A tearful #poem for all the cancelled #comedians #comedy

“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed.” - A. Skywalker Illos: Selective screenshots from today’s Graun TL;DR: 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000001 00101110 01001001 00101110

“I don’t take any interest in politics myself.” Wading deep into Scarred For Life waters now. (May well’ve troubled the soul of a young G Ennis, come to think of it.) D.I. Jack Cloth arrives, but it’s Monarch from TV’s Doctor Who who’s truly unforgettable… #terribilisestlocusiste #notagoth

Someone bought some things from my Redbubble shop. Thanks, someone. I might sell more if I put more stuff up there and did (ugh) promotion. It's here, anyway: www.redbubble.com/people/Meloc...

“Give us circus and bread/It keeps us happy” - Therapy? Here’s some out-of-context, totally random nonsense to see you through the long, dark journey into Monday. Illos: The Mode, Wagner/Grant/Gibson, The London HIGNFY #notagoth

‘If you'd be my bodyguard, I can be your long-lost pal.’ ‘I’d rather just be paid the going rate, Mr Simon.’

“Shut up about Orwell/It’s closer to Foucault” - [REDACTED] youtu.be/iEf-MNsyUiE #digitalisavaluelessmedium

Not convinced that ‘brave’ Labour Together* changing lead vocalist is going to see a return to ‘Cool Brittania’. (Also, drop “Fuck The Peasants And Livestock”, “Walk It Off (Stop Whining)” and “Wardance” from the set list.) Illos: The Graun, The Fraud/Paul Holden *Currently trading as ThinkLabour.

Caught this on a b+w portable at stupid o’clock sometime last century. The title stuck. Beyond that, you’re on your own. #notagoth

A couple of recent acquisitions for the Gallery Of Future Landfill. Illos: Martin Rowson, Ebony-Katherine #digitalisavaluelessmedium #notagoth

“To avoid fainting keep repeating, IT’S ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE ..ONLY A MOVIE…” (Illo: The Original Writer/Gibbons) #digitalisavaluelessmedium #hometapingiskillingmusic #protectandsurvive

Random recent pics/weekend foreshadowing. Mutie Mountains: Mills/Bolland/Frame

Tonight’s Any Questions panel, chums.

Haven’t seen this slice of joy since it first escaped, back when the universe was half its present size. #notagoth

With Sony stopping physical discs for games you have to wonder what's next, films and music you'd assume, magazines can't be long for this world, books? What an utterly shit future.

“blah blah working people blah blah laser-focus blah blah at pace blah blah not sleaze” Some reputation-laundering for the ‘brave’ Labour Together clique (currently trading as ThinkLabour) that goes largely as you’d expect it to. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #itwasastitchup

The last Coil-related post earned a frightening bollocking from Skynet. Still, what can you do? #notagoth

Seeing as today marks 21 of your Earth Years in the (increasingly-inaccurately-named) Arctic Circle of Hell, here’re some volumes recently added to the ‘library’/expanding collection of future landfill. One’s signed, but in order to maintain a sense of mystery, you’ll have to guess which… #notagoth

The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

[SATIRE] Illo: Williams/Flint

“Oh, I do like to re-release me B-sides”. - Half Man Half Biscuit Double-dip for the live tracks. #notagoth

“You might very well think that; I couldn’t possibly comment.” - F. Urquhart/M. Dobbs Or, if you want to be all obvious about it: “Oh, we’re fucked.” - The Mode Illos: June doomscrolling/Marjane Satrapi (GNU) #digitalisavaluelessmedium #notagoth

Some recent grabs from the Graun to brighten your day. #protectandsurvive #hometapingiskillingmusic

Celebrate ten years of freedom and sovereignty with the Brexit Benefit Loo Roll From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

One to watch: wet-bulb temperature. #digitalisavaluelessmedium

Currently knee-deep in a Monnie Pie Thon/Laibach retrospective, and having a whale of a time. #notagoth

🚨 THE RACE IS ON. Cthulhu is first out of the traps in announcing plans to become Labour's next leader, as per the Daily Mail. Reports suggest Cthulhu's bid is to keep Burnham out of Number 10, telling the Daily Mail: "All mankind should be free and wild, shouting and killing and revelling in joy".

Radio 4’s The News Quiz doesn’t seem to have anyone from The Times, The Telegraph or GB News on the panel tonight. Not sure how that got through. Illos: Wagner/Grant/Ezquerra #digitalisavaluelessmedium #hometapingiskillingmusic

*cough* #readmorebooks #protectandsurvive

#digitalisavaluelessmedium Illo: [Redacted]/Janson/Varley

With the way things’ve been going recently, feels like a giving this a repost won’t do any harm. www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se... #digitalisavalulessmedium #protectandsurvive

Latest Graun toon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Quite chuffed with the latest additions to the Doctor Who Cast Member Memoir section of the library/future landfill, especially the unexpected autograph part. Illos: Alexei Sayle

In other news: Amazon Fireball XL5 tribute deemed “too literal” by critics, and unconfirmed Antichrist sighting in Argentina. One To Watch: Ebola. Illo: The original Cap’n Bob daring Angine de Poitrine to have a bash at ‘Ground Control To Pilot’. #incomprehensibleselfpromotion

I bloody love books. Illo: Martin Rowson (2008)

Speaking of warnings from history… (Don’t forget to set adblockers to ‘stun’.) youtu.be/-BUm9FRZSms #notagoth

Sifting through the offal-filled news bucket earlier and, amongst the corporate bafflegab from the usual perma-smirking celebrity spivs, found a couple of hidden diamonds. Illos: The Grauniad #digitalisavaluelessmedium

In which the ‘brave’ Labour Together* clique’s actions take their turn in the 2026 Paul Foot Award Nominations spotlight. (Lord Gnome’s mighty organ also acknowledges Paul Holden exists, which makes a pleasant change.) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... *Currently trading as ThinkLabour.

“…either the greatest Bond villain of all time, or Howard Hughes.” - Graydon Carter Here’s a warning from history/prequel to the End Times. Contents include: familiar faces, places, situations, and the line: “He has a real edifice complex.” youtu.be/wYU2FJxsSeE #protectandsurvive

There was a very lengthy and forensic inquiry into this resulting in a very detailed report that stopped just short of calling Tony’s conduct a criminal enterprise, so naturally it was chucked in the bin in favour of continuing to invite Blair, Campbell and Mandelson into TV studios for interviews.

Just finished journeying through the first 2/5 of Long London. Shaping up to be something special, but no spoilers here.

Comes around faster every year. Have a Glorious one, chums. GNU STP

Suddenly, last century… youtu.be/K7D8A7e4TEY

From today’s Graun.

As the relentless lurch towards those elusive GB News/Times Radio audiences gets more obvious, here’s an off-message delight that’ll probably vanish sooner rather than later. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Finger firmly on the flickering pulse of popular culture, you’ll note. #notagoth

Worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

That time again, chums. Word of the day: hantavirus. #notagoth