Simon Ricketts

@simonicity.bsky.social

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Ubiquitous planning lawyer. Arts; culture; politics; simonicity blog. Personal views. Not much football because Saints FC.

French record shop on sunny street. Sign outside saying “disques vinyle”
Plaque: LIVE AID13 July 1985 PLANNED AND RUN FROM THIS BUILDING
White cat sitting next to book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About AI Before It’s Too Late by Cory Doctorow.
Neil Hannon and band on stage
Concert archives “36 years ago you saw Gun and the Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium”
Podcast participants around a table
White cat high above the ground chasing string on stick #caturday
Birthday card with illustration of a record desk. Stylus arm on wrong side.
Sleeve of Hotter Than July by Stevie Wonder
Cover of Lost London by Paul Knox
B52s with a giant red rock lobster
Elvis Costello and band at the Royal Albert Hall, a long long way down from where I was sitting.
Sleeve of The Boys Of Dungeon Lane by Paul McCartney
Video of fox cub with parent
Little Simz far in the distance.
Black and white cat watches badger in the garden
Conference map, delegate pass, umbrella
Dave Formula in stylish hat, behind the keyboards
Guest speaker: Professor David Olusoga OBE
I-Spy Football book
Map for 1983 CND festival for peace. Line up including Madness, Style Council etc.
Sleeve of Paris au Printemps by Public Image Limited
John Lydon - arms spread
White cat watching bird on tv
Sign “We Buy Vinyl” advertising The Record Deck, in front of a canal boat
BBC headline “Pope criticise ‘tyrants’ who spend billions on wars after Trump spat”
Big Ben - one clockface says 3.42 the other 12.00
Cover of The Wars Against Saddam by John Simpson
Chopped beetroot
Amazon message on phone “based on your recent purchase you may also be interested in pet odour removers”
Unhinged slab of Trump truth social ramblings
Rabbit in garden
Cover of Hooked by Asako Yuzuki
7 years ago on instagram - anti-Brexit rally. Big sign “What’s Brexit? said Pooh “A silly idea” said Piglet “ reared by racists and sold with lies”
Cover of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Me in sunshine, sunglasses, smothered by white cat.
Sign in a Berkhamsted car park today “Social distancing - avoid close contact with others”
Cover of Everyone Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won by Oliver Bullough
Canal in the sunshine with canal boats. One I have just noticed is painted in red and white.
Morrissey with cat on head
That stupid Truth Social Trump post about Starmer joining a war that has been won.
Old boxes of Co-op wax candles from 70s ready for power cuts
Cover of Piccadilly Records End of Year review
Cover of The Second Coming Of David Bowie by Alexander Larman
Kula Shaker at Islington Assembly Hall, psychedelic backdrop etc
Barbers sign - £10 off your first threatment
White cat grooming herself sitting on sleeve of Mi Cyaan Believe It by Michael Smith
Sleeve of Xoo Multitudes by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Story about squirrel invading pitch at Hull v Bristol City
Sleeve of 38 Londres: On impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
Sleeve of U.K. Subs (recorded 1979-1981)
As for Public Image Limited at the Watford Colosseum 1 May.