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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 5h

#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge One of the best from the maestro. Day 6 The Kinks - Days www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Ea...

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The Kinks - Days

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Somebody already nabbed 5:15 so here’s 11:59 and Blondie and well……sigh #ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge Day 2 Blondie - 11:59 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2M...

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Blondie - 11.59 • TopPop

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From the (nearly) concept album Setting Sons which tells a story of 3 close friends drifting apart over time. Peerless song writing from Weller & the best band in the fucking world tearing it up. #ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge Day 2 The Jam - Thick as Thieves www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bil...

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Thick as Thieves (The peel session, London)-The Jam-1979

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nice challenge, and this is the first one I thought of. In the order they were played this is the second of the famous ‘3 before 8’. #ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ir...

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Time Will Pass You By - Tobi Legend (Northern Soul)

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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here are my suggestions for how to punish Manchester City

Possible Punishments for Manchester City

1. The Goat Punishment
The Manchester City goalkeeper must hold a baby goat in his hands for the next 100 matches. If he drops or discards the goat, or attempts to place the goat in a backpack that he then wears, the opposing team will be awarded a penalty and the goalkeeper will have to hold an adult goat.

2. The Giant Boot Punishment
All of the football boots of the Manchester City players are replaced with boots that are four sizes too big for their feet. If any player attempts to remove his giant boots and play in his socks, the whole team will have to put on new boots that are five sizes too big for their feet.

3. The Puzzle Punishment
Before a Manchester City player is allowed to take a shot towards the opposition's goal, that player must solve a puzzle. It could be a crossword puzzle, a jigsaw, that day's Wordle or even an unsolved murder case. They won't know beforehand. Until they have completed the puzzle, they are prohibited from shooting.

4. The Nickelback Punishment
A Nickelback album is played on the PA system throughout every Manchester City match. “But won't this be annoying to the opposition too?” you ask. No because they'll be allowed to wear noise-cancelling headphones to block out the terrible noise.

5. The Large Coat Punishment
For every match, all Manchester City players must wear a large coat. “That doesn't sound so bad,” I hear you say. Well, that's because you're not imagining a large enough coat. It would be huge. Like a very, very long wedding dress (and they're not allowed to hire bridesmaids to help hold it up). I really can't adequately describe how large this coat would be but just take my word for it – it's a really big coat.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Having a clear out, found this impulse buy. Unworn, M, if anybody is interested please message me. #lufc

Unworn commemorative top for John Charles issued in 2019 celebrating Leeds United’s centenary year.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can you lovely #lufc people help me with something? The day before the scum game I’m visiting some rels in Skipwith and looking for somewhere decent to stay the night in between there and Stourton P&R. eg decent pub with rooms (and good food). Spa not necessary. Cheers.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Now this I really liked. Vespa 50 SpeciaL in Corfu town today. #Vespa

Photo taken today of a deep orange immaculate Vespa 50 Special in backstreets of Corfu town. Got a real soft spot for the baby Vespas even though I am a Lambretta man

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Even if Aaronson scores a 35yd thunderbastard it will not redeem his utterly abysmal performance #lufc

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On balance, I think, yes. #Vespa

Photo of a lovely little lime green Vespa 50 Special today in Lakka, Paxos. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Vespa 50’s and 90’s as I had both as fillers in between the bigger beasts.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

3-0 bit of a dangerous scoreline, we need the next 3 then I’ll relax. What a superb 1st half performance #lufc

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Fran Corao Oficial @fran-corao-oficial.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

¡BUENOS DÍAS! FC Xx ☕️🥐🥯

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This vile excuse of a human being is at it again, so it must be time for this one.

Julia Hartley-Brewer extolling the virtues of Andrew Tate over Greta Thunberg by using the term autistic as a pejorative by stating: ‘ I'd choose Andrew Tate's life *every single time* over the life of a half- educated, autistic, doom-mongering eco-cultist. And the only car I own is a
diesel Tiguan’

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 03/09/2026

The latest episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is now up! Hanna-Barbera! Danny Hutton! The Monkees! David Gates of Bread! It can only be the family-friendly adventures of that wacky Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band!

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Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

This episode is on “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, and is the third part of a trilogy following the episodes on the GTOs and Frank Zappa. Click the full post to rea…

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Wow, a small plane must have crashed into the World Trade Centre.” Great piece, about 9/11 and the weird and confusing seventeen minutes between “accident” and “attack”.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Top of the Pops (31st August 1978). The Rezillos are on Top Of The Pops with Top of the Pops.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Watching elephants threatening to kick the crap out of lion cubs isn’t something you see everyday #MaasaiMara

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My lovely wife has just spent the afternoon with some Maasai and they made me this. Merchmen at the @thesquareball.net take note. #lufc

A mens bracelet made for me by my wife and some Maasai women in Kenya this afternoon. It’s alternating clusters of yellow, white and blue beads. After the leopards up a tree this morning and now this I’m now at peace with missing the Brentford game.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Friday morning so have some leopards up a tree

A photo I took earlier this morning of a female leopard and her cub up a tree in the Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara. I’m starting to think it might be worth missing the Brentford game for this 😎

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The sound of 35 hippos sleeping peacefully this morning. Probably how contented most of us were after last night’s result #lufc

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hamerkop nest this morning, Olare Conservancy, Maasai Mara No cheating. Post the last photo of the sky from your camera roll

Tree with the massive nest of the East African Hamerkop bird taken this morning in the Olare Conservancy on the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Not unusual to see a leopard use these for cubs, to sit in etc. I’m missing the Brentford game for all this stuff.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’m no Bathe it Daily but this one came out alright, I think #MaasaiMara #Kenya

Photo of an elephant striding across the Maasai Mara this morning with a spectacular orangey red sunrise. Taken at about 6.30am by a man barely awake so mildly surprised it’s anything at all.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just landed in Nairobi and what a bloody magnificent welcome to Kenya that was! Get in! #lufc

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Happy 80th birthday to Jimmy Webb. Here's a playlist of 50 of his songs performed by 50 different acts ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/53R...

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50 songs by Jimmy Webb

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Science fiction, Quatermass, Doctor Who and the secret magic of writers who open the door to ghosts. (Crossposted from @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social )

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The King of Hauntology

A celebration of screenwriter and novelist Nigel Kneale

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Our garden continues to deliver the stuff of nightmares. Here’s some more HP Lovecarrots, and a grotesque tomato

An obscenely shaped tomato from our garden that is round with a column of additional flesh protruding out of the top.

Four nightmarishly shaped vegetables - the four carrots of the apocalypse

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Been listening to The Trashcan Sinatras for the last couple of days. Hotel California came on the radio this morning and it just struck me (again) what an incoherent piece of garbage it is. This on the other hand… www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuDG...

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Trashcan Sinatras --"Opportunity Knocks"

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Small Faces @roomforravers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

6 August 1966 - All or Nothing reviews are in from Disc & Music Echo, Melody Maker and Record Mirror #6TYAT #OTD #smallfaces

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Andy P @arcticreviews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Basically every match report: Liverpool were amazing in the first half yesterday, before a hurricane, a bad pitch and the other team throwing it over their heads meant they lost. They must spend another half a billion on transfers though, as their back four were 12, 9, 6 and sperm. #lufc

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Gabi going off injured, looks hamstringy, yay #lufc

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Tanaka looking well off the pace this evening #lufc

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Mark Baxter @themumper.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Mono Media Films has spent over a decade telling stories rooted in music, culture and British icons. Founded by Lee Cogswell and Mark Baxter, their work spans acclaimed documentaries and collaborations with artists like Paul Weller and Sir Peter Blake. dirteepigeons.com/collections/...

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026

“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa

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