My last day working in this university, so my last day walking past the portraits of faculty staff. I have always been convinced that this guy is actually Robert Webb and you will not convince me otherwise.

I am looking for a guy who used to upload music on YouTube as "MrSalmon92" - does this ring any bells with anyone?

sartre knew about trolls.

Borges on "Germanophiles" in 1940: "He is delighted by evil and atrocity. The triumph of Germany does not matter to him; he wants the humiliation of England and a satisfying burning of London." www.sunclipse.org?p=2080

“he was apolitical, but he loved violence, and cruelty, and hated women and minorities, also he was a libertarian, and loved to hurt people with his words, he loved to shock and concern people to the point of disgust” yeah that’s somebody with no politics all right, good work brain genius

I lent my tape of the Technotronic album to Russell Munslow, he told me he was cycling by the canal and it fell out of his pocket into the water. I was pretty credulous aged 11 but even then I knew this was bollocks. Where's my tape, Russell?

Frankly Insane CV. RIP Danny Thompson

"NO ADDED SUGAR OR SWEETENERS" = this means it's about 50% apple juice, every time. Good job that's exactly what I'm looking for.

I recently started posting on reddit (a poor move) and got many, many downvotes for saying Have I Got News For You should have been cancelled 25 years ago.

For restaurants I've found that 3 to 3.5 stars is the sweet point, especially if the one star reviews say "the food was good but too unhealthy and it was noisy and chaotic and the staff didn't come to check on me, I even had to share my table with strangers!"

BBC Radio "commission a documentary that isn't made by a celebrity" challenge continues.

A good example of how the tropes of minstrelry persists in popular culture. We could add a lot more about film and especially popular music.

Reading about Brigitte Bardot and it's very reassuring for anyone who ever worries they may not be the be the best parent in the world.

As I was raised Catholic I know almost nothing about the rapture, but from my limited knowledge you go out to the parking lot, and you get in your car and you drive real far, and you drive all night and then you see a light, it comes right down and lands on the ground, and out comes a man from Mars.

My last week of commuting to London. Going to miss the way the automated train announcement lady says "Tottenham Hale" like Catherine Tate's posh mum character.

The echoing bell motif of Married At First Sight is exactly the same as the "frozen in time until the next episode" bell from Knightmare, and it is very distracting.

NEW VIDEO: After MySpace, but before Spotify truly took hold, a bunch of waistcoated indie folk groups were stomping, clapping and hey-ing their way into our hearts. Just over a decade later and it's considered the worst thing to happen to music since Simon Cowell. Here is who to blame.

Do you remember a few years back when there was a Russell T Davies drama about the near future, and there were concentration camps for refugees, and when they were exposed it was a massive scandal which made the government fall?

I do not know whether this is a good idea or a bad idea, but I have made a Centuries of Sound subreddit. If you are on Reddit then come join me. www.reddit.com/r/CenturiesO...

I wonder what proportion of voters have a spouse or other family member on ILR.

It grieves me beyond words to share the sad news that, after some months of suffering from glioblastoma, #JDTwitch of @optimo-espacio.bsky.social has passed. His #Optimo partner JD Wilkes has posted this message on their Instagram account.

Back in August 2020 (!) Paul hosted @centuriesofsound.bsky.social on the Head Ballet Podcast - all about the inspiration and impact of the classic The Laughing Policeman! podfollow.com/headballetpo... A great guest!

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Putting it out there again that I am happy to appear on radio shows, podcasts, etc. to talk about a variety of things, and have as yet turned nobody down and asked nobody for a fee. (have been on I think 8 things now)

Always annoys me that after two perfect singles which did almost nothing, Silver Sun finally had a hit with a rubbish cover version. #totp

@sentimentbot.bsky.social‬ what am I like, eh?

Just reading about this d4vd thing and fucking hell

I wonder how much of the AI “revolution” is about seizing that cultural power?

🚨 NEW!🚨 🚨2000 Part 1🚨 Jumping forward (temporarily) to the new millennium, here's the first three hours of music and speech from the year 2000, A year many of you will actually remember. Free to stream, and available as a podcast to supporters on Patreon. centuriesofsound.com/2025/09/17/2...

had a pal who worked in kfc for a while. the horror stories he had. one time a guy came in & got wide with him like ‘ha ha is this what you do with your life, mop up in the kfc ha ha’ & he leant his mop against the wall & said ‘I just work here man, you come here cos you think it’s a restaurant’

Anyone ordering something called a "Dirty Dripping Feast" from the KFC on Tottenham Court Road is a braver man than me, and I've eaten balut and fried scorpions.

🚨 NEW!🚨 🚨2000 Part 1🚨 Jumping forward (temporarily) to the new millennium, here's the first three hours of music and speech from the year 2000, A year many of you will actually remember. Free to stream, and available as a podcast to supporters on Patreon. centuriesofsound.com/2025/09/17/2...

Good morning early birds / late American birds, you can listen to this already! www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of...

Ok, all scheduled to go out tomorrow morning. (It's up already if you know where to look) - Night night, chowheads.

Patreons! Check yr feed! www.patreon.com/posts/139055...

It's done! Most personal one so far, including clips from home videos. Usually these out of order ones (requested by Patreon supporters) are shorter "preview mixes" but this is a full-length two-parter. Out on Patreon tonight, on Mixcloud tomorrow.

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

Essential listening, especially if you have been waiting for decades for someone to say this to Parris, starts from 23 minutes in.

Almost done with making "2000 Part One" and realised I needed to fix something technical. V annoying as I really thought I'd get it out today, but this is going to be a few hours work.

What I loved about Geowizard was that his videos showed the joy of being able to move around the world freely, being generous & friendly with every different kind of person he met. That's why it's such a gut punch to find he opposes freedom of movement for refugees. www.reddit.com/r/GeoWizard/...

Annoyed this morning as a favourite youtuber (who I currently support on Patreon) has turned out to be a Reform/Farage supporter, and it's not the kind of thing where you can separate art & artist.

Ruin a song by moving into a university halls of residence next to an aspiring DJ who has two 12" copies of the song and spends hours on end mixing them into each-other.

The Guardian is very keen to humanise bigots and not at all interested in humanising refugees. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Brilliant piece on the casual erasure of of a female artist from a landmark moment in pop culture. And the answer to the question, Why don’t Peter Blake’s other album covers have the power and impact of Sgt. Pepper?

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

obligatory

Listened to Any Answers on Radio 4 today and a woman complaining about a "lack of civility in politics" ended up by complaining about "people calling their opponents racists or bigots" Some people are racists and bigots, and even worse. Civility means being too polite to mention it to the racists.

Watching this from @jagohazzard.bsky.social on The Battle of Cable Street today, for reasons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzA4...