Stephen Palmer (@stephenauthor.bsky.social)

Stephen Palmer

@stephenauthor.bsky.social

Author of music, anthropology & genre fiction books. Musician, atheist & materialist. Likes tea, T Dream, The Goons, Stranglers, Steve Reich. Considers the nature of consciousness a lot. #EmbraceTheRandom

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#photography #EmbraceTheRandom. Lux 6. These photographs by the way are all taken without getting up from my Premier Inn bed. 🤔

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New single & album from the lovely Bridget. #Spacerock.

youtu.beBridget Wishart No Shadow Single EditYouTube video by Bridget Wishart

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Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French (1866-1944), Ein Speer (Red Sun and Ship), 1925, oil on canvas, private collection

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Brilliant.

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Kirsty Elson who creates small scilptures by upcycling driftwood and other found materials #WomensArt

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Courtesy Duncan Gray of the marvellous GSPS. #TheGoons #TheGoonShow #SpikeMilligan.

goonshow.orgBook Now Available – The Goons Go To AfricaSteve Palmer has announced that his book The Making & Legacy of The Goon Show: The Goons Go To Africa is now available to buy as a hardback. The blurb:Three quarters of a century has passed sin…

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It is published! The Pen & Sword Books website has the best deal. #GoonShow #TheGoonShow #SpikeMilligan #HarrySecombe #PeterSellers #MichaelBentine.

share.googleThe Making & Legacy of The Goon ShowThree quarters of a century has passed since the first Goon Show of 1951. Yet this BBC radio show is still being repeated in national…

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Fabulous!

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'Otters' in ink by Jackie Morris, artist, author who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt #Monday

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Working hard today... #KlausSchulze.

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So obvious.

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We're nearly there... #TheGoons #TheGoonShow #SpikeMilligan #PeterSellers #HarrySecombe #MichaelBentine.

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An update on my Klaus Schulze book. #KlausSchulze.

substack.comMore SchulzeOr, write on.

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Excellent piece.

theguardian.comThe Stone Roses showed me the power of being an introvertAt boarding school in the early 90s, quietness was seen as weakness. But then I saw the band’s guitarist John Squire making a vast noise while hiding behind a fringe – and learned the strength of unde...

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Idiot BBC :/

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Radio 4 ExtraRadio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy ...

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For all my musician friends on Bandcamp - beware! Scammers about. #MusicSky.

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Yup, just absurd... #GoonShow #TheGoonShow #SpikeMilligan.

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Morning. Pheasant, Sophie Grandval.

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Ace.

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Self-portrait on the way home from the Shoes #aofoto

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Fab!

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Tom Dubbledam (b.1957, Holland) "Sunset Reflections" 2021. oil on panel. #Pointillism

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And... my 9 books.

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#EmbraceTheRandom #photography.

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One for you, @richardmortimer.bsky.social 😁

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Things you see on the tube #427,598.

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Turns out I much prefer animation to real people 😁

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🎂 🍥 🥞 🧁 🍰!

The Goon Show Preservation Society@thegsps.bsky.social

Our AGM takes place on 10 October 2026 at Stephens House & Gardens, N3 3QE. Our special guest will be author @stephenauthor.bsky.social; there’ll be 75th anniversary cake to eat; books & CDs will be given away; & time permitting we’ll see a live performance of forgotten Galton and Simpson sketches!

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The world of 9 goes visual...

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This one was more tricky... 🤔

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Ah. Then again... 🤔

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Well, I suppose that gives my age away pretty accurately 😁

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A really SUPERB album. Check it out!

Glen Wotherspoon@glenwotherspoon.bsky.social

Wally - Wally. Produced by Rick Wakeman and Whispering Bob Harris, this is the first of two albums by the band. Prog with a touch of country rock, it reminds me a little of Bored Civillians by Keith Cross and Peter Ross. Nice album.