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sparklism.bsky.social
@sparklism.bsky.social
Music. Landscape. Portrait.
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Just went down an ill-advised Blankety Blank rabbit hole, and randomly clicked on the 1983 Christmas special to discover that Captain Tom Moore was one of the contestants. Terry makes a slightly saucy joke about the Captain coming from Tipps End www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlBP...
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This week #NowPlaying
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Here's a batch of Bandcamp download codes for my recent album US NADIR in honour of the weakening grip of the authoritarian maniacs on the United States.
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Bit Cloudy - U.S. Nadir | Free Bandcamp Codes
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November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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One of the strangest phenomena I´ve ever witnessed by the seaside. And I´ve seen quite a few.

#contemporaryart #seascape #minimal #photography
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I met this guy recently, in the Shropshire hills.
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Solid week of tunes #NowPlaying
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Some nice finds in the charity shop this morning (1/3)
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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The Roots - thing fall apart
#nowplaying #compactdisc #CDfriday
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Now It’s Overhead - “Fall Back Open” (Saddle Creek, 2004)

Largely forgotten these days, but this is a terrific indie-rock record. Features a cameo from Michael Stipe, no less.

Was lucky enough to see them tour this album; sadly I lost my badge when my jacket got stolen.

#CDfriday
May 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#CDFriday

Epic45 “Drakelow EP” (Wayside & Woodland, 2006)

Remastered, expanded 2023 version.

Atmospheric rural British post-rock. Perfect for rain-soaked wfh days like today.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#NowPlaying this week
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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‘The Delivery Boy’
📷 Marco (zetamatiq)
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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#CDFriday

Tiny Vipers “Life on Earth” (Sub Pop, 2009)

One of my favourite album covers.

Hard to know where one track ends and another begins, which is all part of the magic.

Nothing else sounds like this.
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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What if you could capture a two-hour sunset in a single photo?

This composite was built from ~6,000 photos taken on a night in mid-July, each contributing just one column of pixels.

Look closely and you’ll spot stars starting to twinkle in the upper left as the night begins ✨🔭🧪
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#NowPlaying this week
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This listing for ‘premium pubes’ actually came up when I clicked “similar items” on Gumtree.

I was searching for a CD player
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#CDFriday

Boards of Canada “Music Has the Right to Children” (Warp, 1998)

Sounds every bit as good today as it did in 1980…
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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A maze
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM