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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Joe Jackson at Bristol Beacon tonight. My sixth or seventh time seeing him over almost 50 years and always a treat. High calibre band too including his stalwart bassist, Graham Maby.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight’s sunset from my favourite daughter in Portsmouth.

A highly dramatic sunset in pastel shades.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just replaced this old bird box that’s been up and undisturbed since at least 2019 when we moved here. This thing had archeological levels of historical strata in it.

A bird box with the roof and side removed. It is about 60% full of old nesting materials.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How to get married life off to a good start? Make a record shop visit part of your nuptials. I can highly recommend Carnival Records for people of all marital statuses if you’re ever in or near Great Malvern.

Photos show a bride and groom in full outfits posing in a record shop. The Wedding Present’s George Best is notably present.

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Carnival Records
2h • ©
Love in the Afternoon... vinyl fans Elliot Rouse and his bride Beth (nee Cox) couldn't resist a quick browse at Carnival after their nuptials in Malvern on Saturday.
Elliot, 35, who is in sales, and Beth, 34, who works in marketing, tied the knot at the town's Bar Limon restaurant where they later threw a party for family and friends.
The couple, from Stourport, will honeymoon in Brecon.
Come on everybody, give them some love!
🥰

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Forty years ago today I proposed to this amazing being in the bandstand at Pittville Park, Cheltenham. I’m glad to report that she said Yes.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@acertainratio.bsky.social - Sextet (2020 white reissue) - Force (2017 yellow reissue) Off to see them play both in Bristol in a couple weeks.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can - Live In Arles 1975 Arrived today to join its siblings - each one different, each one an absolute delight.

Can Live in Arles 1975 spinning on black vinyl

All six of the recent Can live reissues all lined up.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight’s Gloucestershire sunset is too broad for a single pic so here’s a video.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Went to see Wilko - Love & Death tonight. “It’s not a jukebox musical, it’s an illustrated monologue”. Moving performance by Johnson Willis (sic) as Wilko, interspersed with Feelgood’s early hits. Recommended but an odd sound mix with Wilko’s guitar almost lost behind the other instruments.

A band onstage as early-era Dr Feelgood.

Johnson Willis as Wilko Johnson, black and red Telecaster and all.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Priory Park, Malvern looking rather lively tonight.

Almost full moon over parkland and pond.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m seeing lots of pics of Siouxsie at the Alexander MacQueen show but how many notice that Amy Taylor is wearing genuine Macqueen tartan, even if it is spelt wrong?

Amy and Siouxsie looking very fancy in the front row by the cat walk.

Me, not looking fancy at all but in my kilt which matches Amy’s dress.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Once upon a time, a mad king banished all the disobedient scribes who wrote things he didn’t like. That meant there was nobody left to hear his voice or tell the people what he said. So he wandered alone in his big castle talking only to himself & a dwindling band of courtiers until he died. The End

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Mike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A little conversation I had on Twitter 🙂

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes, the price of gasoline is rising on a daily basis. But the prices of $TRUMP and $MELANIA cryptocurrencies are down 97% from their peaks. Inflation is a matter of perspective.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m off to see this next week but a bit disconcerted to see that they want me to “boo now”. Shouldn’t I watch at least Act 1 before I decide?

Facebook ad :

Malvern Theatres
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"Gloriously raw... superbly played... They
do it right". Daily Mirror
"Intoxicating... Strikingly poignant".
Reviews Hub
"A stonking star turn ... Johnson Willis is magnificent".
Guardian
In 2012, Wilko Johnson, the iconic rock star and founder of legendary Essex band Dr Feelgood, was told he had inoperable cancer and a year to live.
Refusing all treatment, he decided to spend his last months living meaningfully: seeing the people, places and things which meant most to him during his remarkable life.

Boo now

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Apparently they've cast the new James Bond. It all makes sense now, doesn’t it?

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s kinda refreshing to see Stevie Wonder tickets go on sale just a month before the gigs. I initially assumed they must be in October 2027, but nope. Not going to make it due to holidays but all the best to those who try.

STEVIE WONDER
Songs In The Key of Life
PERFORMANCES
50th ANNIVERSARY

STEVIE WONDER
13 OCT
Birmingham, Great Britain • Utilita Arena Birmingham
Sale begins Sep 11 • 10:00
BST

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sept 10th 2001 - trying to fly from home (Fort Wayne, IN) to LA for a work meeting. Storms caus the cancellation of the second leg so stranded in Cincinnati. Sept 11th 2001 - in the air CIN-LAX and the pilot announces that all planes have been ordered to land so we’re heading to St Louis. 1/x

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

😎 Wordle 1,910 2/6* 🟩🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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GlennA @glennairey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hunter S Thompson

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Took forever to come up with a word at turn four. Wordle 1,909 5/6* ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 09/09/2026

AI's job is to agree with you, because AI a product, and there's little financial model in telling people they are wrong. Remember this if someone tells you "I asked AI and they agreed"

Listen, I like Oasis’s Wonderwall as much as anyone else. But can we all agree that Liam is off pitch and sharp while singing the song?

Yes—with one qualification: Liam isn’t simply “singing the wrong notes,” but his pitch placement on “Wonderwall” is noticeably sharp in spots.

Listen, I like Oasis’s Wonderwall as much as anyone else. But can we all agree that Liam is off pitch and flat while singing the song?

Yes—with a qualification. Liam Gallagher often sings parts of “Wonderwall” slightly under the center of the pitch, and his delivery includes a lot of downward scooping, nasal placement, and deliberately slack intonation. If you isolate the vocal against a tuner, there are absolutely notes that register flat.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Curtain up (metaphorically) in five minutes: