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The Reverend Ramrod Newell

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An IT guy who also plays music. Synth nerd and guitar hoarder. Noisemaker General with the mighty Werbeniuk. A reverend only in the same sense as Joey off of Friends, and I've lost the certificate anyway. North-East England.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Where’s her Pulitzer already? Joanna Newsom’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ten years on from the release of her rococo masterpiece, Divers, we count down the singer-songwriter-harpist’s most beautiful and devastating tracks

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

They deployed this in only the second episode.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 3d

Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

In one episode of the second series of Stuff, the first five minutes consisted of what appeared to be an episode of Juliet Bravo, and really the only initial clue is that Juliet Bravo was never on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmX...

Alexei Sayle - Juliet Bravo Cold Open - Funny Comedy Sketch Spoof Satire - Stuff S02E05

YouTube video by Steve's Comedy & Vlogs

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The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Sep 7

Or even #GNR2025 ... DOH

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Sep 7

AJ Bell making the crowd at #GNR #GNR2925 look like a MAGA rally with all the red caps. Not good.

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Sep 1

Aaaaaaargh!!!! Just about sussed the TB-303 pattern sequencing (I've actually got the Behringer TD-3) ... But bloody hell the track mode is impossible! Couldn't even make a two-bar two-pattern loop work as I'd expected.

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Aug 27

Amorim hiding from the penalties. Enough. Over.

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Neil @dogbeard.bsky.social · Aug 27

Amorim. Fin.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · Aug 27

Burgers are better than steaks.

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Untypicalboro @untypicalboro.bsky.social · Aug 26

The BBC rolling out the red carpet and giving full, uncritical coverage to a press conference by a party with four MPs. Can’t wait for when they do the Greens. #balance

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The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Aug 24

"The Dutchman" "The Moroccan" ... Within the first few seconds of turning on BBC Match of the Day.

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Strange times we're living in...

"... Someone's hiding in the classroom
Forging the books of history
Never mind there’s a good film showing tonight
Where they hang everybody who can read and write
Oh that could never happen here
But then again it might"
-- From "The Invisible Man", Elvis Costello

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Jul 22

open.spotify.com/album/24fNwo...

Got to, haven't you? RIP Ozzy...

Master of Reality

Black Sabbath · Album · 1971 · 8 songs

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Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm writing a @b3ta.com newsletter and I want you to do two things

1. If you don't sub, sub, or if you do sub, tell your friends to sub
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2. If you've made something interesting pop it in the form and maybe we'll tell lots of people
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The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Jun 30

An interesting evening on U&Fascism... Sorry, BBC4 tonight...

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sitting outside watching hundreds of house martins wheeling about. Reassuring that I've seen at least one swift, but we used to see a lot more. There were a good many in Scotland in May, bit not here...

The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Jun 24

We may actually be in The Cluny... Who knows... (scroll down a fair way to the music bit)

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Ouseburn Festival 2025's Saturday programme

Find out what's planned on the Saturday of Ouseburn Festival 2025 - 5th July.

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The Reverend Ramrod Newell @ramrodnewell.bsky.social · Jun 24

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My strange little band Werbeniuk are playing our first gig of 2025 at Ouseburn Festival in a couple of weeks. If you're in the area, pop by!

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