I’ve been slogging away at my music website for some time now, and it’s very nearly ready. Some final bugs to work out with crossposting to micro.blog but the fundamentals are there! Will keep soldiering away until I’ve got it ready …
🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Black Sheep by Metric
Black Sheep by Metric
Been practicing this to play with my band and my word what an absolute banger it is!
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Beer Log 🍺: Steady Rolling Man by DEYA Brewing Company at N O R D I E
It’s Friday, it’s 17:30pm, it’s beer o’clock!
Beer Log 🍺: Magic Number 4.0 by Barrett Brewing - Portland Maine at Talleyrand
A lot like Sierra Nevada
🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Eternal Pharmacy by The Cindys
Eternal Pharmacy by The Cindys
A new-to-me band I've found that are playing at Green Man in a few weeks. Very much like this and have the CD on the way!
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Movie Log 🍿: Ice Cream Man, 2026 - ★
What have I just watched? Here’s a stream of consciousness:
What qualifies as “story” is aping every horror film you’ve ever seen.
I laughed my head off at it the entire time.
The poor guy playing the ice cream man didn’t even get a line!
Gets a star …
🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Crancod by Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn
Crancod by Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn
I know if I understood the lyrics I’d be vibing with them. This rocks!
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Movie Log 🍿: Amores Perros, 2000 - ★★★★½
I love when a movie really just achieves feeling real. This is really raw, no holds barred storytelling and the result is that it’s gripping. The crossover moments between the characters are just the chef’s kiss. Terrific
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Movie Log 🍿: Hoppers, 2026 - ★★★½
Very fun. I’m certain the alternative mayor would surely terrify the intended audience of this film but I loved it
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Movie Log 🍿: Event Horizon, 1997 - ★★★½
Now this is cinema. Terrific sci-fi horror that’s really worshipping Alien. The soundtrack is excellent, the special effects are great.
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Movie Log 🍿: The Odyssey, 2026 - ★★★★
My favourite Nolan movie is still Memento after all this. The Odyssey is non-stop, and certainly doesn’t feel like its runtime. Really well acted, casting perfect and definitely something that works on the big screen (The screaming in the cave was …
🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Out of Routine by Idlewild
Out of Routine by Idlewild
I had to get the bus to work today when I’d normally cycle. This song immediately popped into my head. Funny how that happens
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🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Television Screens by Fontaines D.C.
Television Screens by Fontaines D.C.
This album really captured lightning in a bottle. What a great band!
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🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Nosedive by Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Nosedive by Man/Woman/Chainsaw
I keep hearing this song on the radio and LOVE how warm it feels.
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Movie Log 🍿: Evil Dead Burn, 2026 - ★★★½
It’s got all your horror tropes rolled into one. Even a nice Jaws moment. Tonnes of over-the-top slapstick gore, bits of comic relief and zombies whose favourite word is “bitch”. Great fun
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🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Cha Cha Slide by Getdown Services
Cha Cha Slide by Getdown Services
Hilariously told from the perspective of a 6 year old at a school disco
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🎵🪐 Trackplanet: Gary Ashby by Dry Cleaning
Gary Ashby by Dry Cleaning
Hello? Is this thing on?
This is my all-time most played song on last.fm, and feels right for it to be the first song ever posted to Trackplanet.
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Movie Log 🍿: The Invite, 2026 - ★★★★★
Sleeper hit of the year! Funny, intense, dramatic. The works. Switches genre so well. Love that it’s got that “bottle episode” feel with you never leaving the apartment. Hard to find a single fault
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Beer Log 🍺: Half Dome by Track Brewing Company at Untappd at Home
Unmarked can and I’m sure it is this beer
Castlefield Bowl summer shows never disappoint. Wet Leg on Wednesday was another smasher.
Movie Log 🍿: Disclosure Day, 2026
It’s so hard to review this! It’s mental. There’s some poor writing (the nurse letting us know about Margaret’s traumatic event was an eye roll), there’s far too many gratuitous shots of an Alfa Romeo (every other car driven in the film is from the …
Beer Log 🍺: Carmen's Pulling Power by Snowdonia at Snowdonia Parc Brewpub
This is the one!
A few sunny days in Bordeaux just wandering round and loving it.
Beer Log 🍺: Wooolf by Brasserie Lalune at Brasseurs Lalune
It’s a scorcher in Bordeaux and it’s beer o’clock
Movie Log 🍿: The Fog, 1980 - ★★★★
Second film I’ve watched in France on this trip. What a classic. Starting with the ghost story is a touch a genius with the film being one itself. Soundtrack, effects, acting all spot on. I’d LOVE to run a radio station in a lighthouse
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