Son of immigrant. Adoptive dad of 2. Metadata librarian. Point-to-Point/Horse racing freelancer. Loves indiepop, buses, BBC Micro, ale. Aspie. CBT advocate.

Sheffield, Europe
Joined September 2009
Other than blog-related posts and visiting Horsevault's archive for research, I'm very rarely on here now. Look me up instead at: bsky.app/profile/graysonscol…
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The 3 old boys . A field of legends . Azertyuiop 29yrs , Neptune Collonges 25yrs and Al ferof 21yrs. All won Grade 1’s for @PFNicholls.
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Not sure who's on racecourse commentary duty at Market Rasen tomorrow, but we'll find out soon enough whether they have kids of a certain age:
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Edition #276 of That Music List includes Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Would-Be-Goods, Railcard, Freak Slug, The Sweetest Ache, Strangelove, Smog, Caroline Rose, MAQUINA., Bikini Kill, Mein Glasfabrik, Cubanate, Robert Marlow and more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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Jeremy Grayson retweeted
📣 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲́ 𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 : Un nouveau dispositif régional pour consolider durablement l'avenir des courses de Galop ⤵️ ➕ de détails : france-galop.com/fr/content/…
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Edition #275 of That Music List is a cover versions special, incl. Doublespeak, Pink Opaque, Alien Chicks, They Might Be Giants, Nine Inch Noize, Bis, Stevie Wonder, Christy Moore, Adam Green, Kirsty MacColl, BMX Bandits, Blade, Tally Ho!, Leila K & more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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That Music List continues. Edition #274 includes music from Seefeel, Sylvan Esso, Alien Chicks, The Monkees, Heron & Crane, Tchotchke, Ministry, Assembly Line People Program, Montjuïc, Perennial, The Autocollants, International Strike Force and more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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That Music List continues. Edition #273 incl. music from Morphine, Brian Wilson, Melanie A Davis & The Madness, Planette Automatic, Denzel Curry, Inner Magic, Salt Water Criminals, Piney Gir, P. Lion, Finnmark!, Helen Lundy Trio, The Chelsea Curve & more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my #Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. @CBeebiesHQ ❤️
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That Music List continues. Edition #272 incl. music from Precious Metals, Elli et Jacno, Nat Johnson & The Figureheads, Inspiral Carpets, Ex:Re, The Flying Hats, Water Machine, Nicole Atkins, Fever Ray, Fischer-Z, Cookie Crew, Gnac, I'm So Hollow & more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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Better minds than mine can work out the irony of the place our kids go for their swimming lessons using AI for the teachers' profile pics (possibly at the cost of one swimming pool's worth of water per pic).
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That Music List continues. Edition #271 includes music from Panixphere, Mariner 9, Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory, Kiwi Jr, SILVERWINGKILLER, Massive Attack & Tom Waits, Pop Will Eat Itself, Snuggle, Cud, Duck, Quarks, After The Fire, EMF and more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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That Music List continues. Edition #270 includes music from Haute & Freddy, Good News, Death Valley Girls, DIIV, Hunter As A Horse, Swansea Sound, Town Bike, The Softies, Her Name In Lights, Beth Gibbons, Pet Snake, Sparklehorse, Anne Clark, Wir and more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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Our favourite squirrel dismantlers and trip hazards, seen here still nagging me for yet more snacks at some ungodly hour the other night. Happy gotcha day, Bernard (blue collar) and Reginald (red) - two years with us today.
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The drama of the County Championship is unmatched
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That Music List continues. Edition #269 incl. music from The Spook School, Robyn Hitchcock, Queens of the Stone Age, The Burgers, Crush Fund, Coup Dur, Pan Amsterdam, Michael Cretu, Gavin Osborn, The Scaramanga Six, Bassomatic, The Roebucks, Psapp & more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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That Music List continues. Edition #268 incl. music from Teenage Fanclub, Fujiya & Miyagi, Hollow Hand, Tony Bontana, Robber Robber, Helen and the Horns, Wolfgang Voigt, The Offs Meet WrongTom, Consolidated & the Yeastie Girlz, Mark Hollis, Airiel & more: thatmusiclist.blogspot.com/2…
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Horseracing's Great Ironies, part #4,906 The Hooded Claw only ever won when not sporting any headgear.
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Horseracing's Great Ironies, part #3,721 Mister Muddypaws recorded only one career victory on ground with "soft" in the description, but was 5 from 8 on firm or good to firm.
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