Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 9hSome shots from my favourite open mic yesterday. Good music & words, and chat around it. I did a new song, to try it out for size, and people definitely felt it worked - for me, there's still some work to be done to make it a comfortable fit. 010
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 01/10/20265(!) shoe shops and still no laces for my boots. "We no longer do laces. May have to be Amazon!" Is this what the world has come to?... Too much perfumes in the city, so teetering on a migraine. Bodhrán class was good though, and on my way back a friend texted me a hilarious story. ☺️ 320
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Alright... One more! If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula. The Addiction (time to watch that one again - always found Lily Taylor a cutie) 010
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula. (Or... *is* he!?!) 120
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Julie Bozza @juliebozza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I am walking 100km in October to help raise funds for the Black Dog Institute and better mental health for all! Can you please help with a few dollars, moral support, or sharing this link...? www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/... Greatly appreciated! 💙 #OneFootForward 022
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Leigh Wright @wyrddaze.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First up from issue 1 on the Wyrd Daze blog: the fabulous fae art of Helena Ekroth wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/t... 1102
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How many shops have I been in today for shoe laces! Is that a new capitalist thing, that shops no longer stock them, for the one asshole to come along who wears his boots long enough for the laces to wear through? At home: gymnastics to get past this spider's web. 330
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With rain like we had yesterday, I'd have loved to see this Sheela na gig in its prime, when it was connected to a (working) gutter! (Photos taken at the Greyabbey ruins) 031
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yesterday, I had a CD on from the splendid a cappella group Landless, but Brandy didn't like it so I had to change it to the (differently splendid) Boiling Well (give them a try - they're good people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Lw... )youtube.comThe Boiling Well • Live at Bending Sound • #05YouTube video by bigNOISE 010
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Dr. Martha Johnson-Olin @peronelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My copy of my dragon poems has arrived! 041
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Brandy taking her job (spying on the people across the road) very seriously! 161
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will be able to live up to it. 130
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)TurboSkeletron @turboskeletron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is silly but this was a lot of work to sing this song, it was translated to English by me and then a wonderful lyrical adapter made it into a lyrical which I sing here in this video over the original concert video, so yeah. 021
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026...When you have to change the CD because the cat doesn't like it! (Sorry, Landless!) 020
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A couple of pictures from today's jog. Pretty much taking the day off - another busy week ahead! 020
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Holy moly! Goosebumps! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKD_...youtube.comDolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Live)YouTube video by Channel7 000
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A couple more shots from last week's turn at the Black Box... 000
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Jo Zebedee@TheSecretBookshelf @jozebwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The start of the bookshop’s story - as Jo unpicks where our little books space began and how it grew. Enjoy! (You should be able to click the link) substack.com/profile/1398...substack.comBook Lady Zebedee (@jozebedee132288)This is about the power of a vision, the support of a community, and a celebration of brave forays into the unknown. In 2020, after more than 40 years of combined bookshop experience, myself and my h... 021
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Demo for clean water (or Lough Neagh is a disaster!) 130
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's Dolly Day 9/25. For all those who celebrate... and you should! Here's a butterfly from a Scottish Council. Put a butterfly in your window and read a book. As my gran said education is the way out of poverty... books are a route to freedom. Happy Dolly Day 2135
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I read poetry at a Dutch-themed book launch! One in Dutch, which I tried to give a bit of drama for the mostly non-Dutch in the audience, and one by myself, in English but with a Dutch flavour. 120
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is why you don't just dig things up. Look at the amazing info we've got now: We know how it was all placed in ground & we have all of it, none damaged & conservation possible both as excavated & after. We can also look at the soil, for organics, pollen etc. #Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure 🏺 416651
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yesterday's jogging, ending at the CS Lewis Square. I gave the 5k an extra push, and today my butt muscles hurt (might not have helped that last night I made a sprint to catch the bus)... 020
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Bodhrán class earlier. Tomorrow I'll be reading some poetry at a book launch; Saturday write club and then a demo for clean water; Sunday nothing - yet (did anyone see that new Robin Hood film? Do I want to watch it?) 020
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is some giddy archaeology news - they think they've found Lutecia below Paris! :-) uk.news.yahoo.com/france-hails...uk.news.yahoo.comFrance hails discovery of wall near Notre-Dame as ‘major breakthrough’ for history of ParisAncient Gallic town was cited by Julius Caesar, but there is no material evidence yet 220
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Done 3 songs at the open mic in the Black Box yesterday, and got compliments. People also appreciated my Cyndi Lauper cover (True Colours, with a bit of Time After Time). 020
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'd follow that arrow for sure! In fact, one of my 'go to' bookshops when I went to school in Groningen was in a pissy alley, then through a door and down narrow, concrete stairs. 140
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At 20, I'd have loved to be in a honest-to-god band. Now I've been asked in one (or rather, to continue this weekend's adhoc trio), and I'm not sure yet - it really depends on whether it'll do for me what I need/want it to do, is good for my soul, happiness, etc. 010
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Utrecht didn't have this cycle infrastructure below the railway station when I studied there, but isn't it amazing? This should be the future (or the present) we live in!... www.facebook.com/reel/9631923...facebook.com 000
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Was at the Marine Bar in Whitehead with the boys, playing Friday's show again ... When I left, Brandy gave me the stink eye. 010
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Holly Wade Matter @weemallard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey! Did you know that I've got a novella available for sale at Aqueduct Press? Shakespearean herbs, dancing elephants, family secrets, and teenage rebellion, all packed into 85 pages of fantasy fiction goodness! www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-... 054
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yeah, I second that. Think "American Gods" but done from the inside, and with more of a heart. 120
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)code601.bsky.social @code601.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Look, Its @remcovans.bsky.social of #BILT. Culture night at Bullhouse #belfast 001
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Some pics of the evening... Going to wind down now! :-) 010
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Got this in the post today; a record with folk songs from where I grew up. There's at least 1 on it I'll be adding to my own repertoire... The band name will take some explaining when I perform it (Törf means peat). 020
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I missed this when it came out. I loved The Silver-Metal Lover and was wondering if she wrote more in that vein.nytimes.comThe Essential Tanith Lee (Gift Article)The eclectic, prolific author wrote more than 90 novels — primarily fantasy and science fiction, but also horror, erotica, mysteries and historical fiction. If you’ve never read her work, here’s where... 011
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026....Footage of Groningen, where I went to high school. I still love that city! www.facebook.com/reel/2841721...facebook.com 000
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some historical Medieval names, for your S&S names research! 🤣 www.facebook.com/reel/1102276...facebook.com 012
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.nbcnews.toNew wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers sayA type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest. 13156471874
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My pals of The Boiling Well have made a video with their song "A Picture of a Photo". www.facebook.com/reel/1075823...facebook.com 000
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Leigh Wright @wyrddaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wyrd Daze is back with a bumper issue 1 – 119 pages of extraordinary music, art & writing! There's a link to the free PDF on my blog: wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/w... 33517
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And now for something nicer - Tove Jansson exhibition in London!... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s... 000
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 15/09/20261.5 hrs continuous rollerblading... Stretched out on sofa now with Brandy and the Sewing Bee finale... 020
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🐈⭐️ COVER REVEAL!! ⭐️🐈 Thrilled to share the cover of my next graphic novel for young readers, MEATBALL: KING OF THE FOREST, coming March 2027 from @MacKidsBooks in the U.S. and @TundraBooks in Canada! 9877133
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Played a couple of songs at the Sunflower tonight. I was in good form, and if I'm not mistaken, the audience wasn't just quiet, but breath-held quiet. ☺️ 120
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently, the BBC iPlayer has "Penda's Fen" - don't find it under that name, but in the "Play for Today" section! 000
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The definitive Hamlet sketch? www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEs8...youtube.comHamlet with Prince Charles and Benedict Cumberbatch | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC - BBCYouTube video by BBC 110
Reposted by Remco van Straten (he/him)Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 13/09/2026300 backers Four novellas 13 days to go Join us for New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026 01315
Remco van Straten (he/him) @remcovans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026De Mepsche was a 18th c noble who had 22 people executed for 'sodomy', with more in jail. In my mom's time history had turned into legend, and he was used as a boogyman - "You better be good, or Mepske will get you." 030
