Tom Hostler

@justplayed @RegaResearch Sorry to hear that Gareth. I’m sure you’ve done the googling, but these sudden fails seem to be fairly common with Rega’s accessories, and if it’s not the fuses then it’s likely a component failure on the PCB which needs a professional repair. Hope you get it sorted sir.

My beloved @RegaResearch Aria Mk2 suddenly stopped working on Saturday. Have tried replacement fuse in the plug & in the unit itself. With new fuses in the unit, the logo on the front briefly lights up & then goes and the unit won’t work. Any tips? January’s column relies on it!

@standardsmanual Have you guys stopped shipping to the UK? You offer UK pricing but when I try and order I get a “we don’t ship there” error. Have ordered successfully before. 🤔

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@ballmatthew I can feel a book coming on … LinkedIn 2025: 52 improbable Venn diagrams

@james_kirkup @MrGarriock @ZhHaAyr @mailbloxbot I don’t run a newsletter, but I’d love a squiz!

@1_spence Fuck. That's hard. So sorry sir ...

@paulpod youtu.be/GPS0r3RMenc?si…

@paulpod Burn the witch!

@1_spence I think I’ve asked you before … which shop(s) in Felixstowe? I’m frequently in Snape, but love a bit of old Felixstowe

@1_spence C’mon … share the spoils. What rekkids did you buy?

@MKBHD Bloody well done sir! 👏🏼

Just gonna immortalize this here forever

@jojobroom @pluralvinylpod I have a similar tale Jo … was out for a walk last week, minding my own business, listening to the same Pod … and suddenly found myself diverting IMMEDIATELY to @DreamhouseLDN to purchase based on @justplayed’s review. It’s an expensive listen!

I blame the @pluralvinylpod for this purchase. I streamed it the other week by the 4th song it was in my basket to order. Absolutely beautiful. So much so that I'm also seeing him in concert in Nov. Spent way more than £59.99, beware the pod!

@paulpod Great. Is your hotline server coming back? I’m running low on 128kbps MP3’s of the sneaker pimps

@Bananas_WFC @willwrite4cake @BigAudioDyn I took that from Wikipedia / a web search. I think the whole thing was an in-joke towards Jim Jarmusch. Great tune whatever.

@hostler @willwrite4cake @BigAudioDyn I don't think it was. He certainly did the dialogue for C'mon Every BeatBox but that was just lifted from The Cotton Club as far as I'm aware. Of course I could be wrong. No idea how Dillon got involved, but I'd take a punt he got friendly with Strummer somewhere along the way.

Sodom and Gomorrah, this is London guv.. dialogue for V13 taken from the start of this . The Chain full movie on YouTube .great London film worth a watch #ripbernardhill youtu.be/2Z3mxm_L5dg?si…

@Bananas_WFC @willwrite4cake @BigAudioDyn Laurence Fishburne.

@willwrite4cake @BigAudioDyn TBH I've no idea who did the other half of the dialogue though! Surely someone will though...

@tomszekeres Things can only get wetter.

Wet D:Ream.

@diemkay @rhymerrigby Lovely to hear from you! Yes, it’s certainly changed in many ways … and in some others it’s barely moved on. The pizza place is still there for example, just now with about 1000 new homes nearby!

@rhymerrigby @hostler Saw this and thought of you! What a change this has gone through. I remember sitting eating a pizza after a meeting and seeing not one soul around there except our team back then!

For those of us who remember Hackney Wick in 2004, Hackney Wick in 2024 is insane

@paulpod Fake Bees

@mellisreviews @TCL_Global Nice kicks Mark.

A big one today. @TCL_Global

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@presentcorrect Scuba-dooby-doo?

If there are any other forms of scuba please let us know .

Scuba, of the diving variety, is an acronym for self contained underwater breathing apparatus.