Seeing as it’s a party, here’s a bit of the STILL unreleased The Specials Meet Wrongtom album. This is (a glimpse of) Black Skin Blue Eyed Dub

And you can almost hear the cartoon skedaddle sound as RFK exits.

I really appreciate this kind of thing, curation in a roiling sea of creation. Lots on my Wishlist to check out here.

Explain a film plot badly: Two detectives fail to catch a biblical serial killer & one of the detectives doesn’t need a divorce at the end.

CUOMO'S REVENGE.

Wait a sec, this is the second book in three months to make reference to seedy goings-on in Half Moon Street (Mayfair, London W1). I wonder if it was that notorious or if this is just a coincidence? The other one was The Lowlife by Alexander Baron.

Humble-brag Thursday.

*New Music Day* Here is an LP of quiet music (low volume recommended) recorded late at nights. Inspired by a recent discussion between @juderogers.bsky.social + @luketurner.bsky.social about Another Green World so similarities may, y'know. thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...

Human artists! Use one piece to convince people to follow you

This is handy. Someone I follow has been labelled as Rude but seems fine as far as I can see.

I've come to accept that all the music I've made is merely trying to compensate for my not writing this. What joy every time, Fred. youtu.be/gVYxekAaFRU?...

A weekly moment of quiet beauty.

Late night push…

I'm sad to see how Amanda Holden has plummeted in the nation's hearts. Especially as she's gone to the trouble of listing her CV.

I love this waaayy more than Wheatley's High Rise, I think it gets the tone perfectly.

Remember remember, the hair of Pete Kember.

Great, I always thought this was a story worth telling.

Come December I will go out of my way to hear Last Christmas as often as possible, but I can't recall ever seeing a John Lewis Christmas advert.

I'm sorry to say that, contrary to my belief, I cannot fly.

I'm blown away by the Girlbands Forever on BBC iPlayer.

This is the greatest last sentence ever written in an obituary. defector.com/dick-cheney-...

Music journalists often get a lot of stick, one could almost say they get a bad press, but the way @juderogers.bsky.social and @luketurner.bsky.social talked about Another Green World for @thequietus.com directly led me to make an LP of the best quiet music I've ever made. Here's the cover.

Oh wow did you hear about the mysterious fire next week

How is this not profoundly libellous

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COSEY *massive cornet blast fanfare*

Dear Lord, give me the confidence of the man on this podcast who's talking about the conspiracy theories surrounding The Shining (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1980), who admits that he hasn't watched The Shining (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1980).

Here's the music I made to distract me from nazis and AI and AI nazis. It's surprisingly un-angry. And I nearly got exposure from making the film, so I hope it's OK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b0O...

And now I'm trying to have a reasonable conversation with a bigot, which bodes extremely for today's artistic endeavours. But first I'm have to find me some hammers.

Full marks for grilled ham

I'm having this tattooed on my chest. So watch it.

Through the gold window.

Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys. Thankyou 💔

Later this week. Come early and watch the support.

Presumably the same ridiculous nanny state that no longer allows Harrods pet dept to sell lion and tiger cubs.

The last sentence was exactly what I was thinking about this.

Woman on the train yesterday was on the phone telling her mate about half term trip to the aquarium. "It was a shame you're not allowed to touch the starfish. I mean once they get used to human contact they'd find it quite comforting." I wondered what aquariums she's been to that do allow it?

Art of the day From Steve McCurry’s series War, Kuwait, 1991

BY THE WAY, if you’re neurodivergent, do swot up on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. It’s agony, truly, but helpful to have a name for it, and to know the intensity *will* pass.

"Labirint" plate. Nikolai Suetin at The State Porcelain Factory. c.1924. Image: Hermitage Museum.

I've been getting so upset about a) Nazis b) AI that I've retreated into music and ended up making the most beautiful piece I've ever done. Maybe I should spend more time thinking about Nazis and AI.

I feel for the chap still carrying a torch for Shed 7.

If lots of Reddit has banned AI, I wonder if @b3ta.com should as well? I mean, I respect people's right to argue "it's just a tool" as long as they respect my right to think "you're just a lazy arsehole lacking humanity".

If you're going to cover an all-time classic, you've got Lankum to beat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn...

Look, jokes aren't for everyone mmmkay?

This afternoon I am going to the pictures to see this for the first time. There's a weighty whiff of expectation in the air.

I will no doubt watch Game Of Wool because I like watching ordinary people doing things well. But "Game of Wool"? Seriously? It sounds like a title that, well, Tom Daley came up with.

I'm watching the MasterChef Australia final, and wondering: What's it called when an Australian dresses like an Australian's nightmare?

No, Verbal, you're wrong. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that oven chips take 20 minutes.

*NEW MUSIC* An extended take of one of a series of 'off-grid' improvisations i.e. with no sync devices or programmes. Low volume recommended. Sequential Circuits Pro-One, ARP Odyssey, Lyra 8, Korg Minilogue, Mains. thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/track/hummin...

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