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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Which ******* stole the last piece!

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Amazing selection of records. Half Man Half Biscuit, Experimental Pop Band, New Order and others. Very generous and thanks for the notes too looking forward to listening. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻 @vinylsanta.bsky.social #vinylsanta

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Thank you @vinylsanta.bsky.social justice picked up from the post office 🎅🏻🎁

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Applestump Records @applestumprecords.com · 15/12/2025

Our Independent Venue Week lineup has been announced. 😊 Tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail... It’s gonna be a good week! 🙌

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

@vinylsanta.bsky.social record sent today! Hohoho etc 🎅🏻🎵

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Great stop in Kendal on the way back from the match .

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I saw Train Dreams today, in Manchester- what a beautiful film. I like listening to the blues but there’s a melancholy in this film that lingers.

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Found some time to get acquainted with the new Bar Italia record. Great stuff. Thanks @applestumprecords.com

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Vinyl Santa @vinylsanta.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🔔🔔🔔 #VinylSanta applications for 2025 are now live. Please see rules, regulations and directions below. 🎅

Welcome to Vinyl Santa 2025

For those that are new to this, the idea is for record heads to send each other a package of records to be opened on Christmas Eve. Similar to a regular secret Santa, we ask that participants maintain their anonymity.

Participants will be given a recipient to send records to. They can then check out their VS’s timeline to get an idea of what they might be into.

We ask that folks send £10/$12 dollars worth of records.

Guidelines for records:
Ideally from a thrift/charity shop but dollar bin or pulling from own collection is acceptable. Please do not use third parties to fulfil your VS as this has caused delays and upsets in the past.

A good VS would be a few records (3 to 5) in good condition.

Sending a tat record within a bundle is fine; sending all tat is not. And the records do not have to be Christmas records!

This is Vinyl Santa, not CD Santa. Bulking packages so that they're primarily CDs, magazines, DVDs etc is not approved and may result in suspension from future VS's.

The instructions…
1. If you wish to participate please drop us a DM with your name and address by Sunday November 9th. If in the UK, you'll need to verify your account to access DMs if you haven't done so already, or use a VPN.
2. There’ll be 2 draw pools: UK and USA. We’ll do Ireland too if there's sufficient interest.
3. We'll aim to let you know who your recipient is w/c Nov 10th.
4. We recommend you stalk your recipient’s timeline for clues as to their musical tastes. As many people are new on here this is a good opportunity to put up some posts to give your sender a few clues.

5. Please mail out in good time and be sure to mark your parcel #VinylSanta. Your recipient will likely receive many record-shaped parcels and we wouldn't want any opened early in error!
6. The tradition is to open parcels from 7pm GMT onwards on Xmas Eve and share photos on BlueSky of what you’ve received. This is important - if you're unavailable then by all means share a photo earlier but please do not leave it until after Christmas.
7. Please don’t participate if you’re not going to make good on your commitment and send a thoughtful and considered parcel.

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

3 points for the might blues

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Great atmosphere on Saturday at Keele Uni to see The Lightning Seeds. Support band Casino, we’re very good - though not very cool 😁😎

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Tickets booked to see Bill Ryder Jones 💥

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Enjoying the debut record from Nightbus: one for fans of New Order

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

First time seeing the mighty Jane Weaver last night. Very impressed

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Looking forward to seeing the mighty Jane Weaver this weekend…

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

open.spotify.com/track/7ArvcG... No photos from last night’s gig so posting this beauty from @mtmiseryband.bsky.social instead

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Hey!

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Hope we aren’t going to be useless again.

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Interesting record shops in York UTB

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Another 3 points, that rain in the last ten minutes and Regan Linney’s goal UTB

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Great stuff at the Mercury Climbing festival in Stockport last night. Milltown Brothers in great form 🍎🍏

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

One last play before we head to Stockport #timetomoveon

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

New Milltown Borthers record is beautiful… this just gets me every time open.spotify.com/track/2AvZEv...

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Time To Move On

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

On the way back from the Cumbrian capital.

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

On the way back from the Cumbrian capital.

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Applestump Records @applestumprecords.com · 06/09/2025

We’re hitting the high street! We close our barker street doors at 5pm 06/09 and reopen at 4 Oatmarket, Nantwich, CW55AL on or before 12/09. 😊 Exciting times! See you up there. ✊

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Nick @icantstartnow.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Good luck to @applestumprecords.com as they move to spanking new premises in Nantwich! Sad to see to old girl go but exciting times. Worth a visit if you are ever over this way 😎

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