John Spithead
@johnspithead.bsky.social
Working class, vegan FTA, runner (parkrun, marathon, ultra), lefty, Leyton Orient FC, granddad. London - Birmingham - Adelaide. I like to scream my unsolicited opinions about the tunes I'm playing into the void.
10 acts you've seen as support acts: Anvil(Quo) Simply Red(James Brown) Cold Chisel(Slade) Beans On Toast(Billy Bragg) Matumbi(Ian Dury & the Blockheads) The Meteors(Theatre of Hate) LL Cool J(Run DMC) The Mo-Dettes(Madness) Zion Train(Test Department) Roddy Radiation & the Tearjerkers(Bo Diddley)
It's 4:40am. Stick your countdown to kick off up your hole.
I like that Belgian kit. It's like it's been worn to a gender-reveal colour run.
Enciso's hair looks like he wants to be a punk but his mom won't let him, so they've had to compromise.
Wish they'd stop ringing that doorbell in World Cup games. Makes my dogs bark.
I think the only positive thing I can say about working the night shift tonight is that I get to watch Holland vs Sweden. What a cracker.
Sad to hear that Phil Beckett from P.A.I.N. has died. Always a smashing bloke. Rest in peace.
Advice for life: Don't stuff down half a bag of Sour Patch Kids in the middle of an ultra-marathon.
I usually drive an EV, but had to fill my van up with petrol today. Jesus, petrol's expensive. I'm surprised no-one's mentioned it
I made the mistake of logging onto the updated discogs app and now I've got a shocking migraine!
How can you run an Indian supermarket and not call it HALDI?
My first Substack post open.substack.com/pub/daveweas...
Subculture, Not Subservience: Why Punk Isn't Right-Wing
Joe Rogan once said, very confidently, very incorrectly, that “Republicans are the new punk rock.” This is the kind of statement that sounds profound if you say it fast and don’t stop to think about i...
open.substack.com
Yesterday I learned that Barnaby Joyce is only 58. (This isn't a complement.)
Starmer has not so much “lost the dressing room” as curled out a turd on the dressing room floor before assuring the team that he was advised by someone else that defecating there would really impress another team owner who is absolutely smeared with shit.
It'll be interesting to see how the where's your poppy brigade excuse the draft dodger's comments.
INVENTOR OF ICE CREAM: okay okay i’ll make it jfc everyone just stop screaming
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Now playing Weather Report - Black Market 👇Read here👇 friendica.world/display/84b6... #🎧 #NowPlaying #CD #WeatherReport #BlackMarket #JazzFusion #Music
Now playing - Swingbillies 4xCD box set 👇Read here👇 friendica.world/display/84b6... #🎧 #NowPlaying #CD #VariousArtists #Swingbillies #WesternSwing #BoxSet #AndrewHickey #500SongsPodcast #Music
