I knew I'd find one.

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

I like reading novels by authors from my holiday destinations, to give a bit of extra flavour to the trip, so – does anyone know any good writers from Great Britain?

Got, I believe, four gems for a tenner at Abney Books, N16, so I can almost pardon that the books were sorted not alphabetically but *randomly*.

It's not the first time I post a mildly amusing joke on social media, but it is the first time it got 2K retweets. Fun/crazy watching the numbers go up. Now back to at best one or two likes.

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Sunset 21:14

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sunset 21:55

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

July reading [✓] Not pictured: Seichō Matsumoto: Tokyo Express (audio). A month of all library books. Favourites: Krause for the language, Bennett for the shenanigans.

Læst: Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen: Illusionernes fald (2026). God, vidende bog om Danmarks situation i verden i dette århundrede. Irriterende mange trykfejl, som det så ofte ses i dag – gør det bedre, forlag!

Two things I saw yesterday.

Read, with Junior: Judith Kerr: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (1971). I am afraid it wasn't quite the masterpiece I expected. A nice, evocative semi-autobiographical story which would have had more structure and plot without the autobio.

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 50. No 1. ✨🌟⭐ 12 points ⭐🌟✨ Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for The National Anthem (Radiohead, 00). www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfQD...

The National Anthem

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 49. No 2. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Robyn and Kleerup: With Every Heartbeat (07) Mmmm, melancholy motorik. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ojH...

I like reading novels by authors from my holiday destinations, to give a bit of extra flavour to the trip, so – does anyone know any good writers from Great Britain?

Read: Arnold Bennett: The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902). Weird, fun novel, part mystery, part Wodehousian farce, mostly set in a fancy hotel among millionaires, royals and criminals. A holiday read.

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 49. No 2. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Robyn and Kleerup: With Every Heartbeat (07) Mmmm, melancholy motorik. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ojH...

Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 48. No 3. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Erykah Badu: Honey (07) The supreme groove of the decade. And a pretty funny video with a wee nod to ex Mr Badu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkH...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 48. No 3. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Erykah Badu: Honey (07) The supreme groove of the decade. And a pretty funny video with a wee nod to ex Mr Badu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkH...

Erykah Badu - Honey

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 47. No 4. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Outkast: B.O.B. (00) Resistance is futile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVeh...

Apparently all it took to get me to unfollow The Booker was for them to start writing nonsense about star signs.

The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · 2w ago

Leo, of course we chose only Booker-winning books for you. You are the main character after all... Happy Leo season ♌

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 47. No 4. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Outkast: B.O.B. (00) Resistance is futile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVeh...

Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Official HD Video)

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 46. No 5. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Lambchop: Up with People (00) When I first heard this, I thought it was a cover. It felt like a song that had been in the world all my life. I still had to look it up again just now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Px...

The green is everywhere.

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Approaching summer solstice.

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 46. No 5. ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Lambchop: Up with People (00) When I first heard this, I thought it was a cover. It felt like a song that had been in the world all my life. I still had to look it up again just now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Px...

Lambchop - Up With People

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 45. No 6. Radiohead: Everything In Its Right Place (00) The opening song of my favourite album of the decade. Annoyingly for this challenge, an album of no singles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUnX...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 45. No 6. Radiohead: Everything In Its Right Place (00) The opening song of my favourite album of the decade. Annoyingly for this challenge, an album of no singles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUnX...

Everything In Its Right Place

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 44. No 7. Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue (08) The first of my three non-singles. Utter bliss. youtu.be/rZi-OV61WDM?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 44. No 7. Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue (08) The first of my three non-singles. Utter bliss. youtu.be/rZi-OV61WDM?...

Acid Tongue

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 43. No 8. Asa-Chang and Junray: Hana (01) From one sample based song to another. I think I heard this in one of the PPP's and have loved it ever since. youtu.be/NeWhd3dcplM?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 43. No 8. Asa-Chang and Junray: Hana (01) From one sample based song to another. I think I heard this in one of the PPP's and have loved it ever since. youtu.be/NeWhd3dcplM?...

Asa-Chang & Junray - Hana

YouTube video by ayyray

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 42. No 9. Angie Stone: Wish I Didn't Miss You (02 single from 01 album) Still astounded she did this two decades after The Sequence. youtu.be/9PWz-NubVpM?...

Read: G.K. Chesterton: The Man Who Was Thursday (1908). Not quite convincing as a thriller, nor as a philosophical novel, but an entertaining and wild romp all the same.

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 42. No 9. Angie Stone: Wish I Didn't Miss You (02 single from 01 album) Still astounded she did this two decades after The Sequence. youtu.be/9PWz-NubVpM?...

Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 41. No 10. Azari & III: Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake Remix) (10 remix of 09 single) Into the top ten, and sadly I still have five unpicked songs, including this banging house track. youtu.be/c7qBl-33QXo?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 41. No 10. Azari & III: Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake Remix) (10 remix of 09 single) Into the top ten, and sadly I still have five unpicked songs, including this banging house track. youtu.be/c7qBl-33QXo?...

Reckless with Your Love (Tensnake Remix)

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 40. No 11. Doves: There Goes The Fear (02) I may love this one more than it deserves, but I could play it for hours. youtu.be/SneuvKIkM3A?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 40. No 11. Doves: There Goes The Fear (02) I may love this one more than it deserves, but I could play it for hours. youtu.be/SneuvKIkM3A?...

Doves - There Goes The Fear

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 39. No 12. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great (07). A band designed to be loved by me; but I can't muster more than a certain admiration. *This* song though – 💔 youtu.be/qwoLACv_srQ?...

Listened to: Seichō Matsumoto: Tokyo Express (1958. Read by E. Matsuura, translated by J. Kirkwood). Japanese detective novel, almost Golden Ageish in its relative psychological flatness and focus on the puzzling out of alibis, especially via train schedules. Not a masterpiece, but time well spent.

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 39. No 12. LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great (07). A band designed to be loved by me; but I can't muster more than a certain admiration. *This* song though – 💔 youtu.be/qwoLACv_srQ?...

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great (Official Video)

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 38. No 13. Aimee Mann: Red Vines (01). I could pick so many tunes from this album. Such a great songwriter. youtu.be/hdT0WJQG5R8?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 38. No 13. Aimee Mann: Red Vines (01). I could pick so many tunes from this album. Such a great songwriter. youtu.be/hdT0WJQG5R8?...

Red Vines

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 37. No 14. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind (09) Anthemic. youtu.be/vk6014HuxcE?...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 37. No 14. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind (09) Anthemic. youtu.be/vk6014HuxcE?...

JAŸ-Z - Empire State Of Mind ft. Alicia Keys

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 4w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 36. No 15. The Charlatans: A Man Needs to Be Told (01) And now, the prettiest song on my list. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoNb...

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 36. No 15. The Charlatans: A Man Needs to Be Told (01) And now, the prettiest song on my list. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoNb...

The Charlatans - A Man Needs To Be Told

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 4w ago

#THEN0UGHTIE5. Day 35. No 16. Róisín Murphy: Let Me Know (07) The best noughties disco banger in a very strong field. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj1B...