𝄞 ♮ Barnet Boy 🇮🇹

Expat Brit living in Umbria, Italy, with my wife, two dogs and 13 cats. Amongst other things, I am an amateur folk musician and play guitar, dulcimer guitar, melodeon, mandolin, ukulele and synth, none especially proficiently. As well as folk, I also create electronic music tracks. #Music #Musician #Folk #FolkMusic #FolkMusician #folkies #ImprovisedMusic #AmbientMusic #fedi22

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrahamIrwin-Paciano
Bandcamp: https://grahamirwin.bandcamp.com/
Tarot: https://theglastonburytarot.co.uk
Vinyl/CD: https://elasticstage.com/graham-irwin

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2025-10-27 14:58:51 UTC

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ours is 1 hr 12 mins fast in summer; it's only 12 mins fast now 🤣

2025-10-27 14:51:17 UTC

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don't do it! It'll be right again in 6 months

2025-10-27 14:45:18 UTC

What do you do when you discover you have cancer? Write a song about it, of course!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3U-tJ2I63M

2025-10-26 17:53:32 UTC

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🤣

2025-10-26 14:31:12 UTC

Spud is a tart.
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/440/938/603/699/926/original/ae4c3d7897e58fde.jpg

2025-10-26 10:16:04 UTC

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https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/439/943/108/393/862/original/36102c1f98731922.mp4

2025-10-26 10:12:35 UTC

The Isle of Man Angel coin shows on its reverse ("tails") side St Michael slaying a dragon. St Michael is naked save for a pair of underpants.
I wonder if they're Marks and Spencer's underpants.
(For those who are unaware, St Michael was the brand name for the retailer Marks and Spencer.)
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/439/926/285/410/193/original/5d3a4909950654f9.jpg

2025-10-24 15:11:06 UTC

"Well, Fergus, what do you have on under your kilt?"
"Och, Angus, on a good day, lipstick."

2025-10-24 14:57:31 UTC

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I used to love the A-Team

2025-10-24 13:28:19 UTC

Well, a 4-hour wait for my bone scan yesterday gave me the chance to write most of a song. Now to tidy it up.

2025-10-23 17:57:29 UTC

Phew, it's been a long day. An hour's drive to t'hospital, half hour to see the doc, 4 hours wait for the scan, half hour for the scan itself, then an hour back. Zzzz

2025-10-22 17:38:54 UTC

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a smart mattress 😮

2025-10-22 11:58:53 UTC

Thought for the day...
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/417/686/581/060/382/original/d2f48ca02aa2b8a4.jpg

2025-10-21 17:35:43 UTC

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I have vented in Reddit's r/fuckHPprinters sub.

2025-10-21 15:56:11 UTC

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sound advice. Sadly to no avail, so a trip to Euronics was called for. Better luck with Epson, I hope.

2025-10-21 08:43:41 UTC

I hate HP printers. A little red warning light is flashing on my printer, the power on light and the wifi connected lights are both on. There is nothing to say what the warning means except when I press the warning light and it prints a page telling me the printer is unable to print 🙃

2025-10-20 14:33:23 UTC

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wow. Who knew!

2025-10-20 14:10:22 UTC

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does seem a bit of a bummer they use AWS

2025-10-20 14:09:35 UTC

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#SocksOfMastodon 😁

2025-10-20 11:08:25 UTC

Hmm... 12 mins in a pan or 15 mins in the microwave. Difficult decision.

2025-10-19 19:09:11 UTC

Bought a new cat litter tray today. Filled it with litter and it took Lucy less than 5 minutes to christen it! 😆

2025-10-19 15:21:27 UTC

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I don't know Rome, just been there 2 or 3 times. On one of those occasions it was a visit to the Bulgarian Embassy, and the quarter that was in had some lovely houses.

2025-10-19 15:19:33 UTC

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no, we were almost at water level. I think it's the reflection of the mountains that makes it look odd. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-10-19 14:28:04 UTC

A slightly eyrie look over Lago Trasimeno this afternoon.
#Umbria #Italy
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/401/288/152/528/552/original/2d7e9935a0ecf670.jpg

2025-10-18 16:48:23 UTC

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I found the article for the home page in the end. Lovely buildings, and they look well-maintained, too.

2025-10-17 18:02:25 UTC

A lovely cover of Sting's Fields of Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UVjjcOUJLE

2025-10-17 15:18:04 UTC

Me: Perhaps I got the wrong end of the stick.
Them: No, you got the wrong stick.
🤣

2025-10-17 15:16:37 UTC

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not at all. It was bad form of me to laugh, but it was at the situation rather than because you have a hangover.

2025-10-17 14:37:44 UTC

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🤣

2025-10-17 13:21:32 UTC

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We've been going to the vets for a few years now, initially for his chemo, and now just for the vitamin - and 3-monthly or something checkups.
My sympathies to your arm!

2025-10-17 11:50:50 UTC

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👻 indeed. I have to take Ringo for a vitamin B (I think) injection every 2 weeks. The job takes a few seconds but the waiting is a pain. Glad to here all was okay.

2025-10-17 10:37:15 UTC

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Cool - you're welcome

2025-10-17 09:37:58 UTC

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the link gives a 404 squire!

2025-10-17 07:54:55 UTC

Happy #VetVisitFriday
🙄

2025-10-14 18:24:04 UTC

I spent €100,000 on a limosine only to find it doesn't come with a driver.
I spent all that money on a car and I have nothing to chauffeur it.

2025-10-14 11:10:12 UTC

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of course. Even wielding the crowbar was something to be done gingerly.

2025-10-14 10:15:20 UTC

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ah, yes! That's particularly helpful. I had to abandon using the chainsaw with Niblet around.

2025-10-14 07:52:54 UTC

Nibby is helping daddy dismantle a pallet this morning...
#CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfUmbria
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2025-10-13 11:16:02 UTC

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The Life of Despots ☹️

2025-10-11 17:35:30 UTC

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Here in Italy a lot of health issues are blamed on the change of season.

2025-10-11 15:17:50 UTC

Yikes! Almost ran over a wolf on the way out. It ran out only a few metres in front of us. And on a regional road, too.

2025-10-11 06:53:57 UTC

Happy #Caturday from Rolly
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/354/211/106/245/671/original/497fc41b12f7e75f.jpg

2025-10-10 17:55:37 UTC

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I reckon people can be allergic or intolerant to just about anything. The missus has a whole list of 'em, although I don't think histamine is among them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-10-10 17:50:57 UTC

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sounds a lot better than H sodding P

2025-10-10 17:46:41 UTC

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jigger me, that looks a big fridge!

2025-10-09 18:11:42 UTC

https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/345/548/031/468/905/original/0f5182482984270b.png

2025-10-09 06:29:20 UTC

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choices, choices...

2025-10-08 18:56:32 UTC

From somewhere on the interwebz:
"I'm so sick of seeing Nigel Farage everywhere. I'm thinking of moving the Clacton so I never see him again."

2025-10-08 17:15:30 UTC

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you have a good point there.

2025-10-06 11:09:37 UTC

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I bet they caught it from Italian couriers!
The best one was (talking to the missus): I'm outside your house now.
Herself (looking out of the window): But you're not.
Courier: Yes I am.
As you say, FFS

2025-10-05 17:54:21 UTC

Sod it! I've got a cold.

2025-10-05 14:02:59 UTC

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That's a tricky one. 'Tis a shame cooperation, diplomacy and peace isn't an option.

2025-10-05 11:46:11 UTC

So, when I went out the other day, I was chuffed to see a black squirrel that ran across the road a little way ahead. I've not seen one for a couple of years. This morning the poor little critter had run across the road one too many times and he/she lay at the side of the road.

2025-10-04 15:42:50 UTC

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I did see a suggestion that CDs and vinyl albums were exempt from US tariffs but IDK if it's true.

2025-10-03 18:56:12 UTC

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Happy Birthday

2025-10-03 10:20:39 UTC

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🤣

2025-10-03 09:19:37 UTC

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get well soon!

2025-10-03 09:18:34 UTC

It's widely thought that T-Rexes can't clap because they have short arms. Actually, it's because they're all dead.

2025-10-02 11:44:34 UTC

Oh ffs, some of the shops have Christmas goods in already. ☹️

2025-10-01 06:58:47 UTC

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we have a problem with mice most years. It's usually just 1 or 2. Seven (so far) is a bit more of a problem.
Yes, they don't need much space to crawl through and the stone walls will have many cavities great and small.

2025-10-01 06:55:00 UTC

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and all the family!!

2025-09-30 18:14:28 UTC

Herself has just headed downstairs for the loo as there are mice in the upstairs one. There are 5 humane traps down and we've already caught 6 of the little blighters.
We can't figure out where they're coming from.

2025-09-30 15:49:45 UTC

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I can't remember when I last spoke to one. My mother was one back in the day.

2025-09-30 15:43:38 UTC

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the operator? :sigh: I remember them! 🤣

2025-09-30 10:40:08 UTC

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the mind boggles

2025-09-29 17:49:31 UTC

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double brew!

2025-09-29 13:42:29 UTC

Doctor to patients in the waiting room: Due to new privacy laws, we are no longer allowed to call patients by name.
A little later...
Doctor: Will the patient with the itchy vagina please come through.

2025-09-28 10:05:42 UTC

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an SUV???

2025-09-27 13:13:02 UTC

Driving back from the pizzeria, herself announced, "There's a cloud over there the shape of a penis with warts."

2025-09-27 08:00:38 UTC

Happy #Caturday
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/275/199/217/110/105/original/448c34a5d4aea64c.jpg

2025-09-27 07:58:32 UTC

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🤣

2025-09-26 06:55:32 UTC

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gorgeous puss 💜

2025-09-26 06:31:06 UTC

Eek! Ha sthe monsoon season started already?

2025-09-25 17:00:58 UTC

My first boss when I first started working ahem years ago once said that the definition of a bore was someone who when asked how they were, told you.
He was an arsehole.

2025-09-25 10:59:58 UTC

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a ride or making it? 🤣

2025-09-23 17:44:16 UTC

I don't usually comment on the world's most ridiculous, soulless, pompous, orange leader, but he has got it nailed this time
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/254/838/346/217/493/original/3fb5ee0d115913ba.png

2025-09-23 13:05:12 UTC

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nice photo! Rather atmospheric.

2025-09-22 09:01:24 UTC

91 years ago today saw one of the UK's worst ever mining disasters, at the Gresford Colliery in north Wales. In the early hours of the morning of 22 Sep 1934 an explosion in one of the mine shafts led to the death of 265 miners and three rescuers. This song commemorates the event and is a tribute to those who lost their lives in the disaster. The Gresford Disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI1SrQ1C0XY

2025-09-21 19:12:38 UTC

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just sayin' ...

2025-09-21 14:54:39 UTC

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I used to have a t-shirt with that one. One of my friends couldn't see the joke! 🤣

2025-09-21 11:36:48 UTC

Daddy's gone to get pizza
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/242/072/988/783/068/original/b9a334662e663ed5.jpg

2025-09-19 18:49:45 UTC

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I think they just like inventing words 🤣

2025-09-19 18:02:31 UTC

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wouldn't electric folk do?

2025-09-19 13:22:51 UTC

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well shiver me timbers!

2025-09-19 09:46:38 UTC

Happy Fried Egg Friday
#FriedEggFriday
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/230/319/971/961/489/original/cd023836941f07dd.jpg

2025-09-16 15:16:29 UTC

"I'll buy you a coffee," she says...
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/214/630/344/537/711/original/2ef92b7f514addea.jpg

2025-09-13 07:20:17 UTC

I love these old buildings with bricked-in windows and doors. We were told this would have been a door for the removal of corpses with a wooden staircase.
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/195/756/816/909/707/original/ee71d8b26178a426.jpg

2025-09-12 15:29:56 UTC

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ye gods, I remember learning Lisp at uni ahem years ago.

2025-09-12 14:52:29 UTC

"Do you have any books on phobias?"
"No."
"I was afraid of that."

2025-09-11 15:32:09 UTC

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happy birthday!

2025-09-11 11:08:27 UTC

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that's all I needed to know! 😁

2025-09-11 09:05:59 UTC

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we can't avoid it here. All the couriers and tradespeople use WhatsApp, the local community, the councils and utilities have WhatsApp groups or Facebook pages. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-09-11 06:37:24 UTC

Who the fuck is Charlie Kirk? No, I don't really want to know.

2025-09-09 07:09:20 UTC

I've just noticed in VS Code, there is a shortcut using Ctrl + ò. I guess you're stuffed if you have a UK or US keyboard...

2025-09-08 17:42:05 UTC

I seem to have a Commodore 64 which is a regular visitor to my website. WTF‽

2025-09-07 07:16:13 UTC

So, the missus announces, "We're in deep shit without a paddle." Yikes!

2025-09-06 14:19:27 UTC

https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/157/773/024/703/206/original/1389f36ab05c4abe.jpg

2025-09-06 14:15:57 UTC

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well, the bricks didn't look right if it was up/down and they looked like some sort of vehicle track, but an incline never occurred to me.

2025-09-06 11:54:33 UTC

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I would have said looking along, but I guess that's the wrong answer.

2025-09-06 11:53:02 UTC

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there's probably one that says, "Don't talk to me" 😀