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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 10/10/2026

I bought this beer based on it being named after my second favourite effect. They didn’t have DELAY.

Stevie J’s hand holds a can of Elusive Brewing “Reverb” West Coast IPA, 5.8% ABV, hopped with Amarillo, Talus and Krush. The label shows pixel-art of a rain-soaked city at dusk, with a spaceship shining a searchlight over the buildings.

Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/10/2026

Today I received in the post not only the vinyl of it, but the cassette - AND - a brand new old stock Marantz cassette player from the RAF Panavia Tornado programme.

Eye-level view of the front panel of a Marantz CP230 portable cassette recorder, sitting in its black leatherette case on a wooden floor. Along the top edge are six piano-key transport buttons. Below them, from left to right: a headphone socket, a monitor volume knob, a square button, a “Batt./Light” push button and a limiter on/off switch. To the right are two round analogue VU meters, labelled left and right, with white needles over scales that run from yellow into red. The left meter doubles as a battery check. The edge of a record volume dial and a small red indicator light are just visible at the far right.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/09/2026

Getting told there are 4 unreleased tracks of the Songs In The Key Of Life sessions is like being given the keys to a big beautiful room where everything good in the world lies waiting for you. I’m just so stupidly happily listening to these tracks from this beautiful genius. I adore Stevie ♥️

Cover art for “Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 50 - The EP”

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 17/09/2026

Cats do love a box… wait for it 😻

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 09/09/2026

Went to see my old pal Roger Eno in concert tonight at Union Chapel. Sublime. In a strange twist I also managed to win his sandals and socks in an audience auction.

Roger Eno playing a Yamaha baby grand piano in Union Chapel under a moody spotlight

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 23/08/2026

Just got my 1980s Citizen “Ana Digi Temp” watch back from the jewellers with a new battery. I have come to a local cafe to trawl through the epic Japanese English instructions on how to reset all the displays and dials 😂

A silver 1980s Citizen “ana digi temp” watch

Instructions:

‹Setting Time>
(1) Press and hold button ® for 2 seconds or more while in normal Time display. The "Seconds" will start flashing, indicating that the watch is in adjustment mode.
(2)
Each press on button ® in adjustment mode changes flashing section in the order of [Second →
Minute → Hour → 12-hour/24-hour
→ Analog 1 adjustment → Analog
2 adjustment].
(3)
Press button A to adjust flashing section. (Press and hold button for rapid advancement.)

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 07/08/2026

No cheating. Post your lock screen

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 06/08/2026

Who *doesn’t* need to go to a games arcade that has classics like “Frenzied Dog Attack”, “Divorce”, “Dead or Bad” and of course “Meat or Pet” A very fun evening at Novelty Automation in London. I love that a place like this can exist in 2026.

Alt text: A tall wire-mesh cage arcade machine with a metal sign reading "TEST YOUR NERVE" mounted above it in pink/red lettering. Inside the cage is a snarling animatronic dog with glowing red eyes and bared teeth, facing forward as if guarding a red push-button. A red sign on the front reads "INSERT COINS / PUT HAND IN CAGE / PUSH BUTTON FOR AS LONG AS YOU DARE."

Alt text: A coin-operated mechanical arcade machine titled "DIVORCE" in red neon-style letters. Behind glass, two wooden puppet figures — a woman in an orange top with a yellow bob haircut on the left, and a man in a beige shirt with a scowling expression on the right — stand holding a small model house with a cracked wall between them. Visible mechanical gears, chains, and levers sit beneath the figures. A printed sign reads "DIVORCE INSTRUCTIONS: Part with cash (insert coins) / Divorce proceedings start when bell rings / Turn handwheel to separate from your partner / When you see red, push lever for surge of rage / Continue until one partner separates completely." Two "SEPARATION (Degrees of Freedom)" dials (0–100%) flank the scene, along with a "TIME SPENT DIVORCING" gauge and hand-crank wheels at the base.

Alt text: A wooden arcade machine titled "DEAD or BAD" in glowing green cutout lettering. Two illuminated panels below read "KEEP GRANNY WARM" and "SAVE THE PLANET," each above a dial gauge — one labeled "Granny's Temperature" (Cold to Hot) and one labeled "Carbon Footprint" (Low to High). Below is a diorama of a hunched wooden granny figure sitting in a yellow armchair in a small room with a lamp, a window showing a night sky, and an electric bar heater glowing on the red floor. A red hand-crank at the bottom has a sign reading "Turn handle to generate green electricity and keep granny warm through a cold night." Shelves of miscellaneous objects are visible through a glass panel to the right.

Alt text: A tall olive-green arcade machine titled "PET OR MEAT" at the bottom in red lettering. It features a large illuminated spinner wheel labeled alternately "PET" and "MEAT" around its rim, with a gold arrow pointer, above a red push-button labeled "SETTLE LAMB'S FATE." Below, a lit diorama shows a wooden family of four figures (a man, woman, girl, and boy) standing with a small toy lamb. Decorative silhouettes of leaping lambs and cuts of meat cover the green panel background. A partly obscured instruction panel is visible on the left. To the right, an adjacent machine with red coiled springs and a red rubber glove is partially visible, displaying text about checking for "suspicious bulges."

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 01/08/2026

I wouldn’t claim to be a diehard Nick Cave fan. I like him and have a few albums. But the gig at Preston Park last night was one of the best I’ve ever seen. A band playing as one being, Nick like a cross between God and the devil, the best outdoor sound imaginable - all shared with my best friends ♥️

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on stage at Preston Park at sunset. The stage is lit with yellow lights and the large screens at the sides are showing Janet Ramus, Nick’s backing vocalist

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/07/2026

He also made this cool ass bass which I bought from him when I was 18. I think he made it from his work desk at Lowden 😂

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 12/07/2026

Spotted in Sicily - a wine that describes the effect it will have on you 😂

A bottle of Marsala wine called “Terre Arse”

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026

I had this guitar made for me in the 90s by Ernie, one of the guys that worked in the Lowden factory. It’s a friend’s son’s 18th today. He’s so into music and he fell in love with it, so today I’ll give it to him so it can have another life. Farewell old friend ♥️

A handmade electric guitar - 3/4 size, with a dark rosewood fretboard, and flamed maple top, 2 humbucker pickups, black hardware. It has a small E as the makers mark on the headstock.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 29/05/2026

Whoa @boardsofcanada.bsky.social - Inferno is blowing my mind. Truly worth the wait. Amazing stuff ♥️

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 01/05/2026

I always use this name when ordering in a public place. Can you name the reference? If so you are a friend of mine for sure ♥️

A Shake Shack ordering screen showing the customer name as “jive Miguel”

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 11/04/2026

Love how the Artemis II parachutes were designed to look like Tunnocks Teacakes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/04/2026

I’m doing my studio room up soon, but for now my favourite guitars are hanging up on the outside wall while we build a new internal frame. Which one would you take home?

A wall with guitars on hangers: white 1991 Ibanez RG-750, blonde 1982 Gibson ES-335 dot reissue, 2004 James Trussart rusty Steel Deville, 1971 blonde Fender Telecaster and 1966 sunburst Harmony Rocket

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 07/04/2026

I’m not 100% convinced that the Hong Kong restaurant I added to Google Maps is getting that many views because of its food credentials 😂

An email snippet from Google Maps showing 250,000 views on a place called “Cock n Rice” in Hong Kong

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 03/04/2026

Saw this today and recalled it was the first two words of your bio…

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 18/03/2026

Keiji Haino was utterly unique. On the challenging side of avant garde for me but memorable and the real deal. Tonight: Indre and Shahzad Ismaily at Crypt Gallery!

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 15/03/2026

Happy Mothers Day Maaaa - miss you every day ♥️

Stevie J and his mum on Crawfordsburn beach, Northern Ireland

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/03/2026

Straight into the no pile - anything by The Smiths or The Jam

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/03/2026

I’ve been digging through more vinyl this morning dividing into “keep / maybe / no” piles. Found this 1978 disc of The Jacksons “Blame It On The Boogie” - how cool is it! 💛🖤

A 12 inch vinyl record of The Jacksons “Blame it on the Boogie” in transparent yellow with a marbled black finish through it

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 07/03/2026

@ronanhession.bsky.social taking over the world, quietly, in the living rooms of homes the world over. The copy I bought for my mate JC has gone viral 💛

Mate! It's been a while. Let's get lunch next week?!

I recommend Leonard and Hungry Paul to Meg, then she suggested it to their book club and now it's been randomly chosen to be their next book! So interested to hear what 8 women who all love romantasy make of it

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/02/2026

Also - when you go to Kyoto, be sure to visit Daigoji, a temple compound on the east side with with a working monastery up the mountain. Most people just go to see the exquisite little shrines and gardens but if you go right to the end there’s a steep hill and you can escape the city.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 24/02/2026

Don’t know about you but I absolutely love this time of year when there is light in the sky around 6pm… the glow of a sunset hinting at a summer somewhere off in the distance…

Silhouette of a stone church tower with a weather vane against a twilight sky, with a graveyard of headstones in the foreground and bare winter trees lining the horizon. A warm amber and golden glow from the setting sun fades into deep blue above.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/02/2026

My beloved James Trussart rusty Steel Deville. In 2004 I called James and said “can you make me a guitar that looks like an old piece of metal from a shipyard?” I sent him a photo of a metal sheet from Harland & Wolff dry dock in Belfast and 6 months later this guitar arrived. Still love it 🤘♥️

A James Trussart Steel Deville electric guitar with a Les Paul-style body covered in a perforated rusted metal finish, featuring two humbucker pickups, a dark rosewood fretboard, and aged gold hardware, displayed on a guitar stand in a recording studio setting.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 13/02/2026

I love it when cats put a paw over their eyes to get some shuteye when the lights are on.

A fluffy tabby with a paw over one eye as she sleeps

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/02/2026

I took a closer look at the OK Computer white label. It needs a good clean but I found some hand-engraved messages which was exciting: “I LIKE YOU, YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON” “I’M FULL OF ENTHUSIASM, I’M GOING PLACES” “VINYL BLAIR” The cat number too: NODATA 0*2A-1-1- #Radiohead

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 06/02/2026

Such a fun night digging through records. Everything from Derek and Clive (The Worst Job I Ever Had) to BBC Sounds of The Living World. The family gathered round. I hadn’t factored in the social factor as sleeves got pored over and discussed. No-one gets excited about listening together on Spotify.

The Beatles - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 LP

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 04/02/2026

I am utterly heartbroken to hear that John Virgo has died. As a lifelong snooker fan I’ve been hearing his voice since I was born. My favourite commentator by miles, a wonderful soul - hilarious, knowledgeable - with a great Lancashire accent. “Where’s the cue ball going?” #RIP #snooker #legend

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/01/2026

And there it was - the signed white label of OK Computer. 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 THE END

A signed white label LP of OK Computer by Radiohead

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/01/2026

I went through them all carefully… 17, 18, 19… Nothing. Finally, the very last one: Yarbrough and Peoples - “The Two Of Us” Some vague memory stirred in me… As I pulled out the sleeve I definitely squeaked (quite possibly from both ends)…

Yarbrough & Peoples “The Two of Us” LP Cover - happy beautiful people wearing white and smiling

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/01/2026

Giggling like ducklings we headed down the stairs and approached THE TRUNK. These are the first two things I saw - a Technics WSA1R synth module and a silver face Fender Vibrochamp. I was already quids in.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 13/01/2026

I am making a chilli this weekend. And I am NOT fucking around. Ancho, mulato, chipotle and pasilla. Plus all manner of other bits and bobs. Six hours cooking, 24 hours to rest. Killer.

Large box of dried chillies - ancho, mulato, chipotle and pasilla

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 12/01/2026

My friend Cal died today 💔. Before he passed, he called me and asked me if I would take his favourite amp, which I've named after him... so behold "Cal", his Hiwatt Lead 50R. I hope he gets to rock out with the dials all cranked to the max for evermore #RIP (Rock, not Rest) Cal, I'll miss you 🤘

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 11/01/2026

Nice to get a birthday wish from Donald Fagen 🤣 #steelydan (thanks Big Lee)

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 05/01/2026

I am feeling very drawn towards this guitar this year… don’t know why. Maybe just because it’s a complete badass 🤘

A white Ibanez RG-750 electric guitar resting against other guitar cases

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 05/01/2026

With the lens distortion, Ronan is kind of rocking a Maz Kanata (The Force Awakens) look here 😂

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/12/2025

Everyone needs a coffee ordering name… I’ve adopted this character from Steely Dan’s song “Glamour Profession” - it was fun to hear a disinterested barista in Edinburgh calling it out 😂

A coffee ordering screen from Black Sheep Coffee. The name field shows “Jive Miguel”

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 19/12/2025

Well that’s the Christmas food shopping done with a major rip round Japan Centre. No-one in my family likes turkey so we have sushi - which I make. I like having good nori and top class rice from Hokkaido. Now on the sunny train ride home.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 12/12/2025

The other night my mate Pete & I were talking about our little life rules. I started to describe one of mine: if I mention Leonard & Hungry Paul to someone who hasn’t read it, I buy a copy for them. Me: “Have you read it?” Pete: “No” So #19 is for Pete. Thanks @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social x

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 10/12/2025

Jamiroquai was so, so fun. Smiles from ear to ear all night. What a band - especially Paul Turner on bass… and Jay Kay was absolutely amazing with his bird-of-paradise LED hat. Unexpected take-home of the night: he does a mean Trump impression as the oddest lead-up to Virtual Insanity imaginable 😂

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 09/12/2025

It's been a great month for gigs: SML at Church of Sound, Radiohead at the O2, Flook at Union Chapel (the highlight so far)... and tonight - Jamiroquai – with my dear friend Paul Turner on bass. I'm gonna let go into my inner funk-loving self and have a right old boogie 🕺

Paul Turner playing bass on stage with Jamiroquai, Jay Kay wearing some of his funky headwear

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/11/2025

“Budget 2025 calculator: find out if you are better or worse off” Without even looking, I can tell…

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 25/11/2025

I've been asking my drummer friend Chris Vatalaro – now playing with Radiohead (!) – to send me photos of him on stage so I can build his website. So far he hasn't send any, so last night I threatened to hijack it with a BBC review mentioning his playing unless he complied. Today I did it 😂

A blurred photo of Chris Vatalaro playing drums with the words "Percussive lunacy" in a gradient font in the foreground.

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 24/11/2025

I have a rule that if I mention Leonard and Hungry Paul to someone that hasn’t read it, I buy it for them. Copy #18 now winging its way from @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social to Alice in Muswell Hill after a nice book chat on Saturday night 💛

The distinctive yellow book Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession with Kirkdale Bookshop SE26 in the background

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/11/2025

Sometimes the setup of a gig just promises so much… SML at Church of Sound

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