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she’s back .. and she’s coming for you .. who? the grim reaper you muppet .. I thought the grim reaper was a man I hear you say .. don’t be daft .. God is a man .. make archetypes are good .. you know priests .. good blokes .. or so they would have you believe .. women? the archetypes of evil .. witches brewing up trouble in the cauldron .. that cat has been brewing since Halloween and it’ll be in the soup this Sunday at the village fete .. fireworks will go bang .. you’ll probably sip Tiddles’ intestines from a poly foam mug and chuck it on the ground because it’s someone else job to pick it up .. litter? it’s the enemy .. no seriously if you think about it that’s probably why she boiled the kittens .. why is it we always consider everything else before wellbeing? is the cheaper option necessarily the best option if it kills you faster? in my experience when something is cheap or free there is ALWAYS a hidden cost .. people work themselves to death to make money so they can live a luxury life style yet the big house and flash car honestly do nothing to help their well being .. so grim .. and here she comes now and with a swish of her blade .. someone has gone .. on the ferry .. across the water .. never considered wellbeing or lack thereof would make the toil round the bunny wheel meaningless .. I’ll see you in hell you fuck .. I’ve never liked you anyway :-) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckhkr4Iol4q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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just spotted this on eBay .. you see .. I told you rust was exotic .. kinda amused I sold mine for £30 in the eighties to get a Yamaha REX50 :-) still have the REX .. who knows why! (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckg885rM-1v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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what the fuck is wrong with Dunlop .. why don’t they do this wellington boot in a size 10 .. honestly .. how can I walk my dog in green boots .. I’ll look like I’m shooting grouse with the hooray Henries .. especially when I’m walking the retriever! (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZK48GMmm3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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our Batmobile has gone back to @bmw in Bridgwater so we no longer own a car .. feels kind of weird that the possibility of driving at 155MPH no longer exists in my life .. amazingly good customer service .. sad to see it go .. especially the sound system .. my only regret is like so many things I never seem to get around to doing .. I didn’t actually try the launch control .. and my son @brandon_tinley didn’t get to scare me shitless on the A95 :/( @ginatywharton and the doggies will have to savour the luxuries of my diesel van from now on .. bloody hell that rain was loud wasn’t it? it was something else! (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkY4qZRM0S7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I simply don’t understand the continuing obsession with the Lexicon 480 reverb .. in my opinion its predecessor the 224 has a much more interesting character .. what really irks me is the same way “improvements” to the Eventide H910 or algorithms or perhaps changes in the hardware meant the sonic fingerprint sat completely differently in a mix and became subsequently more sterile with the H3000 .. then the DSP4000 (having learned to compensate and make the H3000 sound vaguely interesting I hated that piece of shit) .. or how Line 6 updates make everything sound progressively more synthetic .. I just don’t get why we can’t use a bit of fucking imagination and create new sounds .. and while synthetic reverb is intrinsically dumb the time old arguments about valves being better than transistors .. vinyl being better than CD .. analog tape being better than digital .. and don’t get me started on condenser microphones .. and why great sounding dynamic microphones get redesigned and the names don’t change .. all these stupid gear myths influencing those flappy holes on the side of your head .. all the same .. all the same .. until it isn’t .. because .. it isn’t .. as a musician and sound engineer I’ve learned that a simple software upgrade can mean the difference between the hairs standing up on your arms or the hair falling out on the back of your head .. sensory experience is complex .. surely the question we should ask ourselves is “how can we use AI and the computing power available to learn how to trigger enhanced sensory experiences in new ways? when we are hell bent on recreating some classic or iconic experience someone else had decades ago” .. or to put it another way .. “for fuck sake .. Elvis is dead” (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRqQpeoNy0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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headline on today’s Daily Star .. no wonder anyone who reads it seems to be an absolute cunt? (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOrlNEsHLw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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in other news .. a man called John came to do our garden the other day .. he completely transformed it and removed several years of brambles and foliage which he took away in massive dumpy bags on his trailer .. he did it quickly as well .. he actually turns up on time and he’s really reliable .. he owns his own tools including a chainsaw a hard hat and a ladder .. he even has a toolbox and ear defenders .. believe it or not he’s also a musician and he’s one of my customers .. I gave him a bottle of wine as a tip and he said “thank you I might have a glass this evening” .. implausible I know :-) (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNrdnDMRpE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’m sitting on the toilet vaping doing a massive cosmic Glastonbury poo reading a newsletter with an orb above my head which says “Taking time to notice your breath and take a couple of deep in breaths followed by slow full out breaths not only resets your nervous system and emotions but also clears out toxins - 70% of our waste elimination comes out through our breath - and fully exhaling a couple of times a few times a day has a cumulative effect.” and thinking if 70% of the toxic waste in my body came out my mouth right now .. based on the size of this poo .. there would be a pile of shit on the floor as big as the cake @ginatywharton and I had at our wedding .. except it wouldn’t be white like an Icelandic landscape or maybe Greenland or the Antarctic .. or the Arctic .. (why are there ants on the South Pole anyway) it would be brown .. and a bit smelly .. I wonder who the orb is? maybe it’s God? or his brother? or maybe his wife Asherah .. or perhaps it’s just a lightbulb! (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNqBCcMEIh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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a selection of herbal teas next to our WiFi kettle and a little charging station with a shelf for our phones .. #medicineoflove <3 (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkE3PXCILgc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#medicineoflove

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a bit late to this .. let me explain .. I spent 10 hours in A&E yesterday .. because I was in a hospital I wasn’t allowed to vape .. ridiculous I know! so I have noticed a decline in flavours and yesterday when I finally got to have a puff .. INTENSE .. is what it was .. so I’m thinking ‘ah good old vape fatigue right?’ and that’s where I was wrong .. my taste buds in fact have been reinstated by something else I did yesterday before I left for Musgrove .. #oilpulling .. sounds like something you should do with a big Diesel engine on a drag strip yeah .. or something you should do with Vin Diesel wearing a dress .. hang on .. him or me .. trust me I look rubbish in a dress and big old Vin .. I reckon he would look weirder .. no in fact it’s the simple act of pulling oil through your teeth to remove bacteria .. you take a spoonful of coconut oil and suck it through your teeth and swish it around your mouth for 10 to 20 minutes .. I’m somewhat restricted by having perennial rhinitis which makes it hard to breath through my nose .. so I have to take the occasional gulp of air .. but it actually works .. it also helps to keep your mouth hydrated (PG and VG cause dry mouth .. which encourages bacteria .. so your own bad breath taints everything you taste .. so Unicorns are go :/) DISCLAIMER: unlikely to restore your taste buds if you have COVID (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkDcknXsU4s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#oilpulling

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back from A&E .. thank you for having friendly helpful staff .. sorry I got bored and started to sample the beeps and bleeps to make the soundtrack to @ginatywharton ‘s chew mermaids .. apparently they’re called mets .. if I meet one I’m going to kick it in the continue this later I think the #ADHD meds have totally worn offers on a postcard please send an SAE to .. we watched @thevoiceuk though that was quite good .. that’s it I think I better go to sleep now (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCoKuJo6ev/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#adhd

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bored of A&E now :-( (at Musgrove Park A And E) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCYhY5oHKn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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starting to feel annoyed by nicotine relaxation therapy now (that’s what NRT stands for right?) .. so my chosen method of stress relief doesn’t work here .. I’m having an exciting time with @ginatywharton but I’m not allowed to chain vape Unicorn :/( (at Musgrove Park A And E) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBoctQs-pL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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my new favourite drink .. can you guess what’s in it? (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj83su0M9ZL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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pain .. your turn .. click like then comment below and share .. (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj8rsL3MHin/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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one of the positive side effects of #vaping .. more efficient power tools .. 25A Molicel 18650 batteries courtesy of @vapersonlineuk .. (at Sonus Magus Music Shop Glastonbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3TbeWMAQk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#vaping

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when in doubt try to build a space rocket .. make sure to use a sustainable resource like grass .. I stared into the flames and dropped into a deep trance and heard the words “been hit by a car” .. who has? are you okay? (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjafHjKs-Of/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=