Then & Now: Tom Robinson with Adam Phllips Woensdag 15 Juli 2026 20:00 https://devlasbloem.be
CALLING FLANDERS: Tom Robinson with Adam Phillips live at KC De Vlasbloem, Nieuwkerken Waas (Sint Niklaas) on 15 July 2026. Tickets: bit.ly/TR26Vlasbloem
CALLING BLACKPOOL: special acoustic afternoon show on Tuesday 4th August in the run-up to #RebellionFestival Honoured to be sharing a stage with #TheWildhearts #KirkBrandon #SteveDrewett and #DaveSharp. Tickets & info: bit.ly/TR2026Blackp...
![The scene is ALEX KARP, CEO of Palantir, sat in an armchair by a fireside with an open children's book. His hair is wild, his stare intense, his eyes shifting round the room. The comic has many panels of silence where he just stares at us intensely.
[Silent pause]
[Silent pause]
ALEX KARP:
Hi there.
I'm Alex Karp.
CEO of Palantir.
[Silent pause. Shifty eyes]
[Silent pause]
And if you're an enemy of America something really bad is going to happen to you.
And your friends and your cousins and your parents
And you need to go to bed scared and wake up scared
[Waving his arms around now]
Because the American people don't wanna hear your woke pagan ideology anymore
And you need to know that this technology will take power from educated female voters and -
VOICE FROM OFF-SCENE
Alex...
ALEX KARP:
Huh
[Pull wider to show that this is in fact the set of the CBEEBIES BED TIME STORY and a CBEEBIES PRODUCER is talking to him from next to a camera operator].
CBEEBIES PRODUCER:
This is the Cbeebies Bedtime Story
[The book Alex is supposed to be reading is on a screen. It is titled: THE TECH BRO AND THE MAGIC BUBBLE]
ALEX KARP:
I could destroy you
CBEEBIES PRODUCER:
Sorry
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreihjrhmnur3kj3aupv7fdt54x2ddiejphhdkqcdfwjth55ucf2btnm)
The scene is ALEX KARP, CEO of Palantir, sat in an armchair by a fireside with an open children's book. His hair is wild, his stare intense, his eyes shifting round the room. The comic has many panels of silence where he just stares at us intensely. [Silent pause] [Silent pause] ALEX KARP: Hi there. I'm Alex Karp. CEO of Palantir. [Silent pause. Shifty eyes] [Silent pause] And if you're an enemy of America something really bad is going to happen to you. And your friends and your cousins and your parents And you need to go to bed scared and wake up scared [Waving his arms around now] Because the American people don't wanna hear your woke pagan ideology anymore And you need to know that this technology will take power from educated female voters and - VOICE FROM OFF-SCENE Alex... ALEX KARP: Huh [Pull wider to show that this is in fact the set of the CBEEBIES BED TIME STORY and a CBEEBIES PRODUCER is talking to him from next to a camera operator]. CBEEBIES PRODUCER: This is the Cbeebies Bedtime Story [The book Alex is supposed to be reading is on a screen. It is titled: THE TECH BRO AND THE MAGIC BUBBLE] ALEX KARP: I could destroy you CBEEBIES PRODUCER: Sorry [Ends]
tech people used to tell optimistic stories
Haha. No AI was involved in the doctoring of that image, mind :-)
Great news - just found out the mighty Gideon Coe is on BlueSky @gidcoe.bsky.social Morning, Gid - hope you're well - thanks for the follow!
Printed sign on ramshackle chipboard hoarding in suburban street: WE ARE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL LIVING SPACE AT THIS SHITE
Spotted on yesterday's dog walk...
Hahahaha excellent!
Topical throwback to The Dark Side Of the Moon according to #NoelFielding and #MightyBoosh on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/B9rL4Fug800/
Thanks for reposting anyway Cap'n. And I totally agree with you on Trump, Ofwat and Steely Dan...
CALLING IRELAND: **EXTRA SHOW IN KILKENNY**
Tom Robinson & Adam Phillips have just added legendary grassroots venue John Cleere's Bar & Theatre to our short run of duo shows in Ireland this September...
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Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros offering a hymn of thanks...
#HannahNewton (yesterday's woman holding up the pigeon sign) has posted her own Instagram video from yesterday's march...
Spotted outside The Dorchester this afternoon...
From the latest @priveteye.bsky.social No.1671... on newsstands now
Amazing Paul - thanks a million. That explained so much - and *also* introduced me to the wonderful world of Rick Beato for the first time... Win-win! 👍
Anyone familiar with the work of Angine de Poitrine? youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so
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Here's Adam and me getting ready to depart on Le Shuttle for 2 gigs in Belgium:
March 2026
Wed 18 OOSTERZELE - CC De Kluize
***3 TICKETS LEFT***
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Thu 19 ANTWERPEN - Rock Lobster City Lodge
***SOLD OUT***
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Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
Ah cheers for those kind words Rick - much appreciated
Map of Ireland with markers for Bangor, Dublin and Waterford
Following last year's string of sold-out UK shows we've finally managed to bring Then And Now, my duo show with Adam Phillips, to Ireland. First confirmed show is Wed 30 Sept at The Court House in Bangor. Tickets limited to 90 & available at bit.ly/TR2026Bangor. Dublin & Waterford follow shortly...
Hello Andrew - thanks very much - it really is a blessing to live in this city...
Yeah me too xx
Now that's proper gorgeous. Amazing light...
Yep, just a phone snap from the Oxo restaurant...
St Paul's, Blackfriars and the Thames by night...
![[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]
…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are…?
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibu6vuc7ofetq5hla3gfcknocotbfl3yk2ajczk6qfd2hnjxrav6q)
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]
Latest T-shirt from The Swedish Ernie Bushmiller Society...
Cartoon of a panicked Nancy asking "what are we doing?" Strapline is "The Swedish Ernie Bushmiller Society"
