Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 13hFeeling 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. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’ve just turned 55 so I need to be readying for this kind of behaviour. :-) 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s a perfect rule to make your choices by. 010
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh, if I only had the chutzpah to do that. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Singing the Boney M song as you paid your respects hopefully. :-) 110
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 050
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Love Comes Quickly. Quietly sublime. #PetShopBoys #BBC 040
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Of 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. :-) 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Record 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. 060
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I 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. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think the next Pope is going to be AI. Let’s hope they’re infallible. 😏 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Paid 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] 061
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New Friday night routine. ‘I’m wearing fur pyjamas …’ Happy Friday, shipmates! 090
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’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. 010
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fourteen again! Birthday present is here! First plays. Doesn’t she look good with my last century Technics stack? 290
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ooh, I didn't know that. Caravaggio is really cool. 010
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 29/09/202655 today. Closer to 60 than 50! Eek! Only one way to celebrate. A posh babbie’s yed! 14201
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good grief. Marlon James’ new novel The Disappearers sounds a harrowing read. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Intriguing 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. 040
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Taken the boy and his chums to a Good Kid gig at the Roundhouse. They’re not bad actually. 040
Reposted by Some Melodious PlotMalcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dear BBC, this is how you write the headline.theguardian.comPolice arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in ChannelThirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life 183
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fabulous line, too. And 'contact magazine' is the most beautifully euphemistic and English thing in the whole song. 020
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). 2142
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Andrew 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...lrb.co.ukAndrew O’Hagan | Johnny Marr’s GuitarsThe Smiths kicked off the Scottish leg of their Meat is Murder tour at the Magnum Leisure Centre in Irvine New Town on... 1193
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Aww, that's a shame! I'd have recommended the overground to Highbury and Islington, and two stops south on the Tube. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ahh, 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. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Have you got soup? Why didn't I get any soup?" :-) 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Already signed up for two Moth Club gigs next year ... that bloody petition better work! :-) This looked like an interesting gig, Angela. 210
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fantastic 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...youtube.comDavid Thomas Broughton - Unmarked GraveYouTube video by cool music for cool people 010
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Really 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...youtube.comMadisen Ward and the Mama Bear "Live by Water"YouTube video by Hydraulic Pictures 021
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Went 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. 120
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Snaffled 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. 110
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I've got a date with Tilda Swinton tonight. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/s...theguardian.comMan to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compellingStarting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideology 170
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And how meeting a Hudsonian Godwit can only be compared to encountering Hart to Hart’s Robert Wagner in an elevator. 021
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Spending my Sunday evening reading about Godwits. Amazing birds. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Incredible Journey of a Migratory ShorebirdGodwits 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? 131
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My vinyl was scratched to within an inch of its life, and foolish me got rid of it in my early teens. 010
Reposted by Some Melodious PlotJonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026One for every Labour MP to read. #ldconflincolnshirelive.co.uk30 years ago, Lincoln was 'on its knees' - then the university arrivedThe construction of the University of Lincoln marked a turning point in the city's fortunes 014754
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mike 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! 1173
Reposted by Some Melodious PlotJaq W @kardomah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026re 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... 🤩 171
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I need a midweek pick-me-up. Just grabbed a last minute ticket to see The Producers tonight. That'll do it! 140
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This 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.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 0102
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My 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 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 000
Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today 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. 0194