Stephen Perrin
@steperrin.bsky.social
Forged in the Black Country. Heavy metal. West Bromwich Albion. Below average bass hack. Interested in active transport and road harm prevention.
[Moseley, Birmingham]
[Moseley, Birmingham]
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Stephen Perrin
@steperrin.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Part of the Theory | Famished Mammon (Official Music Video 4K)
YouTube video by Part Of The Theory
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Objectively, and I do mean that, the best song of 2025. Hope they crack on and do an album soon.
Had been looking at Quest Fest in dinglehampton in a fortnight and thinking £60 is a bit much when I only want to see Fortune Teller and Masterplan. Would have gone if they'd added Roses Of Thieves, who are supporting Myrath's tour. But they haven't so I'm not going.
September 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Had been looking at Quest Fest in dinglehampton in a fortnight and thinking £60 is a bit much when I only want to see Fortune Teller and Masterplan. Would have gone if they'd added Roses Of Thieves, who are supporting Myrath's tour. But they haven't so I'm not going.
I just felt another hundred hairs turn grey.
40 years ago, that corner of the bus would have had a small window where you could look down and check the top of the driver's head was okay.
(I think the driver also used it as a kind of periscope to check on upstairs)
I miss that.
(I think the driver also used it as a kind of periscope to check on upstairs)
I miss that.
September 26, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I just felt another hundred hairs turn grey.
Four. I've seen four of these. I'm not really a telly person.
Not in the list, I liked The Dead Zone but I don't think Sky bothered to show the later series.
Not in the list, I liked The Dead Zone but I don't think Sky bothered to show the later series.
Here’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Four. I've seen four of these. I'm not really a telly person.
Not in the list, I liked The Dead Zone but I don't think Sky bothered to show the later series.
Not in the list, I liked The Dead Zone but I don't think Sky bothered to show the later series.
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Back when I wrote Lost Lanes North, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park was free to enter if you arrived by bike (or on foot or public transport). If you arrived by car, you had to pay a parking fee. Today, car parking is free, and all visitors pay the same entry fee.
September 24, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Back when I wrote Lost Lanes North, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park was free to enter if you arrived by bike (or on foot or public transport). If you arrived by car, you had to pay a parking fee. Today, car parking is free, and all visitors pay the same entry fee.
Cycling back from Heartlands earlier I had a very impatient driver behind me with enough grasp of physics not to be dangerous but entitled enough to lean on his horn because Must Get In Front.
Dear reader, I turned around and I shushed him like a parent scolding a naughty child.
Dear reader, I turned around and I shushed him like a parent scolding a naughty child.
Robert Downey Jr. Shushes
Alt: Shush.
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September 24, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Cycling back from Heartlands earlier I had a very impatient driver behind me with enough grasp of physics not to be dangerous but entitled enough to lean on his horn because Must Get In Front.
Dear reader, I turned around and I shushed him like a parent scolding a naughty child.
Dear reader, I turned around and I shushed him like a parent scolding a naughty child.
Benign, not cancerous but abnormal and the doctor's requested a CT scan to find out more.
I wheeze on.
He stuck another bloody camera up my nose so my throat is funny from huffing numbing gel.
I wheeze on.
He stuck another bloody camera up my nose so my throat is funny from huffing numbing gel.
Nearly missed my appointment because my time management is appalling and turned up wheezing from trying to push hard on a Limebike, but it's ok because the doctor isn't even here.
September 24, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Benign, not cancerous but abnormal and the doctor's requested a CT scan to find out more.
I wheeze on.
He stuck another bloody camera up my nose so my throat is funny from huffing numbing gel.
I wheeze on.
He stuck another bloody camera up my nose so my throat is funny from huffing numbing gel.
Nearly missed my appointment because my time management is appalling and turned up wheezing from trying to push hard on a Limebike, but it's ok because the doctor isn't even here.
September 24, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Nearly missed my appointment because my time management is appalling and turned up wheezing from trying to push hard on a Limebike, but it's ok because the doctor isn't even here.
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September 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
September 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Yeah, I thought that looked great until the moment I clicked save. Now it's the worst thing ever and I hate it.
September 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Yeah, I thought that looked great until the moment I clicked save. Now it's the worst thing ever and I hate it.
Passed this on the way in while the area was teeming with police and firefighters. Road's still closed.
Roof's obviously completely gone and the building's awaiting demolition now. Awful.
Roof's obviously completely gone and the building's awaiting demolition now. Awful.
September 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Passed this on the way in while the area was teeming with police and firefighters. Road's still closed.
Roof's obviously completely gone and the building's awaiting demolition now. Awful.
Roof's obviously completely gone and the building's awaiting demolition now. Awful.
Some Of You May Die But It's A Sacrifice Mark Johnston MP Is Willing To Make.
Mark says equalities law will be removed if Farage wins. Claims Kamala Harris lost because of Trump's ads about trans people.
September 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Some Of You May Die But It's A Sacrifice Mark Johnston MP Is Willing To Make.
Afternoon. Albion Women again take the points with a late winner, Naomi Smart beating the keeper from 25 yards to score the only goal of the game deep in stoppage time.
A tightly contested match that Rugby Borough might feel aggrieved not to have won but for poor finishing. #WBA #FAWNL
A tightly contested match that Rugby Borough might feel aggrieved not to have won but for poor finishing. #WBA #FAWNL
September 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Oh good Mike Batt's on Bluesky.
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September 19, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Oh good Mike Batt's on Bluesky.
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The YouTube algos introduced me to Freeze The Fall. Young metal power trio (as opposed to a power metal trio) from Canada – barely out of school. Reckon they'll be big.
Freeze the Fall - Crescents and the Torch (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Freeze the Fall
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September 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The YouTube algos introduced me to Freeze The Fall. Young metal power trio (as opposed to a power metal trio) from Canada – barely out of school. Reckon they'll be big.
This is for an APPG talking shop not a bloody committee.
UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
It comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is for an APPG talking shop not a bloody committee.
Cracking video this. Heard bits of Evil Invaders before and liked them but never got round to having a deeper listen.
Turns out they're playing the pub literally at the end of my road next March. Ten-minute walk away. 🤘
Turns out they're playing the pub literally at the end of my road next March. Ten-minute walk away. 🤘
EVIL INVADERS - Dreamstate (Offical Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
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September 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Cracking video this. Heard bits of Evil Invaders before and liked them but never got round to having a deeper listen.
Turns out they're playing the pub literally at the end of my road next March. Ten-minute walk away. 🤘
Turns out they're playing the pub literally at the end of my road next March. Ten-minute walk away. 🤘
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I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
September 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
Properly annoyed. Clashes with the men v Dingles. Albion like everyone else would have known when the fixtures were published.
If they tried to delay KO and been knocked back then fair enough. But the heads-down, pretend it isn't happening approach suggests they haven't thought or bothered at all.
If they tried to delay KO and been knocked back then fair enough. But the heads-down, pretend it isn't happening approach suggests they haven't thought or bothered at all.
September 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Properly annoyed. Clashes with the men v Dingles. Albion like everyone else would have known when the fixtures were published.
If they tried to delay KO and been knocked back then fair enough. But the heads-down, pretend it isn't happening approach suggests they haven't thought or bothered at all.
If they tried to delay KO and been knocked back then fair enough. But the heads-down, pretend it isn't happening approach suggests they haven't thought or bothered at all.
I thought it was a town on the outskirts of Derby.
Before this week I would have guessed that a Macklemore might either be some piece of scuba diving equipment or a wrestling move.
September 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I thought it was a town on the outskirts of Derby.
Death meets the Enshittificator.
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Death meets the Enshittificator.
Kai Hansen's a brilliant musician and I grew up on his music (as much as you can grow up on music you found in your 20s). I still enjoy his past work but I've just got no enthusiasm for that new solo album. He hides it but has let slip some AfD adjacent opinions and he seems a bit of a dickhead now.
September 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Kai Hansen's a brilliant musician and I grew up on his music (as much as you can grow up on music you found in your 20s). I still enjoy his past work but I've just got no enthusiasm for that new solo album. He hides it but has let slip some AfD adjacent opinions and he seems a bit of a dickhead now.
Some normally very sensible and intelligent people on here are chatting some proper unhinged bollocks about cycling, particularly e-bikes, the last couple of days.
All road users offend but I walk to work most days and it ain't the fucking bikes endangering me.
All road users offend but I walk to work most days and it ain't the fucking bikes endangering me.
September 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Some normally very sensible and intelligent people on here are chatting some proper unhinged bollocks about cycling, particularly e-bikes, the last couple of days.
All road users offend but I walk to work most days and it ain't the fucking bikes endangering me.
All road users offend but I walk to work most days and it ain't the fucking bikes endangering me.