Rod Maxwell
@rodericmaxwell.bsky.social
Football (esp Liverpool), music (esp classic rock), films, whippets, science; sci-fi (esp Doctor Who); Politically greenish. He/him/er. 🏴🇩🇪🇪🇺; too old for all this nonsense.
I visited the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp last week. There is little of the original site left other than the mass graves looming over memorials.
It may have been the ambient noise on a quiet day, but the whole place felt haunted.
Will we ever learn from the past?
It may have been the ambient noise on a quiet day, but the whole place felt haunted.
Will we ever learn from the past?
January 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I visited the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp last week. There is little of the original site left other than the mass graves looming over memorials.
It may have been the ambient noise on a quiet day, but the whole place felt haunted.
Will we ever learn from the past?
It may have been the ambient noise on a quiet day, but the whole place felt haunted.
Will we ever learn from the past?
I thought this may be of interest to Beatles fans. It was a giant banner (tifo) displayed before the Champions League football match between Marseille and Liverpool last night.
A lovely touch from the French fans.
A lovely touch from the French fans.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I thought this may be of interest to Beatles fans. It was a giant banner (tifo) displayed before the Champions League football match between Marseille and Liverpool last night.
A lovely touch from the French fans.
A lovely touch from the French fans.
Tom Baker is 92! My father was born on exactly the same day and just a couple of miles away from him.
He died when I was quite young and sometimes wonder what he would have been like today. I'd like to think he would be like Tom: still full of humour and mad as a box of frogs.
Happy Birthday Tom!
He died when I was quite young and sometimes wonder what he would have been like today. I'd like to think he would be like Tom: still full of humour and mad as a box of frogs.
Happy Birthday Tom!
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Tom Baker is 92! My father was born on exactly the same day and just a couple of miles away from him.
He died when I was quite young and sometimes wonder what he would have been like today. I'd like to think he would be like Tom: still full of humour and mad as a box of frogs.
Happy Birthday Tom!
He died when I was quite young and sometimes wonder what he would have been like today. I'd like to think he would be like Tom: still full of humour and mad as a box of frogs.
Happy Birthday Tom!
It's 40 years to the day that the great Phil Lynott died. This is a clip from a German gig in 1973 where Thin Lizzy weirdly combined two of my passions by playing the Doctor Who theme live.
youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY?...
youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY?...
Thin Lizzy - Dr. Who Theme / '69 Rock (Live at the Waldbuhne '73)
YouTube video by ThinLizzyFanpage
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
It's 40 years to the day that the great Phil Lynott died. This is a clip from a German gig in 1973 where Thin Lizzy weirdly combined two of my passions by playing the Doctor Who theme live.
youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY?...
youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY?...
It's 10 years to the day that Lemmy from Motörhead left the planet. The world is a worse place without the noisy bugger.
This was the performance that originally introduced him to me:
youtu.be/V-dAZHfdc_U?...
This was the performance that originally introduced him to me:
youtu.be/V-dAZHfdc_U?...
Motörhead – Bomber (Top Of The Pops Performance)
YouTube video by Motörhead Official
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's 10 years to the day that Lemmy from Motörhead left the planet. The world is a worse place without the noisy bugger.
This was the performance that originally introduced him to me:
youtu.be/V-dAZHfdc_U?...
This was the performance that originally introduced him to me:
youtu.be/V-dAZHfdc_U?...
The ghost of Christmas whippets past...
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The ghost of Christmas whippets past...
We are currently watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. A fun fact that I like about this film is that Mae Questel, who plays the somewhat dotty Aunt Bethany, was the voice of both Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. Once you know this, you can't unhear it.
a woman in a plaid dress stands in front of a door with christmas lights on it
Alt: Mae Questel as Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We are currently watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. A fun fact that I like about this film is that Mae Questel, who plays the somewhat dotty Aunt Bethany, was the voice of both Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. Once you know this, you can't unhear it.
This has really brightened up my morning. Two things that I really love: stop motion animation and a bit of George Harrison.
youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg?...
youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg?...
George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) [Official Video]
YouTube video by George Harrison
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This has really brightened up my morning. Two things that I really love: stop motion animation and a bit of George Harrison.
youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg?...
youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg?...
I'm feeling rather angry about this. I've met Robin Ince a couple of times at a small Doctor Who convention, and he is the nicest, most welcoming guy that you could hope to meet. Apparently, unless you are ragebaiting against minorities, you no longer have a voice.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm feeling rather angry about this. I've met Robin Ince a couple of times at a small Doctor Who convention, and he is the nicest, most welcoming guy that you could hope to meet. Apparently, unless you are ragebaiting against minorities, you no longer have a voice.
I was wondering what folks thought of the new Zootropolis/Zootropia/Zoomania film.
So, ChatGPT: show me a joyless, curmudgeonly review in the style of Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
So, ChatGPT: show me a joyless, curmudgeonly review in the style of Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Zootropolis 2 review – just-about-passable family comedy sequel might as well be AI generated
Follow-up to 2016 animation about talking animals living in a utopia is a soulless film-by-numbers affair filled with corporately approved jokes
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I was wondering what folks thought of the new Zootropolis/Zootropia/Zoomania film.
So, ChatGPT: show me a joyless, curmudgeonly review in the style of Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
So, ChatGPT: show me a joyless, curmudgeonly review in the style of Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
#LFC Paul Doyle pleads guilty to all charges involving the Liverpool FC parade incident. Sentencing will be in December.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Paul Doyle pleads guilty over Liverpool parade crash
The 54-year-old changes his plea to guilty after car hit pedestrians during Liverpool FC's victory parade.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#LFC Paul Doyle pleads guilty to all charges involving the Liverpool FC parade incident. Sentencing will be in December.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Reposted by Rod Maxwell
I was just reminded that it is Guy Fawkes night in the UK. If your pets are bothered by loud noises, it is always worth sticking some relaxing music on for them.
November 5, 2024 at 11:54 AM
I was just reminded that it is Guy Fawkes night in the UK. If your pets are bothered by loud noises, it is always worth sticking some relaxing music on for them.
As Arne Slot walks into training this morning he hears a wailing and crying noise coming from the laundry room. Opening the washing machine, amongst all the kit, Vinícius falls out.
Slot shouts out, “Bradley! I told you to check your pockets before putting the washing on!” #LFC #YNWA
Slot shouts out, “Bradley! I told you to check your pockets before putting the washing on!” #LFC #YNWA
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Well, this raised eyebrows on my Halloween playlist. I don't think it's the tritone that makes this so disturbing, but more the sound of existential terror in Ozzy Osborne's voice.
youtu.be/WcrY6SZNdRE?...
youtu.be/WcrY6SZNdRE?...
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Well, this raised eyebrows on my Halloween playlist. I don't think it's the tritone that makes this so disturbing, but more the sound of existential terror in Ozzy Osborne's voice.
youtu.be/WcrY6SZNdRE?...
youtu.be/WcrY6SZNdRE?...
If it was up to me, there would be no Nobel Peace Prize awarded for 2025, just to make a point. The world's leaders are simply awful. Why try to find a least bad option simply to deflect from the fact?
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If it was up to me, there would be no Nobel Peace Prize awarded for 2025, just to make a point. The world's leaders are simply awful. Why try to find a least bad option simply to deflect from the fact?
Bumped into this chap. He was rather cross...
September 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Bumped into this chap. He was rather cross...
Do fundamentalist Christians who wake up tomorrow, post rapture day, assume that it was all a hoax? Or do they worry that they weren't chosen to go to heaven? #rapture
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Do fundamentalist Christians who wake up tomorrow, post rapture day, assume that it was all a hoax? Or do they worry that they weren't chosen to go to heaven? #rapture
I saw the animated version of Doctor Who's "The Celestial Toymaker" tonight. I was very pleasantly surprised. The animation was top quality, and the story actually lends itself to the treatment.
My only criticism is that Peter Purves is far more handsome than that in real life.
My only criticism is that Peter Purves is far more handsome than that in real life.
September 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I saw the animated version of Doctor Who's "The Celestial Toymaker" tonight. I was very pleasantly surprised. The animation was top quality, and the story actually lends itself to the treatment.
My only criticism is that Peter Purves is far more handsome than that in real life.
My only criticism is that Peter Purves is far more handsome than that in real life.
I've just been to the dentist for my bi-annual Dremel / sand-blast session.
I have been told not to eat or drink anything for an hour. I have also been told to avoid black coffee, tea, red wine and curry (not happening).
I honestly feel like I should have left with a cone of shame on my head.
I have been told not to eat or drink anything for an hour. I have also been told to avoid black coffee, tea, red wine and curry (not happening).
I honestly feel like I should have left with a cone of shame on my head.
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I've just been to the dentist for my bi-annual Dremel / sand-blast session.
I have been told not to eat or drink anything for an hour. I have also been told to avoid black coffee, tea, red wine and curry (not happening).
I honestly feel like I should have left with a cone of shame on my head.
I have been told not to eat or drink anything for an hour. I have also been told to avoid black coffee, tea, red wine and curry (not happening).
I honestly feel like I should have left with a cone of shame on my head.
Looking for more fellow reds lost my other account were i had 2.1 k
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Bloody hell! The air raid sirens have just gone off.
Let's hope it is just test day.
Let's hope it is just test day.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Bloody hell! The air raid sirens have just gone off.
Let's hope it is just test day.
Let's hope it is just test day.
Sacked after 3 games? That's even less than Brian Clough lasted at Leeds. They’ll have to do a film about it: Bayer Verdammt.
Erik ten Hag has been sacked from his position as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen just three games into his tenure.
Story and analysis from @sebsb.bsky.social ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Story and analysis from @sebsb.bsky.social ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
September 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Sacked after 3 games? That's even less than Brian Clough lasted at Leeds. They’ll have to do a film about it: Bayer Verdammt.
The Guardian's preview of Liverpool's 2025/26 season. They have us finishing first again. Predictable journalism, or an inevitable conclusion? #LiverpoolFC #YNWA
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Premier League 2025-26 preview No 12: Liverpool
Big-money signings have shown the champions’ ambition but the death of Diogo Jota cast a shadow over the summer
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Guardian's preview of Liverpool's 2025/26 season. They have us finishing first again. Predictable journalism, or an inevitable conclusion? #LiverpoolFC #YNWA
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...