Chris B

@merely-chris.bsky.social

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Cancer researcher by day. Lover & collector of dodgy music, books & booze whenever possible. Follower of dodgy sports teams (NUFC, Bengals, DUTS.) Relapsed Grognard.

Hazy pale ale in a *shudder* plastic receptacle.
Half pint of a typically golden IPA.
Half pint of what looks like fruit juice but has a nice sour kick.
Pint of cloudy pils and a double gin and tonic on a blue star table in the Trade.
Last Word cocktail in a coupe glass.
A Midnight in Gotham and a Sunrise in Fire, Newcastle.
Apple Music playlist featuring the likes of Duran Duran and Kamelot.
Pint of golden coloured pale ale.
Profile of Stage 20, Tour de France 2026. Drink the gradient - pick beers whose ABV matches (+/- 0.2%) the average gradient of the categorised climbs. Start the beer at the foot of the climb and finish it before the start of the next. The finish at Alpe D’Huez is uncategorised officially but we are going to use the estimated 6.2% to add a final snifter. If you want to go hardcore have a shot at the sprint point and/or add a session beer for the long wait between the first and second climb.
Apple Music playlist with the likes of Chris Farlowe and Raven amongst others.
Apple Music playlist from 10 years ago.
Stage showing a couple of mics with a keyboard, all washed in blue light.
Welcome screen for Cancer Research UK & UCL’s patient and public involvement day.
Cup cake with icing depicting the cover of King Crimson’s In The Wake of Poseidon LP.
Pint of IPA and event flyer
Stage set up with 5 chairs and screen.
Straw coloured beer in a Brooklyn Brewery glass a the bar of the Water Rats in the background.
Newcastle Central Station, platform six, looking along the tracks towards the “new” castle.
Pint of light amber beer in the correct Siren glass.
Slightly hazy pint of lemon coloured IPA.
Pint of cloudy pale ale in a Tap East glass.
Half a pint of cloudy beer with slightly pink blush. Table 47 at Tap East Stratford.
Spotify (I know) playing Kaleidoscope of Rainbows by Neil Ardley.
Platform three, Newcastle Central Station. The new castle in the distance.
Bottle of Oude Geuze Boon next to a glass of the lovely amber juice.
Two lovely pizzas at “the table” in the Free Trade.
Pint of dark beer at “the table” with the iconic FTI sign in the background.
Mango coloured half of beer with clouds in the background.
Pint of golden beer with the river Tyne in the background.
Third of a pint or dark red beer which matches the colour of the car opposite.
Screenshot of Spotify (I know) playing the Styx album Crash of the Crown.
Lindisfarne Castle in the distance with cloudy skies behind.
Group photo of people who met online in 2004. Plus a couple of youngsters who arrived on the scene later.
Blackfriars banqueting hall with wedding shenanigans ongoing. Not mine I hasten to add.
Dark mahogany glass of beer next to the bottle.
Golden murk of a beer in a schooner at the window overlooking the river Tyne.
The river Tyne through the lens of golden beer.
Half of golden beer in a Chouffe glass with and black and chrome Triumph 2400cc motorcycle and the river Tyne in the background.
Half pint of red beer in a Chouffe glass with the river Tyne in the background.
Golden pint of beer with a view up the river Tyne in the background.
Pint of Verdant Lightbulb
Set list from the Beth Hart gig at Gateshead Glasshouse 20th May 2026
Sage one stage lit in blue ahead of a gig by Beth Hart.
Album cover for the Angel LP Helluva Band with the record spinning in the background.
Cover of the Pat Metheny Group LP, First Circle. Album is spinning on a turntable in the background.
Album cover for Bernie Tormé Live with the LP spinning in the background.
Cover of the Amelia Coburn LP Between the Moon and the Milkman with the the green vinyl spinning in the background.