Paul Abbott
@pablovich.bsky.social
Musician/writer/podcaster/idiot. Sitting in Liverpool, arrived here via Boro/Scarborough/Stoke.
Good Grief (bass/vocals).
Big Beatles Sort Out Podcast, Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast (Ed McBain). "Pro Good Things, Anti Bad Things".
Good Grief (bass/vocals).
Big Beatles Sort Out Podcast, Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast (Ed McBain). "Pro Good Things, Anti Bad Things".
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Good Grief - Transparent Guitars
YouTube video by Good Grief
youtu.be
My band, Good Grief, has got some gigs coming up soon, if bands that sound a bit like Superchunk, Husker Dü, Pavement, that sort of thing.
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
I've loved the Yoko exhibitions I've been able to go to. The work is enigmatic, accessible, funny, interactive and powerful.
Happy birthday, Yoko!
Here’s my reconstructed saucer done in Berlin last year at the Neue Nationalgalerie as part of the MEND PIECE artwork in the Dream Together exhibition.
Here’s my reconstructed saucer done in Berlin last year at the Neue Nationalgalerie as part of the MEND PIECE artwork in the Dream Together exhibition.
February 18, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I've loved the Yoko exhibitions I've been able to go to. The work is enigmatic, accessible, funny, interactive and powerful.
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But you can only choose one.
February 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
But you can only choose one.
I'm very lucky to have this literally two minutes from my office door. I don't go over to the VGM too often, but sometimes it's just a necessary little sanctuary on a lunchtime. There's always something worth looking at.
If you're in Liverpool between now and August and you've got a half-hour/hour to spare, pop up to the Victoria Gallery and Museum at @liverpooluni.bsky.social and check out "Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe" photo exhibition.
vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe - Victoria Gallery & Museum - University of Liverpool
vgm.liverpool.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I'm very lucky to have this literally two minutes from my office door. I don't go over to the VGM too often, but sometimes it's just a necessary little sanctuary on a lunchtime. There's always something worth looking at.
Went to the big Tesco near mum’s the other day and they’ve taken out a whole row of parking spaces to put in a wide and safe pedestrian pathway into the store.
I am, for once, impressed by something a big business has done. To the rest of them: stop ceding the world to vehicles, dickheads.
I am, for once, impressed by something a big business has done. To the rest of them: stop ceding the world to vehicles, dickheads.
February 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Went to the big Tesco near mum’s the other day and they’ve taken out a whole row of parking spaces to put in a wide and safe pedestrian pathway into the store.
I am, for once, impressed by something a big business has done. To the rest of them: stop ceding the world to vehicles, dickheads.
I am, for once, impressed by something a big business has done. To the rest of them: stop ceding the world to vehicles, dickheads.
I was Superman, once
Your Big Beatles and Sixties Sort Out hosts getting papped in the 1980s
February 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I was Superman, once
A glass of orange squash and a digestive biscuit, please.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A glass of orange squash and a digestive biscuit, please.
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When the Pokemon craze was at its height, does anyone know if The Wurzels recorded "Drink Up Thy Zyduck"?
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
When the Pokemon craze was at its height, does anyone know if The Wurzels recorded "Drink Up Thy Zyduck"?
Ratcliffe, with your face like a retrieved boot, like a crumpled tit, like an estranged walnut
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Ratcliffe, with your face like a retrieved boot, like a crumpled tit, like an estranged walnut
Some men have just left a ladder outside my office window. I assume it's an offering or tribute because I'm the 'hot ladder' guy.
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Some men have just left a ladder outside my office window. I assume it's an offering or tribute because I'm the 'hot ladder' guy.
Amazing line in an obituary posted on work intranet.
"In 1964 he took up the post of Curator and Archivist of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Although this appointment lasted only five months, ending with the Zanzibar Revolution and the creation of Tanzania"
THAT'S SOME ARCHIVING!
"In 1964 he took up the post of Curator and Archivist of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Although this appointment lasted only five months, ending with the Zanzibar Revolution and the creation of Tanzania"
THAT'S SOME ARCHIVING!
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Amazing line in an obituary posted on work intranet.
"In 1964 he took up the post of Curator and Archivist of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Although this appointment lasted only five months, ending with the Zanzibar Revolution and the creation of Tanzania"
THAT'S SOME ARCHIVING!
"In 1964 he took up the post of Curator and Archivist of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Although this appointment lasted only five months, ending with the Zanzibar Revolution and the creation of Tanzania"
THAT'S SOME ARCHIVING!
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And another one, suitable for hanging in a mechanic's garage, canteen or pet shop.
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And another one, suitable for hanging in a mechanic's garage, canteen or pet shop.
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I loved that police show that was set in the North East… you know, the one with Martin Shaw, where he played, what was his name again? Oh yes, Inspector…
December 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I loved that police show that was set in the North East… you know, the one with Martin Shaw, where he played, what was his name again? Oh yes, Inspector…
Off to practice again now. Come to our gigs. Listen and/or buy our stuff.
My band, Good Grief, has got some gigs coming up soon, if bands that sound a bit like Superchunk, Husker Dü, Pavement, that sort of thing.
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
Good Grief - Transparent Guitars
YouTube video by Good Grief
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Off to practice again now. Come to our gigs. Listen and/or buy our stuff.
Look, mother, I'm a highlight!
With @pablovich.bsky.social on Disneytime Rotadraw, @bobfischer.bsky.social and @georgyjamieson.bsky.social on Why Don't You...?, @gfrancie.bsky.social on Fruitopia, @whenisbirths.bsky.social on I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels and more...
timworthington.org/2024/10/23/t...
timworthington.org/2024/10/23/t...
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Wheatmeal Man Came Round Every Thursday Week
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Suzy Robinson on Crown Court, Danny Kodicek on Fox Tales, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on Why Don’t You…?, Paul Abbott on Disneytime Rotadr…
timworthington.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Look, mother, I'm a highlight!
Found my new favourite band, folks.
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Found my new favourite band, folks.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sausage Dog
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sausage Dog
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sausage Dog
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sausage Dog
And if you wanted to help us get over the line with the next album, by buying the last one or some merch or something, it’s Bandcamp Friday today!
goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com
goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com
My band, Good Grief, has got some gigs coming up soon, if bands that sound a bit like Superchunk, Husker Dü, Pavement, that sort of thing.
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
20th Feb: w/Boxfires @ Peer Hat, Manchester
15th Mar: w/Perennial @ Outpost, Liverpool
2nd May: w/Goo @ TBC, Liverpool
youtu.be/GnTzHWnzGXw?...
Good Grief - Transparent Guitars
YouTube video by Good Grief
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
And if you wanted to help us get over the line with the next album, by buying the last one or some merch or something, it’s Bandcamp Friday today!
goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com
goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com
I woke up annoyingly early today. It was doubly annoying because I was having a great dream where I was hanging out with Amy Poehler.
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I woke up annoyingly early today. It was doubly annoying because I was having a great dream where I was hanging out with Amy Poehler.
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Comedy scholars!
Can anyone help?
Sean Hughes had a routine (or maybe it was in an episode of Sean's Show) where a thug forces him to withdraw cash from an ATM... can anyone help identify where I can find this or did I imagine it?
Can anyone help?
Sean Hughes had a routine (or maybe it was in an episode of Sean's Show) where a thug forces him to withdraw cash from an ATM... can anyone help identify where I can find this or did I imagine it?
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Comedy scholars!
Can anyone help?
Sean Hughes had a routine (or maybe it was in an episode of Sean's Show) where a thug forces him to withdraw cash from an ATM... can anyone help identify where I can find this or did I imagine it?
Can anyone help?
Sean Hughes had a routine (or maybe it was in an episode of Sean's Show) where a thug forces him to withdraw cash from an ATM... can anyone help identify where I can find this or did I imagine it?
Admiral Sir Densely Charmander
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Admiral Sir Densely Charmander
Bollocks. The independent bookshop on Smithdown Road, Dead Ink, is closing.
Quite apart from that being shitty news in and of itself, it also means that almost certainly another convenience store will move in there, as they have done for every shop that's closed in the last five years.
Quite apart from that being shitty news in and of itself, it also means that almost certainly another convenience store will move in there, as they have done for every shop that's closed in the last five years.
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Bollocks. The independent bookshop on Smithdown Road, Dead Ink, is closing.
Quite apart from that being shitty news in and of itself, it also means that almost certainly another convenience store will move in there, as they have done for every shop that's closed in the last five years.
Quite apart from that being shitty news in and of itself, it also means that almost certainly another convenience store will move in there, as they have done for every shop that's closed in the last five years.
If you want extremely (and I mean *extremely*) specific trivia about one particular author, I’ve got you covered.
To reveal a tidbit of my #EdMcBain research - Evan Hunter sometimes performed in amateur dramatics productions. As part of the Pound Ridge Players, he appeared as Charlie The Burglar in their adaptation of Kingsley's Detective Story.
I just rewatched William Wyler's Detective Story--it's based on a 1949 Sidney Kingsley play that ran for 15 months on Broadway with, insanely, a cast of 34. NY really needs an Encores series devoted to unrevivable plays, which this is, even though it basically invented the police-precinct TV drama.
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
If you want extremely (and I mean *extremely*) specific trivia about one particular author, I’ve got you covered.
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It's back... The world's premier* Simpsons and modern history podcast! I talk about "Last Exit To Springfield" (the power plant strike one) and Tom talks about Janet Reno!
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retrospecticus.org/2026/02/04/e...
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Episode 76 – Last Exit To Janet Reno – Retrospecticus
retrospecticus.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
It's back... The world's premier* Simpsons and modern history podcast! I talk about "Last Exit To Springfield" (the power plant strike one) and Tom talks about Janet Reno!
(*=only)
retrospecticus.org/2026/02/04/e...
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retrospecticus.org/2026/02/04/e...
Chir Christopher Chope, Chonservative, Christchurch
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Chir Christopher Chope, Chonservative, Christchurch