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Peter Ormerod

@bowiegod.bsky.social

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Journalist ('arts', don't you know), sometime columnist (mostly Guardian), Bloomsbury author and Bowie-obsessed God-botherer with a book coming out about Bowie and God. Also a bit too keen on porridge, toast, Swindon, Noel Edmonds etc

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 21h

We should cherish these men

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Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright review – Deliciously twisted fun on Birmingham stage

Peter Ormerod reviews Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at The Alexandra, Birmingham

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 3d

The most lethal deployment of 'colleagues' I've ever seen. Top work

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 9d

'Charming' and 'delightful' aren't words routinely associated with Tin Machine but they very much apply to this, part II of a tremendous interview with producer Tim Palmer

Albumtoalbum: The David Bowie Albums Podcast @albumtoalbum.bsky.social · 10d

Out now! Behind scenes with Tin Machine co-producer and studio collaborator Tim Palmer on working with @davidbowiereal.bsky.social @reevesgabrels.bsky.social, Hunt & Tony Sales on the great lost classic (IMO) Tin Machine 2 💥

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Tim Palmer on Tin Machine (Part Two)

Podcast Episode · DAVIDBOWIE: ALBUMTOALBUM · 28/09/2025 · 45m

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 10d

This is interesting—I see a lot of these tells in my work with writing scams, where the use of chatbots in scam solicitations and impersonations has become ubiquitous.

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 10d

I don't think the old left-right spectrum is very helpful these days, if indeed it ever was. And relatively very few people are consistently 'left' or 'right'

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 11d

Agh, sorry and thanks - now corrected!

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 11d

I was lucky enough to be the first member of the public to see these notes. It was quite a thing

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Notes on God, by David Bowie

What I found at the V&A East Storehouse

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 16d

It's not pretending to be a news article, and reviews are allowed to be positive

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 16d

It's a review

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 16d

Ah yes, the famously Anglocentric, foreigner-hating, inward-looking Shakespeare

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List of Shakespearean settings - Wikipedia

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 19d

There's also a link to it in the first paragraph

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 20d

We all know the Grammys are a farce but this would have been a hilarious letter to send to Bowie at any point in the past 50 years, let alone after he'd died

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 20d

I was lucky enough today to be among the first people to use the Study Room at the V&A's David Bowie Centre. It's the place where you can examine paper records - his notes, handwritten lyrics, jotted-down ideas, those kinds of things. If you're interested in that stuff, you'll love it there

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 26d

Obvious thing I missed on the Lynch/Potter overlap: woods and forests

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 26d

London's good at the moment, isn't it? There's the V&A Bowie thing, and now this. It's like the city is making a special effort for me

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Hilary Lloyd review: on Dennis Potter’s trail through an enchanted forest of film

The artist’s exhaustive engagement with the singular playwright leads us through landmark shows via midair screens, cat-videos and lunch with Richard E Grant

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 26d

Only four hours early? That's cutting it fine in my book

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 27d

Ah, sounds so good!

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 27d

Whatever you think of Bowie's Tin Machine years, this is a lovely listen. Tim Palmer sounds like a delightful chap, and he did such a good job with these albums. Some really quite big revelations here too!

Albumtoalbum: The David Bowie Albums Podcast @albumtoalbum.bsky.social · Sep 8

OUT NOW! TIN MACHINE XTRA!

THE Tim Palmer, producer of Tin Machines I & II!

Tim talks about the making of Tin Machine, working with a re-energised DB, @reevesgabrels.bsky.social and the Sales bros, raw hard sound, the highs AND lows - and Status Quo.
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Tim Palmer on Tin Machine (Part One)

Podcast Episode · DAVIDBOWIE: ALBUMTOALBUM · 08/09/2025 · 43m

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 28d

It's not the most charming read but blimey, you can see why he wanted to make a film of it: belief, doubt, media manipulation etc

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 28d

One of the weird things Bowie does to you: you end up reading stuff you never otherwise would. He's been dead for ages and he's still doing it. I hadn't even heard of this book until last week

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · Sep 7

New Suede album is superb. A masterclass in how to age as a band. They know exactly what they're doing and what they're about, but there's no sense of retreat or retread. Immense conviction and immense choruses. You can almost feel Brett's breath. Loud, intense, stirring, surprisingly moving

Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am seeing at least a few of them in a couple of weeks, so you can eke out your warm envy!

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · Sep 5

Suede were my first real musical love. I chose well

Mat Osman @matosman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Release day. Still exciting after all these years.

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Suede - Antidepressants

Go to Suede - Antidepressants.

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you!

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · Sep 5

More on that musical

Blimey

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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