Ah, Mr Farage. The Paliamentary Standards Commissioner has been expecting you…
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Guitarist with Pendulum by night. Cycling commentator and pundit by day.
It seems I have a Japanese counterpart......
the Inner Ring blog@inrng.com · last mo.Anyone watching the Tour in Japan on J-Sports gets commentary from Osamu Kurimura (in yellow), Kiyoki Adachi... and Luke, the guitarist in heavy metal band Seikima II who is also a keen cycling fan when he's not devil-worshipping
Nigel Farage started his political career being beaten by a dolphin. It would be a fitting and just finale to see his career end by him being beaten by a bin.
This would be ace, just Binface and Binjuice on the ballot.
Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve
Brexit is so endlessly, relentlessly, pointlessly shit that it has now prevented readers of @2000ad.bsky.social comic in Europe from being able to subscribe to their favourite comic. Fuck Brexit and fuck all politicians who campaigned for this stupidity all the way to hell and back.
(Wales is the land of song because we invented "X Factor" and all children do it every year)
"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
On the way to London to speak to a delegation of MEPs about the barriers facing UK musicians while touring the EU since Brexit
The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
@wee-dumplin.bsky.social · 9mo agoJust saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves These always make me smile
My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today! It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him. Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social
Many thanks to @bloomsburysport.bsky.social for an advance copy of this fantastic book. Congratulations @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social, you've knocked it out of the park yet again. P.S. It's out tomorrow!
Mark Cavendish, George Orwell and Brendan Behan walk into a bar… How to write a best seller - from the pub open.substack.com/pub/iancleve...
“… this story has never been fully told.” Really? There’s an *entire chapter* in my book with WAY more granular detail on Radiohead/In Rainbows (see extract in The Guardian). At least Novel came up with a searingly original title for their podcast episode. Oh… www.theguardian.com/music/2019/f...
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
The NSF Hill Climb is ON! Thanks to Lewisham Council for your support, and to our charity partner, XO Bikes. Oct 18th. There are 50 places (free), choosing from three options to tackle the mighty "Mûr de Ned": Cycling, Running and Walking. Enter now: neverstraysfar.com/pages/events
Why is this thing not called Spikosaurus blackmetallus?
Prof Susie Maidment@tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 12mo agoHi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
This is a shuttered shop window on the Old Kent Road. Full of New Cross speedway memorabilia. I’d love to know the backstory
Helsinki and suburbs has a similar number of people as the Cardiff capital region. As with everything, the solutions exist. We just have to *do them*.
Mr and Mrs Trellis@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · last yr.Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death. A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.... yle.fi/a/74-20174831
I'm on the hunt for a new job. Are you hiring a Product Manager or need someone with extensive digital experience in another type of role? I am available on 1st September. Hybrid in London or Remote. Perm preferred but open to contract/freelance. #hireme #productmanager
If you've read this article and are curious about the podcast, I strongly recommend you read @eamonn-forde.bsky.social's "The Final Days of EMI: Selling The Pig" instead since the whole piece and, one presumes, the podcast too has, er, "extensively" lifted from it. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Like Succession meets Spinal Tap: how Britain’s best record label collapsed
Mick Jagger stormed out, Robbie Williams called them slave owners: a new podcast, Music, Money and Mayhem, explores the tale of rock ‘n’ roll excess that led to the downfall of EMI
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Q: What’s brass and sounds like Tom Jones? 🤔 A: Trombones. 😂🎶
Bluesky is the Latitude Festival* of social media. *where I once walked past a tent from which came an exasperated voice exclaiming "No! India! That's daddy's Yakult!"