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Absolute Beginner

@leaderofthesect.bsky.social

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All for art and art for all. Music, films, resistance, culture, books, travel and happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. Y’know, the good stuff in life that doesn’t attract bad people.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 3h

A Lego set should be the standard gift between politicians - or at very least that should be the price limit. They must have one of the WhiteHouse with east wing intact they could give to Trump?

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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 3d

Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 3d

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 3d

This old heart of mine (is removed for you)
Behind a painted Nile…

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely just had an email from the most magnificently named Tamla Tutankhamun - I’m definitely getting these vibes.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 3d

For those who like a little more class to their Halloween tribesofeurope.bandcamp.com/track/spooky

Spooky, by Tribes Of Europe & Barbara Stretch

track by Tribes Of Europe & Barbara Stretch

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s one to keep the kids away from the door tonight youtu.be/esUBqxsiJ-s?...

Goblin - Suspiria "Main Theme" (Original Score) Dario Argento Classics

YouTube video by CinemaItalianoVEVO

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 5d

Grey damp mornings will do that to a person - i feel your ennui!

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 5d

In the right circumstances they can be rather lovely.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 5d

Saw them in Birmingham on that tour - Stipe got the humo at some point and walked off leaving Peter Buck to lead the rest through some surf/punk tunes instead.

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 5d

Also complicated by the existence of Vespa 50s - which are both…. Sigh.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 5d

Which is what I say a lot to my wife and children, who know the difference but do it to wind me up.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 6d

Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot - Joe Orton’s whole life seems to have been an absurdist black comedy.

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 7d

Dancing shoes on standby!

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 9d

A revelation of a song.

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 10d

Weekend in Brighton - stony beaches, chips and expat London media types (or do they go to Margate these days?) - Ezra soundtracking it nicely. open.spotify.com/track/6AQChE...

Going to Brighton

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 11d

Also nice to have a copy of Wearing your Jumper that isn’t (aaaargh!) 41 years old.

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 11d

My dad was in the RAF throughout WWII - he wore a poppy on one day a year to remember his friends and comrades, never to grandstand and certainly never to romanticise what they’d been through.

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Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 11d

A place that never disappoints in being somehow worse than it really could be (and I say that with love having had some fabulous nights there - and some less so…).

Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social · 11d

This arrived today. Suddenly it’s the mid eighties again and I’m 20, major crush on Lucy, white 501s and it’s summer. Not bad at all - a lovely record.