Mark Jo
markjo24.bsky.social
Mark Jo
@markjo24.bsky.social
The intelligent are doomed to be tormented by the stupid
Graham Poll- the thing from Tring.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Hi Rich

My #5albums25

1. Pulp - More
2. Half man half biscuit - all Asimov and no fresh air
3. Shipbuilders- this blue earth
4. Suede- antidepressants
5. Jason Isbell - foxes in the snow

Near misses, Robert Forster, Cmat, butler Blake and grant, Suzanne Vega, Gary Louris, elbow etc
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Yes, Sting living out the fantasies of his teaching days hasn’t aged well.
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Quite pleasant here
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Don’t think there’s a bad song in those 50 singles.
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The media at the time of the incident tried to tell us he was a lovely family man. Now we’re reading he’d bit the ear off a sailor in a bar room brawl.
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Why would Welsh people vote for English nationalists?
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Poor effort. I’m 77 !
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
No, it was dead hard today. 688 for me, possibly an all time low.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And we’re meant to be celebrating the centenary of Thatcher’s birth! The root cause of much of what is wrong with this country.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Forgotten classic
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Easy to write him off as an idiot but he’s a dangerous idiot.
October 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A one off! Hence sharing it.
October 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hi Richard
My #5albums0004

1. Arcade fire - funeral
2. Doves-lost souls
3. Badly drawn boy -bewilderbeast
4. Laura Cantrell- not the trembling kind
5. Elbow- asleep at the back
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Many years ago, late 90s, I was being shown around a house in higher Beb by the seller who waited until the end of the tour to deliver what he thought was the clincher- ‘this house used to belong to Patricia Routledge’ - unimpressed, we didn’t buy it.
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Great top 5 singles, but Big Fun at 6??? Are they trying to be funny or was it genuinely thought bought to be a classic?
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can think of one person who’ll make the effort 😉
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The trains were off earlier. Broken down train under the river. Hope it’s sorted.
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I’m new to this. 693 today, my best from 3 attempts but sadly 8 points short of victory in the household
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Magnificent stuff, great research, I’m glad you’re not wasting your leisure time.
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#5albums50s60s5

1. Revolver.
2. Beggars banquet.
3. Bringing it all back home.
4. The doors.
4. Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Cheers Richard
August 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Thanks Andy, gonna enjoy listening to to this.
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM