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Tom Nelthorpe

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Country stuff. Infrastructure finance stuff. Some metal

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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Reissue of the Week: Elastica's Debut Album is "Untouchable Louche Perfection" | The Quietus
Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What ho! It's Bandcamp Friday, the day when Bandcamp waives its fees on the music that one purchases through its "platform". Quite hot on the heels of the last one. But I was prepared for today. isitbandcampfriday.com
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Is it Bandcamp Friday?
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John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rest well Cronos – true extreme music pioneer, he was a smart, engaging geezer and great story teller to boot. RIP Conrad Lant. (I've put a couple of links in the usual place.)
Conrad Lant, aka Cronos of Venom, live in 2013, raising the metal horns. Extreme metal pioneers Venom giving it their all during an arboreal photo shoot in 1985. The classic line up of Venom looking balefully evil in 1981 during a press shoot.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me and my grunge friends would’ve killed A.I. with hammers I can tell you that much
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a great read, of course, but nothing this year will make me feel so old as the fact that it is 21 years since Lou Barlow REJOINED Dinosaur Jr. pitchfork.com/story/how-di...
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How Dinosaur Jr. Learned to Tolerate One Another, Kind Of
For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band into the annals of indie rock. But during his annual vacation in Cape Cod, he opened up about almost everything: interpersonal dynamics,...
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'd include at least one of their records that leant into the boom bap, but it's a great overview
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Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I had to get a model maker to make a mini Stonehenge for the NME cover shoot with Happy Mondays - and got the measurements wrong - and almost made it actual sized!
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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 20/09/2026
Hands up who wants some fun research into The Young Ones? Brand new on Dirty Feed: the truth about Colin Baker's appearance, or rather non-appearance, on the show. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/09/evil...
Rick with his hands in the air, from The Young Ones, "Bambi"
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social does the Funky Mendoza. He's right - get the Tinto Corte if you can. The Cabernet is nowhere near chewy enough. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-tondon...
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The Tondonia of Latin America
In praise of the idiosyncratic Argentine wines of Weinert. Plus Wineupmanship!
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Euromoney Style Guide, a corrupter of youth to rival Socrates OR Ozzy Osbourne, and whose malign influence will stretch across space and time like some finance-literate Bene Gesserit long after its demise... said Treasurys
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
=Kid Rock and The Nuge saddle up= pitchfork.com/story/ed-she...
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Ed Sheeran’s Tour Openers, Backing Band Resign After Macklemore Removal
The rapper was kicked off the tour following his call for a free Palestine
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 12/09/2026
Excellent piece of financial history writing here. And do read the comment below the line from a Salomon trader who told Buffett not to rescue them! as.ft.com/r/c4b7d680-f...
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The day Warren Buffett saved Salomon Brothers
‘Our name was rat poison’
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today is an official Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp officially waives all the fees it officially levies on purchases on the platform. I.e not one of those scam ones I sometimes celebrate on the first Friday of the month without official Bandcamp sanction /1
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm going to be charitable to the Economist and congratulate it on highlighting the contradictory attitudes of the public towards high planting densities. www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This morning's guest on the Writer's Bookshelf is the great @harrysword.bsky.social mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
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The writer’s bookshelf: Harry Sword
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fully expecting someone to "Do A Hitchens" on Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru next. metalinjection.net/news/drone-m...
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Drone Metal Orthodox Priest Addresses Accusations of Homophobia and Participating in Neo-Nazi Ceremony - Metal Injection
Father Dionysios Tabakis, a Greek Orthodox priest who became an unlikely fixture of experimental music circles this year through his drone-metal project, has issued a public statement addressing two s...
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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 29/08/2026
Severe Warning - Death To False Metal [Cleveland, OH, USA ; Speed Metal] (1987) redd.it/1vyzpsk youtu.be/1Ck4EAHEimA
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Severe Warning - Death To False Metal [Cleveland, OH, USA ; Speed Metal] (1987)
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
WANT AT J4 OF THE M180
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Headline of the day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christian metal band Demon Hunter sue Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters name
The band say they face "an existential crisis" after the success of the K-pop-inspired Netflix film.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The thing people should know about ZZ Top is that those early records, like Tres Hombres for example, are the gold standard for how rock records should sound. Immaculately recorded records, true auteur stuff, albums that set out to be exactly what they are
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Our goal isn’t really to sexualise the marmots”. Just a pile-up of the worst things in late-period capitalism.... being harnessed for good? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to fund marmot research receive crypto boost
Funding boost worth $100,000 has recently materialized in form of new marmot-themed cryptocurrency
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Three of the four main Hobbits are landed gentry. Only Samwise actually has a job (working for one of the others). Posh gits.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
WANT
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
And of course it is ALAN Bishop who is a member of the Dwarfs of East Agouza. Avant-folk-world credentials REVOKED
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I have served Chateau Batailley with chilli con carne and regretted nothing.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
With *ever so slightly cleaner* vocals
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hail hail hail! That's Hail Cubed. Today is an Official Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives its 15% fee on purchases. It started as a monthly thing during the pandemic, but has grown more irregular. /1 isitbandcampfriday.com
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Is it Bandcamp Friday?
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Amazing. By this standard neither myself, my children nor one of my parents would have qualified (and the other parent only by a bare couple of months). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Is King Charles a ‘white Briton’? Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe won’t say
Lowe questioned on BBC about definition in report for hard-right party that both parents need to be born in UK
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
THIS. Don't tell the Woodland Trust, though. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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England’s climate is changing and our planting must change with it | Letter
Letter: We are trying to keep a pre‑industrial flora alive in a post‑industrial climate, writes Richard Eltringham
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This week's Great Estates is on Revesby, Lincolnshire where I learnt how to herd deer, went stoat spotting and almost fell into the reservoir! www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2d2198f...
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‘We’ve always treated our 6,000-acre estate like an elderly relative that needs looking after’
Great Estates: village charm and bustling business keep Revesby relevant in the 21st century
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Left Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Host the anti-world cup in Avignon, you cowards.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Morning
Meme: a flooffy cat lying down and looking at camera, labelled ‘himalayan’. Below, the same breed of cat standing, labelled ‘himawalkin’. An extremely childish ‘joke’. It amuses me enormously
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Once again, why haven’t we banned disposable barbecues?
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Steve BOOSwood @papafazuul.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My favorite part of Point Break is when Gary Busey gets shot to death. It's almost as good as my favorite scene in The Firm when Gary Busey gets shot to death. But nothing beats that scene in Lethal Weapon when Gary Busey gets shot to death.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. It will always be Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I wish someone loved me like medieval buildings love 80s revival acts.
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 15/07/2026
'1996’s Stag remains one of the weirdest rock albums ever to appear on a major label. It was Melvins’ eighth album in total, and the final of three to be released by Atlantic Records.' Many Happy Returns to #Melvins’ Stag, which turns 30 today! buff.ly/r4vg8MQ
Melvins' Stag album cover. Angular illustration of a gnarly flower with a skull shaped centre and cactus like appendages, one of which is holding a sign that reads: 'Stag.' All against a dark mustard/light orange background.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Presumably it was some kind of Die Hard 2 reference? I mean you never know when =SPOILER ALERT = some kind of wannabe Colonel Stuart is going to take over your air traffic control system and reset ground level.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The UK has some of the cheapest food and most expensive electricity of any developed country. You do not hear this in debates over land use, obviously.
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Flat Pluto Coven @adhdgobl.in · 28/06/2026
Mel Brooks has been around for 40% of the US's existence.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So the statistic the author uses to argue that the oughts fibre overbuild was never useful is... 19 years old? thecritic.co.uk/what-if-the-...
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Last word on Andy Burnham: never trust a man who looks like all of the Smiths at once.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
3 month transition? This isn't America? Absolutely not. Stick to tradition - 09:00 Downing St hunky lectern guy 09:30 Resignation speech 09:45 Palace (ex-PM) 10:30 Palace (new PM) 11:00 Downing St acceptance speech 11:15 Hunky lectern guy 11:20 Briefing against new PM It's in Bagehot, look it up.
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
'I went to Eton and Oxford, so to say that I’m not part of the establishment is ridiculous!' For this week's Great Estates I went to Wales to interview Sir Charlie Gladstone at Hawarden – and see the Grand Old Man's desk – and it was very good fun! 10/10 day out www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/163c5a5...
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‘People in my position who swan about doing nothing are neglecting their duty to society’
Great Estates: Sir Charles Gladstone turned a debt-ridden inheritance into a desirable place to live
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It wasn't an official Bandcamp Friday yesterday, but I bought some downloads yesterday, and I endeavour to keep this going on a monthly basis. So better late than never here we go. /1
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A second mention and DOOM
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is perhaps not real, but as a former "experimental janitor" in a Tesco (Bishops Stortford, 1998, since you didn't ask), I do very much want my experimental comrades to be free.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
One of the last of the pantheon of true giants has left us. A great originator. You do not learn jazz without learning Sonny Rollins. We’re lucky that we had him for so long, but the loss feels tremendous.
Sonny Rollins
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Fabulous clarification in today's Observer. Stonehenge!
We somehow contrived to describe the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as being 1.52cm tall instead of 1.52m tall (17 May, p7). Our apologies.
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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Butlerian Jihad, only you can have the first 20 years of the internet.
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