Sunn 0))) superb tonight in London - one of the most uplifting sets I’ve seen them do. Really intricate - and v. subtle - lightwork, too. great night with @luketurner.bsky.social

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Was talking after Riddler's passing to someone about the impact of the old Faith Fanzine forum, where my little Internet friends turned into my best pals and was reminded of this I wrote for Boys Own's website. Now disappeared, but thank god for the Internet archive web.archive.org/web/20210114...

‘I always say, the film is the thing. The film is the thing. It’s the film, the language of cinema. You work so hard & the second it’s finished, people want you to change it back into words.’ - David Lynch

The automated train announcer always pauses after “The next stop will be…” and then says “Truro!” as if it’s a great surprise to everyone, including her.

I don’t understand extra time. Why not just go straight to penalties? Surely 90 minutes is enough to win or lose a game and if not just go straight to penalties? Genuine question.

The most head twisting and psychedelic roots album of all, imo. Such a dense, off kilter, brilliantly bizarre listen.

Incredible that Yoko Ono could get up there at her age!

This week I reviewed The Wow! Signal by Muse.

Someone called Clinton Schwartz doing his best to evoke Charlie Watts’ upbringing in 1950s West London. 😀

In this month’s Low Culture pod @jahduran.bsky.social & I used Altar as a jumping-off point to discuss the thrill of witnessing Sunn O)))’s evolution, and how they were a huge inspiration for us in the early years of @thequietus.com. Can’t wait to see them on Friday thequietus.com/subscriber-a...

I *love* massive hardback rock biographies just called I.e THE ROLLING STONES or LOU REED or DAVID BOWIE. It’s mad isn’t it? 😂 always written by someone on the East Coast. I *love it*. If I’ve heard all the stories before then it’s even better. ‘By this point, Jagger…’ etc Superb. #nowreading

I love TripAdvisor. Utter insanity ‘Croquettes very hot I mean scorching hot roof of mouth, but Adam very smart. One question though I don’t like mint leaves anywhere near bottled water’ etc

Thank you @harrysword.bsky.social for turning me on to #nicolasfreeling - I may need to read the full canon.

Happy 40th anniversary to #RuthlessPeople starring Danny DeVito which was released #OTD 27/6/86. Directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker.

My best overheard in Tod still remains the lady in Aldi who said "I feel really rundown lately. Betty says I should try that mindlessness."

I fucking *love* the sheer dedication old school goths have to the bit. A Cambridge Tesco. Hottest day of the year.

All those grating American Bluesky memes about ‘books!’ - yes, but what books? ‘Just read *books*!’

This is proper Foreign Legion weather, isn’t it? Proper sun boiled, 1972 in an Algerian desert posting weather…‘Leon has gone mad, Sir! Leon…he has drunk the wine and shot the horses, Sir! He say he walk to Toulouse Sir!’ ‘And you didn’t stop him?! You *fool*!’ Etc etc

THE TERMINATOR, Polish poster

'This music has been lost for decades – genuinely lost in that nobody outside the Meher Baba organisation knew where they were or even that they definitely existed' Robbie Basho Song Of The Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes (2020) The Strange World Of… #RobbieBasho - #ThePortal buff.ly/XHTShyD

Harry Partch. Born OTD in 1901, Oakland, CA. Died 3/9/1974, Encinitas, CA www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPiH...

Anthony Gordon has the face of an innocent man hung in Bodmin Prison in 1867 at the age of 19 for stealing sheep; fitted up by a monstrous local landowner who thought he was courting his daughter. The subject of early 20th century folk song.

I love how liberal the old 007 movies are with the James Bond theme. Sean Connery will walk into a hotel room, all he’s doing is dropping off his luggage, and the John Barry orchestra is going full tilt. It’s awesome. It’s like if the Indy movies used the Raiders March for Indy holding office hours.

I don’t understand breakfast at all. I can’t imagine wanting to eat as soon as I wake up. Never hungry till midday. Strictly coffee.

Steve Bray is such a cretin.

I know little about football but every game I’ve watched so far in this WC has been immensely entertaining and so is this (my wife’s Belgian so I’m going for them) #belgiumiran

Oof - Cambridge looking like it’s going to be the hottest part of the country again on Tuesday- 38….🌞☀️🌞

Ghanian poster for FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)

In this photograph Andy Burnham looks like an AI instruction to ‘make a single face of every artist ever signed to Mute and Factory Records and put them on a *European Holiday*’ - he’s even got a long, weird ‘AI hand and wrist’

For the record there was nothing audacious about it at all. We thought it was funny that someone would say that about our band and we put it at the start of the record for a laugh 🤷

In this photograph young Andy Burnham has v.strong ‘troubled’ comedian who was on panel shows in the nineties but started as an actor in Peter Greenaway and Neil Jordan movies in the eighties and died in 2008’ energy.

I love Romancing the Stone. ‘Let’s do Indiana Jones but with *Michael Douglas*’ - utter insanity. So good. Actually much better.

Daniel Day Lewis once decided to ‘become a cobbler’ in Florence.

Killer list this and what an a joy to discover this Bo Diddley performance. Had no idea he was doing stuff like this. Unreal youtu.be/qfaMoOYEG-M?...

If you're not at the Simon Reynolds thing in north west London and then popping in to the Royal Exchange, like me, you could do worse than to watch the digital premiere of Game over here watch.eventive.org/invadafilms/... I wrote about it here: filmstories.co.uk/news/game-on...

My daughter loves Katseye and slows the videos right down to learn all the dance moves. She’s learning one now and slowed down it sounds like some old dubstep tune…genuinely thought she was listening to Distance for a minute 😂

I *really* find glib/twee anti football ‘bwahah kicky ball men’ tweets incredibly gear grinding. I’m not interested in football but loads of people I know are and this is a massively exciting event for them. Don’t be dicks.

Songs that have no right to be so fantastic part 684; Supernaut by Black Sabbath. OK, Tony has come up with his best riff since Sweet Leaf, Geezer & Bill have the rhythm nailed. Ozzy finds a breezy vocal melody & all is perfect. THEN THEY ADD A TROPICAL BREAKDOWN. 10/10, best metal song ever.

ICYMI

ebsn.eu/special-even... London The EBSN and The Horse Hospital are very proud to present a three-day convergence of radical theory, sound, recognising the ongoing impact of the works of US writer William S. Burroughs

FFS stop talking about ‘a social media ban for under 16’s!’ - it’s digital ID for *everyone* That’s what this ludicrous sham is actually about.

this is such a fun read