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ianRobinson

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Writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music #NewMusic

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I’ve tweaked my right hip. That’ll help put a dent in the May walking stats due to me resting it for a bit. Current total distance walked so far this month is 136 km.

WarnerCrocker, to chicago
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Good morning. The big move adventure continues as we wait for the furniture movers to arrive.

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@WarnerCrocker Is the new place nearby? Will there be any silver linings from the forced move?

ianRobinson,
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@WarnerCrocker Fingers crossed the neighbours as good etc.

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🥳 5 minute highlights video of Sussex winning in a tight finish against Yorkshire 😊

https://youtu.be/lVHh4Rx-DwU

#Cricket

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The Big Door Prize is still wonderfully weird 😊

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Highlights of the third T20 Cricket International between England and Pakistan Women.

https://youtu.be/aHllFhIo6kY

drmikepj, to random
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It’s quite cold outside. -19C with a brisk 11kt wind, so it feels like -29C.

Selfie with tents and a snowfield behind

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@drmikepj Quite cold 🥶

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@drmikepj Enjoy 😊

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This weeks episode of NSTAAF is superb. https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/112466809609781339

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Earliest music memories: listening to Radio Luxembourg on a small radio. Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy is the earliest song I recall loving. On TV I remember Killer Queen by Queen on ToTPs in UK.

First record I bought with my “own” money (it was saved pocket money) was A Day at The Races by Queen. I’d been bought singles (mostly by Slade) before that and got A Night at the Opera album for Christmas in 1975.

First gig: Hawkwind, with Ginger Baker guesting on drums. https://toot.wales/@HannahHowe/112467086221042576

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Post 2 of 2: I added 31 music releases to my library this week. Playlists below with a track from each of the releases (sorted alphabetically): Josie Wray & King Navassa, Lonely in the Rain & PEARL, Lyn Lapid & mxmtoon, Major Love, Orla Gartland, renforshort, Riley Pearce & Savannah Conley, Roe Kapara, Samia, SIØBHAN, Sunday (1994), The Daybreakers, The Howlers, The Warning, Veronica, and 16 in post 1.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-19th-may-2024/pl.u-380leuPamN

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2BHgKVQZXQpnnGJ9twnnXV?si=8d8a863376b84cf0

#Music #NewMusic

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Post 1 of 2: I added 31 new releases to my music library this week. Playlists below with a track from each of the releases (sorted alphabetically): able machines, Anja Kotar, Ariel Bellvalaire, Arielle, Bella Rios, Beth Gibbons, BOVIY, buffchick, Café del mundo, Constant Follower, Dreams They Have Stolen, Dump Babes, girli, Hotel Fiction, Jesca Hoop and John Parish, Kronowski and the 15 in Post 2.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-19th-may-2024/pl.u-380leuPamN

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2BHgKVQZXQpnnGJ9twnnXV?si=8d8a863376b84cf0

#Music #NewMusic

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I love the new Jesca Hoop and John Parish single 🥰
and John Parish

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Songwhip: https://songwhip.com/jesca-hoop/but-i-did-not

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What are your earliest musical memories, or the first records you bought?

My earliest musical memories are of listening to my grandparents’ records. They included:

45rpm Danny Williams - Moon River
78rpm Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
33rpm Winifred Atwell - Double Seven: Seven Rags Seven Boogies

I also loved the record labels, particularly the HMV labels.

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@HannahHowe

Earliest music memories: listening to Radio Luxembourg on a small radio. Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy is the earliest song I recall loving. On TV I remember Killer Queen by Queen on ToTPs in UK.

First record I bought with my “own” money (it was saved pocket money) was A Day at The Races by Queen. I’d been bought singles (mostly by Slade) before that and got A Night at the Opera album for Christmas in 1975.

First gig: Hawkwind, with Ginger Baker guesting on drums.

ianRobinson,
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@HannahHowe It was like early pirate radio. The sound faded in and out. But it was rebellious so happy days 😊

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I won £30 on the UK National Lottery. The time between seeing the email to say you’ve won a prize and logging into the website to see if you are a millionaire never gets old!

Still not a millionaire.

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@tenjinuk 😂

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@stuart Yep ☺️

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Listening to No Such Thing As A Fish - (531. No Such Thing As A Teaspoon of Coal): https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com

James, Anna, Andy and Dan discuss speeding swallows, Swedish statues, staining glass and selling time. Visit https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.

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I don’t use Overcast due to it using its own URL shortener that takes you to the Overcast site when you share a podcast. Rather than a link to the original podcast source. Example:

Share from Downcast: https://shows.acast.com/nature/episodes/lizard-inspired-building-design-could-save-lives

Share from Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+7bvMDcw

For completeness, here is the same episode shared from Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nature-podcast/id81934659?i=1000655686282

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@stuart I hate that about Overcast. I want to link to original sources.

Hopefully Downcast will issue a fix soon. It’s my favourite podcast player. By a long way.

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The podcast directory isn’t working in Downcast at present. No podcasts load in the category views and searches return zero results.

The directory is working in Apple Podcasts and Overcast.

ianRobinson, to random
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TIL that The Now Show last episode was on the 19th April.

The stupid BBC four week delay on public podcast feeds to try to get people to use BBC Sounds meant I haven’t listened to any of the recent series.

If enough people also didn’t listen to a “topical news show” four weeks after its broadcast date then that might have fed into its cancellation.

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Tony O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s leading business figures, dies aged 88
O’Reilly, who was also an international rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, died in Dublin on Saturday
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/18/tony-oreilly-one-of-irelands-leading-business-figures-dies-aged-88

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