Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time Falco is mentioned I just end up thinking about how he has the best grave ever. It has a list of his hits on it! It’s so extra, I love it. 3316
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m gonna pull rank here and say, yes, yes he was (albeit by the flimsiest of criteria) having met the lad. 130
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New Penda’s Fen remake cast just dropped @generalwitch.bsky.social 3151
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Ploughed through this in one sitting, which is unusual for me. Absolutely superb read. Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse. 240
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026TIL the writer of Wicked (the book that became the musical and later, the films) got the idea for the original book from, of all things, the James Bulger murder. 070
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026@regretteruane.bsky.social Just finished reading this. Absolutely loved it! 2193
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Sad news about Sam Neill. This film of his is a fun little gem, where he plays a clergyman who channels his previous life as a dog every time he drinks Hungarian Tokaji. 020
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026*insert film joke about the frame rates being unnecessarily high* 030
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Come to this. I’ll be spinning a few records at it with a few pals. 030
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I’ll be playing Leicester’s legendary underground club night Tube Bar next month (23rd May) alongside a few other pals. Tickets available here: www.gigantic.com/tube-bar-tic... 021
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Holy SHIT - La Cabina is getting a Bluray release via @filmsradiance.bsky.social !! 1144
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026That said, if I could tell by eight year old self that a Watchdog presenter would buy records I designed on a label I co-run, my eight year old self would… probably just run away tbh. This wasn’t just a long label plug btw. I was just a very weird kid and now just a weird adult. 190
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Bricking it a bit but I’ll be spinning some Francophone and adjacent records at The Piper in St Leonard’s On Sea tonight from 9pm (I’ll be doing a few half hour sets throughout the night, first at 9:30pm). Designed the posters too. Melanie Pain from Nouvelle Vague will be performing upstairs too. 260
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Hastings/St Leonards people - I’ll be doing this in a couple of weeks. Poster by me. 071
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 09/01/2026For new releases, it was a 12 mile trip up the road to the much missed Coliseum in Porthmadog. Saw Return To Oz there when in hindsight I was far too young for it. But if you didn’t mind waiting, Theatr Ardudwy in my hometown (now closed) would stick films on, six months later. #childhoodcinema 060
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 28/12/2025(I actually own a copy of this. It was the theme tune to his Summertime Special programme. The B-side is a vaguely Italo Disco sounding cover of the closing theme from The Family Ness. I am not making this up) 110
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 12/12/2025“Haley Joel Osment! I’m giving you your mum back. FOR A DAY” 010
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Some of the newer ones have a speed change button but our one has this - you have to manually move the belt up and down the round motor thing to change speed. It’s faffy if it pings off though - there’s a knack to it. You may need to get a preamp too. (Yes I do need to do the dusting haha) 010
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Once saw this Facebook comment that listed “proper English food” and it’s lived rent free in my head ever since. The least appetising thing I’ve ever read. 000
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025His brilliant satire “Privilege” (1967), about the use of a pop star (played by Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones) to usher in a fascist regime is a must-watch in 2025 too. 040
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Totally forgot about the time a few years ago where I went to a meme-themed Halloween party as “Centrist Dad”. That’s not my hair btw. (Fun fact - I actually coined the term “Centrist Dad” in early 2017 amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/centri...) 390
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Totally forgot this was took of me next to it last year! 120
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2025He either had a replica made as some kind of gag that only Tories would find funny, or there was more than one Ed Stone. Either way, it’s just leant against one of the outside walls and is visible from the main road. 200
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Even though I hate normal Oreos, the actual worst biscuits - they just taste like soot, I tried these for the first time this week and they are FUCKING INCREDIBLE. 081
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2025As for worldbuilding detail, a friend pointed this out to me: 030
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The Lord Harlech era BBFC card might just be my favourite bit of design ever. I once did a version of my own for a vinyl night I run, also adding a bit of Pearl & Dean in there. 020
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 17/08/2025It still blows my mind that that short was made in 1968. It feels so much more *modern* than that, in this weirdly out-of-time coked-up fashionista way. If you didn’t know better you’d think it was made in the mid-80s at the earliest, easily. 130
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Love Liza Minnelli and Bob Fosse, so quite how I’ve not yet seen her 1972 concert film Liza With A Z before is something of a mystery. But in truth it was entirely because of this Letterboxd review that I bought it. 070
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Only if they’ll let me wear a balaclava like when the Manics did “Faster” on Top Of The Pops. 220
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Even though that sounds like the best film ever made, I’m told it’s just “ok”. Casati is worth reading about, really ahead of her time, much like Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey. Like Paget, she also died penniless. www.koturltd.com/blog/2016/10... 000
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025At the “how have I not been to this venue before it’s gorgeous” O2 Apollo in Manchester to see @sparksofficial.bsky.social. Am by the tech stand btw👋 160
Dan @danielorton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I don’t know how long they’ve been doing this - it’s been a while since I’ve bought a Masters of Cinema Bluray - but having a disclaimer to tell people to turn off motion smoothing on their tellies before watching is something every home film release should have. Nice one. 010
