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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 1d

Followed this with another 1930s Michael Curtiz horror classic starring Lionel Atwill and Faye Wray 'Mystery of the Wax Museum' and one of the characters says: 'ain't that Just like a woman'. Another Dylan coincidence?

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 1d

Just watched the 1932 horror film 'Doctor X' and one of the characters says 'The human mind will only stand so much'. Bob Dylan seems to love the early horror films, so could this be where he got the lyric for Things have changed? (albeit with will 'changed' to can)

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 21d

I just watched it. He was incredible, especially on the first 2 songs. That version of All along the watchtower was special, he was really singing his heart out.

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 24d

I love the late 90's/early 2000s NET gigs. Dylan was having so much fun looking at this performance of It's alright, Ma (I'm only bleeding) youtube.com/clip/UgkxMvR...

Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 25d

Rocks and Gravel from the new Bob Dylan Bootleg series just dropped on the UK Spotify

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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 27d

One of the upstairs rooms

Studded red leather chairs, around a long table, in a room lined with old books

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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 27d

Where I’m calling from.

The Bromley House Library in Nottingham - a Victorian subscription library behind an innocuous door in the high street.

A ground floor room at the Bromley House Library, with a spiral staircase leading to book-lined balcony

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · 29d

Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18 is apparently a reissue of Bootleg Series Vol. 16 Springtime in New York. Google AI working like a dream here

Google AI search for Bootleg Series vol. 18 says it will be Springtime in New York (which was vol. 16)

Google AI overview describes how volume 18, Springtime in New York, will focus on Dylan's 80's work. That was vo 16.

Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Sep 9

@mikemuncer.bsky.social Just watched another Frankenstein-esque movie, Britannia Hospital, following a recommendation in a Kevin Lyons BFl article. Not sure I loved it, but what a cast. Almost every British star of the 70s and 80s, plus @markhamillofficial.bsky.social directed by Lindsay Anderson.

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Sep 8

Very intrigued by 'a snippet of Autopsy on Operation Abolition, a 1961 film, which marked his first foray into soundtrack work'

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here we gooooo…

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm all for 16 yr olds being given the vote, but there's also huge danger with it. My kids (16 and 14) make it clear that there are huge swathes of people in their years who openly talk positively about reform & would vote for them. Democracy fuelled by misinformation & by this Labour government.

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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wouldn’t get away with that now

An article from a 1976 edition of Creem magazine. The headline is “Jimmy Page reveals fingering techniques” which inspired a childish observation in 2025

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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · Jul 15

White man in not racially abused or sexually assaulted shock.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Jul 15

Evening.

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jul 15

Weird that City and United have signed deals worth £100m and £90m per season respectively, but LFCs brand new deal with Adidias is only reported to be £60m per year. Am I missing something?

Richard Jolly @richjolly.bsky.social · Jul 15

Man City sign a £1bn kit deal with Puma:
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Man City sign record-breaking £1bn kit deal extension with Puma

The new deal with the German company runs until at least 2035 and is worth up to £100m per year

www.independent.co.uk

Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jul 3

Can't, and don't want to believe it. RIP Diogo

Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jun 26

That really is sad. Great player, great leader in the team. Feels like Liverpool are massively going backwards with the inertia. It was great to extend Holland, but the lack of signings, no word on the manager, and now this are very worrying

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jun 21

a man wearing a hat says " that 'll do "

ALT: a man wearing a hat says " that 'll do "

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jun 21

@mikemuncer.bsky.social Just watched the finale, and now I need you and Stacey to talk about it, and the series as a whole, for at least 4 hours.

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jun 7

No worries.

Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · Jun 7

@knoxharrington.bsky.social Are there any rumours about when the Anfield friendly will be? (if there is one this yr). The PL starts on 16th August, so the charity shield will be the week before and we're in Asia the week before that until at least the 31st July so 3rd August doesn't seem possible.

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Johnny Borgan @johnnyborgan.bsky.social · May 29

handy dandy (alternate take) - bob dylan youtu.be/Uw73j4U_cjg?...

handy dandy (alternate take) - bob dylan

YouTube video by irix

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Johnny Borgan @johnnyborgan.bsky.social · May 21

Great stuff!
Meet Me In The Morning - Bob Dylan - alternate version
vimeo.com/180303449

Bob Dylan - Meet Me In The Morning (Alternate Take)

'Meet Me in the Morning' Alternate take previously unreleased version from the Blood on the Tracks sessions (1974). From the B-side of 'Duquesne Whistle'…

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Johnny Borgan @johnnyborgan.bsky.social · May 21

Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - Nampa (Outlaw Music Festival) ... youtu.be/ehfxbAzzPV4?...

Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - Nampa (Outlaw Music Festival) - 20.05.2025 (Video)

YouTube video by GCBlom

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Matthew Biggs @dowie81.bsky.social · May 21

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... How is this being seen as a bad thing? A rise in corporation tax for banks! A freezing of the threshold for 45% tax, currently on income over £125,140! And yet, the headlines everywhere male it seem like its a tax raid on people earning average wages etc

Leaked memo reveals Angela Rayner called for tax rises

The deputy prime minister's department sent the note before the Spring Statement.

www.bbc.co.uk