Jo dB
@jodb.bsky.social
Music, books, other stuff.
Idiots, the lot of you.
Idiots, the lot of you.
Editorial meeting: “Reader’s Wives sounds a bit provincial and Daily Star. What can we call it to appeal to Guardian readers in Chiswick?”
Answer:
Answer:
‘It was no longer a gift for my husband. It was all for me’: four women on how boudoir photography changed their lives
‘It was no longer a gift for my husband. It was all for me’: four women on how boudoir photography changed their lives
Now a hugely popular photographic genre, many women pay thousands to have intimate portraits taken of themselves by a professional. What do they get out of it?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Editorial meeting: “Reader’s Wives sounds a bit provincial and Daily Star. What can we call it to appeal to Guardian readers in Chiswick?”
Answer:
Answer:
As is only reet, it’s grey skies and rain over the Ribble Valley for Lancashire Day 🌹
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
As is only reet, it’s grey skies and rain over the Ribble Valley for Lancashire Day 🌹
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Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Thread to read (via @gralefrit.bsky.social).
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thread to read (via @gralefrit.bsky.social).
Fancy listening to a podcast series where you will hate absolutely everyone involved? Here you go: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Shadow World - Anatomy of a Cancellation - 1. Kate’s Story - BBC Sounds
When a prize-winning author was accused of racism, she asked her online followers to help.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fancy listening to a podcast series where you will hate absolutely everyone involved? Here you go: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Buddo says it's Max Roach time!!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Buddo says it's Max Roach time!!!
Ah yes, the vital to society industry of, erm, Christmas trees. Why, we should be paying them for their service, obvs.
These people can absolutely gtf.
These people can absolutely gtf.
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ah yes, the vital to society industry of, erm, Christmas trees. Why, we should be paying them for their service, obvs.
These people can absolutely gtf.
These people can absolutely gtf.
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Tax tattoos
Tax people who call their children Jaxxon
Tax builders who have opted for some Christmas songs only station this morning
Tax messy binmen
Tax Paddington bear
Tax people who call their children Jaxxon
Tax builders who have opted for some Christmas songs only station this morning
Tax messy binmen
Tax Paddington bear
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tax tattoos
Tax people who call their children Jaxxon
Tax builders who have opted for some Christmas songs only station this morning
Tax messy binmen
Tax Paddington bear
Tax people who call their children Jaxxon
Tax builders who have opted for some Christmas songs only station this morning
Tax messy binmen
Tax Paddington bear
The 78 year old... born in 1948... was thought to be in good health when she celebrated her 80th birthday at a party in the summer."
In one article! Bravo, Mail Online #saveoursubs
In one article! Bravo, Mail Online #saveoursubs
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The 78 year old... born in 1948... was thought to be in good health when she celebrated her 80th birthday at a party in the summer."
In one article! Bravo, Mail Online #saveoursubs
In one article! Bravo, Mail Online #saveoursubs
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OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
Civilisations: Rise and Fall on BBC2. Seemingly made by idiots for idiots. Do they think it’s all pre-schoolers watching? It’s embarrassing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Civilisations: Rise and Fall on BBC2. Seemingly made by idiots for idiots. Do they think it’s all pre-schoolers watching? It’s embarrassing.
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Francis Wheen on some of Farage's more sinister connections, back in 1999
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Francis Wheen on some of Farage's more sinister connections, back in 1999
I note that Roland Gift picked Jimmy Cliff for Tracks of My Years today*
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
*I presume it’s still done on a daily basis, I only very occasionally check the podcast version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
*I presume it’s still done on a daily basis, I only very occasionally check the podcast version
Tracks Of My Years - Roland Gift - BBC Sounds
Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, selects his Tracks Of My Years.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I note that Roland Gift picked Jimmy Cliff for Tracks of My Years today*
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
*I presume it’s still done on a daily basis, I only very occasionally check the podcast version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
*I presume it’s still done on a daily basis, I only very occasionally check the podcast version
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If, like me, you’re still struggling to remember/adjust to “new” Composer of the Week slot, I’m here to remind you: today, 4pm, Radio 3.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If, like me, you’re still struggling to remember/adjust to “new” Composer of the Week slot, I’m here to remind you: today, 4pm, Radio 3.
What a gig that was.
Once saw Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Jimmy Cliff as the interval act. Many Rivers To Cross floating across Hyde Park really was A Thing
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Source: YouTube share.google/ZJ5rw7zoQVu9...
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What a gig that was.
If, like me, you’re still struggling to remember/adjust to “new” Composer of the Week slot, I’m here to remind you: today, 4pm, Radio 3.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If, like me, you’re still struggling to remember/adjust to “new” Composer of the Week slot, I’m here to remind you: today, 4pm, Radio 3.
I spent yesterday wondering who this reminded me of, especially the bit where he walks away from the camera with that odd waddle and awful kecks.
And I’ve realised it’s Freddie Starr.
And I’ve realised it’s Freddie Starr.
Morrissey, somehow managing to be a more ridiculous version of Stewart Lee’s ‘These days if you say you’re English’ parody
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I spent yesterday wondering who this reminded me of, especially the bit where he walks away from the camera with that odd waddle and awful kecks.
And I’ve realised it’s Freddie Starr.
And I’ve realised it’s Freddie Starr.
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And lest we forget:
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And lest we forget:
Spending a chilled afternoon finally building my Hitsville studio from @heykidsshop.bsky.social while listening to Simon Russell Beale read Tinker Tailor…good choice to decide to do not much today.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Spending a chilled afternoon finally building my Hitsville studio from @heykidsshop.bsky.social while listening to Simon Russell Beale read Tinker Tailor…good choice to decide to do not much today.
I shouldn’t be surprised that Boris Johnson has written for £££ a long, larky, piece arguing that the public inquiry was rubbish and Putin would be laughing at us. And yet I am.
I genuinely wish harm for him and begrudge even a minute of happiness he gets. A disgusting man.
I genuinely wish harm for him and begrudge even a minute of happiness he gets. A disgusting man.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I shouldn’t be surprised that Boris Johnson has written for £££ a long, larky, piece arguing that the public inquiry was rubbish and Putin would be laughing at us. And yet I am.
I genuinely wish harm for him and begrudge even a minute of happiness he gets. A disgusting man.
I genuinely wish harm for him and begrudge even a minute of happiness he gets. A disgusting man.
One of the good things about sport is that I’m happily sitting on sofa under a blanket watching the television at 7am.
Obviously, usually watching telly in the morning is for “those” sort of people.
Obviously, usually watching telly in the morning is for “those” sort of people.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
One of the good things about sport is that I’m happily sitting on sofa under a blanket watching the television at 7am.
Obviously, usually watching telly in the morning is for “those” sort of people.
Obviously, usually watching telly in the morning is for “those” sort of people.
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
I don’t really believe in “generation so and so does this”, but as a nailed on X-er, I truly believe there’s a generation of people who need to undertake a procedure to get those wizard books and films out of their noggins to leave space for other stuff.
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don’t really believe in “generation so and so does this”, but as a nailed on X-er, I truly believe there’s a generation of people who need to undertake a procedure to get those wizard books and films out of their noggins to leave space for other stuff.