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Nige Tassell

@nigetassell.bsky.social

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Paperback writer. Final Destination, Searching For Dexys Midnight Runners, Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?, Field Of Dreams, The Bottom Corner, The Hard Yards, Boot Sale, Three Weeks Eight Seconds etc #MDANT too, apparently.

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Kev Adams @kevadams.bsky.social · 6d

Many thanks to Simon and Gavin at @giddypoppod.bsky.social, @simonprice.bsky.social, Chris Heath and always a pleasure chatting with @oharaviolin.bsky.social

Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...

Dexys Midnight Runners 'Don't Stand Me Down' 40th anniversary special

YouTube video by The Giddy Carousel of Pop Podcast

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 23h

And probably on several dollars a word to disclose this discovery at length.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Kiefer sounds good in a Northumbrian accent too.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Love the way John Murray pronounces Kiefer Moore.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

There are few better things to listen to while cooking (tonight it's veg winter stew with herb dumplings) than Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Glad you've been careful with your spelling there.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Guilty as charged. Left all the c-bombs in.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Chuffed to get a tip of the hat in @charliehigson.bsky.social's royally entertaining new one.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

A mile or so of shelving too.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

How many different editions have there been of your books? Got to be several hundred...

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

I don't. But the dog will.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Yet to be written of course, but no plans for hawks nor walks, I'm afraid.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Ian. Currently 'in talks' about the one after those two, so best make room for three... 😉

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

👍

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

And I've had two bowls of muesli to celebrate. Living the dream.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

Deal just agreed for the book after the next one.

#keeponkeepingon #thatsnotthetitleofthebook

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 1d

A masterclass of oral history.

new modern books @newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 1d

PINK FLOYD SHINE ON by Mark Blake is OUT NOW!

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#pinkfloyd

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2d

There’s lot of Covid going around at the moment, again. I don’t qualify for NHS jabs, which are now very restricted, but I just paid £90 for one at my local pharmacy. As a freelancer, that’s a lot less expensive than having to take a week or two off if I get ill, let alone risking long term issues.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

Let's just say I was. Let's say I was there every time.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry to have not been in Coach B this time.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

V good.

Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

My pal Rob Williams (@robwilliams71.bsky.social) was once invited to go on German TV to make sandwiches with his feet. He declined. Further investigation revealed that the current world record-holder was also called Rob Williams.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 2d

Clegg can do one. He's already put our kids' generation into serious debt because he didn't keep his promises and didn't have the backbone to say no to Cameron. Held the cards but folded pathetically.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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