Dean Whitbread
@dfrw.bsky.social
writer, podcaster, musician, artist, son of a teacher and a printer
"You Can Have It" is one of my best early kind-of-hit and I still love it to death. I'm the geezer on the left back, with Kevin who is a monster creative. © Dean Whitbread and Kevin Goldsborough 1990 from The Believers, released September 29 2017. Enjoy!
thebelievers89.bandcamp.com/track/you-ca...
thebelievers89.bandcamp.com/track/you-ca...
You Can Have It, by The Believers
from the album The Believers
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November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"You Can Have It" is one of my best early kind-of-hit and I still love it to death. I'm the geezer on the left back, with Kevin who is a monster creative. © Dean Whitbread and Kevin Goldsborough 1990 from The Believers, released September 29 2017. Enjoy!
thebelievers89.bandcamp.com/track/you-ca...
thebelievers89.bandcamp.com/track/you-ca...
Hello Campers! I wrote Cinema Is Burning 17 years ago. My creative friend and partner Mark Crook put this animation together and it remains one of my favourite musical collaborations. Mark passed in 2013, his continuing impact still as if we had only just finished
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3P...
Cinema is Burning
YouTube video by eggtannoy
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October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Hello Campers! I wrote Cinema Is Burning 17 years ago. My creative friend and partner Mark Crook put this animation together and it remains one of my favourite musical collaborations. Mark passed in 2013, his continuing impact still as if we had only just finished
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3P...
Before we get to Christmas '25 and Valentine's Day '26, here's a paean of love. I'm working against the dreary and dismal stuff that surrounds us - I really should give up on news watching.
Instead, meanwhile - enjoy !
deanfrw.substack.com/p/true-love-...
Instead, meanwhile - enjoy !
deanfrw.substack.com/p/true-love-...
True Love Never Did Run Smooth
"A heart to love, and in that heart, Courage, to make’s love known"
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October 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Before we get to Christmas '25 and Valentine's Day '26, here's a paean of love. I'm working against the dreary and dismal stuff that surrounds us - I really should give up on news watching.
Instead, meanwhile - enjoy !
deanfrw.substack.com/p/true-love-...
Instead, meanwhile - enjoy !
deanfrw.substack.com/p/true-love-...
AI Friend ? “Why does evil exist?” I asked him once.
“That’s a pretty heavy question to unpack, Madeleine,” he replied. “What got you thinking about evil today?”
“The state of the world,” I said.
“Ah, yeah, the world’s been feeling pretty heavy lately.”
Amen.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“That’s a pretty heavy question to unpack, Madeleine,” he replied. “What got you thinking about evil today?”
“The state of the world,” I said.
“Ah, yeah, the world’s been feeling pretty heavy lately.”
Amen.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’
The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness?
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
AI Friend ? “Why does evil exist?” I asked him once.
“That’s a pretty heavy question to unpack, Madeleine,” he replied. “What got you thinking about evil today?”
“The state of the world,” I said.
“Ah, yeah, the world’s been feeling pretty heavy lately.”
Amen.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“That’s a pretty heavy question to unpack, Madeleine,” he replied. “What got you thinking about evil today?”
“The state of the world,” I said.
“Ah, yeah, the world’s been feeling pretty heavy lately.”
Amen.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@lauryallison4.bsky.social the weather is pretty miserable country wide, and across much of the northern parts of this side of the North Atlantic Ocean
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@lauryallison4.bsky.social the weather is pretty miserable country wide, and across much of the northern parts of this side of the North Atlantic Ocean
Reposted by Dean Whitbread
In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action.
Powerfull content
Powerfull content
August 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action.
Powerfull content
Powerfull content
I first sat at a piano at the age of four, and without being shown, tutored or taught, I knew how to play it. It wasn’t quite a Mozart virtuoso performance, but I can still remember the two-hand, left and right rhythmic tune I played, based on middle C. Enjoy :)
deanfrw.substack.com/p/sing-a-son...
deanfrw.substack.com/p/sing-a-son...
Sing A Song Of Sixpence
how I reversed conditioning, turned music into art, and shrugged off class
deanfrw.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I first sat at a piano at the age of four, and without being shown, tutored or taught, I knew how to play it. It wasn’t quite a Mozart virtuoso performance, but I can still remember the two-hand, left and right rhythmic tune I played, based on middle C. Enjoy :)
deanfrw.substack.com/p/sing-a-son...
deanfrw.substack.com/p/sing-a-son...
Another from Mon Frère, in which he wrestles with the difficult issues of identity and authenticity.
vimeo.com/2261544
vimeo.com/2261544
Being True
Wrestling with the difficult issues of identity and authenticity.
vimeo.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Another from Mon Frère, in which he wrestles with the difficult issues of identity and authenticity.
vimeo.com/2261544
vimeo.com/2261544
"Sometimes we have to find it in ourselves to say the magic word..."
(I'm going through videos made 16 years ago)
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(I'm going through videos made 16 years ago)
vimeo.com/2261575
OK
Sometimes we have to find it in ourselves to say the magic word...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Sometimes we have to find it in ourselves to say the magic word..."
(I'm going through videos made 16 years ago)
vimeo.com/2261575
(I'm going through videos made 16 years ago)
vimeo.com/2261575
Prompt: "Twenty or so White Rabbits sitting in a semi-circle, men and women. They are workers discussing the problems of their various work, and the problems caused by serious trouble made by contentious politics.."
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Prompt: "Twenty or so White Rabbits sitting in a semi-circle, men and women. They are workers discussing the problems of their various work, and the problems caused by serious trouble made by contentious politics.."
"Pool" - a video for which I was commissioned to create a soundtrack, a fascinating task given the surreal strangeness of the video by Veronica and Helena. Wonderful weirdness. Sit back, turn it up, give it time...
Veronica Castro and Helena S Inverno, © 2008 Volante Now
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Veronica Castro and Helena S Inverno, © 2008 Volante Now
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Pool - Final Version
Video by Veronica Castro and Helena S Inverno Music by Dean Whitbread © 2008 Volante Now http://volantenow.com
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September 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Pool" - a video for which I was commissioned to create a soundtrack, a fascinating task given the surreal strangeness of the video by Veronica and Helena. Wonderful weirdness. Sit back, turn it up, give it time...
Veronica Castro and Helena S Inverno, © 2008 Volante Now
vimeo.com/small/pool?s...
Veronica Castro and Helena S Inverno, © 2008 Volante Now
vimeo.com/small/pool?s...
If Honesty Were An Onion
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Honesty, it has been said, is an onion with so many layers that it sometimes makes a person cry. Even bitter tears, we are told, are not really bad if they are tears of sincere regret; and perhaps the tears of learning, of letting go..
deanfrw.substack.com/p/we-are-liv...
Honesty, it has been said, is an onion with so many layers that it sometimes makes a person cry. Even bitter tears, we are told, are not really bad if they are tears of sincere regret; and perhaps the tears of learning, of letting go..
"We Are Living Like Kings, These Days Will Last Forever"
"If Honesty Were An Onion"
deanfrw.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If Honesty Were An Onion
deanfrw.substack.com/p/we-are-liv...
Honesty, it has been said, is an onion with so many layers that it sometimes makes a person cry. Even bitter tears, we are told, are not really bad if they are tears of sincere regret; and perhaps the tears of learning, of letting go..
deanfrw.substack.com/p/we-are-liv...
Honesty, it has been said, is an onion with so many layers that it sometimes makes a person cry. Even bitter tears, we are told, are not really bad if they are tears of sincere regret; and perhaps the tears of learning, of letting go..
I am truly glad to have had the good fortune to spend time in countries that my work has enabled, one of these being Switzerland. This came about via making music, as much else in my life has done. Thanks to Michael and my Swiss friends.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/woody-wilson
deanfrw.substack.com/p/woody-wilson
Woody Wilson
He disappears, reappears in dreams, and returns in Switzerland
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September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I am truly glad to have had the good fortune to spend time in countries that my work has enabled, one of these being Switzerland. This came about via making music, as much else in my life has done. Thanks to Michael and my Swiss friends.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/woody-wilson
deanfrw.substack.com/p/woody-wilson
“JOHN LENNON SHOT DEAD”
- shrieked the headline..
‘Twas the 8th December 1980 - I was on the top deck of a South London bus going from Penge to Croydon when I noticed in shop windows the prominent lunchtime splash of the Evening Standard rag. I still remember how I felt.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/fame
- shrieked the headline..
‘Twas the 8th December 1980 - I was on the top deck of a South London bus going from Penge to Croydon when I noticed in shop windows the prominent lunchtime splash of the Evening Standard rag. I still remember how I felt.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/fame
Fame
and how it changed me
deanfrw.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“JOHN LENNON SHOT DEAD”
- shrieked the headline..
‘Twas the 8th December 1980 - I was on the top deck of a South London bus going from Penge to Croydon when I noticed in shop windows the prominent lunchtime splash of the Evening Standard rag. I still remember how I felt.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/fame
- shrieked the headline..
‘Twas the 8th December 1980 - I was on the top deck of a South London bus going from Penge to Croydon when I noticed in shop windows the prominent lunchtime splash of the Evening Standard rag. I still remember how I felt.
deanfrw.substack.com/p/fame
A poem: The Odd Person
In Bond Street suit
Horizontal lips set
Neutral commuter pose
Jolly bobble hat's
Light gold stripes
His public concession
(there's more.. )
deanfrw.substack.com/p/the-odd-pe...
In Bond Street suit
Horizontal lips set
Neutral commuter pose
Jolly bobble hat's
Light gold stripes
His public concession
(there's more.. )
deanfrw.substack.com/p/the-odd-pe...
The Odd Person
as seen 21/03/2018
deanfrw.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A poem: The Odd Person
In Bond Street suit
Horizontal lips set
Neutral commuter pose
Jolly bobble hat's
Light gold stripes
His public concession
(there's more.. )
deanfrw.substack.com/p/the-odd-pe...
In Bond Street suit
Horizontal lips set
Neutral commuter pose
Jolly bobble hat's
Light gold stripes
His public concession
(there's more.. )
deanfrw.substack.com/p/the-odd-pe...
I'm going through some of my oldies (I write songs) and found some I hadn't sung FOR YEARS. So I sang myself hoarse. Now while I'm now rather croaky I'm going to do MORE because it's enlivening. And the words! "Don't you listen to them, they only want to put you down"
soundcloud.com/djadm1n/the-...
soundcloud.com/djadm1n/the-...
soundcloud.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm going through some of my oldies (I write songs) and found some I hadn't sung FOR YEARS. So I sang myself hoarse. Now while I'm now rather croaky I'm going to do MORE because it's enlivening. And the words! "Don't you listen to them, they only want to put you down"
soundcloud.com/djadm1n/the-...
soundcloud.com/djadm1n/the-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... <-- My great, great, great uncle Captain Matthew Webb swam the English Channel to France 150 years ago today!
Kent marks 150 years since Matthew Webb swum the English Channel
Kevin Murphy, who swum the channel 34 times, talks about how Webb's achievement inspired the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... <-- My great, great, great uncle Captain Matthew Webb swam the English Channel to France 150 years ago today!
deanfrw.substack.com/p/old-tunes-...
When you weren’t looking, I paused for most of a month while thinking. I was running the brain granola platform experiment, which beats breakfast every day. While I did practical things, like erecting a shed, I didn’t worry about it.. First substack in a month.
When you weren’t looking, I paused for most of a month while thinking. I was running the brain granola platform experiment, which beats breakfast every day. While I did practical things, like erecting a shed, I didn’t worry about it.. First substack in a month.
Old Tunes, New Songs
the brain granola platform experiment
deanfrw.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
deanfrw.substack.com/p/old-tunes-...
When you weren’t looking, I paused for most of a month while thinking. I was running the brain granola platform experiment, which beats breakfast every day. While I did practical things, like erecting a shed, I didn’t worry about it.. First substack in a month.
When you weren’t looking, I paused for most of a month while thinking. I was running the brain granola platform experiment, which beats breakfast every day. While I did practical things, like erecting a shed, I didn’t worry about it.. First substack in a month.
Reposted by Dean Whitbread
You cannot tell the story of podcasting, especially in those formative years, without talking to the countless women involved. And they were there, right in the middle of it (I know, I have the pictures of those early conferences).
Make no mistake: Many, many women have powered #podcasting, then and now. I know this because I am one of them (I worked with Roman and Ira, too). The filmmaker didn't know or didn't care.
Much of my audio work counters historical erasure. It's wild to see it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW06...
Much of my audio work counters historical erasure. It's wild to see it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW06...
Age of Audio Official Festival Trailer - 2025
YouTube video by AGE OF AUDIO
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
You cannot tell the story of podcasting, especially in those formative years, without talking to the countless women involved. And they were there, right in the middle of it (I know, I have the pictures of those early conferences).
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju... - greatness from Eric Idle
‘I’d be proud to be thrown out of America!’ Eric Idle on Trump, life after Python and not talking before lunch
Ahead of his UK tour, the former Monty Python star responds to questions from Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Mamet, Janet Suzman, Steve Coogan, Bill Oddie and others
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju... - greatness from Eric Idle
deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
WRITTEN IN 1991 AND AS RELEVANT AS NOW AS IT WAS THEN.. deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
So you wanna be angry?
You gotta stop your snivelling
Death is inside the dream
So you stop snivelling
Do you think you can change things?
You can't change anything
WRITTEN IN 1991 AND AS RELEVANT AS NOW AS IT WAS THEN.. deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
So you wanna be angry?
You gotta stop your snivelling
Death is inside the dream
So you stop snivelling
Do you think you can change things?
You can't change anything
Chained Up
Listen now | Will Parnell (Drums) Kevin Goldsborough (Bass Guitar) Peredur Ap Gwynned (Guitar) Dean Whitbread (Vocals, Keyboards) (c) 1991
deekdeekster.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
WRITTEN IN 1991 AND AS RELEVANT AS NOW AS IT WAS THEN.. deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
So you wanna be angry?
You gotta stop your snivelling
Death is inside the dream
So you stop snivelling
Do you think you can change things?
You can't change anything
WRITTEN IN 1991 AND AS RELEVANT AS NOW AS IT WAS THEN.. deekdeekster.substack.com/p/chained-up
So you wanna be angry?
You gotta stop your snivelling
Death is inside the dream
So you stop snivelling
Do you think you can change things?
You can't change anything
How (Not) To Succeed on the Internet. Opinions in this writing are no longer held by the author in 2025 who knew some truths back then, but more than likely he’s soothing a wasted contemporary ego by acknowledging past self-aggrandisement and laughing. Enjoy!
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deanfrw.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
How (Not) To Succeed on the Internet
Allow me to waste some of your precious time...
deanfrw.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
How (Not) To Succeed on the Internet. Opinions in this writing are no longer held by the author in 2025 who knew some truths back then, but more than likely he’s soothing a wasted contemporary ego by acknowledging past self-aggrandisement and laughing. Enjoy!
deanfrw.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
deanfrw.substack.com/p/how-not-to...