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Word of the day: matriculate. To enrol at a university to study for a degree. A lot of matriculation going on right now, methinks.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 12h

I'd like to see that. I think.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 14h

My favourite Jeffrey Archer story is the one where he was a judge for a local short story competition. The winner was a story about the day in the life of a cat. A year or so later he published a book of his short stories - and the winning entry was included in his collection.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And then I'll click on the link from the email and it'll ask me if I want to accept cookies even though I've told I don't want to every single time I visit the site. Argh!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just went into the dentist for a checkup as The Last Time by the Rolling Stones started playing in reception. I came out from my checkup, and the song was still playing. Result!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Tories seem to be wooing the voters they lost to Reform with these terrible policy announcements. Which is a massive shame. I preferred when they were centre right, not batshit crazy right.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On that Green point (I’m currently a member). The trouble with them being an environmental party is that people who prioritise, say, the economy wouldn’t vote for them. So they had to develop a broader set of policies. Trouble is, they aren’t very good at it!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do realise that this is probably the most common post ever placed on social media and in that sense is an extremely boring post. But it made me feel incrementally better. Thank you for being there for me.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Please enter a new password. It must be 12 letters long, include every button on your keyboard in a random order, must be different from every other password you have, and you can't write it down." For a magazine subscription FFS!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One suspects she absolutely did have those figures to hand, but knew that saying them out loud show her previous statement to be nonsense.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Never trust someone who talks in round figures, such as £100k. It is a very clear demonstration that they haven’t done any research. Decent rule for life, that.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was so much fun! (That’s me starring in the final 2 seconds of the clip).

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Troubadour, J.J.Cale. The original, and greatest, #SundayMorningMusic

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How many records do you have in your collection?

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What heck is that thing?!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If it was last day, did they all get to bring in games?

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Could I aks what this relates to, Simon? Thanks.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love going to London. And I love leaving London.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Outside Paddington station, a sausage dog on a lead barks at a portly railways worker who leans over to mollify it, while the dogs owner looks on, continuing her telephone call.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Breakfast in London this morning. Scrambled eggs, bacon, brown sauce; poorly tuned radio slipping between pop hits and white noise; cheery cockney builder getting breakfast for him and his silent young apprentice; French couple asking for mayonnaise with their fried breakfast. Marvellous.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My shelves are full of biographies of musicians. My Dad would cry when listening to Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony because he understood the pain the composer was going through and he wrote it. And so on.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Could they pay the ferryman as well while they’re at it?

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That's ok, I play music for entertainment purposes, not advertising my wares.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thinking of using this next time I'm selling vinyl. I can get through the whole 6 hours!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You are the Romesh of the comics world.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you’re a fussy eater, you only have a few things to choose from and can therefore choose quickly. You’ve literally just described what being a fussy eater is like!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But late, but I finally get the first toddler dancing, so Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry #sellingvinyl

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A mate is a Bury fan. He told me they get a gate of about 2,000 each game - and it is the same 2,000 people each game!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Chatting with a customer, he tells me about when he tried his hand at being a supply teacher. Very first class he took, walked into the classroom, and all the kids burst out laughing. Changed career not long afterwards! #sellingvinyl

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m #Sellingvinyl at Tobacco Fsctory Sunday Market today. Chap tells me about when he worked in a chain record store and was sent to Florida to buy a collection of 25,000 albums. My dream job!

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I once saw Bristol Rovers at Combridge, on a Friday night. Far end full, our (away) end had 700 fans. Nobody down the sides. It meant every comment could be heard by the players. One of our fans shouted to their left back: "'Ere, no.3: Nobody in your family is proud of you." Brutal.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went to the annual RWA exhibition of their members' art today, in Bristol. As ever, some I liked, some I didn't, but all of high quality, and quite a few truly stunning pieces. Recommend.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh. You think I'd know that, really, wouldn't you, since I will be the one playing the intro to it when we ROCK next Thursday.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey BBC news, please use people’s correct titles. It’s not ‘anti-migrant activist’. It’s ’racist knobhead’. Thank you. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after dinghy slashed in Channel

Daniel Thomas is accused of criminal damage after a video appeared to show him slashing at a dinghy.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've just been reading about a young jazz pianist who played with Cinematic Orchestra who died suddenly aged 22 (Austin Peralta). Why is life so unjust.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh, but this wasn’t the Yul Brinner classic (which, I’d agree, wasn’t as good as Seven Samurai, which is perfect). It was a 2016 remake. Just the worst side of Hollywood.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There’s a film on ITV right now which has the gall to call itself The Magnificent Seven. From 2016. Absolutely the worst Hollywood trash. 7 minutes is all I could manage.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I wonder what has prompted him to publish this book now.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Do you know, until this moment, I didn't actually know his first name was Charles. (Although I won't go so far as to admit that I did think his first name was Earl...)

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What is this 'Lake America' of which you speak? Nobody outside of the USA is ever going to call it that.

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My son's band, Blackhorse Hotel, has a new single out, Hive Mind. That's 3 singles now, I think this is possibly the best of the three. Please like (if you like!) and subscribe etc Bandcamp: blackhorsehotel.bandcamp.com/track/hive-m... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/4xktlN...

blackhorsehotel.bandcamp.com

Hive Mind, by Blackhorse Hotel

track by Blackhorse Hotel

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Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But what made them that way? I just think focussing on the Govt -or using it as an excuse to blame the Govt - is rather missing the point.

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