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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 3h

Yes - come to Lewes, Harry!

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harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social · 17h

I think my favourite piece I’ve written for your fine site was on Floyd: thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Axis of Tweeville: Mawkish Brit Food Culture V The Glory Of Keith Floyd | The Quietus

We have an odd relationship to food and drink in Britain. We’re good at wallowing in a simpering nationalistic jingoism, a sentimentality that often shuns the very best of what we do – offal; non chai...

thequietus.com

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Gruff Rhys @gruffrhys.bsky.social · 3d

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Dim Probs gigs coming up in @SwnFestival 17/10/25 Neath (Gwyn Hall) 18/10/25 Nantwich 19/10/25

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Gruff Rhys: ‘Welsh is still being invented as a pop language’

The Super Furry Animals frontman is back with his ninth solo album. Before a tour of regional village halls in Wales, he talks creating songs in his first language – and why English is the best for sw...

www.theguardian.com

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 17h

Floyd On France is on iPlayer! Obviously has been on YouTube for ages but here he is in all his higher definition glory, being told off by old ladies, pissed, plating abysmally. It was this that made me love cooking

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Floyd on France - 7. A Farewell to France

In the final programme of the series, Floyd retraces his steps in all the regions in which he has filmed, as he celebrates French cuisine one last time. (1987)

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ransom Note @theransomnote.com · 1d

Recorded in a small village on the Costa Brava – surrounded by seagulls, tramontana winds, and sea urchin-covered rocks – this mix comes from Parisian-born Antoine Harispuru, better known as Golden Bug....

www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...

Golden Bug: The Ransom Note Mixtape - Ransom Note

Recorded in a small village on the Costa Brava - surrounded by seagulls, tramontana winds, and sea urchin-covered rocks - this mix comes from the laid-back Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia, where Par...

www.theransomnote.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Over on the Faber Journal you can read an extract from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, now on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025 ✨

Read an Extract from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

Read an extract from the 2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted book, from Part III as Tom Layward reaches LA on his road trip.

www.faber.co.uk

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 1d

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Various Artists - Hitbound Selection: When The Dances Were Changing (1998, Pressure Sounds)

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youtu.be/Vf1RaepMW0k?...

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 2d

Piscolabis II (Anniversary Edition)
- Golden Bug #NowPlaying

goldenbug.bandcamp.com/album/piscol...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 3d

The long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry is out today, with illuminating critical notes and a selection of previously unpublished poems. Edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, with Matthew Hollis.

www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

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Castles in Space @castlesinspace.bsky.social · 3d

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Public Works and Utilities
Vinyl, Compact Disc and Digital
CiS194
10th October, 2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
All good record stores.

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 3d

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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 3d

And here's the original tune, or is it? 🤷

2 very similar versions of Won't You Come Home were recorded in 1967. One by Delroy Wilson at Studio 1 and one by The Conquerors for Sonia Pottinger.

Here's Delroy's...

youtu.be/s4HKYV5Lp6E?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #vinylsky #musicsky

7" of Delroy Wilson - Won't You Come Home on Studio 1 label. Originally released in 1967, this is an early 80s reissue. Produced by Coxsone Dodd.

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Miller on the Threshold @iammilliam.bsky.social · 4d

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, read the epic story of a decades-in-the-making diss track, support the podcast. VIVA PET!

This week: Petula Clark, 'George Orwell' (1984)

www.patreon.com/backlisted

INVENTORY: AN UNRELIABLE GUIDE TO MY RECORD COLLECTION by Andy Miller

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 7d

@nonemorerecords.bsky.social latest #sohoradio show 🔥🔥

www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/no...

None More Records (30/09/2025)

www.mixcloud.com

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 7d

"I was very lucky to host #DukeEllington and his big band when he came to Ethiopia in 1971 and I played a concert with him at the Addis Hilton hotel. His band honoured me by playing this piece"

'Dewel’ from Mulatu Of Ethiopia (1972) - The Strange World of #MulatuAstatke

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Mulatu Of Ethiopia (1972) - The Strange World of Mulatu Astatke

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 7d

‘Definitive and comprehensive, this is the actual story of Factory Records’ Peter Saville

Shadowplayers
London, 14 Oct

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shadowplay...

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 7d

Sunday service 🙏
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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 8d

All I Have Is Love is an all-time Gregory Isaacs tune.

It was also the title track of his 2nd LP on Trojan in 1976. Lyrically similar to the earlier Loving Pauper, this is Gregory at his most vulnerable and heartfelt best...

youtu.be/tL8bDYgM8t4?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

7" of Gregory Isaacs - All I Have Is Love on Torpedo label. Released in 1975. Produced by Sydney Crooks.

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 7d

King Tubby & Scientist - Greenwich Farm Rub a Dub (Blood & Fire, 1996) #NowPlaying #satdubday #dubsky

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 7d

Kate Magic, @davehaslam.bsky.social and Paul Martin at The Soup Kitchen for Kate’s book “88 The Untold Story Of A Revolution”

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 8d

Sabres, Neu!, Fall, Elevators, ESG, Cluster, LFO, Suicide, King Tubby, Sara Dziri, Silver Apples, Mogwai, Tom Sharkett, Prince Jazzbo & more… 🔥🔥🔥 #Nowplaying

open.spotify.com/playlist/5wS...

Arresting Ghosts

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Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 8d

Have a good one 🙌🙌🙌

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