Neil Cooper
@neilc79.bsky.social
It’s broken music and it’s broken people who will save the world.
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If divorced dads whose kids don't see them could go back to dressing up in superhero outfits and climbing up buildings instead of ushering in fascism I think we'd all be better off quite frankly.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If divorced dads whose kids don't see them could go back to dressing up in superhero outfits and climbing up buildings instead of ushering in fascism I think we'd all be better off quite frankly.
Got an hour to kill while The Boy’s at tennis. Cheers gang.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Got an hour to kill while The Boy’s at tennis. Cheers gang.
Gig cancelled. Get in.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Gig cancelled. Get in.
If you put your decorations up in November, you’re actually a sociopath who hates Christmas. This is the hill upon which I choose to die.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If you put your decorations up in November, you’re actually a sociopath who hates Christmas. This is the hill upon which I choose to die.
Just seen my first “This #Budget Will Make People Move To Dubai” LinkedIn post.
Good. Please, I’m begging you to finally do one and leave the rest of us in peace.
Good. Please, I’m begging you to finally do one and leave the rest of us in peace.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just seen my first “This #Budget Will Make People Move To Dubai” LinkedIn post.
Good. Please, I’m begging you to finally do one and leave the rest of us in peace.
Good. Please, I’m begging you to finally do one and leave the rest of us in peace.
One of the things this government is really good at is giving open goals to online conspiracy mentalists.
“They’re getting rid of jury trials” is a great example.
“They’re getting rid of jury trials” is a great example.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
One of the things this government is really good at is giving open goals to online conspiracy mentalists.
“They’re getting rid of jury trials” is a great example.
“They’re getting rid of jury trials” is a great example.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Think I’ll be fine.
Think I’ll be fine.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Think I’ll be fine.
Think I’ll be fine.
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🎵 If you're interested, all the songs this week came from a mammoth playlist I put together earlier this year of songs about and inspired by London 🎵
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Songs of London
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🎵 If you're interested, all the songs this week came from a mammoth playlist I put together earlier this year of songs about and inspired by London 🎵
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
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'Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries', Dagenham (2020) by Doreen Fletcher
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🎵 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea' by Billy Bragg
youtu.be/p32ZoWES9_s?...
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🎵 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea' by Billy Bragg
youtu.be/p32ZoWES9_s?...
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
'Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries', Dagenham (2020) by Doreen Fletcher
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🎵 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea' by Billy Bragg
youtu.be/p32ZoWES9_s?...
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🎵 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea' by Billy Bragg
youtu.be/p32ZoWES9_s?...
We’ve had football to go to for the last few weeks; this afternoon is really dragging without it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We’ve had football to go to for the last few weeks; this afternoon is really dragging without it.
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'A late delivery on Shaftesbury Avenue' by Tushar Sabale
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'A late delivery on Shaftesbury Avenue' by Tushar Sabale
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
Mani? Shit. Looks like I’m listening to the greatest album of all time tonight then…
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mani? Shit. Looks like I’m listening to the greatest album of all time tonight then…
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'Cab in Dean St' by Jonathan Stewardson
jonathanstewardson.com
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🎵 'A Rainy Night in Soho' by The Pogues
youtu.be/PSyL-TrD_2g?...
jonathanstewardson.com
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🎵 'A Rainy Night in Soho' by The Pogues
youtu.be/PSyL-TrD_2g?...
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
'Cab in Dean St' by Jonathan Stewardson
jonathanstewardson.com
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🎵 'A Rainy Night in Soho' by The Pogues
youtu.be/PSyL-TrD_2g?...
jonathanstewardson.com
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🎵 'A Rainy Night in Soho' by The Pogues
youtu.be/PSyL-TrD_2g?...
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Something different for this week's theme: London Soundtracks 🎵.
Paintings paired with a song.
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'Golden Day’, Bar Italia, Frith Street (2011) by Ed Gray
edgrayart.com
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🎵 'Bar Italia' by Pulp
youtu.be/773fnQDq60I?...
Paintings paired with a song.
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'Golden Day’, Bar Italia, Frith Street (2011) by Ed Gray
edgrayart.com
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🎵 'Bar Italia' by Pulp
youtu.be/773fnQDq60I?...
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Something different for this week's theme: London Soundtracks 🎵.
Paintings paired with a song.
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'Golden Day’, Bar Italia, Frith Street (2011) by Ed Gray
edgrayart.com
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🎵 'Bar Italia' by Pulp
youtu.be/773fnQDq60I?...
Paintings paired with a song.
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'Golden Day’, Bar Italia, Frith Street (2011) by Ed Gray
edgrayart.com
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🎵 'Bar Italia' by Pulp
youtu.be/773fnQDq60I?...
Stumbled across Ian’s stuff on here a couple of weeks ago, and it’s become a required bit of Sunday reading.
This weekend's match, in which I BURN Richard Osman, enjoy some good quality oxygen, almost barf at the sight of a flag, and sneer at people who like rugby.
It's off to Haywards Heath, to see an already impressive record get stretched a little more.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
It's off to Haywards Heath, to see an already impressive record get stretched a little more.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
The Weekend Match: Haywards Heath Town 6-1 Lingfield - We're Trash, You & Me
They're the last team with a 100% league record in the top 35 divisions in England, but can they extend that run on international break weekend? (Yes. You can already see that from the title.)
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Stumbled across Ian’s stuff on here a couple of weeks ago, and it’s become a required bit of Sunday reading.
Mad that 3-4 months ago I lived in a small inconsequential market town, and now Paul Fucking Golding’s marching up the high street.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mad that 3-4 months ago I lived in a small inconsequential market town, and now Paul Fucking Golding’s marching up the high street.