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Phil South

@philsouth.bsky.social
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I write non-fiction under my own name, fiction as Philip Why, illustrated children's stories as Bampi Booboo, and make music as The Sinatra Test. I'm also an artist. For more information about my hijinks: linktr.ee/philsouth

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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fridays show is a corker. If you missed it check it out. The Black Room every Friday, all my favourite records and a bit of chitchat. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room - Episode 23 - 25.Sept.26
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Up to episode 20 with my music radio experiment. Weekly on Friday an hour of all my favourite records and a bit of chat about me, and trivia about music and life. Join the literally *tens* of people who choose The Black Room for their weekly radio entertainment mixcloud.com/philsouth
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Phil South
Phil South is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts
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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Found this on insta www.instagram.com/ghost_signs_... and yes, you should ask these questions after meeting me.
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Watching right now. Man, we used to make proper movies. "A Knight's Tale" establishes its entire premise within the first 3 minutes and then immediately cuts to "We Will Rock You" and some amazing practical-effect action that holds up amazingly well after 25 years. And this cast? Jaysus.
The primary cast of "A Knight's Tale."
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My music podcast The Black Room episode 11 is live! I could say more but it's a billion degrees in here and my brain is melting. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room - Episode 11 - 26.Jun.26
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? Episode 10 of my music radio show The Black Room will be available this Friday the 19th June. We got Devo, The Hives, Cake, Bilderbuch, Eno & The Winkies, The Heavy and much more. If you missed the previous 9 shows then www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/
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Phil South
Phil South is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Episode 9 of The Black Room is up and running. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/
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Phil South
Phil South is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Black Room Episode 7 is now live! A fresh hour of music from my collection and chit chat about same. Feast your ears. And tell all your friends. They will look at you funny. Enjoy! Thousands wouldn't. Thousands don't! www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room Episode 7 - 29.May.26
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Episode 7 of "The Black Room" radio show will drop on Friday the 29th of May. Those of you who were expecting a chatty podcast from me may be confused about why I'm doing a music radio show instead.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Now playing: NEW Episode 6 of the Black Room. More great records than you can shake a stick at. Enjoy responsibly. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room Episode 6 - 22.May.26
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Released this Friday 22nd May: Episode 6 of "The Black Room" radio show. In this episode we have Robert Fripp, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Brian Eno (for the first time?!?) and much more. A witches brew of audible conundrums. Listen friend, I've suffered for my taste, now it's your turn…
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Gonna be busy tomorrow so I thought I'd UP the new episode today instead. Fridays from now on. Enjoy! www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room Episode 5 - 14.May.26
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New show Episode 4 streaming now. Please share. It seems I am doing two a week at the moment. I'll calm down eventually I suppose. But for now it's a very absorbing retirement hobby and besides something I've wanted to do for YEARS. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room Episode 4 - 05.May.26
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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Damn. Yes.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 30/04/2026
Every time you wash your hands, you honour a gender-diverse doctor’s legacy. Why was this history hidden for so long? From @willofwands.bsky.social for our first ever Trans+ History Week 🏳️‍⚧️
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Every time you wash your hands, you honour this gender-diverse doctor’s legacy
You honour this Transgender doctor’s legacy every time you do. Your next Trans+ History Week article is here
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's Friday, and you know what THAT means... www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room - Episode 3 - 1.May.26
Episode 3 of "The Black Room" radio show. Aloha. Crashing out discs on a vintage mono Dancette vinyl player in a black room. A single bare bulb glimmers. The vinyl player brings old long forgotten me...
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Re listened to this fantastic interview. Really covers a lot of ground.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What’s up? I’ll tell you what’s up. The latest episode of your new favourite radio show, that’s what’s up. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room - Episode 2 - 28.Apr.26
Episode 2 of "The Black Room" radio show. Greetings. Dig if you will a picture of a vintage mono Dancette vinyl player in the centre of a black room, illuminated by a single bare lightbulb. The recor...
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I finally caved in and did the radio show I’ve been thinking about for years. For at least 8-10 episodes I’ll be releasing a new one weekly on a Friday. Let’s see how it goes. www.mixcloud.com/philsouth/th...
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The Black Room - Episode 1 - 24.Apr.26
First episode my "The Black Room" radio show. Welcome. Imagine if you will a classic monophonic Dancette record player in the middle of a black room lit with a single bare lightbulb. The record playe...
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I don’t know anything about the Nobel process so I’m asking sincerely — DO people openly campaign for the award? Was that a thing that ever happened?
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Scifi Reader @scifireader.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Absolutely! Sci-fi often explores complex themes like identity and society. As Philip K. Dick said, "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away." 🪐📚 #SciFi #WritersWhat
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Now you don't have to take my word for how good the new Bloomin' Nora record is. It's rolling out on streaming so you can hear for yourself. Now on Spotify open.spotify.com/album/2GtJrp...
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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NEW EPISODE! This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...
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Your Spectrum issue 18
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My children's picture book I've been working on for years is finally ready to be published. Details as and when. Yes, yes, my pen name is Bampi Booboo... get it out of your system, I'll wait. It's what my granchildren call me and I'm okay with that.
A children’s book cover illustration shows playful ducks and cats in a simple, whimsical style with minimal colors. The title, “Son of a Mother Duck,” appears in bold mustard-yellow letters, with the subtitle “A story of ducks and difference” and the author’s name, “Bampi Booboo,” in teal below it. On the right, a large duck and two black cats interact around a curved blue-grey path, one cat flipping playfully and another watching a duck splash. On the left side, three white ducks with orange beaks and feet perform silly poses on green patches of grass—one lying flat with headphones, another sliding, and one upside down with a “HRMF” speech bubble. Text below reads, “Smedley is different. He wears headphones, he shouts and sings, he's noisy. Some days he’s quiet but most days he’s full of wiggles. Mother loves him just the way he is.” and describes the story as a joyful rhyming tale celebrating difference and being yourself. The phrase “EMBRACE THE WIGGLES!” appears in bright yellow near the top left.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I missed this when it came out but I sound so clever and coherent in this interview I'm thrilled. The English interview part kicks in after the German intro so stick around for that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNP...
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FISH! (Magnetic Scrolls) – Interview with Phil South
YouTube video by Stay Forever Podcast
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Finished pass three consolidating the colours. I want to do two of the teeth in gold or silver and it's done.
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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Finishing off the edit ahead of the next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues with former games journalist @philsouth.bsky.social . That'll be released next Wednesday 8 October.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Now you don't have to take my word for how good the new Bloomin' Nora record is. It's rolling out on streaming so you can hear for yourself. Now on Spotify open.spotify.com/album/2GtJrp...
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New painting also in progress. Second pass of colour. Now wondering if the teeth should be silver leaf...
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Got two children's books in the works. They are written and I am in the process of drawing them.
A hand-drawn doodle on lined notebook paper shows three blocky robot figures side by side, drawn in black ink with filled blue sections for contrast, each with square heads, antennae, and rectangular segmented bodies, the two on the left connected together at the torso and legs forming a symmetrical double-robot with matching patterns of circles, dots, and X-shapes on their chests, striped rectangular lower legs, and segmented arms that bend outward, while the third robot on the right is narrower with a taller torso decorated with rows of vertical lines and circles, also having segmented arms and antennae, all three figures appearing cartoonish and mechanical in a playful geometric style.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
May I present, for your delight, the new Bloomin' Nora album, a fresh and crispy new platter from my dear friends the Noras of Peacehaven. bloominnora.bandcamp.com/album/wisdom...
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Wisdom for Breakfast, by Bloomin' Nora
9 track album
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨 Will you STOP spying on customers with live facial recognition cameras @IcelandFoods? I will no longer shop at Iceland if you continue to use this rights-abusive surveillance tech @icelandrichard. #StopIcelandSpying | @BigBrotherWatch
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I've decided to host my new short story on itch.io. "I've been human too long..." Eternal Salmon Sunset is a thoughtful, character-driven 6,500 word science fiction tale about identity, empathy, and what it truly means to live and love in a mortal body. codebosch.itch.io/eternal-salm...
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Eternal Salmon Sunset by Philip Why
speculative short fiction
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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 06/06/2025
Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
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a group of people standing around a table with the words oh dear written on the bottom .
Alt: The second doctor saying to the third doctor "oh dear we are in trouble aren't we? Just as well I turned up!"
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Second issue of Gaming Culture is so close to it's goal. Help give them that last little push by backing it! Warning: might contain traces of me. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
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Update 2: Magazine update, cover, and other bits and pieces! · Gaming Culture Issue #2: Consoles | Computers | Community
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? While you lot were busy arguing over whether Elden Ring needs an easy mode (it doesn’t), the Gaming Culture team has been quietly assembling an issue (above) so packed wi...
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Lots going on with The Sinatra Test. Remastered the first album for the 15th anniversary, also remixed and remastered my favourite single of mine, Tide of Stupid. Enjoy. Pay what you like, even nothing. thesinatratest.bandcamp.com
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The Sinatra Test
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New substack imminent codebosch.substack.com
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That Phil South | Substack
This is my personal substack. In it I write memoirs, share things I love, and sometimes podcasts I make with friends. I am That Phil South. Click to read That Phil South, a Substack publication. Launc...
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Saly "and more" @salylockheart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hi #PortfolioDay ! My name is Saly, I'm an Afro Caribbean comics artist. I made work for clients like DC comics, Image comics, Dauntless Stories and more. I'm available for cover gigs right now!! email: lasalomee@gmail.com Portfolio link: salomeeluceantoinette.carrd.co
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My new Substack is building very slowly, why not join the party. It's quiet, but there are lots of snacks.
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That Phil South | Substack
This is my personal substack. In it I write memoirs, share things I love, and sometimes podcasts I make with friends. I am That Phil South. Click to read That Phil South, a Substack publication. Launc...
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is brilliant. karpathy.bearblog.dev/digital-hygi...
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Digital hygiene
A guide to basic digital hygiene.
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Pondering what the acronym LOTUS could stand for?
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Fish 2 script almost in complete first draft. Yay. Only took 7 years :( Virtual celebrating by making concept art of fictitious energy drink from the in-game world. The two colours don't mix and it tastes like strawberries and used chip oil.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A lot of my thoughts are turning to music at the moment, but I don't have time. Sitting on my hands waiting for some time off soon.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Current wordcount of the Fish 2: A Fish in Time script file is 19,712 words... (Picture: AI concept art as we are still seeking an artist)
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