Simon Williams
@urmstonguy78.bsky.social
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A 'glass half empty' kind of guy
A 'glass half empty' kind of guy
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I loved Shooting Stars so much, and this has just reminded me of one of the central mysteries: how was Mark always able to guess whatever Vic was singing in the club style?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘We put a stink bomb in Stephen Fry’s shoe’: Vic and Bob on the inspired idiocy of Shooting Stars
‘Christians complained about the stuffed buzzard wearing a crucifix round its neck. Birds can’t be Christians, they said. It’s the most complaints we ever got’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I loved Shooting Stars so much, and this has just reminded me of one of the central mysteries: how was Mark always able to guess whatever Vic was singing in the club style?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
This was superb. So much so, it necessitates a rewatch of this masterpiece. Not that you need an excuse, mind.
Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Taxi Driver at 50: New York, Then and Now - BBC Sounds
The film Taxi Driver is 50 years old. Michael Goldfarb looks at New York then and now.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This was superb. So much so, it necessitates a rewatch of this masterpiece. Not that you need an excuse, mind.
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"Who was serving a jail sentence at the time"
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"Who was serving a jail sentence at the time"
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Like do you want people to hate the BBC. That has to be it. It can't be a normal person is watching this going yeah this is good enough for THE BBC
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Like do you want people to hate the BBC. That has to be it. It can't be a normal person is watching this going yeah this is good enough for THE BBC
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I genuinely think allowing this type of journalism should be seen as an attack on the BBC from the inside
#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane?
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
February 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I genuinely think allowing this type of journalism should be seen as an attack on the BBC from the inside
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On Arte's YouTube channel:
La rupture (1970) see Robin's thread
La femme infidèle (1969) famous last shot!
Le boucher (1970) blood on a brioche!
Les biches (1968) sexy love triangle!
Stéphane Audran admirers assemble!
La rupture (1970) see Robin's thread
La femme infidèle (1969) famous last shot!
Le boucher (1970) blood on a brioche!
Les biches (1968) sexy love triangle!
Stéphane Audran admirers assemble!
Les Biches - Claude Chabrol (1968)
YouTube video by LaurenceVonThomas
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
On Arte's YouTube channel:
La rupture (1970) see Robin's thread
La femme infidèle (1969) famous last shot!
Le boucher (1970) blood on a brioche!
Les biches (1968) sexy love triangle!
Stéphane Audran admirers assemble!
La rupture (1970) see Robin's thread
La femme infidèle (1969) famous last shot!
Le boucher (1970) blood on a brioche!
Les biches (1968) sexy love triangle!
Stéphane Audran admirers assemble!
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Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Taxi Driver at 50: New York, Then and Now - BBC Sounds
The film Taxi Driver is 50 years old. Michael Goldfarb looks at New York then and now.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I’ve said it before but the answer is to ignore the queue and just go straight to the bar, where the bar staff will almost always serve you because they also think it’s stupid, or go to a different pub
One of the realy interesting post-pandemic trends are 'people doing a thing that they clearly can't possibly be enjoying and ignoring everyone else urging them not to'.
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I’ve said it before but the answer is to ignore the queue and just go straight to the bar, where the bar staff will almost always serve you because they also think it’s stupid, or go to a different pub
A 'heads-up' that both 'The Red Shoes' and 'A Matter of Life and Death' are currently up on BBC iPlayer.
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A 'heads-up' that both 'The Red Shoes' and 'A Matter of Life and Death' are currently up on BBC iPlayer.
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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
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Sister to the late, great Catherine O'Hara, and she's still around and we should be listening to her all the time
Time to listen again. When Mojo Magazine released its Top 100 albums list, this was absolutely the most obscure album on it, but if you listen to it you will get it. music.apple.com/us/album/mis...
Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara on Apple Music
Album · 1988 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Sister to the late, great Catherine O'Hara, and she's still around and we should be listening to her all the time
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Somebody uploaded the last 120 Minutes of 1993 to YouTube and it is A RIDE. Two hours of live in studio performance by Suede, Swervedriver, Juliana Hatfield, Smashing Pumpkins and more to come.
January 31, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Somebody uploaded the last 120 Minutes of 1993 to YouTube and it is A RIDE. Two hours of live in studio performance by Suede, Swervedriver, Juliana Hatfield, Smashing Pumpkins and more to come.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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Yes!
My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Yes!
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Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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My latest piece on the commentators who repeat social-conservative arguments while presenting themselves as heterodox truthtellers www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos... @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Feminists against progress
Reactionary feminism advocates a politics aligned with the fringes of conservatism. Is it actually feminist?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
My latest piece on the commentators who repeat social-conservative arguments while presenting themselves as heterodox truthtellers www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos... @prospectmagazine.co.uk
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The Durutti Column
Vini Reilly (1989)
anniversary edition of this one also back in on wax 🌹
boomkat.com/products/vin...
Vini Reilly (1989)
anniversary edition of this one also back in on wax 🌹
boomkat.com/products/vin...
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Durutti Column
Vini Reilly (1989)
anniversary edition of this one also back in on wax 🌹
boomkat.com/products/vin...
Vini Reilly (1989)
anniversary edition of this one also back in on wax 🌹
boomkat.com/products/vin...
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Happy 40th birthday to Prefab Sprout's Johnny Johnny (AKA Lucile #1), which was released as a single on this day in 1986. Here's a great live performance on the Whistle Test
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
Prefab Sprout Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny) OGWT
YouTube video by bisonrav
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January 27, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Happy 40th birthday to Prefab Sprout's Johnny Johnny (AKA Lucile #1), which was released as a single on this day in 1986. Here's a great live performance on the Whistle Test
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
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these people seem like idiots
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
these people seem like idiots
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.