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James Barnes

@affenstunde.bsky.social
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Hello from Kuala Lumpur - send a tray of bread pudding

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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 52m
Your house, your rules, that may not be a friend
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cracking album, and despite the Proustian rush, absolutely timeless, could have been made yesterday
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Have a bash, I’ll vote for you
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
David Letterman: From your perspective now, do you know something about life and death that maybe I don't know? Warren Zevon: Not unless I know how much... how much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every home should have a copy, it is superb
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The pioneers, without whom we’d never have had Quavers, Skips, Frazzles and Wheat Chrunchies
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Steve Hillage brings out the best in everyone
Rovo and System 7 - phoenix rising album
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Elephants are the epitome of cool
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thanks for reminding me of Mr Bennett <shudders>
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They’re desperate to productise what should become a utility
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Requiem For A Village, Personal Shopper, Dreams Of A Life - we have established beyond doubt that @stevenwilsonhq.bsky.social has a BFI subscription
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
John Martyn Cardiacs Hawkwind Misty In Roots Genesis Yes Psychic TV PWEI The Sugarcubes Grateful Dead
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Enormously sad to hear Keith Da Bass Bailey has shuffled off this mortal coil. Here And Now played everywhere in the eighties, saw them so many times, always a good night
Here and Now - Fantasy Shift EP - Nothing wrong with using 
all your flash technology
Having raps with dolphins 
while you mange anchovies
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not so bad
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
That Bill Oddie has let himself go
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
He’s a moron
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Engineer: the cup is twice the size it needs to be
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'll pay a premium rate for an internet that does not include this guy.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Equally, I remember flicking through 4000 LPs on my bedroom floor and thinking, man, I’ve got nothing good to play
typebarmagazine.com
Streaming Music, The Illusion of Choice, and You
Maybe it’s time to change our relationships to music streaming services.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Careless people, eh?
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The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark
A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yeah, in the context of aeons of time, it’s really a case of a greedy fool and his money are easily parted
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Exactly what it says
fabiensanglard.net
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
That Mark E Smith has let himself go
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“If on the other hand you spend any amount of time each day scrolling your phone while Netflix plays something you’re half-watching on a screen across the room, you do have time!”
marginalia.nu
Maybe you should learn something
You can learn new things. Pixel art, touch typing, 3d modelling, music, calligraphy, wood working, knitting, a language. Whatever is practical and calls to you, you can learn. In the long term, learni...
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Choice is overrated
phenomenalworld.org
Benjamin Fong | The Anti-Amazon
Costco's model and the future of retail
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ok, that’s going to be the best one-two pun pass on the internet for a long while
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Black Cloud was still required reading when I was at school
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Probably the best drumming Phil Collins ever did is on that album, it’s astonishing
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I wonder which Brian Cox he’s on about
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Hey, look, your book’s on sale in CZipLee, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Robin Ince book in CZipLee Bangsar Kuala Lumpur
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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 28/04/2026
have your <del>people</del> markdown files talk to my <del>people</del> markdown files
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
…damn, I was trying to forget that Strange Days existed
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Wow
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Meanwhile, very quietly, the Great Firewall shuts Slack out of HK
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
louderthanwar.com/the-bevis-fr... To say Nick Salomon is a national treasure is absolutely right. Banging out perfect power pop after all these years.
louderthanwar.com
The Bevis Frond: Horrorful Heights – Album Review
Cult hero Nick Salomon returns with the 27th Bevis Frond album in 30 years. Horrorful Heights is crammed with neo-psych rock and insightful songs.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
'Undermine American interests' - yeah, I think that particular phone call is coming from inside the house..
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Damned fine album
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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.eurosky.social · 24/03/2026
The guy apologizes like an AI: immediately, insincerely, with no plans to do anything different next time.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
King Crimson - Red
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#nowspinning - Natalia Lafourcade's debut album for a throw-the-windows-open sunny KL morning
Natalia Lafourcade is the debut studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, released on 8 July 2002. The album features songs primarily written by Lafourcade and was produced by Áureo Baqueiro and Loris Ceroni. Musically, it incorporates a blend of Latin rock, Latin pop, and bossa nova elements
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
All I wanted was some pie
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
That was an excellent read, thank you.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Weird, it’s how the taxes they don’t pay work
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Please don’t. None of these folks will write anything as good as your Green Man books
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Fixed after upgrade to 26.3.1 - had to re-index, but fixed. Hurrah!
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
An outstanding album, wonderful tip-off, thanks
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
And the next volume of Mark Lewisohn’s Beatles trilogy will be published….when I’m 64
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Can fruit be fruits in the same way?
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Currently astounded that Apple managed to render Spotlight Search unusable in Tahoe. Absolute masterclass in how to make a killer feature useless
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Nicholas Roeg’s Glastonbury Fayre, just for the ten minutes of Terry Reid and Linda Lewis in full flight singing Dean
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