Stacking up backing tracks with no top line or lyrics…used to be the easy part!

Weird that coming off antidepressants suddenly makes me write again. Can’t wait to finish the new song!

Just rewatched the LOTR extended trilogy. Realised that the Fellowship is the best of them. Beautifully constructed and designed.

The poster looks like it's from a WAY more expensive film. #FrightClub #TheSwordAndTheSorcerer

I’d love to hear the point of Halloween, doesn’t make any sense to me. What exactly are we supposed to be celebrating?

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Do read all of this.

Dave Davies playing a Vox Phantom XII 12 string guitar, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Alpha Television Studios, Birmingham, England, 1965. www.tumblr.com/sixtiesgarag...

“The return of the Thin White Duke Throwing darts in lovers' eyes…” @punkandnewwave.bsky.social

@mrjamesob.bsky.social here is the line to the repatriation policy www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

But yeah. Every day I'm reminded of how bigots, despite their political affiliation, maintain zero empathy for those they hate, from internet commenters to JK Rowling & governments. They never take a pause to check in on their bigotry, & as a leftist, I'm tired of doing the emotional labour.

I recently read a book about the "science" behind evil which teetered between many arguments which all cancelled each other out: 1. There's no such thing as evil 2. We should be empathetic to people who do "evil" things as they have mental health issues/personality disorder/had a hard life

Can someone explain why your old car passing its MOT makes you feel you got one over on the man? Or, am I just weird …

Is it too much to admit that you hate the summer? Much happier when the nights start drawing in!

Weird day, too hot and humid to settle to anything, intended to work on the album but ended up watching the cricket 🤗

My sign for tomorrow. Hope I hear horns! 😆

One of my favorite signs of the day.

Spent far too much time recently trying to get decent rhythm tone via VST amps. Turns out I already had the answer when I updated the firmware on my NUX-M30!

Amen. #BookSky

New week, new beginning…

Q-tips specifically say NOT to put them in our ears yet that’s the only reason we buy them- we are not a species built for survival.

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Your friendly neighborhood manatee 🤗〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #sirenia #cutiepie #seapotato #seacow #closeup #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I’m sure you won’t remember but we spoke on air a couple of years ago about whether you can copyright a voice and what AI could already do. Please read this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.

Not main point but very revealing that Laura Kuenssberg keeps on talking about the "child benefit cap" in *tax credits* (it's Universal Credit, and has been for most claimants for some time). Reflects both very poor briefing *and* her complete ignorance of the topics she asks questions about..

It’s no great stretch to understand the current popularity of cosy fiction given the state of the world. It’s making we wonder whether more high stakes books would be popular in calmer times? #cosy #books

For Control Panel Saturday: Two Analog covers by Frank Kelly Freas. The one with the ironic shoulder patch is from July 1964 and the one with the "timeline" dial is from Nov 1965.

This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!........

After living in a bad country song for the past eleven years I finally managed to write a new song. Hopefully post it soon!

Turns out Jim Ratcliffe is as good at owning football clubs as he was at understading Brexit.

Voyage into the unknown with OUTSTATION. It’s a cemetery world… outstation.bandcamp.com/track/cemete...

More should have been made about Farage's absence from Parliament in the week of the summit. After all, the date was well known in advance. And next week is a holiday for the Commons anyway. This is someone who deliberately chose not to be present.

The hysterical reaction of certain commentators to today’s UK-EU agreement is something to behold. The “surrender” of using e-gates when you go on holiday. The contempt for the “will of the people” of making education abroad more accessible. Rigorous debate is good. This nonsense is a waste of time.

I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?

"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create

Today I’m a honorary palace fan. Manchester is red!

I don’t think authors realise how important their reputation is, even in small ways. Today, I encountered an incredibly rude & entitled man. I then saw him sign some books. I made the conscious effort to them avoid his book, as did the person with me. You sell your books as much as the plot does.

Wild Canal Has Some BIG Surprises! IT TOOK THE BAIT! (New video from the awesome The Ginger Fisherman) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgBD... #pikefishing #perchfishing #fishing #angling #predatorfishing

We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...

As Trump rejects the rule of law, the spirit & specifics of Magna Carta*, while also trying to subjugate Harvard, that self same university goes and discovers an actual Magna Carta? Full marks, no notes