Rob Jones 🍁
@clippernolan.bsky.social
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Rob Jones 🍁
@clippernolan.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I guess I should write an intro post to pin for new followers. I'm a music blogger, primarily. My blog is thedeletebin.com, a site I've run and written in since 2003 in various forms. But I'm also a marketing and communications writer. So, hello. 🙂
The flautist (more of a pennywhistle-ist) playing "Jingle Bells" out of season has been heard by me again. This time it was in #NewWest station. He's moving around the system. Like a chirpy virus.
February 19, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The flautist (more of a pennywhistle-ist) playing "Jingle Bells" out of season has been heard by me again. This time it was in #NewWest station. He's moving around the system. Like a chirpy virus.
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
Could there be some kind of pattern?
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Could there be some kind of pattern?
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Released in 2012 in support of Cure Kids for Red Nose Day, Flight of the Conchords wrote a song that incorporated lyrical ideas from New Zealand school children. The result was a parody of a charity single. But also a real one that made a positive charitable impact. How did they make it work?
Flight of the Conchords & Friends Play “Feel Inside (and Stuff Like That)”
Recorded as a legitimate charitable musical effort, Flight of the Conchords 2012 song "Feel Inside (and Stuff Like That)" is Schrödinger's charity single. It's a parody. But it's also the real deal. How do the celebrated musical comedy duo strike this balance? And what do the many musical luminaries included in the recording make it work so well?
thedeletebin.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Released in 2012 in support of Cure Kids for Red Nose Day, Flight of the Conchords wrote a song that incorporated lyrical ideas from New Zealand school children. The result was a parody of a charity single. But also a real one that made a positive charitable impact. How did they make it work?
Sure, let's have a Beatles biopic. But let's make it animated a la *Yellow Submarine* and make it weird and surreal and fantastical and totally exaggerated. Like a Sixties film. Both John and George would approve, and it will make the story way more fun.
February 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Sure, let's have a Beatles biopic. But let's make it animated a la *Yellow Submarine* and make it weird and surreal and fantastical and totally exaggerated. Like a Sixties film. Both John and George would approve, and it will make the story way more fun.
Released in 2012 in support of Cure Kids for Red Nose Day, Flight of the Conchords wrote a song that incorporated lyrical ideas from New Zealand school children. The result was a parody of a charity single. But also a real one that made a positive charitable impact. How did they make it work?
Flight of the Conchords & Friends Play “Feel Inside (and Stuff Like That)”
Recorded as a legitimate charitable musical effort, Flight of the Conchords 2012 song "Feel Inside (and Stuff Like That)" is Schrödinger's charity single. It's a parody. But it's also the real deal. How do the celebrated musical comedy duo strike this balance? And what do the many musical luminaries included in the recording make it work so well?
thedeletebin.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Released in 2012 in support of Cure Kids for Red Nose Day, Flight of the Conchords wrote a song that incorporated lyrical ideas from New Zealand school children. The result was a parody of a charity single. But also a real one that made a positive charitable impact. How did they make it work?
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What is the Canadian identity? We're always looking for it, because it's constantly on the move. So, not a Canadian Dream so much as a Canadian Quest. This song by The Tragically Hip, very subtly, touches on that.
The Tragically Hip Play “Ahead by a Century”
If Americans have their dream, Canadians have a quest. Touted as “Canada’s Band”, The Tragically Hip’s 1996 single “Ahead by a Century seemed to sum up what they were …
thedeletebin.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What is the Canadian identity? We're always looking for it, because it's constantly on the move. So, not a Canadian Dream so much as a Canadian Quest. This song by The Tragically Hip, very subtly, touches on that.
A great idea to be applied in our country, too - with inclusion of live music, theater, and independent cinema venues, maybe?
New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year www.hotpress.com/opinion/new-...
New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year | Hotpress
Applications for the new scheme will open in May.
www.hotpress.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
A great idea to be applied in our country, too - with inclusion of live music, theater, and independent cinema venues, maybe?
What is the Canadian identity? We're always looking for it, because it's constantly on the move. So, not a Canadian Dream so much as a Canadian Quest. This song by The Tragically Hip, very subtly, touches on that.
The Tragically Hip Play “Ahead by a Century”
If Americans have their dream, Canadians have a quest. Touted as “Canada’s Band”, The Tragically Hip’s 1996 single “Ahead by a Century seemed to sum up what they were …
thedeletebin.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What is the Canadian identity? We're always looking for it, because it's constantly on the move. So, not a Canadian Dream so much as a Canadian Quest. This song by The Tragically Hip, very subtly, touches on that.
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Tumbler Ridge is a small planned resource community, a winding 90 minute drive from the nearest city of at least 10,000 people.
A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow.
May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.
A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow.
May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.
February 11, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Tumbler Ridge is a small planned resource community, a winding 90 minute drive from the nearest city of at least 10,000 people.
A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow.
May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.
A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow.
May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.
A motto for our times.
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A motto for our times.
I scream, you scream, etc., etc. ...
Just passed a Baskin Robbin’s that had a sign in the window that said “NO CASH KEPT IN STORE OVERNIGHT.” Please! Like I’d be breaking in for cash!
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I scream, you scream, etc., etc. ...
I know I'm late to the party with this maybe, but Google has de-emphasized quality organic results in favour of top of page AI summaries, right?
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I know I'm late to the party with this maybe, but Google has de-emphasized quality organic results in favour of top of page AI summaries, right?
Leaser of a lonely heart ...
Back in the 1980s, you could afford to own a lonely heart, and now most of us can barely manage to rent one. With roommates.
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Leaser of a lonely heart ...
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Released in 1996, "Ahead by a Century" remains to be the Hip's highest charting single. It also heralded a shift in direction into deeper territory. What it is about this cut that seems to reinforce their place as cultural representatives? What light does it shed on the elusive Canadian identity?
The Tragically Hip Play “Ahead by a Century”
If Americans have their dream, Canadians have a quest. Touted as "Canada's Band", The Tragically Hip's 1996 single "Ahead by a Century seemed to sum up what they were about as a band who represented what it is to be Canadian. What it is about this track that emphasizes that? What makes it so resonant across so many lines?
thedeletebin.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Released in 1996, "Ahead by a Century" remains to be the Hip's highest charting single. It also heralded a shift in direction into deeper territory. What it is about this cut that seems to reinforce their place as cultural representatives? What light does it shed on the elusive Canadian identity?
Yesterday me did all the dishes. What a guy.
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Yesterday me did all the dishes. What a guy.
The internet should be an outlet for just farting around.
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The internet should be an outlet for just farting around.
Released in 1996, "Ahead by a Century" remains to be the Hip's highest charting single. It also heralded a shift in direction into deeper territory. What it is about this cut that seems to reinforce their place as cultural representatives? What light does it shed on the elusive Canadian identity?
The Tragically Hip Play “Ahead by a Century”
If Americans have their dream, Canadians have a quest. Touted as "Canada's Band", The Tragically Hip's 1996 single "Ahead by a Century seemed to sum up what they were about as a band who represented what it is to be Canadian. What it is about this track that emphasizes that? What makes it so resonant across so many lines?
thedeletebin.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Released in 1996, "Ahead by a Century" remains to be the Hip's highest charting single. It also heralded a shift in direction into deeper territory. What it is about this cut that seems to reinforce their place as cultural representatives? What light does it shed on the elusive Canadian identity?
Reading the scroll today, it really is something to see how many powerful dumb people they're are operating the levers of power like a toddler at the steering wheel. That these people *are* powerful at all is quite an indictment of the systems currently in place.
February 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Reading the scroll today, it really is something to see how many powerful dumb people they're are operating the levers of power like a toddler at the steering wheel. That these people *are* powerful at all is quite an indictment of the systems currently in place.
Superb.
a close up of a owl with yellow eyes
Alt: a close up of a owl with yellow eyes
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Superb.
A message on my EA/X-box account: "No friends found". 😞
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
A message on my EA/X-box account: "No friends found". 😞
"2"
this video game came to me in a dream once and i felt compelled to recreate it
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
"2"
Why didn't they call Canada Shore Slutty Canucks?
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Why didn't they call Canada Shore Slutty Canucks?
Tonight's movie is *Cocktail* (1988) starring Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Shue, and Bryan Brown. Tom Cruise plays a young hotshot <computerVoice=>bartender. Clearly this is a re-watch because: Gen-X. DX7 synth, gated drums-laden opening song is like a time machine.
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Tonight's movie is *Cocktail* (1988) starring Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Shue, and Bryan Brown. Tom Cruise plays a young hotshot <computerVoice=>bartender. Clearly this is a re-watch because: Gen-X. DX7 synth, gated drums-laden opening song is like a time machine.
Seen a huge traffic spike on my blog. I'm guessing search engines are doing a massive crawl/re-index?
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Seen a huge traffic spike on my blog. I'm guessing search engines are doing a massive crawl/re-index?