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Ian Hilton πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

@whistler360

Music Junkie 🎧 - #80s - #VinylCollector - #VinylCommunity - #Rush - #MUFC - #221B - BibliophileπŸ“š - Humanist - Great Comedy.

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So word on the street this turns 44 Today

Diamond is the second studio album by English band Spandau Ballet, released on 12 March 1982 by Chrysalis Records.

#ThrowBackThursday
#OnThisDay
#80s
#Vinyl

12.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Word on the street, that's how I found out..

#VinylCommunity

12.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#RememberingRik

I put this up every year on Riks birthday, just seems so apt.

Would have been 68 today, still very sadly missed..

#HappyBirthdayRik
#RikMayall

07.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Their not Thier πŸ™„πŸ˜

03.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#NowPlaying

#Blondie No Exit

Originally released 1999 on CD - now for the first time available on crystal clear #Vinyl double album - as of Dec 25

Birthday gift from my Son, I may have dropped the odd hint. 🀣

Includes Maria, thier 6th UK No1

#VinylCommunity
#NowSpinning

02.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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#VinylCommunity

Brilliant iconic album.. 56 this year.

#VinylClassic

24.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tickets go on sale Friday 10th good luck Gary. If you're a fan club member then tomorrow, my son is 🀞

23.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Rush announce March 2027 UK arena tour.

Including two nights at the #O2

Should I or Shouldn't I ? πŸ€”

Time to sell that spare kidney πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

🀘

23.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

#AndrewMountbattenWindsor

#Arrested

19.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Books

Book page holder.
What a clever little idea, keeps your book open with just your thumb πŸ‘

#Booksky
#Bookworm

14.02.2026 05:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#NowPlaying

#RUSH

Moving Pictures 1981

45 Today 😯

Their 8th studio album.

Brilliant πŸ‘

#NowSpinning
#VinylComminty

12.02.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#SmallProphets

Absolutely bloody brilliant. I knew Mackenzie Crook would come up with something special. Great cast, fantastic script.

Had to binge watch..🀐

Excuse me do you sell buckets πŸͺ£?

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

10.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
February 6, 2026

Stressed if you do... Stressed if you don't

Stressed after working too hard.
But not working stresses me out.
Anxiety creeps up when I'm alone.
It gets me when I'm out and about.

I need a major change in my life.
Life-changing events are stressful.
But I need to make a quick decision.
What if my option isn't successful?

Don't talk to me, I'll freak out!
Why aren't you talking to me?
What did I do? Was it my fault?
Leave me alone! Just let me be!

I turn on the television to relax.
There's unrest because of a storm.
A maniac wants to run the world.
Disinformation is now the norm.

So, I turn to social media for fun.
There are billionaires everywhere.
Artificial intelligence is the trend 
but I prefer a natural one, to be fair.

Β©Tania Carina Pires

February 6, 2026 Stressed if you do... Stressed if you don't Stressed after working too hard. But not working stresses me out. Anxiety creeps up when I'm alone. It gets me when I'm out and about. I need a major change in my life. Life-changing events are stressful. But I need to make a quick decision. What if my option isn't successful? Don't talk to me, I'll freak out! Why aren't you talking to me? What did I do? Was it my fault? Leave me alone! Just let me be! I turn on the television to relax. There's unrest because of a storm. A maniac wants to run the world. Disinformation is now the norm. So, I turn to social media for fun. There are billionaires everywhere. Artificial intelligence is the trend but I prefer a natural one, to be fair. Β©Tania Carina Pires

I wrote a poem about stress and anxiety.

06.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘πŸ‘βœ’οΈ

06.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Nowplaying

Weather is the 10th & sadly the last studio album from Huey Lewis & The News, released on #ValentinesDay 2020

The album consists of songs recorded before Lewis's 2018 hearing loss from Ménière's disease.

#NowSpinning
#VinylCommunity

05.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thatβ€˜s the spirit.

05.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 10908 πŸ” 3179 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Rosie, you too πŸ‘‹πŸŽ‰

23.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Girl reading a book on a cloud, surrounded by stars.

Caption:
You're right.
Reading won't fix the problem, but it will put me in a better mood when I feel like dealing with it.

Girl reading a book on a cloud, surrounded by stars. Caption: You're right. Reading won't fix the problem, but it will put me in a better mood when I feel like dealing with it.

That's right!πŸ€·β€β™€οΈπŸ“š

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

20.01.2026 07:11 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
January 11, 2026

The Bliss of Books

I opened you up before I was three.
Never again would you let me free.
I made friends with a fox and a hound.
Peter Rabbit and I went running around.

I had adventures with The Famous Five.
Baloo taught me the necessities of life.
I fell down the rabbit hole and met a cat.
And I helped Matilda glue her father's hat.

Later on, I found Adrian's secret diary.
Sherlock Holmes made me very wary.
I also visited worlds too far to mention.
I travelled to sites in another dimension.

The road to bliss is paved with books.
All kept in their own crannies and nooks.
Fiction, non-fiction, romance, fantasy, 
sci-fi, horror, fairy tales, and mystery.

They make me laugh, they make me cry.
Books will wreck you in the blink of an eye.
But every time an old story says goodbye, I come back for more and that's not a lie.

Β©Tania Carina Pires

January 11, 2026 The Bliss of Books I opened you up before I was three. Never again would you let me free. I made friends with a fox and a hound. Peter Rabbit and I went running around. I had adventures with The Famous Five. Baloo taught me the necessities of life. I fell down the rabbit hole and met a cat. And I helped Matilda glue her father's hat. Later on, I found Adrian's secret diary. Sherlock Holmes made me very wary. I also visited worlds too far to mention. I travelled to sites in another dimension. The road to bliss is paved with books. All kept in their own crannies and nooks. Fiction, non-fiction, romance, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, fairy tales, and mystery. They make me laugh, they make me cry. Books will wreck you in the blink of an eye. But every time an old story says goodbye, I come back for more and that's not a lie. Β©Tania Carina Pires

My love poem to books.πŸ“š

11.01.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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#VinylCommunity

"I water my mind with books." πŸ“š

- Susan Sontag

#Vinyl and #Books
Seem to go together..

🎼 πŸ“–

11.01.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Definitely me! πŸ™„

10.01.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Woman sitting on a couch with a sleeping cat next to her and a cup of a hot beverage on top of a pile of books in front of her.

Caption:
The wintery urge to hibernate with books, tea, and a warm blanket.

Woman sitting on a couch with a sleeping cat next to her and a cup of a hot beverage on top of a pile of books in front of her. Caption: The wintery urge to hibernate with books, tea, and a warm blanket.

I'm sorry for the typo. Someone misspelled β€˜coffee’.πŸ€·β€β™€οΈβ˜•οΈ

#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #Coffeeholic

09.01.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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On this day 50 years

1976 - Queen
Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month.

09.01.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#HappyNewYear everyone..

#NewYear2026

01.01.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The greatest mystery of the #Christmas #holidays

Buggers got me again 🀨

#Saturday I mean, COME ON

😑

27.12.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There is an Icelandic tradition called JΓ³labΓ³kaflΓ³Γ°, where books are exchanged as #ChristmasEve presents, & the rest of the night is spent reading them & drinking hot chocolate.

Now why don't we do this in the UK?

#MerryChristmas all..

#Books

25.12.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have a fantastic Christmas Tania πŸŽ„

23.12.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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46 Today

1979 ● Pink Floyd β€”β€” The Wall

#pinkfloyd
#OTD
#vinyl

30.11.2025 07:51 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On this day 41 years ago The cream of the British pop world gathered at S.A.R.M. Studios, London to record the historic Do They Know It's Christmas? The single, which was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure,
#OTD
#12inchTuesday
#vinyl

25.11.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0