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Rudi Horemans @rudihoremans.bsky.social “There’s the thing, for all you know it’s time to let go” - Books (SF) & music (prog & classical). Opera lover. Above all: Van Der Graaf Generator & Peter Hammill. Not here for religion or politics.
Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social Football schmootball; Robert Bresson; Milton Nascimento; Dreyer; Debussy; Sun Ra; Can.
Record Collector, Shindig! Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History of Josef K (Jawbone).
Coming 2026 - The Clientele (J-Card)
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Decided to not have a bio and just say "read this" as it will be a better guide if you're trying to decide whether I'm worth bothering with: https://www.tom-cox.com/the-village-message-board-2/
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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social The 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, in order, little by little, over and over.
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Mets In The UK @metsintheuk.bsky.social Your home for Mets content in the UK ⚾️
Posts by DJ, Jo, Tracey, Andrew, Toria and Tom 🧡💙
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.
Big Big Train @bigbigtrain.bsky.social The official BlueSky account of rock band Big Big Train
www.bigbigtrain.com
Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social Fan page of Ernie Bushmiller’s legendary comic strip Nancy.
This year is the 93rd. anniversary of Nancy’s first appearance(January2,1933)
Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
Stephen's Notebook [Unofficial] @stephenpieper.net.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://stephenpieper.net/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/stephenpieper.net
Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social Handmade signs, prints, music & books inspired by British Folk Horror and unsettling TV, film & literature. Based in The Black Country, England.
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New York Mets @mets.com #LGM
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Project Moonbase @projectmoonbase.com Project Moonbase - The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show I
Podcast | Space cult. DJ Bongoboy & MC Zirconium
The Multiverse, Edinburgh
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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday!
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@micro.blog @micro.blog 
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed ✨
https://openvibe.social
Folk Police Recordings @folkpolice.com A record label raising funds to support wildlife conservation & nature recovery. Join the mailing list at the link below. Defend nature. Posts by Nigel Spencer
www.folkpolice.com
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
Hearty White @heartywhite.bsky.social Host of Miracle Nutrition on WFMU
Uses The Three Stooges to explain paradoxes
Inspirational Revolutionary Dada
Relational morality performance art
Shemp Jive!
Yo La Tengo @actualylt.bsky.social band.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Vanessa Briscoe Hay @pylongurl.bsky.social Mom, retired nurse, artist, singer / musician. Member of Pylon Reenactment Society, former member of Pylon and Supercluster
https://www.pylonreenactmentsociety.com
Ronan @cb091977.bsky.social All types of music. Wildlife/Nature.
Jan Queen of Maybe @queenofmaybe.bsky.social Genesis, Steve Hackett, Nad Sylvan, Pink Floyd Liverpool FC, Cricket Fan, Exercise 🏃♀️ Music is my love. NO POLITICS.
NO DMs unless I know you
scatterfilter @scatterfilter.bsky.social Ambiguous tone botherer.
#scatterfilter #electronicmusic #synth
Muziks: https://soundcloud.com/scatterfilter
scatterfilter@mastodon.social: https://mastodon.social/@Scatterfilter
ORGAN MAGAZINE @organmagazine.bsky.social ORGAN, Art, Music, Underculture - words, links, art galleries, bands, radio, albums, ResonanceFM, in print, on walls, on line, since the photocopied zine days of 1986 - www.organthing.com - this feed brought to you by Sean - @seanworrall-01.bsky.social
Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc
'Of what is past, or passing, or to come' 🌀
HippyDave @hippydave.bsky.social Professional hippy. Writer, reader, music obsessive. Conservationist & conversationist. Woke AF.
AnnSalo @annsalo.bsky.social Music, places, nature. Home in Europe ☮️
Anne-Marie @mysticgreen.bsky.social Just a girl you know.
https://planetmystic.co.uk
Tim Wilson @timmy666.bsky.social Drummer + Musician at IO Earth, Dave Cureton, Hookjaw. Available for drum sessions/live gigs - DM me🥁🎶 | Works at Engineers without Borders UK | Marketing at @codedrumheads | ❤ @rickiejosen.bsky.social, travel geek, film nerd and avid coffee drinker ☕
Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate @itsadequate.bsky.social Malcolm from prog/alt/art-rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate. Www.hatsoffgentlemen.com
Also contemporary classical/minimalist music as Malcolm Galloway. #eds
Marillion @marillion.com This is the official Bluesky account of the British Band Marillion
Jim Newstead @jimnewstead.bsky.social Prog apprentice, YouTuber, dad, sci-fi writer, musician, rubbish runner. Cut me open and I’m 1/3 Maiden, 1/3 Floyd, 1/3 Ozrics.
Join me at YouTube.com/jimnewstead and https://reactionships.com/
All my other places: https://linktr.ee/jimnewstead
Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, writer
The High Llamas @thehighllamas.bsky.social 
Cliff Pearson @cliffprogzilla.bsky.social Radio DJ, retired computer-toucher and full-qualified beard-keeper.
Darren Johnson @darrenjohnson66.bsky.social Music writer. Social Democrat. Environmentalist.
"Glam rock aficionado" - The Spectator
Out now: 'Steeleye Span On Track' via Sonicbond Publishing
Ally @genteelblackhole.bsky.social Ally (they/he), late 30s, UK. Musician, BookTuber, wheelchair user. Fan of Shakespeare, Pratchett, weird old music, terrible puns and exhaustive lists.
Music here: http://bugprentice.bandcamp.com
BookTube here: https://youtube.com/@genteelblackhole
The Emerald Dawn @theemeralddawn.bsky.social THE EMERALD DAWN are a multi-instrumentalist, symphonic/eclectic progressive music quartet, who combine elements from rock, jazz, folk, classical and world music to produce their own original and highly atmospheric sound.
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
thewire.co.uk
Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social Creator of @scarfolk.bsky.social. "This guy, who apparently saw the future" - Edward Snowden. Running an ASD/ADHD operating system.
https://www.richardlittler.com
mellotronworker @mellotronworker.bsky.social 🎹worker of mellotrons, from edinburgh, 🎼composer and musician, 📐mathematician, 🐈cats, 🏎️F1, ⛪ordained archbishop, reaper user, Bach, King Crimson and Arvo Part acolyte. 🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇸🇻🇪
www.mikedickson.org.uk
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
kenny brown @kennybrown131.bsky.social Edinburgh, Scotland. Enjoy music, sport (dundee united), bit of politics (Scottish republican), Cold War history (particularly Berlin), maps. 🏴🇮🇪
Chris Butcher @chrisbutcher.bsky.social Music, films, art, books, nature, nonsense
Nick @11th-earl-of-blah.bsky.social Educator, software developer and all-round geek, music fanatic (prog, art rock, electronica & more), interested in democracy and green issues.
@pythoneer@cyberplace.social on Mastodon.
https://bandcamp.com/11th-earl-of-blah
Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social Comics, music, books, film, photos, paintings & cartoons! Humanism & ASD too. A Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure. Hurrah!
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social "Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK)
David Mittleman
DJ @wfmu.bsky.social
Vinyl collector
Writing @ We Jazz Magazine
https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social Musician / Writer
Dada Drummer Almanach https://dadadrummer.substack.com/
Damon & Naomi https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/
and yeah I was in Galaxie 500
Ambient Visions @ambientvisions.bsky.social Ambient, electronic, new age music. Interviews. Music Reviews. Jazz, classic rock, chill, electronica, prog rock, classical, world music. Exploring the Outer Edges of Sound!
BSKY User # 516,385 https://www.ambientvisions.com
David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social Software developer, family man, Playstation junkie, and headbanger since ages ago. Amateur guitar torturer. The only thing more progressive than my politics is my music taste. Gluten is my kryptonite. He/him.
WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social The freeform station of the nation! Independent, creative, rocking radio. Skeeter behind the curtain: @dmandl.bsky.social. Submit music via http://wfmu.org/sendmusic.html. Sorry, but we're too busy shopping for records to respond to DMs. Listen: wfmu.org
Jorge Rittatore @jorgerittatore.bsky.social Music, Acting, Running
Prog and Contemporary classical music interviews - This Strange Show:
mixcloud.com/jorgerittatore
Music blog - This Strange Blog:
jorgerittatore.blogspot.com
Montreal, 🇨🇦
Gandalf’s Fist @gandalfsfist.bsky.social Official account for UK Progressive Rock Band Gandalf’s Fist
www.gandalfsfist.com
Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social Encouraging better tech, and resisting Big Tech.
- Host, Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm
- Founder/host, Gel conference: http://gelconference.com
- Tech criticism: https://creativegood.com/blog
- Newsletter: https://creativegood.com/newsletter
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Rob's Sound & Vision @sonicreducer65.bsky.social Monday's this, Tuesday's that
Wednesdays is the neighborhood chewin' up the fat
Loves a C90
Persephonic Audio @persephonic-audio.bsky.social Mixing and Mastering services. Putting out music from Sunshine Playroom, Prozapine and Persephonic Sprawl.
The Old Railway Track Ltd Edition CD out now. "Reminds me of being off school, ill on the sofa with some Lucozade & Opal Fruits" - A. Mozart
The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social Player of #vinylrecords, watcher of old #films and #television, reader of #books, taker of #photographs, drinker of #coffee, builder of #Lego, walker of #beaches, and lover of the niche, arcane curios of yesteryear. Can be recycled at a large supermarket.
Tony Isch @tonyisch.bsky.social Family, King Crimson, astronomy, golf, Guardians, Browns, Cavs. Different order some days, depending on my mood.
British Progressive Jazz @handle.invalid British #Jazz label
#JazzFusion #JazzRock
Issuing the finest sounds, old and new
#Archive restoration specialists, upcycling #audio antiquities. #HiFi lovers
https://britishprogressivejazz.kudosrecords.co.uk/
Tom Slatter @tomslatter.bsky.social Constantly bewildered. Singer-songwriter under my own name, 'High Wire Act' and 'Ashfeathers'.
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
Simon @baldrick94e.bsky.social Highland IC/WHW, Progressive rock in all its many forms, military history & technology, particularly WW2, decent ale, knows a cloud or two, more Prog, Grandad, history/tech/science podcastaholic, regrets selling that KLX250, too many books (aye, right).
Marina Organ @marinecreature.bsky.social Presenter/producer of The Other Rock Show on Resonance 104.4 FM
Co-publisher of The Organ 'zine
Ryan Shirlow @ryanshirlow.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 in Yorkshire 🏵️ Fortean Times writer & PhD student, I study folk music 🪕 & folklore 🧚
Also ❤️old 🚙 cars & homebrew 🍺
Dad to 2 (not so wee) girls
Music on Woodford Halse and Fenny Compton https://ryanshirlow.bandcamp.com/
Groggy @grogmeister.bsky.social Music (writing/recording/listening), art, books. Peak District. Done a bit of writing here and there. Tories and Reform get my dander up! Pro EU. Irish passport. Identifies as a donkey. Pronouns: He/Haw.
Sue Max @madvinyl.bsky.social Multi-format music nerd living in Atlanta.
Simon Knights @goodeknyghte.bsky.social Music, Photography, Walking, Between the Woods and the Sea, Human for a while. Listens. Jazz, RIO, Odd time signatures. Nemophilist.
Linz @linz1969.bsky.social Wide music taste. Examples being; The Beatles, Yes, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Tears for fears, Ride, Talk Talk, Faith no more, Sparks, Marillion and XTC.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
A Head Full of Wishes @fullofwishes.co.uk For fans of Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi, Dean & Britta and Luna.
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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social The gentle rumble of distant dub thunder.
https://www.rob-chapman.com
mikenoomin @mikenoomin.bsky.social 🚴 | he/him | R U Kind on NQRA Radio | Radio Producer | ex-Beyond Beyond is Beyond | Future corpse
Matt Stevens @mattstevensloop.bsky.social From The Fierce & The Dead https://www.fierceandthedead.com/ have also played guitar for Tim Bowness, Peter Chilvers, Judy Dyble and many others. Made solo guitar albums for Cherry Red, BEM etc. Been very lucky. Fixes computers. Cancer survivor.
ChristineR @christineritc.bsky.social A mere speck in the universe. South Jersey girl at heart. Love 1970s prog rock. Jethro Tull fanatic/Tullevangelist. Basement bassist. Ailurophile. Kitchen prose, gutter rhymes, divers. Harmonium/Serge Fiori-obsessed.
NoVA, USA, Virgo Supercluster
The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social Psychedelic Rock duo with Female/Male vocals based in CT, USA. Albums on Vinyl & CD ☮️ at https://thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com
Tel is a published poet. Duncan is a published speculative fiction writer and member of SFWA. LGBTQ+ allies. Movie enthusiasts.
Thirty-three and a third revolutions @twoozofplastic.bsky.social Too many albums. Too many books. Too little space.
If in doubt consult your dealer.
Andy Hibberd WJAZ @andyhib101.bsky.social MDANT but much duller than you remember from T*itt*r. Ex-record shop owner still banging on about music, pubs, books and West Ham ⚒️
It's all nonsense of course. Cheers 🍻
Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social Glasgow-based independent record shop.
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Burning Shed @burningshed.com Online record shop and label specialising in Progressive, Ambient, Electronic & Art Rock music. We also run official webstores for bands/labels. Sign up for our weekly newsletter at burningshed.com
Lakshmi Hutchinson @lakshmihutchinson.bsky.social Writer and editor.
Music, books, tea, wine, cats.
Noise Research @noiseresearch.bsky.social Musician, husband, dad, cats, guitars, coffee, books, science, paranormal, Green Party member, pro Palestine, anti fascist, hate Farage, Trump & Netanyahu, f**k AI 🇵🇸 🍉💚🚀