Simon Smith
@simonsmith.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-Trinity Mirror, Manchester Evening News, etc. ‘I don’t know the sort of people who know the date’
MDANT in Madrid. Pop music mainly.
MDANT in Madrid. Pop music mainly.
Really showing my age here…
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Really showing my age here…
Wonder if this is the only one of these in Madrid?
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wonder if this is the only one of these in Madrid?
Dominic Cummings, eh? What a lad!
(Funny how strong the correlation is between being like this, and being rubbish at your job.)
(Funny how strong the correlation is between being like this, and being rubbish at your job.)
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Dominic Cummings, eh? What a lad!
(Funny how strong the correlation is between being like this, and being rubbish at your job.)
(Funny how strong the correlation is between being like this, and being rubbish at your job.)
Is it cheating to say HHhH by Laurent Binet? ‘Historical fiction’ isn’t quite right, given that the ‘fiction’ bit is trying to say something interesting about the process of ‘doing history’.
Anyway, it’s definitely a page-turner.
Anyway, it’s definitely a page-turner.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is it cheating to say HHhH by Laurent Binet? ‘Historical fiction’ isn’t quite right, given that the ‘fiction’ bit is trying to say something interesting about the process of ‘doing history’.
Anyway, it’s definitely a page-turner.
Anyway, it’s definitely a page-turner.
Kieran Tierney has ‘two singles on Postcard before being snapped up by a major label’ good looks. (Well done Scotland).
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kieran Tierney has ‘two singles on Postcard before being snapped up by a major label’ good looks. (Well done Scotland).
Something for the Germans…
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Something for the Germans…
Added so much as well. The massive synth solo. Deserves a publishing credit really.
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Added so much as well. The massive synth solo. Deserves a publishing credit really.
Ok. So, I’ve lived with this for a week now. If anyone has a better mid-album run than this, from the new Rosalia record, this decade… I will become a monk.
Lux is an astonishing work of art.
Lux is an astonishing work of art.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ok. So, I’ve lived with this for a week now. If anyone has a better mid-album run than this, from the new Rosalia record, this decade… I will become a monk.
Lux is an astonishing work of art.
Lux is an astonishing work of art.
Also, I think Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields might be a fan.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Also, I think Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields might be a fan.
‘Government source’
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
‘Government source’
Richard Ashcroft, ‘man of the moment’, speaks…
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Richard Ashcroft, ‘man of the moment’, speaks…
To be fair, this is quite funny. By American standards.
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
To be fair, this is quite funny. By American standards.
Oh god, stop briefing against big names in your own party. They’re like primary school children.
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Oh god, stop briefing against big names in your own party. They’re like primary school children.
I have ‘Virago clusters’. This is one of them.
October 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I have ‘Virago clusters’. This is one of them.
AI Overview helpful as ever.
October 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AI Overview helpful as ever.
Duo is cursed. Or sexy. No, cursed.
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Duo is cursed. Or sexy. No, cursed.
You can borrow our dog.
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You can borrow our dog.
Lovely late September evening here. The best time to be in Madrid. It’s like a second spring. Everything gets green again.
September 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lovely late September evening here. The best time to be in Madrid. It’s like a second spring. Everything gets green again.
It was peak Practical Electronics era as well. 1979 instructions on how to make your own ‘6 channel mixer’… available at your local paper shop.
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It was peak Practical Electronics era as well. 1979 instructions on how to make your own ‘6 channel mixer’… available at your local paper shop.