Mark Sparrow
@markasparrow.bsky.social
Dark Beer. Weird Music. Wandering.
Straight Outta Tunbridge Wells.
Straight Outta Tunbridge Wells.
Pinned
@webuyrecords.bsky.social Loving the pod! On the subject of £30 12'' singles, I note Queen are selling a £30 copy of BoRap on blue vinyl via their store. They must need the money, poor loves..
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
@webuyrecords.bsky.social Loving the pod! On the subject of £30 12'' singles, I note Queen are selling a £30 copy of BoRap on blue vinyl via their store. They must need the money, poor loves..
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Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
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Support the show.
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Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
Funghi foraging today…..
October 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Funghi foraging today…..
The lady who poured coffee dregs down the drain is fined whilst Ofwat admit they’ve been weak on corporate sh*t dumpers. People who project Epstein images on Windsor Castle under pressure while the real offenders continue to get away with it. It’s quite a grind, just now….
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The lady who poured coffee dregs down the drain is fined whilst Ofwat admit they’ve been weak on corporate sh*t dumpers. People who project Epstein images on Windsor Castle under pressure while the real offenders continue to get away with it. It’s quite a grind, just now….
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Top Halloween tip.
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Top Halloween tip.
A return to the North Downs Way. Harvey walked the whole 153 miles a couple of years ago.
October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A return to the North Downs Way. Harvey walked the whole 153 miles a couple of years ago.
Amazing ‘shrooms this year…
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Amazing ‘shrooms this year…
This lad used to live in a disused hen coop on a farm. Cold & lonely. No more! 12 year old Rocky aka Rock Star lives with us now.
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This lad used to live in a disused hen coop on a farm. Cold & lonely. No more! 12 year old Rocky aka Rock Star lives with us now.
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wrote about zappa for IHTOV
from me: i wrote about my brother-in-law @lettersfromthedead.bsky.social and how he has given me a treasure in introducing me to frank zappa's complete works. ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
Learning to Love Frank Zappa
When my sister and I lived together, back when I was first getting to know Matt, we would sit in the backyard and have a few beers and start talking about music. Matt and I did most of the talking, ea...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
wrote about zappa for IHTOV
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SCARY MONSTERS IS 45 TODAY
“He opened strange doors that we'd never close again”
Follow the link below for ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ at 45: A Track-by-Track Guide to David Bowie’s Uncompromising Art-Rock Masterpiece by Jason Draper.
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#BowieScaryMonsters
“He opened strange doors that we'd never close again”
Follow the link below for ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ at 45: A Track-by-Track Guide to David Bowie’s Uncompromising Art-Rock Masterpiece by Jason Draper.
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#BowieScaryMonsters
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
SCARY MONSTERS IS 45 TODAY
“He opened strange doors that we'd never close again”
Follow the link below for ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ at 45: A Track-by-Track Guide to David Bowie’s Uncompromising Art-Rock Masterpiece by Jason Draper.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGu...
#BowieScaryMonsters
“He opened strange doors that we'd never close again”
Follow the link below for ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ at 45: A Track-by-Track Guide to David Bowie’s Uncompromising Art-Rock Masterpiece by Jason Draper.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGu...
#BowieScaryMonsters
Soggy in Tunbridge Wells right now!!!!
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Soggy in Tunbridge Wells right now!!!!
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Interesting beer price list (I believe from a wholesaler of the time) dating back almost 50 years to 1976.
It's good to see some familiar names!
@atjbeer.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @drinksmaven.bsky.social @beesononbooze.bsky.social
It's good to see some familiar names!
@atjbeer.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @drinksmaven.bsky.social @beesononbooze.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Interesting beer price list (I believe from a wholesaler of the time) dating back almost 50 years to 1976.
It's good to see some familiar names!
@atjbeer.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @drinksmaven.bsky.social @beesononbooze.bsky.social
It's good to see some familiar names!
@atjbeer.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @drinksmaven.bsky.social @beesononbooze.bsky.social
An afternoon by the Thames at Chiswick.
August 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
An afternoon by the Thames at Chiswick.
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LAPD officers dressed up as women to go undercover to catch a purse-snatcher in 1960.
August 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
LAPD officers dressed up as women to go undercover to catch a purse-snatcher in 1960.
An afternoon at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth. The history! The musicians! Even met Tim from Hawkwind. All too much!!!!
August 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
An afternoon at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth. The history! The musicians! Even met Tim from Hawkwind. All too much!!!!
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Quatermass and The Pit (Roy Ward Baker, 1967)
Demolition of Cockenzie Power Station, East Lothian in 2015.
August 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Quatermass and The Pit (Roy Ward Baker, 1967)
albumreviews.blog If music is your thing, check out this useful & very interesting site from New Zealand….
Aphoristic Album Reviews – Aphoristic Album Reviews
Obsessively chronicling one person's exploration of popular music Welcome to Aphoristic Album Reviews, where I discuss highlights from the last sixty years of popular music. I write album reviews, hig...
albumreviews.blog
August 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
albumreviews.blog If music is your thing, check out this useful & very interesting site from New Zealand….
Buy CD's & vinyl. Yours forever. Nobody dies.
Everyone loves music but nobody loves music apps. It’s time to leave Spotify | First Dog on the Moon
Everyone loves music but nobody loves music apps. It’s time to leave Spotify | First Dog on the Moon
Capitalism ruins everything
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Buy CD's & vinyl. Yours forever. Nobody dies.
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my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
Top find today - the first two Soft Machine records on one CD for £3. Kevin Ayers on Vol. 1. I love the Canterbury Scene but even reissue CD’s are rare & pricey. Playing now. Why are we sleeping?
July 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Top find today - the first two Soft Machine records on one CD for £3. Kevin Ayers on Vol. 1. I love the Canterbury Scene but even reissue CD’s are rare & pricey. Playing now. Why are we sleeping?
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RIP Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
RIP Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
A pub in Kent, tonight!
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A pub in Kent, tonight!
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July 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM