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Simon Tomes
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Music Explorer | 💿 HiRes Digital Album Lover | Drummer | 🥁 #DrumsForWellbeing | Community Professional | Writing about Community Confidence simontomes.com | Bluesky User #383 since Feb 23 | he/him | Not active here for testing stuff, I use LinkedIn.
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Bring on the next generation triple lock.

Great idea from Shuab Gamote.

app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/149005...

@thenewworldmag.bsky.social.
missing, and has been missing for a long time, is trust. A belief that young people can be a source of energy, ideas and renewal. That principle needs to run much deeper than youth policy. If we are serious about turning audacity into opportunity, the next generation needs a new settlement: call it Next Generation Triple Lock. The basic promise should be simple - that young people will not fall behind on the three foundations of a decent start in life: housing they can afford, education or training that opens doors, and the chance to build real relationships, community and belonging. Right now, too many feel locked out of all three. Generation Z should be remembered as the Generation of Resilience. They endured a system that asked a lot and offered too little in return. Generation A deserves something better. They deserve to be the Generation of Ambition and Audacity. We already know they have hope. I saw it on a train, in a chart on my screen. You hear it if you speak to anyone who works with young people. Ask them what gives them hope and they will tell you the same thing, again and again: the next generation. The real question is whether we are brave enough to meet that hope, or whether we will once again allow it to be slowly worn down by a system too cautious to believe in the future it claims to want. 'Shuab Gamote is a researcher and writer whose work explores how young people understand politics, identity and helonine. He is also a board member at One Million
January 24, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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💿 Ep of the week:

The Stone Roses like groove of this EP by Das Druid.

There's even the surprise use of a squelchy 303 on the song "Less Than 3".

open.qobuz.com/album/gpzf0g...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ra...
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Sister Ray, Soho, London. You can pick only one.
Window front of the record store Sister Ray in Soho. There are plenty of vinyl and CD album options.
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Classic remix! #RaveyardShift

youtu.be/QtakY9evakc?...

open.qobuz.com/track/10222084
Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix) by Depeche Mode on Qobuz player.
January 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Everyone’s gone to bed. Solo kitchen disco for me, tidying up from our meal. Got some DM remixes to keep me company.
Qobuz music player connected to a Bluesound M speaker. In Chains (Tigerskin’s No Sleep Remix Edit) by Depeche Mode is playing.
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Ah yeah, that’s what song sampled it! Soundtrack to my uni days @louiseann.bsky.social
Who sampled web page with Steal My Sunshine sampling More, More, More
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Feel good jazzy disco house vibes!

Cc: @louiseann.bsky.social @acidgrandads.bsky.social @ono-ch1.bsky.social @cartwheelcaff.bsky.social @sistapledge.bsky.social @jarmain-etc.bsky.social @andydunn295.bsky.social @squirlykat.bsky.social

youtu.be/2MrI2tlujP8?...

open.qobuz.com/track/18934320
Screengrab of Qobuz music player. Think Positive (Joey Negro Club Mix) by Foreal People is playing.
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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TIL Larry Carlton played guitar on all my favourite The Crusaders albums.

I've love all Larry's work with Steely Dan and can't believe I hadn't made the connection before today.

Still learning! 😅

Here's Chain Reaction.

open.qobuz.com/album/000767...
Album cover for The Crusaders Chain Reaction.
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Phil’s drum production on Fading Lights is exquisite. 😍
Screen grab of a Qobuz music player on iPhone. Album cover for Genesis’ We Can’t Dance. Fading Lights is playing.
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Disco cooking time!
Qobuz music player. Dave Lee’s 2023 Essentials. Windy City Theme by AC Soul Symphony is playing
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Staying at my mother-in-laws. You can pick only one. 😀
A shelving unit with DVDs on it.
December 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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@banquetrecords.com’s 25 of 2025.

#Albums
A poster of album covers in a shop front window.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Kitchen rave cooking.

Cheers for the prompt, @louiseann.bsky.social.
Fluke playing on the Qobuz music player to a speaker in the kitchen.
December 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Throughout the year I’ve updated a list of album releases that I’ve enjoyed listening to. They’ve been on repeat and shone in their own particular way.

Hopefully by the end of this year I’ll revisit them all and come up with a Top 10, with a bit of commentary.

Gonna start the revisit today. 😀
Albums of the Year 2025 contenders Mentalized - Skeleton Renascence - Cymande Constellations For The Lonely – Doves The future can wait – Worriedaboutsatan Letters from the Atlantic – Butcher Brown All The Quiet (Part 1) - Joe Armon-Jones Snapped Ankles Blue Moon Safari - Vegan and Air Skeletá - Ghost Sunset Breaker - Mystic Jungle Italodisco, soft rock, sophisti-pop MYT - Moses Yoofee Trio NEVER ENOUGH - Turnstile Solina - Hidden Spheres Jazz/Electronica Necessary Fictions - GoGo Penguin Tuff Times Never Last - Kokoroko The Mandala Vortex - Visions of Light Loner - Barry Can’t Swim Lumin Rain - Arc De Soleil Moments - Cut Copy Auto fiction - Rudi Zygadlo Buddhist Hipsters - The Orb Find a Way - Matt Wilde ICONOCLASTS - Anna von Hauswolff
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Miller on bass. Gadd on drums. Beautiful.

open.qobuz.com/track/11534211
Music player screen showing David Sanborn’s album “Voyeur” with the track “Let’s Just Say Goodbye” currently playing.
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Happy Monday thanks to @louiseann.bsky.social. 🎉
An iOS notification from Mixcloud that Louise T has uploaded her The Secret Handshake radio show from 13th December 2025.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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House FM delivering the tunes! 😍
Skawara by MacZito.
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Friday night tunes. 💃🕺

#FunkyHouse
Hold you back by Aleysha Lei & Nooks
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I can't stop playing this track. The drum pattern and style is mesmerising. Have a listen to the kick pattern against the hat pattern. 😵

Moses Yoofee Trio - OCEAN

open.qobuz.com/track/339325...

#JazzSky
Moses Yoofee Trio - OCEAN on the Qobuz music player. Three men look cool on the front cover.
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Blue sky jet stream with a tint of red.
A blue sky close to the start of dusk. A plane creates a jet stream with hints of red.
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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What I'm wearing to the BlueSky Christmas party.
Noel Edmond’s wearing some 90s attire, probably during a Noel’s House Party Christmas Special.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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It was time.
Two glasses of baileys.
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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I look forward to reading it.
The New World newspaper. Special edition. AI: counting the cost. A six fingered hand is being counted by another hand.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Always struggled with most of Thin Lizzy's albums cos the production is terrible. Always felt Brian Downey's drums were never given enough attention. He's such an incredible performer.

So pleased to hear this updated mix. His drums and Phil's bass have come alive.

open.qobuz.com/album/t4rakl...
Screen grab of a section of the Qobuz music player. Night Life/Fighting (2024 Mix) by Thin Lizzy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Uh oh. 🎄
A bag of open Cheeselets crisps/snacks.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM