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Simon Ward

@drrubberfunk.bsky.social

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Musician. Make music & play records as Dr Rubberfunk. Occasional co-producer of Olympic Cyclone Band. Founder member of Mr Güder. ‘Ectopic Beats Vol.1’ out now on Limited Edition Cassette. https://linktr.ee/drrubberfunk https://drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com

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Women in Jazz Media @womeninjazzmedia.bsky.social · 17h

#saturdayvibes Some of the latest and upcoming releases added to our site!

Yuhan Su Amanda Monaco - Guitar Kate Wyatt La Tanya Hall China Moses Sarah Elizabeth Charles Rin Seo Bernardo Dara Starr Tucker

womeninjazzmedia.com/new-releases/

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent! 🙌🏻

Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 16h

Enjoy! If you’ve time for a wander up the High St, Adam’s Gallery well worth a look. Always a small but perfectly curated selection of originals, Goya & Miró at the moment. www.adamsgallery.co.uk
Also if records are sought, Reloved up top of Church St has a selection in from Spin Sounds in Dorking 😁

Adam's Gallery

A contemporary art gallery in Reigate Surrey with ongoing curated exhibitions as well as art classes and gallery space to hire

www.adamsgallery.co.uk

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

PLAY DEEE-LITE YOU COWARDS #totp #bootsy

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

Chest Rockwell approves. 🌹

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn’t find a gif of the outro, but this one is better anyway.

Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

This was the bit to do at school discos #totp

Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

The only secret handshake you need to know. And you’re allowed to tell everyone about.

Louise @louiseann.bsky.social · 1d

Back on the Internet airways again tomorrow with some rustic radio stuff. I might be a bit shit, but the music will be good. Link for catcher uppers on Monday www.lovewillsavetheday.fm

Some Masonic Hall action to plug my wee radio thing. Sat 11/10/25 @3pm on Love Will Save The Day

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! Strong ‘Vision On’ vibes. Looks like at least 2 bottles of Tippex, so he’s probably just passed out somewhere from the fumes.

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

Once, whilst looking for something in a draw, I discovered I could draw, once.

Pencil drawing from my GCSE sketchbook, late 1987. Three pairs of scissors intertwined. I think they might have been fabric shears borrowed from my mum.

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s go sledging!! 🛷🛷❄️❄️

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 2d

Love a vintage record shop bag. Gramophile way before my time in the area, will ask Jenny if she remembers them or Cloakes!

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, putting this on my Christmas list, I was his radio plugger for a few years in his Go! Discs era, he was a terrifyingly belligerent character by that stage & recall at least one radio session at the old Virgin studios that got a bit hairy, but the songs always just about carried him through.

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Buried Treasure @btlabel.bsky.social · 3d

By the time I posted about the James Stevens white labels they'd gone (sorry). The full 10" LP + poster is still up for grabs though & just as groovy
buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/album/they-c...

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

This is good info, thanks! Tbh I’m not sure I’m ever going to be the Banjo player in the house, but I might occasionally try to play it, so I’m gonna try and understand some basic patterns and techniques - will defo look into clawhammer 👍🏻

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 3d

I've been so crazily busy that I totally forgot to mention that I have an article in the autumn edition of This England magazine in which I try to condense the complicated & weighty history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway into a four page article, whilst also plugging our documentary!

#History

the first 2 pages of the S&DR article with lots of text and pictures. I can't put the text into the alt as the image isn't meant to have you read the text it's just promo for the article!

the second 2 pages of the S&DR article with lots of text and pictures. I can't put the text into the alt as the image isn't meant to have you read the text it's just promo for the article!

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

Lordy I wish! I am mostly playing the fool on it at the moment :)

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of you commented on this picture when I posted it alongside some of my other black and white photographs, so I thought I'd post it on its own 😊

#Photography #BlackandWhite #ThePhotoHour

a matte, black and white photograph of tall, thin trees with bare trunks for most of the way up and then some evergreen foliage at the top. The day is misty and not much in the distance can be seen other than more silhouetted, mostly bare trunks

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The Allergies @theallergies.bsky.social · 3d

Halloween bash in Bristol with DJ Format www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk/whats-on/#e1...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 3d

LEICESTER TONIGHT: Dear BlueSky chums we have a couple of spare tickets on our guest list for tonight's show at The Y Theatre with #GabrielleSey. If you live locally and fancy a night out, drop me a line via tom(at)tomrobinson(dot)com and I'll add your name +1 to the list :-)

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

The whole of the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert is here on @archive.org - taken from German TV coverage and including the crowd singing 'Happy Birthday' at the start, over Harry Belafonte's valiant effort to deliver his speech. archive.org/details/nels...

Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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@theblowmonkeys.bsky.social @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social · 5d

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

💡 music video idea 💡

Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 3d

Am just now discovering the joys of #TicketStubWed!
Here’s my first, just turned 16, partying at the old Wembley Stadium in support of the imprisoned figurehead of a proscribed terrorist organisation, with 74,000 other people, and watched on TV by millions worldwide.

Ticket stub for Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium on 11th June 1988.
The top half of the ticket is white with black & red lettering, the bottom half is pale blue, fading thru green and yellow at the bottom edge, with black lettering and a fine white netting anti counterfeit background pattern. The paper has a circular Securibond watermark pattern.

Rear of ticket stub for Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium on 11th June 1988, featuring instructions and information for attendees, including a plan of stadium turnstile locations. The paper has a circular Securibond watermark pattern.

The following text is printed on the ticket:

DO NOT BRING BOTTLES OR CANS. TICKET HOLDERS CONSENT TO THE FILMING AND SOUND RECORDING OF THEMSELVES AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

MERCHANDISE WARNING
BEWARE OF INFERIOR GOODS BEING SOLD IN THE STREETS APPROACHING WEMBLEY.

OFFICIAL PROGRAMMES AND MERCHANDISE ARE ONLY AVAILABLE
INSIDE THE STADIUM OR ON THE STADIUM CONCOURSE.

PLAN OF STADIUM
TURNSTYLES

OFFICE ENTRANCE
EAST TOWER WEST TOWER
MAIN TERRACE

ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF WEMBLEY STADIUM LIMITED WHICH ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE STADIUM TURNSTYLES. COPY AVAILABLE ON APPLICATION TO THE STADIUM MANAGER. UNAUTHORISED CAMERAS AND RECORDING APPARATUS PROHIBITED.
NO MONEY REFUNDED OR TICKET EXCHANGED
THE PROMOTERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE COMPOSITION OF THE PROGRAMME.

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