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John

@hockney

Music fan, comic reader, board game player, and all round (im)mature person

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John
@hockney Mar 1, 2020, 11:25 AM UTC

Don't worry about foreign diseases, you're more likely to die of a domestic one

On a group on another social media outlet, a folk club organiser posted about whether concert venues should be doing more to stop the spread of corona-virus. He suggested "deep cleaning" before every…

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John
@hockney Feb 11, 2020, 3:03 PM UTC

Belka, Why Don't You Bark? (a book report)

Trying something different... !https://kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net/ab7dc4a9-6699-450d-8dd4-3d22ac50660e/353/569/90/False/belka-why-don-t-you-bark.jpg # Belka, Why Don't You Bark? ## by Hideo Furukawa (t…

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John
@hockney Feb 2, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

YOU are a FOREIGNER (and so am I)

I was walking to the supermarket on Friday, as the sun set on Britain's last day in the European Union, mulling the nature of xenophobia and the stupidity of labelling people 'foreigners'. "Go back t…

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John
@hockney Jan 17, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

#beersaturday: Drinking by Halves

Half a percent, that is! Yesterday, we were in a big Tesco's store far from home and they had a selection of low- and no-alcohol beers. Health and budget are on our minds this year in the Hockney hou…

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John
@hockney Jan 12, 2020, 12:05 PM UTC

The Isle of Cats Board Game - A Review

The Isle of Cats was a ridiculously successful Kickstarter campaign last year, driven by the internet’s core feature of distributing pictures of cats. Of course I bought a copy. The plot involves the…

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John
@hockney Jan 11, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

Steem Concert Challenge

The ever-rocking @verhp11 has started this challenge and @steevc nominaterised me in his post, so here goes... First concert: Gillan - Reading Top Rank, 16th December 1981, supported by Budgie Last c…

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John
@hockney Jan 4, 2020, 3:57 PM UTC

Beer Saturday - return to The Swan

Once upon a time, The Swan was the best pub in Staines. But that was when we first moved into the area nearly 20 years ago. Every few years it suffers a facelift and loses a little more of what made…

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John
@hockney Jan 2, 2020, 6:55 PM UTC

Small but wonderful reward

The other day,@katharsisdrill wrote a post recommending we do many things, including back a comic on IndieGoGo. I followed the link and was impressed enough to put some money in. Yesterday they annou…

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John
@hockney Jan 1, 2020, 11:24 AM UTC

My Top Ten Favorites Music Albums of The Decade

I blame @gibic. Their 'My Top Ten Favorites Music Albums of The Decade' was at the top of my feed when I didn't know what music to listen to. It's a damn fine selection, but not even close to what I'…

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John
@hockney Dec 22, 2019, 11:46 AM UTC

A Shirt on Sunday: Dweezil Zappa - 4/12/2019 - Royal Festival Hall

My December began with two Frank Zappa tribute concerts. First, the Zappadan Zappajam, wherein various West London Zappa fans perform in a community hall in Acton, and then this - Hot Rats performed…

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