David Oliphant
@bigdavebacon74.bsky.social
I am not a humble pilgrim..
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Well, that fixed me for the day.
I'd somehow never seen this clip of @tmbg.bsky.social performing "Birdhouse in Your Soul" on the Tonight Show, and it is SPECTACULAR. Apparently a metronome was set to the wrong beat, and it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened.
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 04/03/1990)
YouTube video by PinkJazzTrancers
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March 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well, that fixed me for the day.
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Gaze upon my works ye mighty and tremble.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gaze upon my works ye mighty and tremble.
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You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.
March 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.
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HAN SOLO: listen, Chewie and I can transport just about anything
BEN KENOBI: cargo?
HAN SOLO: no, spaceship go
BEN KENOBI: cargo?
HAN SOLO: no, spaceship go
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
HAN SOLO: listen, Chewie and I can transport just about anything
BEN KENOBI: cargo?
HAN SOLO: no, spaceship go
BEN KENOBI: cargo?
HAN SOLO: no, spaceship go
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i don't understand was i supposed to kill him
Lenny Kravitz turns 61 in a couple months. What’s your excuse?
January 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i don't understand was i supposed to kill him
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I worked on this story as part of the BBC Audio Scotland & NI team. An incendiary document drops into the inbox of journalist Alex Renton and kicks off a jaw-dropping investigation into the Paedophile Information Exhange. It’s a tough, but extraordinary listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - In Dark Corners - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of In Dark Corners on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I worked on this story as part of the BBC Audio Scotland & NI team. An incendiary document drops into the inbox of journalist Alex Renton and kicks off a jaw-dropping investigation into the Paedophile Information Exhange. It’s a tough, but extraordinary listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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As David Lodge passed away earlier this week, here’s his Channel 4 documentary on the literary theory scene of the 1980s. One of my lecturers, Colin MacCabe, features prominently… youtu.be/qqeS417i0KE?...
'Big Words... Small Worlds' (feat. Raymond Williams)
YouTube video by Raymond Williams Society
youtu.be
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As David Lodge passed away earlier this week, here’s his Channel 4 documentary on the literary theory scene of the 1980s. One of my lecturers, Colin MacCabe, features prominently… youtu.be/qqeS417i0KE?...
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This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
January 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
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Title sequence for @perfectnightin.bsky.social podcast. Made in Blender, mainly by stretching a photo of tower block round some geometry. Music by John Callaghan. TV titles by @gkw.bsky.social.
December 30, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Title sequence for @perfectnightin.bsky.social podcast. Made in Blender, mainly by stretching a photo of tower block round some geometry. Music by John Callaghan. TV titles by @gkw.bsky.social.
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This was a test I did for the BBC. An animated cold open to episode 5 of The Missing Madonna podcast - made in Blender. I ended up animating half of that episode. It was fun to do.
December 30, 2024 at 12:13 PM
This was a test I did for the BBC. An animated cold open to episode 5 of The Missing Madonna podcast - made in Blender. I ended up animating half of that episode. It was fun to do.
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Okay well unfortunately they got me with this one
December 30, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Okay well unfortunately they got me with this one
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Travel from Robot to Logopolis and be back at home in time for tea!
@gkw.bsky.social, Howard Carter and I made this trailer based on a lovely script provided to us by Big Finish, effortlessly read by dear old Tom Baker.
@gkw.bsky.social, Howard Carter and I made this trailer based on a lovely script provided to us by Big Finish, effortlessly read by dear old Tom Baker.
The Fourth Doctor is fifty! 🧣🥳 Watch the video then click https://bgfn.sh/4is50 to listen to #DoctorWho: The Curse of Time, the anniversary special.
The Fourth Doctor is Fifty
It’s half a century since Tom Baker's Doctor Who debut – and he’s still going strong, as The Curse of Time is released today.
youtu.be
December 28, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Travel from Robot to Logopolis and be back at home in time for tea!
@gkw.bsky.social, Howard Carter and I made this trailer based on a lovely script provided to us by Big Finish, effortlessly read by dear old Tom Baker.
@gkw.bsky.social, Howard Carter and I made this trailer based on a lovely script provided to us by Big Finish, effortlessly read by dear old Tom Baker.
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OK kids, some handy hints if you’re playing Trivial Pursuit with a 1980s set later today:
Golfer = Nick Faldo
Snooker player = Steve Davis, possibly Ray Reardon
Footballer = Ian Rush
Jockey = Lester Piggott
Author = Jeffrey Archer
Soap Opera = Crossroads
Crossroads character = Benny
Good luck!
Golfer = Nick Faldo
Snooker player = Steve Davis, possibly Ray Reardon
Footballer = Ian Rush
Jockey = Lester Piggott
Author = Jeffrey Archer
Soap Opera = Crossroads
Crossroads character = Benny
Good luck!
December 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
OK kids, some handy hints if you’re playing Trivial Pursuit with a 1980s set later today:
Golfer = Nick Faldo
Snooker player = Steve Davis, possibly Ray Reardon
Footballer = Ian Rush
Jockey = Lester Piggott
Author = Jeffrey Archer
Soap Opera = Crossroads
Crossroads character = Benny
Good luck!
Golfer = Nick Faldo
Snooker player = Steve Davis, possibly Ray Reardon
Footballer = Ian Rush
Jockey = Lester Piggott
Author = Jeffrey Archer
Soap Opera = Crossroads
Crossroads character = Benny
Good luck!
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Very suspicious that the last living homo neanderthalensis wants us to believe the earth is only 6000 years old. What is he trying to hide?
December 17, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Very suspicious that the last living homo neanderthalensis wants us to believe the earth is only 6000 years old. What is he trying to hide?
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If you enjoy seasoned critiques wrapped in biting humour and tied with a bow of incisive analysis, then cozy up to our Christmas special.
Russell: A Brand You Can't Trust (The Christmas Nut Roast)
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Russell: A Brand You Can't Trust (The Christmas Nut Roast)
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December 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
If you enjoy seasoned critiques wrapped in biting humour and tied with a bow of incisive analysis, then cozy up to our Christmas special.
Russell: A Brand You Can't Trust (The Christmas Nut Roast)
www.patreon.com/posts/118134...
Russell: A Brand You Can't Trust (The Christmas Nut Roast)
www.patreon.com/posts/118134...
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As seen on the Art of Carol Day by David Wright Facebook group, these are broodingly beautiful.
December 10, 2024 at 11:15 PM
As seen on the Art of Carol Day by David Wright Facebook group, these are broodingly beautiful.
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We tried to tell you
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
We tried to tell you
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In which i once again win the Pronunciation Wars
Episode 35: What’s the Matter with Kansas?
In 2004, Thomas Frank tried to unravel the mystery of poor Kansans who vote Republican. We dig into the great political mystery of our time: what’s up with white people?
In 2004, Thomas Frank tried to unravel the mystery of poor Kansans who vote Republican. We dig into the great political mystery of our time: what’s up with white people?
What's The Matter With Kansas?
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 12/06/2024 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM
In which i once again win the Pronunciation Wars
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@michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Sarah Marshall’s explainer on Enron from an old @yourewrongabout.bsky.social is required listening now that Enron is re-emerging as a crypto company from whatever monument to failure they were buried under.
Enron
Podcast Episode · You're Wrong About · 01/16/2019 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Sarah Marshall’s explainer on Enron from an old @yourewrongabout.bsky.social is required listening now that Enron is re-emerging as a crypto company from whatever monument to failure they were buried under.
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In the early '70s, Avon launched a new line of Gothics that cranked-up the occult and general weirdness : "A Satanic Gothic" (with a goat's head logo).
"The Devil's Dance" is one of the rarest paperbacks of the '70s.
"The Devil's Dance" is one of the rarest paperbacks of the '70s.
November 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
In the early '70s, Avon launched a new line of Gothics that cranked-up the occult and general weirdness : "A Satanic Gothic" (with a goat's head logo).
"The Devil's Dance" is one of the rarest paperbacks of the '70s.
"The Devil's Dance" is one of the rarest paperbacks of the '70s.
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Eyes Wide Shut / Dir. by Stanley Kubrick
November 27, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Eyes Wide Shut / Dir. by Stanley Kubrick
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HELP.
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
November 28, 2024 at 1:20 PM
HELP.
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!