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Bob Farquhar

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Anglo-Scottish southerner who has lived in Liverpool for 30-something years. Writes plays.

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There's too much ambient music. Things would improve if ambient musicians had to produce a symphonic power metal LP, a Carnatic grindcore ballet or a jazz fusion opera in F# Phrygian once every 5 years, just to show they can (cf The Straight Story) before being allowed to fire up the reverb again.

15.02.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 6
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"And we now have MarΓ­a on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

16.01.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 4525 πŸ” 1349 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 44
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.

12.01.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 4803 πŸ” 2171 πŸ’¬ 247 πŸ“Œ 165

Well obviously there are thousands of "B&W Movies that are not boring" but for the sake of the meme:

A Colt Is My Passport
Letter Never Sent
The Sweet Smell Of Success
L'Atalante

15.09.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10

I've set up a charity for atheists

It's a non prophet organisation

04.08.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.11.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration

22.10.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 2743 πŸ” 443 πŸ’¬ 244 πŸ“Œ 55
The Road To Looking For A Day In The Night - a conversation with Pete Paphides.  Episode One.
The Road To Looking For A Day In The Night - a conversation with Pete Paphides. Episode One. YouTube video by The Lilac Time

Hey look it’s a cheerful me talking about myself but failing to mention the revords im trying to sell! youtube.com/watch?v=ELU7...

21.08.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dumpster labeled β€œEARTH BORING.”

Dumpster labeled β€œEARTH BORING.”

alien graffiti can be pretty hurtful πŸ˜”

02.07.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 12614 πŸ” 1562 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 117
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30.06.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bath Saturday night

02.06.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Probably best known in the UK for his song Paralysed, which appeared on the Kenny Everett worst songs ever album. David Bowie was a big fan of him.

06.05.2025 05:56 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Newborough beach

05.05.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brighton

18.03.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FB reminds me of a 13 year old letter to the Daily Mail which rendered all subsequent letters to the Daily Mail redundant. This was the pinnacle.

02.03.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 405 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 16
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Faro

20.02.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTONβ€”Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a β€œhighly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

05.02.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 68815 πŸ” 15930 πŸ’¬ 1071 πŸ“Œ 967
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Gozo

19.01.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boxing day walk

26.12.2024 12:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was at pretty much every gig from Cockney Rebel in 74 until Sept 78. Extraordinary that Aylesbury had such a venue

23.11.2024 09:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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People Ice-cream Sun Indigestion Breeze Punch & Judy Bingo Bingo Shrimps Traffic Jam People Deck Chairs Candyfloss Transistors OAP's Nivea Cream Kids Calamine Lotion Bingo Buckets Seagulls Spades Rest Bingo all over the place but we are happy.

21.11.2024 08:06 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rainy day in Lodge Lane

17.11.2024 17:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sat afternoon rediscovery of this post-punkish before post-punkish was even a thing masterpiece with @sofasound.bsky.social

16.11.2024 17:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great article.

β€œThat significant numbers instead see it as a vehicle to channel their fears and resentment-driven emotional instincts – beyond facts – is the existential challenge facing democracy today.”

16.11.2024 11:51 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Laurie Anderson last night. She creates soundscapes like no one else and extraordinary and v moving end of first half with Lou Reed making an appearance. 2nd half though was a disappointing mess

16.11.2024 10:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New painting. The village that escaped gravity

15.11.2024 13:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Greenback Liverpool

Greenback Liverpool

15.11.2024 00:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really seems that being a singularly worthless man is still a major advantage over being an exceptionally impressive woman.

06.11.2024 04:50 πŸ‘ 5100 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 43