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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Based on an idea by @mariephillips.bsky.social , I've put together a playlist for my 67th turn around the sun. One tune per year, an artist only appears once, and no prog-rock epics. A note on each choice is linked to in the first comment. open.spotify.com/playlist/2QA...

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67 years list

Playlist · cosmicsurfer · 72 items

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Ferret Guy @ferretguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is fantastic

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

During Covid lockdown, @closetotheedge.bsky.social and I both spent 2020 listening to and reviewing what were then 50-year old albums released in 1970. I don't think he mentioned Dolly, but I did: www.cosmicsurfer.co.uk/1970-in-musi...

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22 February : The Poor Girl That He Left Behind | Riding the Waves to Eternity

Riding the Waves to Eternity: Hangin’ with the Cosmic Surfer

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I bet Tuchel is pleased to have finally found his winning line up, even if France don't look to be trying too hard.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Is it too soon to blame Andy Burnham?

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This England team is pretty shit, isn't it?

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I prophecy... Labour will crown the carpetbagger then discover, very quickly, that the bag is empty. Idiots.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

On watching Anika Nilles playing with Rush www.cosmicsurfer.co.uk/2026/06/13/a...

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A Course Just East of Lyra | Riding the Waves to Eternity

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Just had my first blood test after radiotherapy finished and I'm 'normal'. A huge relief and quite liberating

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Came back to the hotel from an excellent meal and a promenade along the lakefront to be greeted by a recording of popular classics sung by Julio Iglesias. Unfortunate. Followed by a karaoke performer whose primary influence is Vic and Bob's club singer. Even more unfortunate.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Found a bootleg of Led Zeppelin at MSG 1975. Matrix of aud and soundboard. I don't especially like LZ but how bad can it be for 50p? Answer: very.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Lovely wee machine. Not designed for people who wear glasses #Leica

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We were in an Edinburgh pub/club on Saturday. Various local bands played, mostly rock’n’roll or classic rock. One of the bands launched into the Sex Pistols’ Pretty Vacant. It was those in their late sixties who got up to dance. Time lurched sideways.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Enjoyable evening in Leith talking history. On the one hand, alcohol is contraindicated as an irritant after radiotherapy, on the other, a convivial night full of chat and laughter is therapeutic to the max

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

On reaching the halfway point in radiotherapy www.cosmicsurfer.co.uk/2026/02/09/f...

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For Still There Are So Many Things | Riding the Waves to Eternity

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Blog; radiotherapy update plus odds and ends www.cosmicsurfer.co.uk/2026/02/03/z...

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Zappity-Doo-Dah | Riding the Waves to Eternity

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you are lucky enough to find a copy, this retrospective boxed set astonishes at every turn, with more releases planned for coming months.

Cover of boxes set of CDs, R/evolution by Dick Gaughan

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Wishing everyone a guid new year.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Last book completed in 2025. Onwards!

Cover of King Arthur's Death by Michael Smith.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I wonder if this could possibly be because so many shops did not open today?

BBC headline: boxing day shopping falls flat again

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I'm well aware that one of my novels, at least, was pirated as an eBook. Yesterday I found a company selling what looks very much like pirated paperbacks too - at 50% more than I sell them for. I'm assured that they are now taken down, but not cool.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Found in a box in the shed. Grateful Dead, Edinburgh, Oct 1981.

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on stage, Edinburgh, 1981

Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzman behind his drum kit. Edinburgh 1981

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I agree with Dave regarding screening. However more screening will lead to more diagnosis and that requires more resources. A propos resources, II might add that my consultant oncologist is from an immigrant family. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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David Cameron reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and calls for targeted screening

Former prime minister says he wants to join ranks of those pressing for more checks on men who may have disease

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

All this social media malarkey is a bit shit isn't it?

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Is it just me or does this season's mRNA COVID vaccination pack a punch?

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Five years ago, I wrote something to the effect that just as Sgt Pepper shaped the latter half of the 60s, Abbey Road ought to have shaped the early 70s but didn't. I've decided that was wrong because Dark Side of the Moon is basically a Beatles album.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I get irritated by journalists writing short, single-sentence paragraphs. I don't mind when Thomas Pynchon does it though ...

Photo of paragraph in Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket's.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I do not particularly like modern DC films and generally avoid them. On the basis of a video by @damiengwalter.com I watched Joker: Folie a Deux. It is excellent in every respect.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Advertising a previous Rapture

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Right then, I have a couple of weeks to decide between surgery or radiotherapy. Not an easy calculation: both ought to work, both have consequences. #prostate #prostatecancer

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

South of the river you stop and you hold everything...

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Taking an old friend for a wander. Hope I can remember how it works

Olympus OM2n film camera with Tamron 135mm lens. 100ASA film.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

At the hospital. Minor injuries unit. I suspect I've dislocated a finger. Changing a fitted sheet.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

30 minutes into the new Superman. It is shite. The best character is the dog.

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Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

There's a young magpie chattering away in our garden; I had not realised what a wide vocabulary of sounds they have.

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