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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Drama is magnificent. I loved Wild and The Innocents so much. Stop was the first 7” I ever bought (an EP to boot!). His WFL remix made me an indie portal via the Chart Show. Banger after banger. (With apologies to you and @seanedmund.bsky.social for sharing as a quote - can’t reply to thread…)

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bad news: made the final whistle Good news: in time for analysis Bad news: itv shows 2 context-free challenges then the winning goal then a disallowed goal, pundits talking across each other, then celebrations, then an ad break, then the other goals, like get a writer, know your story

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Happy ‘families who pay for private school get to go on holiday cheaper than everyone else because other schools are still open for two more weeks’ day to all who celebrate, may the rest of us join in via the ritual receipt of all those OOO emails.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“And what costume shall the poor girl wear?” “Well, here’s one I made earlier.”

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

4th July reading on the train

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Neuromancer is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

1) Bono’s leather-waistcoat-no-shirt look. 2) The sanctification of Freddie Mercury as ‘the perfect showman’ when he died.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Delighted to report that the real Belgium away shirts do not have the Magritte legend featured on the social media representation of said shirt, which means that the promo image was even more appropriate than it first appeared.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Went to a gig on Wednesday. Yes, Wednesday. Outside. It was a furnace but a very joyful one cos it was seeing Super Furry Animals for the first time in 10 years. My review for @bristol247.bsky.social has just gone up. www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...

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Review: Super Furry Animals, Bristol Sounds - 'Disparate tastes, joyfully reconciled'

It's the Welsh psych-Britpop stars' first tour in ten years

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Little piece from me for @bristol247.bsky.social based on an interview with Guto from the Super Furry Animals, ahead of their Bristol show next week. We talk band democracy, being forward-facing and a love of experimentation. A lovely man in a great band. www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...

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Super Furry Animals - 'We were so lucky to live near Bristol'

The Britpop heroes on lessons learnt, 'shocking' run-throughs, their Bristol connection and the live spectacle in store at the harbour

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 17/06/2026

It starts today!!!

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This morning’s @bristol247.bsky.social article and something kind of similar.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

“Sunday, in the afternoon, what have you got to lose…?”

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“On the one hand it’s an England that’s hardly changed. On the other hand it changes every day, every hour. It’s always now. It’s the now that’s eternal, actually.” David Hockney

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Canada looking helpless, helpless, helpless…

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Did not know this. How brilliant.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Newk’s Time is over. What a life.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

On Dylan’s 85th birthday, here’s a playlist of some of my favourite Dylan covers open.spotify.com/playlist/3q8...

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Beauty in the silver singing river: Dylan via other voices

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I Wanna Testify Good Old Music Everybody’s Going To Make It This Time Mothership Connection One Nation Under A Groove

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you've seen live Gil Scott-Heron Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dexys PJ Harvey Rolling Stones Calexico Stone Roses Herbie Hancock Brian Wilson Hot Chip

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I understand they could never have called it Batman Legocy, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also be disappointed

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Finally watched When Harry Met Sally for the first time last night (I know). Obliged to use my commute to re-listen to this sensational unpacking of what makes it so good. Brilliant insights from @lucyprebblish.bsky.social and the Rule Of Three chaps. Glorious. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Lucy Prebble on When Harry Met Sally

Podcast Episode · Rule Of Three · 13 February 2020 · 1hr 9min

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story Keep On Keeping On Freddie’s Dead Right On (For The Darkness) Billy Jack

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Finally saw Sweet Smell Of Success - what a dark-hearted film it is. Dialogue so dense and poetic it’s hard to follow whats going on. But it sure lingers. Grateful to my film buff friend for immediately lending me the director’s book so I can work out why…

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🎶 let’s get together and eat minced beef🎶

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The Amorous Humphrey Plugg It’s Raining Today The Old Man’s Back Again The Electrician Track Three

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Grease. Nothing cute or fun or cool about it. Toxic sexual politics, horrible songs - ‘did she put up a fight’? Ugh. Everyone a cartoon (except for Stockard Channing, and what happens to her character is grim.) Sandy’s transformation is 70s male gaze nonsense.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Tin Soldier - Small Faces Racing In The Street - Springsteen River Man - Nick Drake Edith & The Kingpin - Joni I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Beatles Make Me Believe In You - Patti Jo Promised Land - Joe Smooth Controversy - Prince Finders Keepers - Chairmen of the Board Lady Grinning Soul - Bowie

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Sail on, sailor! Delighted to see Allison morphing into a 1970s Beach Boy.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This weather, this time of year - it just sounds like this to me. It is Small Faces season, and this just sounds amazing, still.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Found a Mad Men box set in a charity shop. £2 - couldn’t not. (Some sense is kicking in I should be prepping for streamer collapse.) The media outlet calling depictions (S1 alone) of brutal misogyny, blatant racism, forced adoption and workplace bullying “sheer joy”? That’ll be the Mail On Sunday.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Finished this over the weekend. It’s very good. There’s a recurring line that defines America as “an adolescence without end“ and I keep thinking about that.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🎶 *bryan ferry voice* “Disposable darling You’ve made so much money My new hobby is flags It’s a national emergency”

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Yes it’s the most Partridge moment ever but also, having just read the book thanks to @iammilliam.bsky.social and @andrewmale.bsky.social, I can’ see Goodwin as a akin to Elizabeth Taylor’s Angel - brittle, self-regarding, impervious to reflection, a laughing stock who will never realise it.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

As a radio DJ Craig Charles is a great reader-out of words other people have written for him to say, other than he also sounds totally wooden doing that.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My friend fields sometimes 6 calls a day from people demanding he collect his cat. The cat goes missing for days and has been found in pubs, schools, people’s homes. He‘s been in the cathedral, the zoo, followed a guy home from the Thekla once.

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New McCartney is just lovely. Feels somewhere between Rubin-produced Johnny Cash and Sufjan’s Carrie And Lowell. Hazy, melancholy, voice soft and occasionally cracking

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#nowplaying, special weather turning/refressing edition

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Jimmy Webb producing the Supremes doing a motorik sprint through a Joni Mitchell song. Just takes it somewhere else. A whole new energy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Bi...

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All I Want (Album Version)

YouTube video by The Supremes - Topic

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

My gratitude to @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social for his magical ensemble show the other night, and to @bristol247.bsky.social for letting me write a review. A case of place transposed to music which I have attempted to capture in words. www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...

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Review: Andrew Wasylyk, Bristol Beacon - 'An oasis of light and warmth'

The Scottish artist's set is evocative and transporting

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James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I didn’t march against the Criminal Justice Bill for this.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The last time a Tudor got this badly embarrassed by the Spanish, England schismed christianity.

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