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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Wow - astonishing, as per usual. Hopefully this means the series is getting a little bit closer to having a confirmed date!

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good memories of seeing Honeycrack live at Sheffield Uni nearly 30 years ago, supported by Jocasta. (I was particularly pleased that my 'amended' Doncaster College ID was accepted at the bar) #weekendsingles

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good grief. Why can't AI be used for useful things, like what would The Upper Hand be like if it starred a different McGann brother.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And Peel introduced it to a whole new audience (including me!) via this bootleg, which he rinsed in the months just before he died. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqw4...

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XBOOTY 01 - O Superman (Henry Cullen Remix)

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quick! Need the Morning Star's 'Santa Is Red Due to Coca-Cola' editorial to balance my chakras.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dear Mr Dane Bowers, thank you for your interest in our show but unfortunately I'm afraid at this time...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What about Sir Bufton Tufton, Jean Paul Sartre, Zippy and Bungle? Did you say Hello to them too?

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thought Owen Jones was interviewing Lee Anderson.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the greatest drawing of a band on a record sleeve since D.P. Lé Odd in 1995.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enjoying this compliation of Acid Goat's two EPs (Carvetii Productions, 2017) for #CasSunday - their cover of 'Another Brick In The Wall Part 2' is worth the admission fee alone. acidgoat.bandcamp.com/track/anothe...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fancied hearing a bit of Elka 'Kitten Kaboodle' Zolot for no particular reason on a sunny September Saturday afternoon... #weekendsingles #90sSurfRevival

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Marvellous news - loved that session, and I can now replace my Peel tape. Although, the session does fit snugly between Mclusky and The Fall...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'd be disappointed with the late film and hoping 'Frankenstein Created Woman' was on next week.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Would love @maryannehobbs.bsky.social sessions and mixes to get the full release treatment... Lemon Jelly's Breezeblock mixes would be top of my wishlist - perhaps on double cassette rave packs.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I still regularly sing "naaag me to take the broccoli out the baggie..." whenever I'm serving up broccoli on a Sunday roast.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We were in the land of the 2 track CD single by this point, weren't we? I think I had to begrudgingly give in on this occasion, because I wanted the Flip & Fill remix of The Show.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did finally manage to get hold of the Looper record some years later. #WeekendSingles

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Kids Are On Their Holidays - a 'bedsit dubbed bootleg' of Belle & Sebastian's Bowlie Weekender set that did the rounds in my uni Indiepop Soc. in Autumn 99. The b-side is filled out with Looper's excellent Spaceboy Dream #3 single on Sub Pop (very hard to find back in 1999!) #CasSunday

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I was introduced to this song via Justin Townes Earle's cover - also worth a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=830Z...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I know Bono and he knows Ono and she knows Eno’s phone goes thus...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Saw elsewhere that this Cradle of Filth album turned 30 recently, so got it out of the loft and giving it a play on #CDFriday for the first time in about 28 years. Even more preposterous than I remember, but good fun nonetheless.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Had a meeting in Leeds yesterday and managed to sneak out to @okcomics.bsky.social during the lunch break. Just as I remembered; amazing staff and lots of great stuff. Amongst other things, grabbed The Forever Home #1 from @oni-press.bsky.social - some great panels and layouts.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Coming just a couple of years after those lovely BBC session 45s, this is great news.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Great single - shout out to the cover of 'Voyage, voyage' on the b-side (of the Keren picture disc, not the Sara one)

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here for the Terry Edwards guest spot!

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Blimey, tunng's remarkable murder ballad 'Jenny Again' has just turned 20. I remember it described in one review as "a modern Double Indemnity, down in the willow garden." Sit inside a Little Chef, look around but not at her... #weekendsingles

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the great compilations - 'no more darkness' by Hank Williams (Trikont, 2003) #CDFriday #Country

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Also the best record to be used in a pun by The Mirror when Liverpool once scored more than two under Benitez (Benny And The Nets)

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Looking forward to Six of Us - always nice to have some new noir in the autumn!

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I thought Bad Boys Inc and 2wo Third3 had announced a joint headline comeback tour.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some #weekendsingles inspired by watching #swfc knock seven in yesterday...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Giving Thugwidow's dark experimental future junglism masterpiece Hollow Sun (Pure Life, 2018) a blast for #CasSunday purelifetapes.bandcamp.com/album/hollow...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's a great book. There's a lovely description of the sadly missed Rare & Racy record shop in there, an old bookies that kept the layout. It was near my office 25 years ago - I have many records on the shelf that have the (fading) R&R stamp.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Definitely not a... Misplaced Childhood.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Don't suppose there's any chance of putting 'Ten Shillings...' on bandcamp?

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Giving 'The Big Five' by Usurper (Singing Knives, 2016) a listen for #CasSunday which was described in Product magazine as falling "somewhere between Samuel Beckett, The Goons and Tex Avery by way of John Hurt’s experimental sound designer in Jerzy Skolimowski’s neglected 1978 film, The Shout"

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Worst Jetsons prequel episode ever.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Surprised this has never been given the deluxe vinyl release treatment, perhaps with Jarvis doing the shipping forecast on the b-side. Come on beeb!

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My intro to Ballard was Cocaine Nights - which was absolutely everywhere when I was a student - and I enjoyed his final few novels after that (even if they were essentially the same) but yes, struggled when I attempted to dip into his earlier work.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The idea that music should mean something is the most annoying statement in the world. Some of my favourite records mean absolutely nothing.

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I still use my Hendos recipe books... An old one (with guest appearances from Stringfellow and Def Leppard) and a newer one (with, inevitably, Dan Walker off the telly).

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Can't get enough of this recent release by Digital, bringing the fire for #12inchtuesday with upcoming #Sheffield junglist Charla Green. Big tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujaZ...

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Connected in that the weeklies attempted to create a 'new baggy' scene at the tail end of big beat (those two, Delakota, Orange Can, Lo-Fi Allstarts et al)?

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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Reminded me that there was an excellent Tindersticksy band in the mid 90s, much beloved by John Peel, called The Sewing Room who called their album 'And Nico'.

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