Reposted by Dave GilesMarcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It’s all kicking off in Richmond. 522069451
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Welcome home #ArtemisII. Wanna know how we developed the tech that got us back to the moon? Listen to our award-winning podcast #16Sunsets from @andrewl-b.bsky.social @davejgiles.bsky.social @richardcourtice.bsky.social @radiokate.com @scirad.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.comEnterprise!Podcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E3 · 58min 1348
Reposted by Dave GilesThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now. 20369442554
Reposted by Dave GilesEmily Carney @emilycarney.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Read my latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/emilycar...open.substack.comIn the Apollo and Skylab Days, Astronauts Didn't Get Sick. Until They Did.Revisiting toxic attitudes towards Space Adaptation Syndrome in earlier human spaceflight. 031
Reposted by Dave GilesZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners. Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night. The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today 801645315
Reposted by Dave GilesMy Girl The River @mygirltheriver.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Thank you Dave!! Let’s get this puppy over the line! 🤩 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mygirlther...crowdfunder.co.ukMy Girl The River Album 4Raise funds for our 4th album, allowing us to share some incredible new songs with you on vinyl. 032
Reposted by Dave GilesZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025A Government of cowards. Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution. They can't get away with this. Join.greenparty.org.uk 11832291077
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 18/11/2025New album funding project by @mygirltheriver.bsky.social I've loved their last albums, so I'm asking you nicely to help out so i get a 4th album to listen to. Thanks! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mygirlther...crowdfunder.co.ukMy Girl The River Album 4Raise funds for our 4th album, allowing us to share some incredible new songs with you on vinyl. 010
Reposted by Dave GilesRobert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 05/11/2025It's amazing how much of a difference the congestion charge in Oxford has made. The roads are much quieter, it's so easy driving around the city centre now and being able to keep to time. My job has become less stressful. 2667
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Could a tour poster for an artist you’ve never heard of ever make you go to a gig without listening to their music before? 120
Reposted by Dave GilesIain Key @iainkey.bsky.social · 06/10/2025My guest on my 'In Conversation...' for @louderthanwar.bsky.social this weekend with be the one and only @billybragg.bsky.social Tune in from 1pm on Sunday via the LTW app or on listen on Mixcloud... 174
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2025In three weeks today I start a tour with the amazing @ccampbellmusic.bsky.social and the delicious @dannygruff.bsky.social - Tickets are pay what you want, we don’t want a ticket price to stop anyone being able to enjoy live music. Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and Oxford. 131
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Well today was a fun one. Woke up late after a very late gig last night in London and had an email from the guy who fitted the carpet in my studio telling me he just heard me on BBC Radio Oxford. I asked a couple of questions and he said 8.45am on his way to work, off I went to BBC Sounds. 370
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 07/08/2025In positive news, my new(ish) single 'Looking For A' got it's first spin on BBC Introducing last week. Many thanks to @davegilyeat.bsky.social for playing it! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Local Radio - BBC Introducing - Oxfordshire & Berkshire, Truck 2025Dave's got live tracks, interviews and more from our stage at Truck 2025! 121
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I’m now older than John Lennon was when he was shot dead. 030
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 19/07/2025I grew up reading everything I could about Project Apollo. But I lived through the Shuttle program. #16Sunsets by the original #13MinutestotheMoon team: @andrewl-b.bsky.social, @scirad.bsky.social + @davejgiles.bsky.social & @richardcourtice.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.com16 SunsetsHistory Podcast · Fortnightly series · 15914
Reposted by Dave GilesRainOrShine99 @rainorshine99.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Thanks So Much to Dave Giles! 👍 The Space Shuttle podcast by Kevin Fong is called: “16 Sunsets” (10 episodes) Premiered November 2024 and is now complete. (Kevin Fong and his team did the amazing 1st two seasons of 13 Minutes to the Moon on Apollo) (Screen grab from my Overcast podcast app.) 112
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 22/06/2025New tour announcement for Oct/Nov: Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, Newcastle, Glasgow and Birmingham. Playing with @ccampbellmusic.bsky.social and @dannygruff.bsky.social Tickets already flying: WWw.davejgiles.com/gigs More being organised too! 123
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 17/06/20251am updating gig listings with unannounced gigs because the venues want a ticket link.. always feels a bit naughty - what if people find out?media.tenor.coma man in a shirt and tie is drinking from a cup .ALT: a man in a shirt and tie is drinking from a cup . 000
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Leeds last night was delightful. Manchester tonight has just sold out :) More gigs announced soon! 030
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 11/06/2025So sad to hear about Brian Wilson. Playing my Beach Boys records when I get home. 130
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The person who lived here before us decorated the downstairs bathroom in a very quirky way. I’m so reluctant to change it but it’s really not aging well. Might need to hit some charity shops to get some more sheet music. 110
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Drinking mince pie flavoured tea in May. Think that’s a win. 010
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 14/05/2025How’s anyone doing today? I’ll literally take any interaction please :) 110
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Having a studio clear up at 2.50am - that means music is being made tomorrow. 010
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Let's talk about Spotify for a second. I released a song last month. My first in nearly 4 years. I have 2300 followers on Spotify and before the release I had about 350 monthly listeners. I had about 50 listeners a day. I have one song over 100,000 streams, a couple are getting close to that. 100
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Off to Newcastle. 5 hour drive to play some of my songs for people. Life is good :) If you’re in Newcastle and you’d like to be one of those people: davejgiles.com/event/597799... It’s pay what you can…. 👌 or completely free if you wantdavejgiles.comNEWCASTLE: Little Buildings - with Danny Gruff @ Little Buildings - May 8, 2025, 7:00PMJoining forces with Danny Gruff for our first gig in Newcastle in over 5 years. This is a pay what you want gig so that as many people as possible can enjoy some live music no matter how much they cur... 000
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The Handmaid’s Tale is back and it’s like it never went away… 000
Reposted by Dave GilesJen Jones @jen-jones.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Looking For A ~ @davejgiles.bsky.social Have a listen to this fab new song, here or wherever you stream your music.. open.spotify.com/album/2QMWOF... 001
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I’m being really shameless today. I’ve turned 40, and to celebrate I’ve released my first new song in 4 years… please help my celebrate my milestone by listening to this song - maybe add it to a playlist or drop the link in all your WhatsApp/Signal group chats. open.spotify.com/track/42c1Qv...open.spotify.comLooking For ADave Giles · Looking For A · Song · 2025 341
Reposted by Dave GilesWhat The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 16/04/2025Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling. 5021071036
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Just had a beaut of a rehearsal for my gig tomorrow. It’s such a great feeling knowing I’ll be out playing my own songs for a change, thrilled to have more gigs around the country planned for the next few months too. Must add to that list! 010
Reposted by Dave GilesSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025In a world of Matts, be a Derek. 444314777908
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Good news everyone. According to my latest blood test, I have 1% chance of heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years. That’s consider low risk by the NHS. Feeling good. 150
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 08/02/2025In 1978 NASA selected a new class of astronauts, the most diverse in the agency’s history. This is their story. #16Sunsets podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.comNew FrontiersPodcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m 07822
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Heading into London to go to a night of celebration of the music of David Crosby at the Barbican with my mum, dad and brother. Mum and Dad took us to see Crosby, Stills and Nash when I was just 6 years old. Gonna be emotional I think. open.spotify.com/track/0O87QQ...open.spotify.comMusic Is LoveDavid Crosby · If I Could Only Remember My Name · Song · 1971 120
Reposted by Dave GilesRichard Courtice @richardcourtice.bsky.social · 31/01/2025A new episode of @16sunsets.bsky.social on the Space Shuttle is out. BIG speakers recommended for this one. pod.link/1771470820 "Anatomy of a Firecracker" contains engineers making seemingly impossible things, and @christianlundberg.bsky.social "having it large" 🚀😀🎶pod.link16 Sunsets 051
Reposted by Dave GilesDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025An astonishing exploration of the reality of ‘DEI’ in this excellent @drkevinfong.bsky.social podcast about 1970s NASA. The testimony from older male astronauts on how female excellence changed their minds is memorable. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.comNew FrontiersPodcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m 316251
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Ep 4 #16Sunsets New Frontiers. Worth a listen on this day more than most. #NASA has always pushed back boundaries in space & here on Earth. In 1978 it selected the Thirty Five New Guys, at the time the most diverse astronaut class in its history. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.comNew FrontiersPodcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m 0318
Reposted by Dave Gilesdannygruff.bsky.social @dannygruff.bsky.social · 28/01/2025My first Blue Sky post goes to this… Mastering the upcoming @davejgiles.bsky.social album in Abbey Road yesterday with Geoff Pesche. This album is finally looking like it’s coming out this year! 081
Dave Giles @davejgiles.bsky.social · 29/12/2024My friend sent me this song he co-wrote, and it blew me away: open.spotify.com/album/0fuR55...open.spotify.comI Love You I Miss YouBeth Morris · Single · 2024 · 1 songs 030
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 19/12/2024An early Christmas present. #16Sunsets Episode 4: New Frontiers. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.comNew FrontiersPodcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m 5388
Reposted by Dave GilesAndrew Luck-Baker @andrewl-b.bsky.social · 20/12/2024New ep of the #16Sunsets pod now available. Great stories and moving moments in this one on the first women & people of colour hired as astronauts for the #shuttle program. Lovely work by @drkevinfong.bsky.social, @davejgiles.bsky.social, Rami Tzabar & @richardcourtice.bsky.social bit.ly/3VO4uMQbit.lyNew FrontiersPodcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m 0127
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Had the honour of interviewing Bjo Trimble who saved Captain Kirk’s Starship Enterprise & re-named a space shuttle. Re-listened to Ep 3 today. Couldn’t stop smiling all the way through. Have a listen. You’ll smile too. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.com16 SunsetsHistory Podcast · 5 Episodes · Fortnightly series 86421
Reposted by Dave GilesKevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Latest episode of our #16Sunsets podcast out now. My favourite one so far! Kudos to @scirad & @Richard_C for doing their own heavy lifting on this one. If you liked #13MinutestotheMoon you’ll love this. Find it here. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1... Ep 3: Enterprise. 15213
