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