Moongolfer
@moongolfer.com
Digital writer & creative producer. 0.5 of the Curiously Specific Book Club podcast. Here for Old Books, Old Films, New Digital Content (immersive, interactive etc) and Football #ncfc.
A stylish Caine movie I wasn’t aware of. boxd.it/bQt3kH (Props to @pulpcurry.bsky.social for alerting me to it) #amwatching #film
A ★★★½ review of Play Dirty (1969)
Michael Caine looks great in a designer Italian army uniform in this thoroughly British homage to ‘The Dirty Dozen’ (plotwise). From the off, you’ll be struck by the fabulous cinematography. A wartime...
boxd.it
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A stylish Caine movie I wasn’t aware of. boxd.it/bQt3kH (Props to @pulpcurry.bsky.social for alerting me to it) #amwatching #film
I’m hoping Primal Scream do not cancel the Roundhouse gig in Dec. And then give all the money they make from it to Mani’s kids.
The Prml Scrm XTRMTR live era with Mani on bass and Kevin Shields in the band played some of the best gigs I've ever seen, blew my young head off. RIP Mani.
I recall an interview where he was asked what it was like playing with Shields on stage. "I'll be watching him and just before he taps a pedal with his foot, he'll look across at me as if to say, This is REALLY going to fuck you up."
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m hoping Primal Scream do not cancel the Roundhouse gig in Dec. And then give all the money they make from it to Mani’s kids.
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I'm not an enormous fan of the stone roses but this tune is one of our generations greats, whenever it comes on the radio I'm singing the bass part (in my head, with my teeth). The fella could play and he played with feeling
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
Fools Gold (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Stone Roses - Topic
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm not an enormous fan of the stone roses but this tune is one of our generations greats, whenever it comes on the radio I'm singing the bass part (in my head, with my teeth). The fella could play and he played with feeling
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
I’m all for forgiveness and second chances, but the sight of Steve Smith as *captain* of Australia makes me me feel queasy. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #Ashes
Ball-tampering row: Australia captain Steve Smith banned for one Test and fined
Australia captain Steve Smith is banned for one Test and fined his entire match fee after a ball-tampering incident against South Africa in Cape Town.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I’m all for forgiveness and second chances, but the sight of Steve Smith as *captain* of Australia makes me me feel queasy. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #Ashes
Some great films in here 👇 #Noirvember
Great to see #Noirvember getting so much love on this platform. Not been as active this month as previously, but here’s a post noir fans might be interested in, originally published on my Substack, with some recommendations for international noir viewing
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
Noirvember update: why we all need to watch more international film noir
Noirvember is upon us and while we all have our favourites from the era of classic American film noir (personally, I never get tired of rewatching Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly or Edmund Goulding’s ...
andrewnette.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Some great films in here 👇 #Noirvember
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Teemu Pukki's Finland teammates marked his final game by wearing bald caps and arrived carrying plastic bags, the unpretentious accessory Pukki is renowned for using 😆
Pukki himself wore a golden wig, entered the field with his children, then naturally scored and bagged an assist 🇫🇮
Pukki himself wore a golden wig, entered the field with his children, then naturally scored and bagged an assist 🇫🇮
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Teemu Pukki's Finland teammates marked his final game by wearing bald caps and arrived carrying plastic bags, the unpretentious accessory Pukki is renowned for using 😆
Pukki himself wore a golden wig, entered the field with his children, then naturally scored and bagged an assist 🇫🇮
Pukki himself wore a golden wig, entered the field with his children, then naturally scored and bagged an assist 🇫🇮
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According to the PinkUn someone has been offered the #ncfc job
Tomasson ❌
O’Neil ❌
Still ❌
Hellberg ❌
Wicky ❌
Carrick and Martin seem unlikely
Big question is now who??
Tomasson ❌
O’Neil ❌
Still ❌
Hellberg ❌
Wicky ❌
Carrick and Martin seem unlikely
Big question is now who??
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
According to the PinkUn someone has been offered the #ncfc job
Tomasson ❌
O’Neil ❌
Still ❌
Hellberg ❌
Wicky ❌
Carrick and Martin seem unlikely
Big question is now who??
Tomasson ❌
O’Neil ❌
Still ❌
Hellberg ❌
Wicky ❌
Carrick and Martin seem unlikely
Big question is now who??
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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This is as good a summation as you will get on the levers behind the BBC changes. A set of editorial judgments and errors that should have been swiftly corrected or addressed and blatant political interference amounting to an unnecessary crisis : observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is as good a summation as you will get on the levers behind the BBC changes. A set of editorial judgments and errors that should have been swiftly corrected or addressed and blatant political interference amounting to an unnecessary crisis : observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Not a fan of Tim Davie (or many aspects of BBC News culture including Panorama’s ‘maverick’ status) but really?! Are we really letting Boris effing Johnson have any kind of influence about the future of the BBC?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not a fan of Tim Davie (or many aspects of BBC News culture including Panorama’s ‘maverick’ status) but really?! Are we really letting Boris effing Johnson have any kind of influence about the future of the BBC?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oh please God no. #ncfc
Four of Norwich City's Championship fixtures in January & February 2026 have been rescheduled for TV coverage.
The Coventry match will now be on a Monday night. While the games against Blackburn, Oxford and Leicester have moved to Saturday lunchtime.
#NCFC
The Coventry match will now be on a Monday night. While the games against Blackburn, Oxford and Leicester have moved to Saturday lunchtime.
#NCFC
City fixtures rescheduled for TV coverage
Four of Norwich City's Sky Bet Championship fixtures in January and February 2026 have been rescheduled for television coverage.
www.canaries.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Oh please God no. #ncfc