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Sam

@samanorac.bsky.social
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La musique avant toute chose. #MDANT ✊🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Diane @dklfc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well said by Melissa Reddy here 👏 #lfc
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Random Smash Hits @randomsmashhits.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1980: Smash Hits Volume 39, page 9 Full mag --> archive.org/stream/smash-hits-1980-…
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Colin Burt @cdburt4.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Repeat, not just a day, not just a day… #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthMatters #SuicideAwareness #ItsGoodToTalk
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s a filthy day and I’ve got a horrid cold brewing, so what better way to spend the morning than watching my favourite film on BBC2 x
A screenshot advertising my favourite film of all time, A Matter Of Life And Death
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
…just as ‘Albatross’ came on shuffle…
The back of a lorry on the M6 motorway. The signage reads “Peter Green - Chilled”
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At a seminar this morning…I’m afraid to say that Sue Cook pulled out
A glass sign on a beige  wall. The sign reads “Partridge Suite”. To the right of the frame two doors lead to seminar hell.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pretty bleedin’ obvious #My9Albums from me…I really need a #My90Albums hashtag
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A nice thing to see in my arrival at college this morning
A rainbow breaks through a cloudy, blue sky. In the foreground stand a mobile mast, some floodlights and a pair of rugby posts.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trying to work out how to explain to my mum that the mugs belonging to my stepdad and her should be rearranged…
Two mugs hanging from hooks on a kitchen wall. One boasts the letter B as a design, the other has the letter J.
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Terry welcomes John Peel and Tony Blackburn to the sofa.
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Dot Dash @dotdashdc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Robert Forster from The Go Betweens sings Head Full of Steam
YouTube video by Victor Young
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
First bath in months (I DO shower, I’m not medieval), and it was THE BEST. Accompanied by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Jeeves and Wooster, fruity tea and a marvellous feeling of well-being. Love yers x
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Budo (feat. John Coltrane, Paul Chambers) [Remastered]
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
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Route @routebooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Simon Armitage is the guest on the latest Oh! Brother podcast. Recorded live at Futures and Pasts Festival, there's talk of Fall gigs, Mark E Smith's lyrics, his job as poet laureate, plus a poem. It's good crack | linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Awake since…
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YouTube video by Cherry Ghost - Topic
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bingeing on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and I’ve reached my favourite opening scene of the show…
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I Want It That Way | Brooklyn Nine-Nine
YouTube video by Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You’ll need to zoom in…on the right hand side…but this is the biggest flying V of geese I’ve ever seen over my house. They were making a hell of a racket.
A blue sky obscured by clouds. A BIG Flying V of Geese can be seen in the distance
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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them
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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is absolute perfection.
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Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #music #musicsky 19 A song with through, around, over or under in the title. 'Over The Wall - Echo & The Bunnymen This video is a new edit of rare footage of Echo & The Bunnymen, appearing on Dutch TV show Götterdämmerung 2000, back in 1981. And that bass-line 🔥
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Echo And The Bunnymen | Over The Wall | Dutch TV | 1981
YouTube video by Nacho Video
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m going to put my Rickenbacker up for auction too…I wrote “I Wish They All Could Be Northern Polytechnic Girls” on it so I’m expecting a bidding war…
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Christie's on Instagram: "One of the guitars that defined the Johnny Marr sound. Johnny Marr's Rickenbacker Model 330 in Jetglo sold for £358,400, making it one of the top lots in Marr's Guitars: The...
1,695 likes, 78 comments - christiesinc on September 17, 2026: "One of the guitars that defined the Johnny Marr sound. Johnny Marr's Rickenbacker Model 330 in Jetglo sold for £358,400, making it one ...
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My new book, 'Creative Journeys', is a collection of interviews with such glorious characters as Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Jarvis Cocker, Paddy Considine, Terry Hall. All the info, the list of onstage special guests, tickets etc for the book tour here davehaslam.substack.com/p/john-simm-...
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A Saturday evening listening to Nick Drake. Like so many autumnal evenings throughout my life. Vivid memories of 3am cramming…hot chocolate, rollies and Nick on the turntable, easing me through my finals. Seems like yesterday, but 30 odd years ago now. I adore this man’s music. x
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One Of These Things First
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today’s listening includes the great new LP from @immersionhq.bsky.social Gutted the Liverpool gig has been cancelled but I’ll make up for it by keeping this on the turntable all week x
The front cover of Immersion’s new LP, “What Is Lost Will Return”. It’s a cracking LP, trust me.
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Judi Dench - Helen Mirren - Diana Rigg - Ian Holm - 1968 - Restored 4K
YouTube video by Shakespeare Network
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My new book, 'Creative Journeys', is a collection of interviews with such glorious characters as Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Jarvis Cocker, Paddy Considine, Terry Hall, and Andrew Weatherall. Tickets on sale for Chorley on 3rd Nov chorleytheatre.com/theatre_even... with special guest Lemn Sissay
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
25 years since this thing came out. I’m very fond of it, it’s possibly the most personal thing I’ve made and, if I’m allowed to be proud for a day, I’m rather proud of it. All 8 eps up on Channel 4. #TheArmandoIannucciShows #Ch4 #ABigEgg
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Explore Liverpool @exploreliverpool.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🎶 | Liverpool Philharmonic will throw open its doors for a free day of live music next month, featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bill Ryder-Jones and some of the city’s emerging artists.
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Random Smash Hits @randomsmashhits.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A memory from 1981... Smash Hits Volume 60, page 40 Full mag --> archive.org/stream/smash-hits-1981-…
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
LP number 2 of the morning…my favourite solo EC album ❤️ x
The cover of Elvis Costello’s LP ‘Spike’
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunday morning listening ❤️ x
The cover for Amiina’s double LP ‘Fantomas’…it’s a perfect Sunday morning record
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
TV drama makers. If your story takes place in a public school, try not to always open with a tasteful shot of the college grounds with a boys choir winsomely singing in the background. Shake things up a bit! Why not begin with a dog taking a leak against a bin to the track 'On A Ragga Tip' by SL2?
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Last repost, honestly…you are very welcome to sign up, sign up if you have a #FAPL squad
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Lazy morning playing some of my favourite singles. Hard to quantify how much I love Wire (and all the solo/other band records) but I’d say it’s an awful lot. Morning all x
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Mannequin
YouTube video by Wire - Topic
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Another quick post if you fancy joining my fantasy league for the new season - The League of Red Headed Gentlemen - fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto... You need not be red headed or a gentleman to join…welcome!
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Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tonight’s listening is brought to you by the letter C and the number 4
The cover of The Clientele’s “God Save The Clientele” LPThe cover of Can’s “Future Days” LPThe cover of David Lance Callahan’s “Down To The Marshes” LPThe cover of Julian Cope’s “Skellington” LP
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’m eclipse-ready.
Erik Satie being Erik Satie in a frock coat, wing collared shirt and tie, a natty bowler and opaque spectacles. His beard is forged, his moustache is curled. He is ready.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Getting back into the 5.30am routine in prep for return to work, easing into the day with this LP
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Watermelon Man (Remastered 2007)
YouTube video by Herbie Hancock - Topic
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Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
10. 1 word title by a band with a colour in their name #DavidsMonthOfMusic #music #musicsky "Bike" - Pink Floyd From their debut album 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' released on 4th of August 1967. Cool animated video from a very big Syd Barrett fan. Worth watching👌🏻
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SYD BARRETT: BIKE (Lyrics by Syd Barrett, Music by Pink Floyd)
YouTube video by Steve B. From CT
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Gary Dwyer x #RIP youtu.be/qOYhrZ2-RMI?...
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Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies {1979}
YouTube video by Worried Tunes 2
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
(Had a few requests for prints of this one so I now have a limited edition print of it available in my shop. Link in my bio.) #comic #cartoon #comedy #sketch #language
Print of a comic strip by Stephen Collins. Script is as follows:

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[Scene is a GREGGS interior. A lone MAN, the only customer in the shop, is standing at counter]

MAN:
Please can I have a sausage roll.

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GREGGS SHOP ASSISTANT:
Certainly sir 

[She pulls a leaver on the panini machine and WOOSH the man disappears through a trapdoor].

Whoosh 

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[The MAN appears through a chute in an underground bunker. A voice from off-scene greets him]:

Welcome, friend

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[We see the voice is of a military-looking resistance COMMANDER with a moustache]

COMMANDER:
You said "please can I have" instead of “can I get”…

So now you're one of us. 

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MAN:
W-where am I ...?

[We see him looking at a hi tech UNDERGROUND MILITARY BUNKER - it has resistance vibes, and has lots of screens with maps etc]

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COMMANDER:
You've joined the resistance…

...against people saying things all American.

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COMMANDER:
We are an underground network of sleeper agents poised to have a right go at young people the moment they say "mom" or "bangs”.

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LIEUTENANT [Staring at screen]:
Agent 244 has just given a Zoomer in Halifax the “could/couldn't care less" speech, sir

COMMANDER:
Very good

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[Show the map of the UK with digital pop ups on it saying ‘GOTTEN’, ‘ZEE’, ‘MATH’ etc

COMMANDER:
You may have heard our name... We are...

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COMMANDER:
...the Fight Against New Yankee Pronunciations and Americanisms Corrupting the King's English!

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[Show the military command center panel. It says on the wall in big metal letters]:

F.A.N.Y.P.A.C.K.E.

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MAN
You've called yourselves the 'Fanny Pack'
 
COMMANDER:
We didn't spot the acronym 

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Jake Sniper #MDANT @jakesniperpofe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you've never seen this, it's really worth a watch.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Despite my abysmal performance last season, I’ve resurrected the League of Red Headed Gentlemen for the forthcoming FAPL campaign…you are more than welcome to join, and please feel free to RT or share with friends. Click on the link below ☺️ fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
fantasy.premierleague.com
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
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Sam @samanorac.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Despite my abysmal performance last season, I’ve resurrected the League of Red Headed Gentlemen for the forthcoming FAPL campaign…you are more than welcome to join, and please feel free to RT or share with friends. Click on the link below ☺️ fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
fantasy.premierleague.com
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
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