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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke

@apcrft.bsky.social

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We are where we are, because who could have imagined we would end up here? #oracle ACE alumnus #PLSQL #music #books #films (but mainly music) ✝️ Mark 9:24 lapsed blogger https://radiofreetooting.blogspot.com

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 4h

Also LOL, the hotel rooom now costs £1 a night more than it did when I tried to book yesterday

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5h

(Not an anti-rap stance, just an anti-guest-rapper one)

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5h

#TheTwen2ie5 day 11

4️⃣0️⃣ FKA Twigs | Measure Of A Man (Cinematic) | single | 2021 | UK

One of the banes of modern pop music is the guest appearance, in which a rapper pops up to spit a few bars and ruin the mood. Which is why I prefer this version of the song.

soundcloud.com/fkatwigsoffi...

Measure Of A Man (Cinematic)

me and the girls with our phones out 8 simi haze lookin girl scouts wow

soundcloud.com

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 6h

LOL LOL LOL Woke up this morning to find all the texts had been delivered at 01:14

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 16h

In a quarter of an hour's time I'm going to get half a dozen blasted texts and I'm not going to know which six digit string is the still valid one 😬

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 16h

It's that time of a Friday evening when Barclaycard's verification text system collapses because everybody is drunkenly booking hotels and restaurants

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 18h

#antifa reinforcements heading to Portland

An illustration of Frog and Toad on a tandem from Arnold Lobel's beloved children's classic

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 23h

#TheTwen2ie5 day 10

4️⃣1️⃣ Ebe Oke | Ghost Throat ft Brian Eno | Species Lp1 | 2022 | USA

Weird vocal and synthetic drones combine sublimely

soundcloud.com/ebeoke/ghost...

Ghost Throat (feat. Brian Eno)

Listen to Ghost Throat (feat. Brian Eno) by EBE OKE #np on #SoundCloud

soundcloud.com

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 1d

I've been waiting for this to issue don CD for ages, so I was gutted to find it was already sold out on @warringtonruncorn.com Bandcamp site. Fortunately Norman Records has it. Huzzah!

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 1d

Although I suppose it's quite likely Sweden will get slapped with tariffs instead

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 1d

Norwegian government currently bracing itself for 150% tariffs on moose jerky, brown cheese and salty licorice

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 2d

EEEK!

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 2d

If I wasn't sitting at a table wearing headphones I ight have skanked to this

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 2d

But Cameron's main failure was his failure to lead his own party, particularly when it came to the Eurosceptic nutters, and his abdication after the referendum.

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5 day 9

4️⃣2️⃣ Jane Weaver | Solarised (W H Lung remix) | Flock | 2021 | UK

This remixed track balances between #synthpop and #krautrock in a way which reminds me of Goldfrapp (complimentary)

janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/track/solari...

Solarised (W. H. Lung remix), by Jane Weaver

from the album Sunset Dreams EP

janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5 day 8

4️⃣3️⃣ Loula Yorke | Monolithic Undertow | Speak, Thou Vast And Venerable Head | 2024 | UK

Superb example of modular synthesis

quietdetails.bandcamp.com/track/monoli...

monolithic undertow, by Loula Yorke

from the album speak, thou vast and venerable head

quietdetails.bandcamp.com

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 3d

For any confused third-parties, Synaptic Manhunt is the precursor novel to The Neural Atrocity

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 3d

I remember enjoying The Neural Atrocity when I read it as a teenager (even though the backcover blurb made it out to be an entirely different sort of book). I didn't realise he wrote other books about the DNA Cowboys

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 3d

#TheTwen2ie5 day 7

4️⃣4️⃣ Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music ft Venna & Charlie Stacey | Black Classical Music | 2023 | UK

Its title is a both defiant manifesto and a plain fact: a platonic jazz combo (sax, piano, bass, drums) does its jazz thang brilliantly

yussefdayes.bandcamp.com/track/black-...

Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey), by Yussef Dayes

from the album Black Classical Music

yussefdayes.bandcamp.com

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

You did a topnotch job on the flames of the torch

Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

#TheTwen2ie5 day 6

4️⃣5️⃣ Horsegirl | Anti-glory | Versions of Modern Performance | 2022 | USA

When done well (as here) the guitar/bass./drums/vox combo still packs a punch

thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/track/anti-g...

Anti-glory, by Horsegirl

from the album Versions of Modern Performance

thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

Jean de Bolleurque
Manon des Scrote

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

So forward looking it seemed like it was sent back from the 81st century

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

A Fistful Of Bollocks
For A Few Bollocks More
The Good, The Bad And The Dangly

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Andrew (Arfur) Clarke @apcrft.bsky.social · 5d

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for physiological accuracy

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