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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 1d

What a wonderful film that is!

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.'

Jenny Uglow's A Year with Gilbert White is reviewed in The Observer by Philip Hoare:
observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Gilbert White’s world of wonder | The Observer

Jenny Uglow's account of a year in the life of an 18th-century curate and his garden is a glorious celebration of curiosity and nature

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 10d

Hey; my zine is coming together! Lots of interviews & reviews. However, specific shoutout: if anyone would like to write something original let me know! Too much of my own writing in this issue. Will happily look at submissions about your band, other music, art, books, clothes, films, travel. Shout!

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 14d

LISTEN TO THIS. The chaps from The Giddy Carousel Of Pop (the Smash Hits-based podcast) have done a 40th anniversary special episode on Don't Stand Me Down, featuring actual Dexys members Helen O'Hara and Kevin 'Billy' Adams, Smash Hits legend Chris Heath, and little old me (a mere fan at the time).

The Giddy Carousel of Pop @giddypoppod.bsky.social · 14d

🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠

We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.

Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....

Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 17d

Went to see Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Kids" (as it's been translated into French) with live musical accompaniment this afternoon and a very splendid thing it was.

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 19d

On a train to Stansted, the last time I did this, almost a decade ago I was heading into Essex for a long bike ride #audax themanfromicon.net/2016/07/04/k...

Kingdom of the East Saxons

a tour of Essex with forays over the border into Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk biplanes over rolling Cambridgeshire fields, skylark song the aural equivalent to the shapes of the wind …

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 20d

morning spin to the end of the Undercliff and back again over the tops.

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 23d

love an autumn cycle commute

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 25d

watching this, probably for the first time since watching it round a mate from school's house when it first came out on VHS. it's bloody brilliant.

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The Cure - In Orange (4K Remastered)

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 26d

I can thoroughly recommend this. It’s not bloopy at all, but extremely laid back indie/alternative. I love the way it sounds like every instrument is trying to hide behind the other instruments.
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The Heat Warps by Modern Nature on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 9 Songs

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 27d

Finished listening to the audiobook of this today. Brilliantly funny and compassionate and scathing and poignant. And the swearing is immaculate.

Pete Selby @peteselby.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Most of us wouldn’t be able to map our misfortunes with as much precision, courage and humour as Justin Currie manages in the pages of this truly remarkable book. One of the most extraordinary rock memoirs I have ever read” John Niven

📚-🎧-E

Out Now

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@delamitri.bsky.social

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · 29d

There's a new 'zine in progress about riding below and above the cliffs between Brighton and Newhaven. Words slowly being bashed into some sort of shape and another roll of 120 film shot.

Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Fujiya & Miyagi - Serotonin Rushes | Audiotree Live

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 15

Quite right

Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · Sep 14

I honestly can't think of a group as unjustly under-celebrated in this century as Fujiya & Miyagi. Not a week goes by in which I don't listen to them. Here's why.

www.patreon.com/posts/cathod...

"Cathode ray flickers of ESG, Prince, Neu!, New Order and Kraftwerk flicker into view but the machine Fujiya & Miyagi have built for them is their own invention." | Pete Paphides

Get more from Pete Paphides on Patreon

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 15

Brilliant band, consistently fantastic. Live shows never disappoint.

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 14

from the archives: themanfromicon.net/2025/01/10/t...

The shortest straightest line rarely beckons

There’s a stream that runs by the office where I work. The Winterbourne, its name a clue. It runs high and fast when the South Downs saturate and the chalk aquifers deep inside overflow. It&#…

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 13

...and the day is instantly less grey & miserable

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 13

Cuckmere Haven from the top deck of the bus to Eastbourne yesterday

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 13

*dank is underplaying it somewhat, it's hammering down

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 13

attempting to counter the dank* gloom outside with some pop youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Gh...

Fortitude Valley - Sunshine State (official music video)

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Sep 13

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fun night at Hope & Ruin, indie power-pop @fortitudevalley.bsky.social + plus splendid support Two White Cranes & the fantastic but really bloody loud Self Torque (had to go stand at the back that isn't *that* far from the front at the Hope. Fortunately plastic pint glass of ear plugs on the bar)

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 12

#nowplaying @warringtonruncorn.com

can't wait to hear this stuff live in Brighton next week, plus @jo-johnson.bsky.social supporting. going to make a change from a couple of months of full on jangly indie-pop gig attendance :-)

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Kevin Cummins @kcmanc.bsky.social · Apr 16

I’ve chosen Richey Edwards as my subject for the BBC Radio 4 series Great Lives. My guest is Simon Price and the programme is presented by Matthew Parris. Programme is broadcast at 3pm on Easter Monday 21 April www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gavin Peacock @themanfromicon.bsky.social · Sep 11

just listened to the latest Word In Your Ear so will now be listening to Talking Heads all afternoon