They Came From Beyond Space (Amicus 1967) James Stevens' lost score to this camp + groovy 1960s sci-fi is out Friday on 10" vinyl inc. the original film poster buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/music

Cheers for the extra bits! @transdiffusion.org

She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America. Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...

Publication day for #IntoTheGroove! Thanks for your patience and tolerance in the run-up to this. I will be on BBC Radio Sheffield at 10.10 and BBC Radio Northampton at 11.40 this morning. BBC Sounds will have them up later. And here’s me signing copies in Cover to Cover, Mumbles.

A write up on Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene by that nice @0tralala.bsky.social . You should as always trust his every word and then buy direct from @tenacrefilms.bsky.social . 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/09/pend...

The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.

I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt. Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.

Definitely a must-see.

In the garden today: it’s October, but the gorgeous honeyed fragrance of sweet alyssum is still filling the patio with perfume. The scent was once believed to cure mental anguish: the name ‘alyssum’ comes from the Greek, literally meaning ‘free of madness’. Would that we were.

If you like my art, support it by sharing my posts. Thank you very much 🙏❤️😘. A young David Bowie Ballpoint pen on paper #bowie #davidbowie #vip #vipportrait #drawing #ballpointpen #portrait #art #boy #boyportrait #ziggystardust

Very enjoyable evening watching Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... - Directed by Waris Hussein, written by Martin Sherman with superb perfs from Jeanne Moreau, Julie Walter’s and Joan Plowright. Young Lena Headey in one of her first screen roles.

Images of America are presented first as benign and loving, then corrupted and painful. Then as a lie. It feels like a genuine test, a test for an assassin, a test for a patsy, a test for the audience. My ★★★★½ review of The Parallax View on Letterboxd #FilmSky boxd.it/bexrYH

October is here! We've got Hammer Films' THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH, Dario Argento's SLEEPLESS, TROMEO & JULIET, and RUBY, all 4K UHD; the first Shaw-Sploitation VSA release MEN FROM THE GUTTER; and from Cinématographe, KING OF THE GYPSIES 4K UHD! Pre-order now: VinegarSyndrome.com 👹

Gluten free homemade pomegranate and raspberry jam sandwich cake. Big slice later with a cuppa in front of the telly.

This Enceladus news is BIG. 👉 www.iflscience.com/proof-of-com...

ALIEN was issued on LP by 20th Century Records in 1979, but it wasn't until 2007 that the full score, including revised cues, was released on a 2-CD by Intrada Records. That was later issued on vinyl by Mondo in a 4-LP set. The Intrada disc is essential.

The end title was replaced in the film by Howard Hanson's 'Symphony No.2 Romantic,' but has still been performed and recorded a huge number of times - even John Williams arranged it for his 1983 album Out of this World. A band called Nostromo also released a disco version in 1979

#31horrorsoundtracks starts with a perfect organism - Jerry Goldsmith's ALIEN (1979). Goldsmith's main theme has a melancholy inevitability about it, and it's surrounded by exotic acoustic and electronic instruments which add up to a terrifying, yet often beautiful, experience into the unknown.

A crap day. Pulled my neck and it’s so sore it’s been disrupting sleep a bit. Woke at 5am and didn’t really get back to sleep after that. So, feeling tired, uncomfortable and not terribly motivated to do owt. A roll on muscle rub seems to have calmed it down so, 🤞 it’ll sort itself with some rest.

Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht (from Feb 23)

The High Court has ordered PPE Medpro to repay £122m over faulty PPE supplied under a VIP lane contract. This ruling is just the tip of the iceberg. Greed and corruption during the pandemic cost lives, and all responsible must be held to account. (1/5)

New Alan Bennett diaries in-coming early next year - praise be to heaven, Booths’ supermarkets (where he does his shopping), mam, dad etc www.waterstones.com/book/enough-...

Arena at 50 thread. Some very useful nods to the anniversary, particularly on iPlayer.

I’m in this writing about James Horner’s KRULL and the new biography of John Williams by @tgreiving.bsky.social

We can not stress the importance of resisting this. Share and sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 60 years ago today! @gerryanderson.bsky.social A British show that fired my imagination as a child (but 20 years later). A childhood that stays with me thanks to the Thunderbird 2 replica in my office. 😌

I love this @BFI trailer Love, Sex, Religion, Death: The Complete Films of #TerenceDavies youtu.be/QugT6s9_Wqo?...

Happy 60th anniversary to Thunderbirds! Let's take a deep dive into the series' remarkably epic production history and inspiring nature of its optimistic spirit of techno-driven adventure. gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/c...

I nearly wrote a paper advocating this (and creating a small unit in the Cabinet Office to do it continuously) but was dissuaded. My timing was unfortunate, it was 1996 or so and people said it sounded like Majorism - Cones Hotline etc. A low-cost idea whose time has come, I think.

*sigh* Bluesky is Blueskying again. Here's that link again, this time visible to everyone. Trans people's experiences are not adult content, mods. www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/communitygal...

⚡ Cyberman art prints available now! ⚡ ‘A Shocking Defeat’ – Available in A4 Seven Cyber portraits – available in A5 Bundle deal – pick any 5 A5 portraits for £20 (save £10!) Link below! anthonyflamb656e.myportfolio.com/cgi

My new novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, is published TODAY. The hardback may not be out in the UK yet - it's listed for the end of October here - but the ebook is certainly available now. Here are some links but please feel free to buy wherever you can find it: amzn.to/3IOGJRw

For no particular reason, here's the Best UK Politics Meme Ever

Excellent podcast. Covered all the fascinating aspects the series and its themes and how they reflected the life and career of the hugely talented but deeply flawed Anthony Newley. 👏

For those waiting patiently for the #Blakes7 Production Diary Series C, we have a bit of an update for you. In short, you'll have to wait a bit longer. But it'll be worth it. Thanks x

New podcast video if you missed it yesterday: youtu.be/nmEqFSk2qzU?...

Jennifer Jayne as Lee Mason being deprogrammed in They Came From Beyond Space (Amicus 1967). James Stevens hip Brit-jazz sci-fi score is out this Friday on a 10" vinyl LP including an A3 colour copy of the original film poster buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/music

The Corner Shop, Broughton, Salford, painting by Steven Scholes.

Well, I suppose I’d better get up. I have a post office trip to make!

Already we’ve announced @cooraysmith.bsky.social @cairdiul.bsky.social @wringham.bsky.social @janehamilton.bsky.social @jonnelledge.bsky.social @nicolalove.bsky.social and Dana Miller for the issue… and we’ve so much more to come. Get on board - details below ⬇️

If you need to escape this world occasionally, 'Les Bibliotechaires' is an exploration of the myriad funky, sophisticated, playful, otherworldly sounds of Library Music from the late 60s to early 80s, across 28 LP-side-length themed mixes. musicophilia.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/l...

August 30, 1982 - The Bolton News - Doctor Who writer Stephen Gallagher is in the spotlight in this newspaper article. #DoctorWho #StephenGallagher #BoltonNews #writer #1980s #newspaperfeature

#EveryAlbumIOwn Modern Art: The Best Of, John Foxx, 2001 Top 3 tunes: No-One Driving, Miles Away, Endlessly You can skip: Shifting City goes on a bit Rating: 9/10 Well, this is ruddy marvellous. I'm going to have to get all his 80s albums now. Underpass, Burning Car, Stars On Fire also top.

For paid subscribers, but with a taste and the option to opt in, it‘s Planet of Fire over @ psychic paper. buttondown.com/cooray_smith... (There are also links to unpaywalled pieces further up this feed.)

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

In Bradford for Widescreen Weekend and staying at the grand but somewhat faded Midland Hotel where, I am perversely delighted to discover, in 1905 Sir Henry Irving breathed his last on this staircase. His manager, Bram Stoker, was in attendance.

Caught up with the Plaza Cinema team in Weston-super-Mare yesterday, in ref to #FilmNoirFest. Very excited to say that we have been upgraded! This year the festival will take place in Cinema 4 (like last year) and (new for 2025) Cinema 1. #FilmNoir Passes available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...