John
@johnofdoncaster.bsky.social
Love cycling, food, drink, nature, astronomy and progressive rock! Left wing and environmentally responsible! Retired and went back to work. Love Italy as well! Rejoining the EU is a goal in my lifetime! I have an astro profile @astronomyjohn.bsky.social
I went to see Lifesigns last week at Future Yard in Birkenhead! They were brilliant, musically tight and didn’t put a note wrong throughout the whole set! Check this band out if you haven’t heard of them. Melodic prog rock at its best!
August 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I went to see Lifesigns last week at Future Yard in Birkenhead! They were brilliant, musically tight and didn’t put a note wrong throughout the whole set! Check this band out if you haven’t heard of them. Melodic prog rock at its best!
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There have been a few seriously great Brexit commentators but no-one has captured its profoundly sick pathology as well as Fintan O'Toole.
May 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There have been a few seriously great Brexit commentators but no-one has captured its profoundly sick pathology as well as Fintan O'Toole.
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Donald Rumsfeld got his famous quote on knowns wrong: he ignored the unknown knowns, and they are a huge issue in modern politics.
youtu.be/FZGyluRmbIM?...
youtu.be/FZGyluRmbIM?...
Donald Rumsfeld got his famous quote on knowns wrong he ignored the unknown knowns
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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May 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Donald Rumsfeld got his famous quote on knowns wrong: he ignored the unknown knowns, and they are a huge issue in modern politics.
youtu.be/FZGyluRmbIM?...
youtu.be/FZGyluRmbIM?...
It’s Bandcamp Friday. Artists get the whole amount of what you pay! My contribution today…
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s Bandcamp Friday. Artists get the whole amount of what you pay! My contribution today…
Listening to Shells, the new album by Everon. Second time and I think it’s a good album.
March 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Listening to Shells, the new album by Everon. Second time and I think it’s a good album.
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
I liked The Overview Effect from Jet Black Sea enough to buy it. I thought it would be good to listen to the previous album, Absorption Lines.
February 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I liked The Overview Effect from Jet Black Sea enough to buy it. I thought it would be good to listen to the previous album, Absorption Lines.
And now this album from 2018. The Overview Effect by Jet Black Sea. Very ambient electronic vibe with elements of Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd.
February 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And now this album from 2018. The Overview Effect by Jet Black Sea. Very ambient electronic vibe with elements of Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd.
This arrived in the post today. Friend Of All Creatures, the new album from Pattern-Seeking Animals. Great album without a band note on it!
February 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This arrived in the post today. Friend Of All Creatures, the new album from Pattern-Seeking Animals. Great album without a band note on it!
This tonight. I’ve read the Adrian Tchaikovsky and the Iain M Banks books. Liking what I hear!
February 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This tonight. I’ve read the Adrian Tchaikovsky and the Iain M Banks books. Liking what I hear!
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🔥 Has Zelenskyy just played Trump?
Yes. Yes he has. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Yes. Yes he has. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Has Zelenskyy just played Trump?
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
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February 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🔥 Has Zelenskyy just played Trump?
Yes. Yes he has. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Yes. Yes he has. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Sophy Ridge calls out President Trump's lies,
"Donald Trump said Ukraine should never have started the war, that is not true, and it should be called out"
"Donald Trump said Ukraine should never have started the war, that is not true, and it should be called out"
February 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Sophy Ridge calls out President Trump's lies,
"Donald Trump said Ukraine should never have started the war, that is not true, and it should be called out"
"Donald Trump said Ukraine should never have started the war, that is not true, and it should be called out"
Something different tonight. Iress.
February 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Something different tonight. Iress.
And now this. Some might argue that Seal isn’t progressive but just listen to his voice, the production and song craft!
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And now this. Some might argue that Seal isn’t progressive but just listen to his voice, the production and song craft!
I’m new to Mogwai! This is a great album with some real depth and energy to it!
February 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m new to Mogwai! This is a great album with some real depth and energy to it!
Two recent finds on Bandcamp. Both well worth a listen if you like heavy prog rock. The Lightbringers and The End Of Suffering by Orion - benjones4.bandcamp.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Two recent finds on Bandcamp. Both well worth a listen if you like heavy prog rock. The Lightbringers and The End Of Suffering by Orion - benjones4.bandcamp.com
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🚨🚨 Timely statement from the American Bar Association on the looming Constitutional Crisis in the US: "The ABA supports the rule of law". Well worth to read the statement in full. 🧵
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨🚨 Timely statement from the American Bar Association on the looming Constitutional Crisis in the US: "The ABA supports the rule of law". Well worth to read the statement in full. 🧵
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
From Bandcamp tonight. Australian psych/stoner rock.
February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
From Bandcamp tonight. Australian psych/stoner rock.
And currently listening to Peter Gabriel’s Secret World Live and the title track is my favourite on the album!
February 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And currently listening to Peter Gabriel’s Secret World Live and the title track is my favourite on the album!
Some recent listening and wish list additions on Bandcamp.
February 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Some recent listening and wish list additions on Bandcamp.
Tonight’s Bandcamp randomness!
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tonight’s Bandcamp randomness!
Steven Wilson tonight. Hand. Cannot. Erase! It must be a mood thing with his solo work. Re-listening after initially dismissing it and I quite like this album!
January 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Steven Wilson tonight. Hand. Cannot. Erase! It must be a mood thing with his solo work. Re-listening after initially dismissing it and I quite like this album!
More Eye 2 Eye tonight. Nowhere Highway from 2020.
January 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
More Eye 2 Eye tonight. Nowhere Highway from 2020.
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2/ the constant suggestion we could have what we wanted and the solution to any problem would be for the EU & the rest of the world to reorganize themselves to suit Britain’s convenience. After all these years that still hasn’t gone away.
January 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
2/ the constant suggestion we could have what we wanted and the solution to any problem would be for the EU & the rest of the world to reorganize themselves to suit Britain’s convenience. After all these years that still hasn’t gone away.
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1/ We are back to cake again. Back to the belief that the EU 'should' give us a special deal. And anger that they won't. And yes that all comes back to Brexit, or rather to the failure to be honest about the choices for years after the vote,
January 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
1/ We are back to cake again. Back to the belief that the EU 'should' give us a special deal. And anger that they won't. And yes that all comes back to Brexit, or rather to the failure to be honest about the choices for years after the vote,