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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm one of those without a podcast. They don't really appeal to me. But I have some good microphones, pop shields and a nice studio... Should I have a podcast?

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Sleeptalk @sleeptalksounds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very excited to be played on Shoreditch Radio today ahead of our gig at The Star in Shoreditch on Saturday night. Doors 6pm, we're on stage at 7.15. Tickets: bit.ly/SleeptalkTSIS

Sleeptalk will be played on Shoreditch Radio TODAY (Wednesday 23rd at 1pm and 7pm on James Mackay's show.

www.shoreditchradio.co.uk

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've kept an eye on my contributions but, seeing this article, I checked again this morning - only to find HMRC now saying that I've missed a year (which I haven't). Is this a glitch or am I going to have to fight my way through their systems to find someone to talk to?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It is worth reading the whole thread - but this came across as disturbing...

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The last paragraph in the picture sums up what I'm thinking right now.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A last minute practice before our gig at the Newtown Pippin in Bracknell tomorrow. It is free entry for 5 great acts and the music starts at 7.30. #musicsky #musiciansky

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you can't make it to our Bracknell gig on Wednesday, we are returning to the South Hill Park Arts Centre in October. Or maybe come to both...

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Ben Paddon 🎃 @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026

An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Interesting reading - but it appears they weren't actually using Claude to develop the guidance algorithms as some of these have been in the public domain for many years. Claude was just adding the finishing touches and applying these algorithms to the particular platform.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/google-and... Google and Apple have a stranglehold over the mobile internet and complain bitterly about foreign governments trying to regulate them - but when Trump tells them to jump, their only question is how high?

rorycellanjones.substack.com

Google and Apple - Studies in Spinelessness

They were dubbed a few years ago the Magnificent Seven, the seven giant American tech companies* whose growth seems unstoppable .

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Could this weight limit become the norm for all seagoers - or anyone else who might need a helicopter rescue?

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Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton" youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ

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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It is interesting to see the thinking in this article - but isn't it 25 years too late?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've not seen many journalists repost this - I wonder why? Perhaps because it exposes their laziness?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bought at the same time as my first CD player. Now I could hear everything that the recording engineer wanted me to hear.

Two CDs. The top one is music by Vaughan Williams featuring a picture called The Hay Cart by Henry John Yeerd King. The bottom one is Geffery Morgan by UB40.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Looks like my old job is up for grabs... careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/auv-...

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Careers | National Oceanography Centre

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I really don't understand why people are celebrating this when it shows that around 100 million people still approve of him. How can that happen in any functional country?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

While this may be Boaty's first adventure under a glacier, its predecessor, Autosub2 surveyed under ice in the same area over 20 years ago. www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another lazy politician using the "rent a pensioner" lady. She's unlikely to be really struggling - but she has a good PR agent. Poverty is an important issue but please use real people to illustrate your story because using professional pundits won't help the cause.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Tegan and I are going to be playing at The Newtown Pippin Acoustic Cafe tonight. Also looking forward to seeing NUNK on the same bill.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The fridge that I inherited when I moved here seems to have turned into a freezer - just tried to cut up a melon and it was more like sorbet!

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It was really interesting to read what one well known author thought about writing radio plays 100 years ago.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Can anyone make sense of this graph? Shouldn't the end point of one year line up with the start point for the following year?

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I had a great night on Friday at the acoustic music night at Gallery No30 in Petersfield. I thought this James Brown classic went really well for us. youtu.be/mRl-KzIjUjA Thanks to Keith Burbidge for the video.

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It's A Man's Man's Man's World

YouTube video by The Cutting Room Music

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I have a working wind up gramophone that is nearly 100 years old although the 60 year old Garrard turntable sees more use. However, my son has a Britannia musical box with metal discs from the early 1900s which he plays regularly.

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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Indeed, and that is why we need everyone to pull together in working towards genuine climate mitigation and adaptation. Astronomically expensive techofantasy concepts are distractions, not solutions, and giving them free, unbalanced publicity is not helpful.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is an excellent article that isn't behind a pay wall.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Latest gig announcement - we'll be playing at the South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell in October.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Posts like this about the Belfast riots are really starting to annoy me. There seems to be no recognition from these left leaning commentators that we are coming up to the marching season where tensions are always hightened. I've fed up with facile takes on the situation.

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Sleeptalk @sleeptalksounds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Guildford area Bass player wanted for August gigs - battle of the bands coming up on 14th August (first prize £10k) and a warm up gig at the Fiery Bird in Woking on either 31st July or 7th August - TBC. Would ideally love someone whose bass style is inspired by the Pixies, New Dad, Wet Leg.

Photo of the band, Sleeptalk at the Boileroom in Guildford.

Guildford area Bass player wanted for August gigs
We have a battle of the bands coming up on 14th August (first prize £10k) in Guildford and a warm up gig at the Fiery Bird in Woking on either 31st July or 7th August - TBC.

We need a bass player for original songs (i.e. you'll mainly be making the bass lines up, however there are songs with specific bass lines and riffs). Would ideally love someone whose bass style is inspired by the Pixies, New Dad, Wet Leg - basically chunky bass lines that are quite prominent in the songs.

We have videos and live recordings available on Instagram, Sound Cloud, YouTube, etc. All the links are available at www.sleeptalksounds.com

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I've had a couple of fairly well known musicians tell me that I look like Albert Lee.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm finding it hard to take this @theguardian.com newsletter seriously these days. They seem obsessed by AI to the exclusion of almost everything else. Maybe it is just another example of the dumbed down state of journalism these days. www.theguardian.com/technology/s...

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TechScape newsletter | The Guardian

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Less than 10 to go at the time of writing...

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Today really shows how few music people there are here. Keith Morris died last night - not the photographer, but they keyboard player with The Green Hornets, promoter of 5 Bands for a Fiver at the Wedge and general all round good guy. There's nothing at all about him on Bluesky 😔 RIP Keith

Keith Morris in a pink shirt and black waistcoat.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The last time I went to the cinema, to see the Bob Dylan movie, there was someone singing along with all the songs. Normally this would be disastrous, but she was actually really good.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This thread seems to confirm the recent decline that I've noticed - particularly in personal posts on Facebook. Nowadays social media seems to be about publicity rather than genuine connections.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Is this the end of the road for hydrogen powered vehicles? It seems like another dead-end technology promoted by the fossil fuel industry who are refusing to accept that their days are numbered.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

As a 6 year old staying in hospital on my own, I found everything very daunting. So when a nurse asked me if I wanted to "spend a penny" I thought she wanted money.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It isn't just governments making the switch. My son and his teenage friends are using the same decentralised open source alternatives to the well known apps.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Our next gig is less than 2 weeks away in Bracknell. Get there early if you want to see us as we are on first and, as there are 5 artists playing that night, it will be starting on time.

Poster for the Acoustic Cafe at the Newtown Pippin pub, Bracknell on the 29th of April 2026 from 7:30. Free admission to see He Fired First, Stem, Medlar Jam, Chris Albery-Jones and The Cutting Room

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I think Bruce possibly paints an over-romanticised view of America but how did no-one see those subtitles? Is this more AI crap because surely every sane person should know the words to that song.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Harry Grindell Matthews didn't only develop early wireless telephony - he was involved in the early talking pictures, rocketry and possibly even invented Gotham's Bat Signal! There's more at www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/Archives/Pag...

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Matthews Harry Grindell

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Sleeptalk @sleeptalksounds.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Acoustic recording of The Goat God (made a couple glasses of wine in so I didn't do a Taco). One of the tracks we're playing on 16th April at Guildford City Club. youtu.be/7Juu4E5d6nY?... #newmusic #guildford #indie #unsigned

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The Goat God - Larley acoustic recording

YouTube video by Sleeptalk Sounds

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My son: I've got 15,000 flip-flops His friend: Where do you keep them all? My son: they're on this chip!

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I thought this ship looked familiar. Good to see that it is still doing polar research.

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 27/03/2026

🐙 #Octopus larvae movement between the #ChannelIslands & the #UK - could this help explain the recent #OctopusBloom in #Southwest UK? Ocean current modelling suggests that sustained easterly winds may have transported young octopus larvae to the region. Thread 👇🧵 (1/3)

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The first time my son and I explored Roblox we encountered some very inappropriate conversations between players. We immediately stopped using it.

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James Perrett @jamesperrett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I went to pick up my son from Gatwick today and one thing that struck me as I walked out of the car park was the strong smell of tobacco smoke. I've not noticed it this much for years - even outside pubs. Does air travel attract more smokers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Smoking ban in Scotland's pubs was a 'PR war' - but has it saved lives?

Exactly 20 years ago, Scotland became the first part of the UK to outlaw smoking in bars, restaurants and offices.

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