Paul
@reev0.bsky.social
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Professional in the field of reflected sound of underground spirits; but more interested in music, films and a nice pint
Professional in the field of reflected sound of underground spirits; but more interested in music, films and a nice pint
I'm having trouble picking 5 (or an order) for top gigs:
Black Country, New Road at Brixton Academy
CMAT at Wideawake
Sparks at the Apollo
Fortitude Valley at New River Studios
Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel
White Denim at Kentish Town Forum
Hamish Hawk at Koko
Black Country, New Road at Brixton Academy
CMAT at Wideawake
Sparks at the Apollo
Fortitude Valley at New River Studios
Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel
White Denim at Kentish Town Forum
Hamish Hawk at Koko
January 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm having trouble picking 5 (or an order) for top gigs:
Black Country, New Road at Brixton Academy
CMAT at Wideawake
Sparks at the Apollo
Fortitude Valley at New River Studios
Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel
White Denim at Kentish Town Forum
Hamish Hawk at Koko
Black Country, New Road at Brixton Academy
CMAT at Wideawake
Sparks at the Apollo
Fortitude Valley at New River Studios
Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel
White Denim at Kentish Town Forum
Hamish Hawk at Koko
Favourite new films of the year for 2025 (yes, #1 is a cheat, but I don't think it's ever been released before):
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Marty Supreme
Wake Up Dead Man
The Secret Agent
Bugonia
Left-Handed Girl
Weapons
Sinners
Santosh
3670
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Marty Supreme
Wake Up Dead Man
The Secret Agent
Bugonia
Left-Handed Girl
Weapons
Sinners
Santosh
3670
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Favourite new films of the year for 2025 (yes, #1 is a cheat, but I don't think it's ever been released before):
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Marty Supreme
Wake Up Dead Man
The Secret Agent
Bugonia
Left-Handed Girl
Weapons
Sinners
Santosh
3670
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Marty Supreme
Wake Up Dead Man
The Secret Agent
Bugonia
Left-Handed Girl
Weapons
Sinners
Santosh
3670
Favourite albums of the year for 2025:
BCNR
CMAT
Pulp
Fortitude Valley
Wednesday
The Last Dinner Party
Ezra Furman
BC Camplight
Big Thief
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band
Blondshell
The Golden Dregs
BCNR
CMAT
Pulp
Fortitude Valley
Wednesday
The Last Dinner Party
Ezra Furman
BC Camplight
Big Thief
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band
Blondshell
The Golden Dregs
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Favourite albums of the year for 2025:
BCNR
CMAT
Pulp
Fortitude Valley
Wednesday
The Last Dinner Party
Ezra Furman
BC Camplight
Big Thief
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band
Blondshell
The Golden Dregs
BCNR
CMAT
Pulp
Fortitude Valley
Wednesday
The Last Dinner Party
Ezra Furman
BC Camplight
Big Thief
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band
Blondshell
The Golden Dregs
1 The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station - CMAT
2 Besties - BC,NR
3 All My Friends Are Depressed - Soot Sprite
4 Spike Island - Pulp
5 u and me at home - Wet Leg
(max one per artist, ask me again tomorrow results may change)
2 Besties - BC,NR
3 All My Friends Are Depressed - Soot Sprite
4 Spike Island - Pulp
5 u and me at home - Wet Leg
(max one per artist, ask me again tomorrow results may change)
Chops Top 5: Songs of 2025
1. How The Ivy Crawls - Perennial
2. Knowledge - Edwyn Collins
3. Flood - Little Simz
4. Fireworks - Clementine March & Evelyn Gray
5. Shells - Westside Cowboy
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
1. How The Ivy Crawls - Perennial
2. Knowledge - Edwyn Collins
3. Flood - Little Simz
4. Fireworks - Clementine March & Evelyn Gray
5. Shells - Westside Cowboy
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
December 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1 The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station - CMAT
2 Besties - BC,NR
3 All My Friends Are Depressed - Soot Sprite
4 Spike Island - Pulp
5 u and me at home - Wet Leg
(max one per artist, ask me again tomorrow results may change)
2 Besties - BC,NR
3 All My Friends Are Depressed - Soot Sprite
4 Spike Island - Pulp
5 u and me at home - Wet Leg
(max one per artist, ask me again tomorrow results may change)
One of the reasons I love @letterboxd.social is that they realise what the year is.
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
One of the reasons I love @letterboxd.social is that they realise what the year is.
@willhawkes.bsky.social @beerguidelondon.bsky.social I visited the reopened The Fox on Kingsland Road. Not what it once was beer-wise. 16 taps (not all on but it was still WIP generally) and no cask. I had a good pint of Pale Fire and there was a Lost & Grounded, but little else of interest.
September 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
@willhawkes.bsky.social @beerguidelondon.bsky.social I visited the reopened The Fox on Kingsland Road. Not what it once was beer-wise. 16 taps (not all on but it was still WIP generally) and no cask. I had a good pint of Pale Fire and there was a Lost & Grounded, but little else of interest.
Hey @accuweather.com , have your minutecast and your hourly forecasts had a falling out and stopped talking to each other?
(I'm Team Minutecast right now, it is 100% raining.)
(I'm Team Minutecast right now, it is 100% raining.)
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey @accuweather.com , have your minutecast and your hourly forecasts had a falling out and stopped talking to each other?
(I'm Team Minutecast right now, it is 100% raining.)
(I'm Team Minutecast right now, it is 100% raining.)
@kjd42.bsky.social hi, I don't want to put you on the spot, but given the issues with Unbound at the moment, can you say what is the status of your book with them?
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
@kjd42.bsky.social hi, I don't want to put you on the spot, but given the issues with Unbound at the moment, can you say what is the status of your book with them?
"...and for the math nerds, his 1,235th brewery was Fibonacci Brewing in Cincinnati, Ohio". 👏👏👏
My latest for Forbes.com is a fun piece about Chris O'Leary, who today visited his 3,806th brewery, one called Thirty Eight O Six in Berwick, Australia.
www.forbes.com/sites/dontse...
www.forbes.com/sites/dontse...
Meet The Man Who Has Drunk Beer In 3,806 Breweries
Chris O’Leary of New York City has traveled the world visiting breweries. Today, he had a beer in his 3,806th brewery, one named Thirty Eight O Six Brewing, in Australia
www.forbes.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"...and for the math nerds, his 1,235th brewery was Fibonacci Brewing in Cincinnati, Ohio". 👏👏👏
Two sets down, then two match points down... This is quite the escape from Alcaraz.
#FrenchOpen
#FrenchOpen
June 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Two sets down, then two match points down... This is quite the escape from Alcaraz.
#FrenchOpen
#FrenchOpen
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These clowns should be extinct, look at them.
March 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
These clowns should be extinct, look at them.
First time seeing @hamishhawk.bsky.social, touring his excellent album from last year. Very good show - his clear baritone glides through clever lyrics, and he knows when to take the energy up a level.
February 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
First time seeing @hamishhawk.bsky.social, touring his excellent album from last year. Very good show - his clear baritone glides through clever lyrics, and he knows when to take the energy up a level.
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IN BRUGES was released 17 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great black comedies of the century and the film that kick started the McDonagh/Farrell/Gleeson triumvirate, the making of story is as beautiful as the city it’s set in…
1/34
1/34
February 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
IN BRUGES was released 17 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great black comedies of the century and the film that kick started the McDonagh/Farrell/Gleeson triumvirate, the making of story is as beautiful as the city it’s set in…
1/34
1/34
Go and see this, it's one of the two most original and creative films I saw last year (with The Substance, what a double bill that would be) - and the funniest by a mile. I'm going back for more.
are any of you from THE UK? Or Ireland? We are promoting a huge in-person tour there, that has 40+ screenings with Ryland in person, also beavers.
But if there’s only like, 3 Europeans following us here then we won’t spam about it
Tickets dates etc: linktr.ee/hundredsofbe...
But if there’s only like, 3 Europeans following us here then we won’t spam about it
Tickets dates etc: linktr.ee/hundredsofbe...
January 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Go and see this, it's one of the two most original and creative films I saw last year (with The Substance, what a double bill that would be) - and the funniest by a mile. I'm going back for more.
Why has Spotify not told me there's a new Ex Voïd album out? Lovely review:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Ex-Vöid: In Love Again review – all of indie rock is here
This latest iteration of Lan McArdle and Owen Williams’s Joanna Gruesome turns their lush vocals, guitar heroics and recent heartbreaks into melodic gold
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why has Spotify not told me there's a new Ex Voïd album out? Lovely review:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Didn't expect the defining image of 2025 to turn up quite so quickly.
January 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Didn't expect the defining image of 2025 to turn up quite so quickly.
My favourite new films of 2024. (I saw Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest in late 2023 - both would make my to 3 of 2024 releases.)
December 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
My favourite new films of 2024. (I saw Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest in late 2023 - both would make my to 3 of 2024 releases.)
My favourite albums of 2024. Swipe right for titles.
A great debut from English Teacher; the best thing Bill Ryder-Jones has ever done, for my money; and Nick Cave in sweeping, orchestral form.
#Aoty #bestof2024
A great debut from English Teacher; the best thing Bill Ryder-Jones has ever done, for my money; and Nick Cave in sweeping, orchestral form.
#Aoty #bestof2024
December 31, 2024 at 11:52 AM
My favourite albums of 2024. Swipe right for titles.
A great debut from English Teacher; the best thing Bill Ryder-Jones has ever done, for my money; and Nick Cave in sweeping, orchestral form.
#Aoty #bestof2024
A great debut from English Teacher; the best thing Bill Ryder-Jones has ever done, for my money; and Nick Cave in sweeping, orchestral form.
#Aoty #bestof2024
Catching up, this one is tricky, hard to separate the top 5:
1 Arcade Fire at Brixton
2 Nick Cave at the O2
3 English Teacher at Koko (and EOTR)
4 Magnetic Fields in Edinburgh
5 Chorusgirl at The Ivy House
#chopsfives #topfive
1 Arcade Fire at Brixton
2 Nick Cave at the O2
3 English Teacher at Koko (and EOTR)
4 Magnetic Fields in Edinburgh
5 Chorusgirl at The Ivy House
#chopsfives #topfive
Friday Top 5: Gigs of 2024
1. Les Savy Fav (Electric Ballroom)
2. Personal Trainer / The Bug Club / Modern Woman (Shacklewell Arms)
3. Bruce Springsteen (Wembley Stadium)
4. Hope of the States (Dome)
5. Mathias Kom & Aerial Sharratt (Water Rats)
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
1. Les Savy Fav (Electric Ballroom)
2. Personal Trainer / The Bug Club / Modern Woman (Shacklewell Arms)
3. Bruce Springsteen (Wembley Stadium)
4. Hope of the States (Dome)
5. Mathias Kom & Aerial Sharratt (Water Rats)
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
December 29, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Catching up, this one is tricky, hard to separate the top 5:
1 Arcade Fire at Brixton
2 Nick Cave at the O2
3 English Teacher at Koko (and EOTR)
4 Magnetic Fields in Edinburgh
5 Chorusgirl at The Ivy House
#chopsfives #topfive
1 Arcade Fire at Brixton
2 Nick Cave at the O2
3 English Teacher at Koko (and EOTR)
4 Magnetic Fields in Edinburgh
5 Chorusgirl at The Ivy House
#chopsfives #topfive
My favourite albums this year are by:
1 English Teacher
2 Bill Ryder-Jones
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4 Hamish Hawk
5 Cassandra Jenkins
#chopsfives
open.spotify.com/playlist/2IG...
1 English Teacher
2 Bill Ryder-Jones
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4 Hamish Hawk
5 Cassandra Jenkins
#chopsfives
open.spotify.com/playlist/2IG...
December 28, 2024 at 11:27 AM
My favourite albums this year are by:
1 English Teacher
2 Bill Ryder-Jones
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4 Hamish Hawk
5 Cassandra Jenkins
#chopsfives
open.spotify.com/playlist/2IG...
1 English Teacher
2 Bill Ryder-Jones
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4 Hamish Hawk
5 Cassandra Jenkins
#chopsfives
open.spotify.com/playlist/2IG...
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Movie Poster Of The Year - always a great read.
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mubi.com/en/notebook/...
December 7, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Movie Poster Of The Year - always a great read.
mubi.com/en/notebook/...
mubi.com/en/notebook/...
I think the only one of my favourite bands I haven't seen since the pandemic is White Denim. They're finally back in London tonight, looking forward to it
December 6, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I think the only one of my favourite bands I haven't seen since the pandemic is White Denim. They're finally back in London tonight, looking forward to it
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We have been informed that there may have been some problematic errors on our previous Wicked parody poster
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM
We have been informed that there may have been some problematic errors on our previous Wicked parody poster
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Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice