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00:08 @follyofyouth Bravo – that pic’s ace. Crowds are so often rubbish at gigs, though – never understood the talking while the band are on thing #

00:19 @follyofyouth Indeed – I can think of so many places to talk bollox to idiots that don’t have a band I don’t like playing loudly in my face. #

05:04 A recent listen: Field Music – She Can Do What She Wants bit.ly/d5DvHv bit.ly/jrwifm #

09:50 Having a coffee and catching up on instapaper in bed. Must get up and have a bacon buttie, bother the kids, annoy their mother etc. #

10:58 Bird Watching post.ly/PrCF #

11:07 A recent listen: Hope of the States – Me Ves Y Sufres bit.ly/cvWcJx bit.ly/jrwifm #

11:54 RT @follyofyouth: Shearwater + David Thomas Broughton @therubylounge 24th Feb: ‘depth, beauty & a bit of theatre’ + video is.gd/9jc6y #

11:54 RT @follyofyouth: Slow Club in Manchester in May – good. Playing at FAC251? Hmmm not sure. bit.ly/dx74Vs #

13:22 Have I mentioned before how I hate retailers who accept pay pal or google checkout, but still insist on you filling name/address details? #

13:24 Well, I do. Note to ‘e-tailers’ – I will favour you if you accept pay-pal/google-checkout, but will never patronise you if you make me type. #

13:31 Right – off out into the sunshine. May return with a new badminton racket. Or two. #

14:26 Price check favour: if you’re online, please would you get an online price for a #Yonex Nanospeed 8000? In town and have no net access! #

14:28 £90 in store, if it’s about right I’ll get it now. Oh, it might have been an 800, or an 8000! #

14:35 @Girlonatrain Thanks! Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s the 8000! #

14:38 All sorted, thanks to @Girlonatrain: @jrwi 8000′s between £111 & £140… 800 @ £60…. looks like it’s either a bargain, or not a bargain. #

15:02 @mamajunkyard Thanks! Turns out it’s over priced – it’s the 800 and online for £60! I like to support local businesses, but not that much! #

17:09 A recent listen: Los Campesinos! – Straight In At 101 bit.ly/cg2E8o bit.ly/jrwifm #

20:35 Thanks for help with the racket earlier. On at £90 – the RRP tbf – but is widely available at £60 and I found a deal for a PAIR at £99! #

21:05 Oh dear, www.superetrader.co.uk – express PayPal checkout? twitpic.com/15p9mr Er, guess again twitpic.com/15p9mp #FAIL #

21:06 Sorry if you got that last tweet twice – pics were the wrong way round in the first so I deleted it! #

21:08 Lawks! Lose Your Soul by Dead Man’s Bones is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/34wxWP #

23:09 @campdave I won’t estimate it but I definitely reckon it’s 87% or less. Or more. Was that rhetorical? It was rhetorical, wasn’t it? ROFLMAO #

23:11 A recent listen: Race Horses – Cacen Mamgu bit.ly/90SBxG bit.ly/jrwifm #

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17:32 Collisions: A new series of tweets. Here’s how to play.Take the 2 albums mentioned, load into your player of choice, hit shuffle and enjoy! #

17:35 I got the idea from some crisps, btw. First suggestion coming up shortly… This’ll be a new feature in the next gen iPods… #collisions #

17:45 Collisions: Shearwater:Rook bit.ly/9Dl4ro & Bill Callahan: Woke on a Whaleheart bit.ly/9pAIGb #collisions bit.ly/jrwifm #

18:49 Give Up The Ghost is really nice, well worth a watch RT: @pitchforkmedia Watch: Three New Thom Yorke Songs: bit.ly/bSD0nn #

18:56 @LancBeerfest RE: Choices Employment Services – What? Is there some sort of ‘get a job so you can afford beer’ linkup? #

20:10 My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Shearwater (30), The Twilight Sad (15) and These New Puritans (11) bit.ly/bBlIfQ #

22:08 @UraGraymalkin They like an early night these La Bohemians, no? You should have a La Phroaig, la. #

22:18 Watching Generation Kill – the ep entitled ‘Stay Frosty’. I find it most compelling, almost hypnotic. Brilliant telly, beautifully paced. #

23:02 A recent listen: Sun Kil Moon – Like The River bit.ly/aJ3jzM bit.ly/jrwifm #

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00:17 @ben_hodgkinson Jealous. Really miss The Wire after watching them last year. Wondering what’s a reasonable time to leave between watches! #

00:53 @UraGraymalkin Knew there was something – meant to give you your ticket… I’ll stick it with your BSG DVDs, it’ll come to you eventually. #

00:55 Need sleep, but I’m going to read Nick Cave and have a night cap. Will regret it in the morning, afternoon, evening etc… #

00:56 @UraGraymalkin AC/DC? #

08:59 Feeling beaten-up as a result of unusually heavy exertions in our cup match on Tuesday night. Combined with late nights, craving bedtime. #

13:34 Devotion to Duty (XKCD.com) bit.ly/bUwODX #

16:51 A recent listen: Shearwater – The Snow Leopard bit.ly/avvDVf bit.ly/jrwifm #

21:43 @iMacstu If you manage it perhaps you could explain it to my other half, too. #nochance #

21:51 Lawks! Hidden Lake by Shearwater is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/akYCgX #

22:53 A recent listen: Shearwater – Corridors bit.ly/cxy0iz bit.ly/jrwifm #

23:31 @facey Are you watching #bbcqt? #

23:35 @ben_hodgkinson Dexter is brilliant, got S3 on pre-order; Prison Break not yet but will; Arrested Development & 30 Rock I know nothing about #

23:41 @facey Yeah, fuckin’ Ed Balls! #

23:52 Impossible to keep multiple guitars out of the shot RT @Justhipper: twitpic.com/15bsfy – More Middle of the Lake beardiness. #mol #

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00:27 @Pete_Eaton I expect a twitter endorsement from me could well propel you to the Dawkins level of pop science success. Or the Deakon level. #

18:51 @TheRubyLounge Cool show lined up tonight, it would be great if you would tweet the show times! #

18:51 RT @TheRubyLounge: TONIGHT!!! @shearwaterband & DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON – skip here for those remaining tickets: bit.ly/dkfoMD #

18:56 Good save! RT @UraGraymalkin: Almost made a schoolboy error with my gig-wear tonight – nearly wore an Okkervil River t-shirt to Shearwater! #

19:01 @TheRubyLounge Thanks! #

19:02 Tonight’s show times! RT @TheRubyLounge: @jrwi sure… THOMAS DAVID BROUGHTON @ 8.30 & SHEARWATER @ 9.30 #

19:45 Right Manchester! Fun me up! #

19:59 In some Wetherspoon pub in M/C, trying to decide wether to have some booze. #

23:50 On the M61, heading home from Shearwater @TheRubyLounge. Want to see them again. Now. #

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03:15 A recent listen: The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Air bit.ly/928Q3U bit.ly/jrwifm #

20:11 @Ralpharama lol – #

22:03 Lawks! Western Skyline by Richmond Fontaine is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/24D4Le #

22:45 Just showed someone how to add a contact to GMail. Are you listening Google? HOW TO ADD A CONTACT! Never had to do that for Outlook, eh, MS? #

23:00 RT @chickyog: RT @MalkyMuscular: New Rodent, on the PM’s supposed Godzilla freakouts – My God, It’s Full Of Bullshit… bit.ly/ct5Qba #

23:12 Oh no! Apparently Paxo said a new word that nobody has ever heard before, and I missed it. I’ll never learn it now, not fair. #newsnight #

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11:50 Off to the gym. Considering vaulting the barrier but I always feel sheepish enough on the x-trainer as it is, so probably won’t. #

12:58 Lawks! Celestial by The Telescopes is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/bX0nYw #

15:00 post.ly/OweM – Say what you like about Total Fitness, they know how to make ‘personal training’ *very* personal! #

15:12 A recent listen: Bear in Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers bit.ly/9oDdUF bit.ly/jrwifm #

20:58 I’ve been trying to get a listen of the new These New Puritans album for ages. I’m listening to it now. Please help – Do I like it? #

21:14 A recent listen: These New Puritans – Hologram bit.ly/dubyIF bit.ly/jrwifm #

23:02 Been enjoying the bacon based banter plus the cracking photos by @idiotjohnson, but gotta go, someone has poured me a Bailey’s for dessert. #

23:04 Pictures such as this… RT @idiotjohnson: On top of Pen y Ghent, looking at Ingleborough: tinyurl.com/ydze75r #

23:04 …and this. RT @idiotjohnson: In other news, I heart Lancaster: tinyurl.com/ye3f4xg #

23:18 @Girlonatrain @idiotjohnson Sorry, we’re out of mushrooms for the malibu, so it’s Baileys and bacon or Tia Maria and tomatoes. Or egg nog. #

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09:48 #YONEX experts: If I was looking to replace my now-ancient Isometric 96 & Carb 20, what are the modern equivalents? Hard to tell in a shop! #

12:50 post.ly/OnT1 – Out for a stroll on the cycle path along the Lune valley. Incredibly lovely and peaceful. Next a sausage & egg bun. #

13:07 @jabe666 For god’s sake don’t put ‘Kennedy’ on in a built up area… #

15:04 A recent listen: Shearwater – Hidden Lake bit.ly/90SyyA bit.ly/jrwifm #

18:25 So, why is bluetooth SW so poorly designed? Despite being paired, it takes 14 steps to initiate a file transfer from phone to PC. #bluetooth #

18:30 Whilst I’m still trying to initiate #bluetooth based ftp, I’m enjoying the new functionality for posterous pics preview in Tweetdeck! #

18:35 @UraGraymalkin You should prime a hip flask and head out. Nothing quite like a bracing, early evening, winter walk with whisky and tuneage. #

18:35 @UraGraymalkin Don’t head home until you’ve killed the whisky. #

18:44 @iMacstu I’ve been meaning to ask what went on! Wish I’d seen it! I’ll probably be down there tomorrow if you fancy recreating it… #

19:27 @iMacstu Hmm, I dunno – dealing with membership at Total Fitness never brings out the best in me either. #

19:41 Off now to drink these Leffe and watch Coraline – www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/parentalguide twitpic.com/14dggl #

21:06 A recent listen: The Twilight Sad – And She Would Darken the Memory bit.ly/8ZNsge bit.ly/jrwifm #

21:51 post.ly/Or19 – Toby, engrossed in Coraline. #

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08:37 A recent listen: Yes – Roundabout bit.ly/aCu8I8 bit.ly/jrwifm #

12:35 At the Lakeland Wildlife Oasis for my non-indigenous mongoose fix. I’m less hopeful about rodent exposure, but you never know. #

12:58 @mcdent Watch out for the lions – they may bite, apparently. #

13:06 post.ly/OduQ – Compare the non-indigenous mongoose dot cockney rapper #

14:15 twitpic.com/144ay9 – This really IS the place to be for the non-indigenous mongoose fan! #

14:16 twitpic.com/144b3m – Utterly… #

14:19 twitpic.com/144bir – …spoiled! #nonindigenousmongoose #

14:40 A recent listen: Grinderman – Love Bomb bit.ly/cwAlRc bit.ly/jrwifm #

19:03 My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Besnard Lakes (16), Tune-Yards (16) and Midlake (15) bit.ly/bBlIfQ #

20:23 @mcdent I was at the Wildlife Oasis nr Milnthorpe, different place. Been to the wildlife park you were at many times tho’. Did you have fun? #

21:41 @marieiram @UraGraymalkin Nice reminder folks, just ordered it. Funny this came up today when we were only discussing it on Wednesday, UGm! #

21:44 @mcdent They still have snakes & bats. My first time, today. It’s not all that great but the kids like it well enough. Best bit for me:Ants. #

21:50 @UraGraymalkin Is this new material from BSP? #

22:16 RT @mamajunkyard: We are in the middle of a recession, its an election year so the BBC News at 10 naturally lead with the Tiger Woods story #

22:20 THEY COULD START NOW! RT @bbcnews: Brown says Labour will "stand up for the many" as he reveals…election slogans. bit.ly/b7wJIr #

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00:23 RT @JoeTheDough: Tonight Midlake treated us to some previews from their next album "More Songs About Rabbits And Dying" #

00:28 twitpic.com/13ukoc – Midlake, bustin’ some phat flute solos earlier in Manchester. Oh yes. #

09:52 Lawks! and you lied to me by The Besnard Lakes is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/wJAaP #

10:04 For the benefit of @UraGraymalkin – yeah, OK, you probably know this: Use MobileMe push email with any email address bit.ly/cxJ7v0 #

11:59 Lawks! On Bedford And Grand by The Besnard Lakes is good – #lastfm: bit.ly/9STCqJ #

13:49 About time, too RT @UraGraymalkin: @jrwi The Fall confirm new album details on return to Domino… bit.ly/9jUo9C /via @TLOBF #

14:12 Off to see Astroboy with the kids. Hoping it’s a bit like ‘How I wrote elastic man’, for some reason. #

14:25 post.ly/OUF7 – What’s all this fire engine activity at the RNLI station in #Morecambe? #

14:30 A recent listen: Raekwon – Hip-Hop Tribute bit.ly/djiXSl bit.ly/jrwifm #

18:54 Having tea in Frankie & Benny’s. The kids will eat too, thanks to the discount postcard from @ThingsMorecambe. It would be better reversed. #

20:45 @BeBopAJulia I picked them up at Bare Post Office. I knew about them from the @ThingsMorecambe twitter feed, no mention on their website. #

21:27 @facey Astroboy was pretty good, the boys certainly enjoyed it. It all seems pretty unlikely though, and the lack of plausibility spoils it. #

21:38 That won’t happen on Earth2.0 RT @TonyMosley: Who designed this planet!? The usability is awful! Just knocked a cup of tea onto my foot. #

21:49 @kjcos999 Sean Hughes, 1 please! #

22:12 The Tories – The non Party of the non sequitur www.andybarefoot.com/politics/tory.php?poster=233231 #nonsequitur #hobsonschoice2010 #

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08:23 @ukuleleboy Hope you get things sorted swiftly. #

20:26 A recent listen: Asobi Seksu – New Years bit.ly/cNu8NM bit.ly/jrwifm #

21:04 post.ly/OMzZ – Midlake, Manchester Academy. "This must be what it was like going to see Yes." @UraGrayMalkin #