I did promise to make more textiles this year Please let your rich friends know #textiles #illustration www.sonnyross.com/shop/hand

New linocut carve where I straddle folklore, political commentary and pet portraits.

Looking forward to his 5 night residency at Cafe Oto with Steve Beresford and Evan Parker

And finally this morning; the Mo Wax Headz compilation.

No pressure but if you don't buy one of my Valentine cards it's clear to me you don't love your partner. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

For local friends ( #Devon, #Dartmoor, #WestCountry UK), Chagford's annual Wassail takes place on Saturday. It's a free, folkloric, family-friendly event and all are welcome. The beautiful art on the poster is by @matpringle.bsky.social.

Patrick Clarke speaks to the figures behind the new Black British Folk Collective about their story so far, and reviews eleven new records including harsh noise bodhran, an extraordinary Occitan freakout, Armenian duduk, Polish oberek Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Winter buff.ly/faSJA4o

Bob Nastanovich of Pavement has generously gifted his ‘Harness Your Hopes’ gold disc to the Margate music venue Whereelse to help them fend off possible closure. Bid now! ebay.us/m/Rghvuw Or donate here. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-where...

Also this morning; The Incredible String Band. #nowplaying

This morning; Loose Fur. #nowplaying

‘The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea’ by Micah P Hinson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwR...

Not in the Epstein files: - trans people - migrants and asylum seekers - people who arrive in small boats - benefits claimants In the Epstein files: - rich white guys who tell you (or pay people to tell you) to hate the people above

I get the news I need from the black dog weather vane.

Two people outside the post office in the pissing rain and wind huddled under a child’s umbrellas complaining about immigrants getting benefits. Get a grip England you degenerate little cesspool.

“We are closing all bookshops and only having libraries. Sometimes the library will burn the books you like, close down without warning, pivot to arms manufacture or host fascist rallies while you browse. Enjoy your choice.”

If you see this, post your green art.

Pen practice again, with a little blue wash. #winterart #landscape

Happy birthday Graham Nash!

Mick McMahon Monday

Goodnight. 🖼️ Kent Ambler

We look like the team with ten men that had a midweek European fixture. Embarrassing. #cpfc

‘Volto Esposto 1’ reduction linocut print. Inking and printing the third layer of ink. Inspired [very loosely] by ‘Berbarian Sound Studio’, ‘Don’t Look Now’, avant-garde electronic music, Peter Strickland, the music of Broadcast, Giallo movies and soundtracks.

As it’s LGBTQ+ History Month I thought I’d share some bits from my new book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains (out in mid March) just to give a flavour of what was going on beyond the privet…

This morning; Junglist! compilation on Soul Jazz Records. Reissue of the year and it’s only January.

Been to a club to see Mr Scruff play records - a phrase I’ve not uttered in 25 years - and my favourite bit was people doing daft robot dancing to Kraftwerk’s ‘The Robots’. Daft and obvious but joyously so. Also The Headhunters ‘If You’ve Got It, You’ll Get It’. Need a lie down now.

1967. (This cover art may be by the author, she was also an illustrator, but I can’t confirm.) #illustration #coverart #bookcover #1960s #MargeryLawrence

@johnpower.bsky.social hey John, what was that series of vinyl comps released last year of odd psych folk krautrock euro oddness? Had odd minimalist futuristic looking covers. My brain is blank…

Working at my studio desk in school today and the Y3 students made a portrait of me out of cardboard. The likeness is uncanny.

'My Darling Clementine'

This morning: Electric Wizard. I passed on this when it was first released because I couldn’t bring myself to buy a stoner rock album by a band called Electric Wizard with a soft focus horned goblin smoking a bong on the cover.

Ah the timeless merry Vinted dance of haggle haggle haggle, accept, ignore.

27/1/26 - nocturn

Remembering Sly Dunbar, the drummer who helped steer reggae and worked globally with everyone from Serge Gainsbourg to Grace Jones. Words by @wrongtom.bsky.social thequietus.com/news/remembe...

John Alcorn, 1971. From: “Circues - A Book To Begin On,” by Mary Kay Phelan. #illustration #1970s #JohnAlcorn #MaryKayPhelan

Birthday beats for Mike Patton of Faith No More, Mr Bungle and Fantamos. Linocut portrait from my #inkypantheon series.

Heard the sad news about Sly Dunbar on the school run of all places. I don’t even really know where to start with his immeasurable contribution to music and, well, everything, but watching him at work is best. Here’s Sly and Robbie in action with Black Uhuru at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park in 1981

1) Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 2) Massive Attack - Blue Lines 3) Wu-Tang - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 4) Black Dog - Bytes 5) Portishead - Dummy #5debutalbums9094

Manu Ekanayake is transported effortlessly back to a time of optimism and creative and cultural flex by a comp digging into the reggae sampling roots of jungle Reissue of the Week: Junglist! Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95 buff.ly/CUJjhBa

The fierce nineties jump-up jungle on 6 Music is exactly what I needed to hear RN.

Linocut album cover artwork for @pgofton.bsky.social ‘Pagodas’ released under ‘The All Golden’ moniker. It’s a collection of recordings and songs he made as a teenager and in his twenties and it’s remarkably good and one of my studio favourites when I’m printing….

A message from Eliza Carthy about her dad, #MartinCarthy

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

“We’ve invented a machine the destroys our own planet, drives inequality and the rise of global fascism, destroys truth and veracity, undermines all of human achievements in knowledge, science, medicine, arts and culture. And frankly we’re upset that you’re not that into it and call us names.”

“We’ve invented a machine that will save money because we’ll be able to fire millions of people and not have to pay them.” “How much have you spent on it?” “Oh, hundreds of times what we’d have actually saved.”

“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”

Artists! Quote with your horn art!

I've had enough.

Unexpected Wu Tang/John Cassavetes crossover. youtu.be/4BOvz4Z6eM8