Alex Tobin 🎷

@alextobin.nl

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Some things hurt more, much more, than cars and girls. I work in communications. Also: scribblings for @aquariumdrunkard.com

Martin Gore and Dave Gahan of Basildon synthpop combo Depeche Mode sitting in a football stadium, surrounded by England supporters wearing their bright colours. The two are both dressed entirely in black and wearing black sunglasses. 🕶️
Democrats Abroad Netherlands Celebrate the 4th with Democrats Abroad Netherlands! Join us July 4th at Crooked Spider Brewery in Wassenaar for a BBQ, beer tasting & brewery tour — featuring their American-inspired Lady Liberty Red A and California Gold Steam Beer. Plus live music, face painting, voter registration, and great company. 250 years strong. See you there.
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The American Analog Set’s 2024 box set ‘New Drifters’.
'Kabouter Buttplug' aka 'Santa Claus', a statue in Rotterdam by the artist Paul McCarthy
Two books, both published by McNally Editions: Gavin Lambert’s ‘The Goodby People’ and Charles Neider’s ‘The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones’.
Ted Lucas: Images of Life (Third Man, 2026)
Terrified Introvert One Away From Bingo @the ONION
Modest Mouse's tour-only EP 'The Annual Performance Review Didn't Go Well' (2005, self-released).
A (unseated) selfie, taken via a mirror in the toilets of a Dutch restaurant in the city of Nijmegen. The frame is bright, bright red, but absolutely no filter was used to process this shot of our protagonist.
A sign with the words “Bill Callahan” and an arrow, pointing jaggedly downstairs (as in “the concert is down here”). The words “don’t rub it in” are superimposed over the photo (by Bill).
The Loft's 2026 album, 'Badges'.
Sir David Attenborough is 100 years old today.
Krazy Kinks Kompendium with smudgy green scrawl.
“Happy May Day! It's also Bandcamp Friday and a little later I will be making a few downloads free (or donate what you like) to celebrate gorgeous May. I will write more later.” – Virginia Astley
Jack Nicholson on his 89th birthday, being photobombed by Joni Mitchell.
A display for the Necks live in Amsterdam.
Gwendoline Riley’s 2026 novel ‘The Palm House’.
Dungeon Lane, near Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Charles Stepney would have been 95 years old today.
Our cat Mojo (not a reference to the – otherwise excellent – music magazine).
Four male mallard ducks aka a Drake concert
President Donald J. Trump and Afroman. One of these figures is a one-hit wonder; the other got high.
Mogwai’s album ‘Come on Die Young’ (1999)
A terrifying graphic estimating the number of books you could feasibly read before you die.
Mesa Amphitheater, AZ
Illustration fromTintin showing a young boy in winter clothes flying through the air after falling from a sled on a snowy hill. A small white dog is also airborne beside him. The sled is left behind at the top of the slope, and a holly bush with red berries and evergreen trees appear in the background. The words “Bonne Année!” are printed at the bottom, suggesting a New Year’s greeting.
Grandpa ‘Andy’ Simpson shakes his fist at a cloud, which represents a much-lauded album which is definitely not by (the) Geese.
Noted keyboard squeezebox Mr. Jools Holland, Esq., just before the piano lid came down and broke a few fingers. Beverley Knight and Ruby Turner just out of shot.