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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 13h
Feeling the same. Was going to make another attempt on tickets in a few weeks, but now more inclined to go see it when it returns to Bayeux. And treat myself to a bowl of French Onion soup afterwards.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heehee! I’ll get practising. ❤️
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Girding my loins! 🤣
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve just turned 55 so I need to be readying for this kind of behaviour. :-)
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s a perfect rule to make your choices by.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Full on tiger feet on that beast.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh, if I only had the chutzpah to do that.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Singing the Boney M song as you paid your respects hopefully. :-)
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘She’s made you some kind of laughing stock / because you dance to disco and you don't like rock’. #PetShopBoys #BBC
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love Comes Quickly. Quietly sublime. #PetShopBoys #BBC
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rank pulled. ❤️
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of Italian related food facts, today I learned that Mussolini tried to ban pasta. Whenever I’m reminded of You Can Call Me Al it’s my earworm till the end of year. :-)
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Record player put away. Pet Shop Boys at the BBC on. “Who’s the old bald guy?” says the boy. It’s either me or Neil. Either way, I’m in good company.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I really want to put this on but the boy is insisting on listening to The Strokes on my new record player. I like the Strokes but they are no Neil and Chris.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think the next Pope is going to be AI. Let’s hope they’re infallible. 😏
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paid a quick post-work visit to Sotheby’s today for a glance at the the Blaquier-Arrieta collection. It had scarpered already. ☹️ Still, I got to see this lovely Lowry instead. What’s happening to me … I’m starting to love Lowry. [Whistling Ken Dodd as I walk to the Tube]
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Friday night routine. ‘I’m wearing fur pyjamas …’ Happy Friday, shipmates!
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve not used it since 2010, I think, so was wonderfully surprised when I got it out the shed and it kicked it. And the record player fits it perfectly. Such a beautiful hifi back in the day.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fourteen again! Birthday present is here! First plays. Doesn’t she look good with my last century Technics stack?
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ooh, I didn't know that. Caravaggio is really cool.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
55 today. Closer to 60 than 50! Eek! Only one way to celebrate. A posh babbie’s yed!
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good grief. Marlon James’ new novel The Disappearers sounds a harrowing read.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Intriguing Nicole Eisenman exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ on Friday. Echoes of Philip Guston in some of her latest works. My favourite though was ‘Orgy’ (ahem!) a beautifully long interlocking of cubist limbs.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Taken the boy and his chums to a Good Kid gig at the Roundhouse. They’re not bad actually.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Marcel Puss
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brilliant!
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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dear BBC, this is how you write the headline.
theguardian.com
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fabulous line, too. And 'contact magazine' is the most beautifully euphemistic and English thing in the whole song.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'So Hard' contains one of my favourite Neil lyrics: 'I'm always hoping you'll be faithful but you're not I suppose We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal so whose matches are those?' The couplet rhymes are just perfect (and so very English).
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Andrew O'Hagan on Johnny Marr's guitars. Glorious stuff. ‘They say you know nothing at eighteen, but there are things you know at eighteen that you will never know again.’ Also, check out Andy Rourke's bass playing on that embedded clip from The Tube. @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Andrew O’Hagan | Johnny Marr’s Guitars
The Smiths kicked off the Scottish leg of their Meat is Murder tour at the Magnum Leisure Centre in Irvine New Town on...
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Aww, that's a shame! I'd have recommended the overground to Highbury and Islington, and two stops south on the Tube.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ahh, me and my boy liked the look of the trailer for that film. I'll definitely check more of Jim Ghedi out. I'm Tottenham, so the Moth Club is just a ten minute hop on the Weaver Line.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Have you got soup? Why didn't I get any soup?" :-)
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Already signed up for two Moth Club gigs next year ... that bloody petition better work! :-) This looked like an interesting gig, Angela.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fantastic David Thomas Broughton gig last night at Foyles. I found myself more moved than usual by the beauty and the chaos of his performance, and 'Unmarked Grave' reminded me very much of last month's trip to the Thiepval monument to find my Great Uncle's name. www.youtube.com/watch?v=feGx...
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David Thomas Broughton - Unmarked Grave
YouTube video by cool music for cool people
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Really sad to hear that Mama Bear from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear has died. Saw them about ten years ago and it was such a joyous show. One more time, Mama Bear! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s55I...
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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear "Live by Water"
YouTube video by Hydraulic Pictures
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Went and saw my favourite actor Tilda Swinton in Man to Man at the Royal Court last night. I didn't like it! Brecht and those he influences often leave me cold, and Manfred Karge's play felt flat and of another time (it was another time, fair enough). Tilda didn't quite carry it off either.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Snaffled some £15 Royal Court Monday tickets this morning. Didn't think I'd have a chance. A lovely start to the week. I'm usually a bit funny on anything Brechtian but this looks really interesting.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've got a date with Tilda Swinton tonight. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/s...
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Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling
Starting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideology
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And how meeting a Hudsonian Godwit can only be compared to encountering Hart to Hart’s Robert Wagner in an elevator.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spending my Sunday evening reading about Godwits. Amazing birds. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of the shorebirds’ marvels. Can they survive a changing planet?
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My vinyl was scratched to within an inch of its life, and foolish me got rid of it in my early teens.
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One for every Labour MP to read. #ldconf
lincolnshirelive.co.uk
30 years ago, Lincoln was 'on its knees' - then the university arrived
The construction of the University of Lincoln marked a turning point in the city's fortunes
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Batt is quite correct. Remember You’re a Womble is a banger and he’s quite correct to tell his online critic to fuck off. Playing it to the boy now and he’s one step away from jumping on the tube to Wimbledon to clean up rubbish!
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Jaq W @kardomah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
re earlier repost, I hadn't seen this painting - Mary Magdalene at the Tomb by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (c1535-40) - until I watched the Waldemar Januszczak documentary on BBC4 a while back. It's available on youtube if you haven't seen it (I'll add a link in 2nd post) The sheen on the cloth... 🤩
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sensational!
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I need a midweek pick-me-up. Just grabbed a last minute ticket to see The Producers tonight. That'll do it!
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is so sad and I'm thinking back to my old workplace of Kingston University. In her capacity as Chancellor at Kingston I got to meet her a few times. She'd often host my donor thank you events. Charming, intelligent and inspirational. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My streak of 36 still alive. 😮‍💨 One of the hardest ever Connections. I had to use the elimination method - far from foolproof - to get the final berths. Connections Puzzle #1193 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today I've learned that Oscar Wilde paid his brother Willie to grow and keep a beard so they wouldn't be mistaken for each other.
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