Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026found a bunch of my mam’s old ticket stubs. 75p to see T. Rex 2707
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Slow news day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 000
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Daryl: Part One @hotdonkeybear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Getting to know my new students and I asked when was it they first fell in love with music. One chap was like, “When my mum took me to see Bohemian Rhapsody as a child”static.klipy.comMan Ages RapidlyAlt: Man Ages Rapidly 1234
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A photo from this evening of Sarah Cracknell, especially for @theparisangel.bsky.social 2292
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Stagger Lee @staggerlee68.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That was fucking beautiful 031
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Well, I never knew that. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that John’s research correctly identifies one of these: 3101
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great interview with Rich Hall. He's had an amazing career and is very wise when talking about comedy. 5204
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The quoted song is not that album’s worst offender. “Jumpin’ Jah flah” outdoes it. youtu.be/7ahv71i_TYM?...youtu.beJumpin' Jack Flash (Live / Remastered 2009)YouTube video by The Rolling Stones - Topic 000
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Saw the Oasis doc at the cinema as it was the film with the fewest viewers. It’s written by Stephen Knight, slight baffled as to what that entailed. Did he do the dialogue for Noel and Liam? Definitely the supporting characters needed a bit of fleshing out. 101
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Howdy Doomsday @howdydoomsday.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hell yeah I'm into MMA. Mary Margaret Amato 0278
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Amol Rajan Connection with their famous hit MORE, MORE, MORE. 000
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Jeff Billington @facesofjeff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Enjoying the lads' early soundtrack work. 031
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Russ Fischer @russfischer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I know directors who use subtlety and they're all cowards 9486106
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Remember when they watched The Trial Of A Time Lord on Gogglebox? #DoctorWho 1311623
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history. 50107412684
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you want to pour one out for Tim Curry over a less well known horror film, besides Rocky Horror and IT, he does have a lovely extended cameo in the framing narrative of THE SHOUT, which I highly recommend. 💕 2215
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Sparks at York. A varied setlist. Someone needs to tell Russell that the Betty’s speciality is a fat rascal and not a pretzel. www.setlist.fm/setlist/spar...setlist.fmSparks Setlist at York Barbican, YorkGet the Sparks Setlist of the concert at York Barbican, York, England on August 25, 2026 and other Sparks Setlists for free on setlist.fm! 010
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You guys. YOU. GUYS. Somehow I didn't know that Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris had covered Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush," I feel like I have been wasting my life until this momentm.youtube.comLinda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris - After the Gold Rush (Official Music Video) | TRIOYouTube video by Linda Ronstadt 19381112
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I’ve got two of these, a couple who hurriedly left a screening of Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (whose first scene deals with the aftermath of a rape) because they really wanted to see Hugh Bonneville in Viceroy’s House. And the couple who left an in-person Stewart Lee gig after 10 minutes because they… 110
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Cinema double-bill of A Better Tomorrow II and Jason Statham in Mutiny. ABT II an absolute incomprehensible fever-dream of a script, probably the weakest Woo Chow / Yun-Fat effort but still ok. Mutiny a solid mid-tier Statham beat-em-up, needed better dialogue but pleasingly humanitarian (honest). 110
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 23/08/2026fxrant.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-...fxrant.blogspot.comThe Myth of the "Jaws" Shooting StarUpdate: If you've been here before, you absolutely need to scroll down to Gigantic Update, 1/20/2025 for some new information. The GIFs... 042
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Preparing to teach Soylent Green (Robert Fleisher, 1973), I came across this ad for a bizarre promotional event where the actresses who play the "furniture" in the film—enslaved sex workers who are purchased along with a luxury apartments—appeared as "furniture girls" at an actual furniture store. 1427168
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Neil Young @raijimmaru.bsky.social · 23/08/2026saw ANDROID (1982) on dvd this morning and—among the myriad pleasures of this ripe-for-rediscovery delight—blow me if Crofton Hardester therein isn't an absolute dead ringer for Abslom Daak ("the Dalek killer"). And since Daak dates back to 1980, I presume the resemblance is entirely intentional. 221
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Not sure if this Moviedrome intro for The Big Combo was on YouTube already but here it is in great quality from @neilsmiles.com. It’s the best type of Moviedrome intro, breezily informative about a film most viewers haven’t seen before. youtu.be/bg2NtERaRY8?...youtu.beBBC2 Continuity | Moviedrome | 22nd August 1993YouTube video by Neil Miles 010
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My latest intervention in the culture. 75011
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I like Palace's away kit but it does look like a 1980s blank VHS box. Actually that'll be WHY I like it. 1292
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So a quick note/reshare from last night that Ari (last name Cohn, I think?), the archivist of all that is _Phantom of the Paradise_, did indeed show the restored (and much better looking) original cut of the film, simply titled _Phantom_, last night. (Led Zeppelin is still blocking formal release!) 2156
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The list includes: - The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940) - Black Widow 5: Widow’s Peak - That terrifying schools TV programme about the guy who steals peregrine falcons’ eggs - That Darn Cat (1965) - Three episodes of A Question of Sport (1x Coleman/Botham/Beaumont era; 2x Barker/Parrott/McCoist) 2151
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Area Man @areamancm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Rewatched 2010: The Year We Make Contact, which I’ve always liked, despite its flaws. Fell down a rabbit hole and was saddened to learn that Natasha Shneider, playing a young cosmonaut, died in 2008 after an accomplished musical career but surprised to learn Keir Dullea is still very much with us 322
Dean - Not a Bear. @dean1973.bsky.social · 16/08/20261979 video recorders youtu.be/Q07_jiaaYh8?...youtu.beVintage Video Recorders | Which is the best video recorder? | Retro Tech | 1980s Technology | 1980YouTube video by ThamesTv 000
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm sorting through a mountain of blu-rays and found something that made me laugh so much when I was given it at Christmas that I felt obliged to keep the gift tag. 2296
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Jeff Billington @facesofjeff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Again, passing off AI generated stuff as human should be illegal and treated like counterfeit goods or adulterated food. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSpotify to introduce AI badge after fans make feelings 'clear'The new feature, starting from mid-September, will tell listeners if an artist is AI-generated. 021
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Would it be simpler if Zia Yusuf just sent a roundrobin letter to the 7 or 8 people who are ideologically correct in his view and stopped bothering everyone else. 081
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/08/2026Pete Hegseth wipes his nose, then runs his hand through his hair 11543607902
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Me after playing the first two Stooges LPs. 413016
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume. 1794798754
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I wonder if the reason a lot of "the kids" (ie anyone under 40) can't be doing with black-and-white films is that they didn't grow up with the b&w portable in the spare room as the only alternative source of television? A good half of my youthful TV watching was in monochrome. 9406
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026As a cyclops truther I like that Homer’s Odyssey is listed as non-fiction 418143
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.ChicaLolita @chicalolita.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The people who think COVID measures were too harsh clearly didn't see the coverage from Italy where it first hit outside of China. A procession of trucks carrying bodies through the streets of Bergamo, because the local crematorium was over-run. Over a month before lockdowns in UK and US. 111
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Śéáń @fiercemilder.com · 30/07/2026Pitching my Backrooms sequel "Frontrooms" featuring that never-used living room at Nana's house where the furniture is covered in plastic and the air smells forbidden. 716443
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's another parable from the Boultings, about why humans can't have nice things. Sellers turns in yet another *fabulous* performance... 2145
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Billy Bell @billybell99.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Made a playlist of songs the Kinks recorded around the time of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society that didn't make the album. It's a whole other album. open.spotify.com/playlist/6tC...open.spotify.comThe Shadow Village GreenPlaylist · bbell99 · 14 items 011
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Hang on, 2001: A Space ODYSSEY? It's got a fucking cyclops in it! 2244
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/... 19398144
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 25/07/2026Having watched an awful lot of low budget exploitation flicks recently, the ironic thing is that shooting your film on 70s film stock, and then watching a half-decent Blu-ray transfer of it, makes your supposedly cheap film feel lush and expensive compared to so much material these days. 1193
Reposted by Dean - Not a Bear.Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I love a cartoon with a big sign in it. Ellis Rosen did one of my favourites 011529
