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David F Ross

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Young, gifted and black...I used to be one of these things. Architect and Writer...I am currently both of these things. Website: davidfross.co.uk

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · Nov 16

A wee reminder on behalf of my sponsor @orendabooks.bsky.social
This book is now a physical thing and therefore available to pre-order.
“It’s the best thing he’s ever done”
(Anonymous)

orendabooks.co.uk/product/the-...

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 5d

Up.
Face like Michelle Mone viewed through a locked steel door’s spyhole.
Hair like Kojak’s slevery lollipop dropped on a mohair rug.
Voice like a Yoker yodeller trapped beneath a collapsed naked Twister team.
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 10d

Up.
Face like the wind changed and it stayed like this.
Hair like the ragged tawse of an over-used Lochgelly leathering tool.
Voice like I’m being ‘ventriloquised’ by Captain Hook.
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 11d

Up. Face like an American Ryder Cup fan, MAGA’d out his skull. Hair like twelve truculent Haribo-high toddlers have slept in it. Voice like a Thai sex robot with cauterised vocal chords. Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 12d

Up.
Face like a toothless Yorkshire Gurning champion during a bout of post-competition constipation.
Hair like Ken Dodd standing on a live electrical cable.
Voice like Barbapapa flying high on LSD. Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 13d

Get a pie.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 13d

Up. Face like the result of a disagreement between the Tollcross Wee Men and the Toogle Tongs. Hair like it was recovered from a Shettleston skip. Voice like a 70s Opportunity Knocks audition reject.
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 14d

Up. Face like a Byzantine gargoyle’s sex face. Hair like yer average '68 Haight-Ashbury oxter. Voice like ET syphoning diesel for the long flight home. Morning.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 15d

So this is coming up and it would be great if people could get behind it!

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Comedy Army

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 16d

This morning’s activities in San Diego.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 18d

Up.
Face like Marty Feldman passing a golf ball-sized gall stone.
Hair like the rough surrounding a municipal golf course in Kabul.
Voice like the dimpled ball from a Daly drive ricocheting through a Madame Tussaud hall of mirrors..
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 19d

Up.
Face like it’s been used to remove Artex. Hair like the clumps Sarah Ferguson will have torn out this morning.
Voice like the sound of cement being mixed.
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 20d

Up.
Face like a constipated gargoyle. Hair like it was pressed flat by a truck stop diner’s rusty waffle iron. Voice like Nigel Farage on his first full day in Hell, being rogered by the red-hot telegraph pole Satan playfully calls ‘The Brexit’.
Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 21d

Up.
Face like a marzipan pizza left out in the rain. Up. Hair like a quilt made from the wigs of three Boney M tribute acts. Voice like I'm in skin-tight lederhosen, recovering from a boot in the baws by Kendo Nagasaki.
Morning.

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 23d

A STATEMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF DAVID F ROSS LTD:
Out of respect for our founder’s ‘death’ (in 2002) today’s Up / Mourning has been cancelled.
He died (apparently), trampled to death by a horde of bagpipe-playing marchers during the NYC Tartan Day Parade.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 24d

… and how supportive belief can take you anywhere.
What an absolute thrill to have been invited to contribute some thoughts to it.
Best wishes Dan.

You can - and you definitely should - buy the book here:

paulwellerfanpodcast.com/paul-weller-...

Paul Weller: Dancing Through the Fire: The Authorised Oral History - Paul Weller Fan Podcast

Facebook107Tweet0LinkedIn0Pin0Print0Email0 I am delighted to be able to announce the next chapter in this incredible journey and the hugely exciting news that in September, I will become a published a...

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 24d

Dan’s pivotal discussion with Paul that concluded the first series of the Paul Weller Fan Podcast is hands down, the single best interview PW has ever done, in my opinion.
But what immediately strikes home about the book are the central themes of family, loyalty ….

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 24d

This is an amazing book. A real testament to Dan Jennings interviewing style, making everyone (especially Paul Weller) feel completely comfortable and relaxed in recalling stories and events that bind them to the life-affirming impact Paul’s music has had, and continues to have.

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 24d

There’s a possibility this news might be overshadowed by the Trump UK vacation, and Oti’s debut novel, but…. nonetheless, it’s USA/Canada Publication Day for @orendabooks.bsky.social THE WEEKENDERS; a book about the unholy alliance of wealth and power, strangely enough.
Oh say, can you see?

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 24d

Up.
Face like an innocent golfer accused of aiming a 3-wood at a deluded moron.
Hair like the moron’s divots, collected as evidence.
Voice like a gaggle of gormless gophers giving FBI witness statements under caution.
Morning.

*misty memories of the way we are.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 25d

Cool time @bloodyscotland.bsky.social this weekend.
Also nice to hang out with the @orendabooks.bsky.social squad for a wee while.
US & Canada Publication Day for The Weekenders tomorrow.
Off to California next week to try and find myself, so to speak.

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 25d

Up. Face like Marty Feldman reflected in a concave Rolls Royce hub-cap. Hair like a cottage thatched with Bobby Charlton wigs. Voice like Russell Martin facing a paintball firing squad coached by Nico Raskin. Morning.

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 27d

Up.
Face like the remnants of an impromptu prison riot.
Hair like a single milk-sodden Weetabix slowly sliding down a beige wall of flaking eggshell paint.
Voice like a drunk Peter Mandelson dictating CV edits to ChatGPT.
Morning.

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 28d

Full house @bloodyscotland.bsky.social for the BRILLIANT In the Shadows of War panel with Jacky Collins chatting to Alan J Parks, Dom Nolan and our own @dfr10.bsky.social 🔥

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David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · 28d

Today
2pm
@bloodyscotland.bsky.social

David F Ross @dfr10.bsky.social · Sep 10

After a contentious debate lasting well into the night, today’s ‘Up/Morning’ has been prorogued.
The Hair lost yet another vote of no confidence, and the Face and the Voice have both resigned*, leaving their constituencies facing by-elections.

*but still draw the salary

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