I read this story and was curious, how much empathy can I feel for a beach hut owner? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reddit's ambient community has spoken—best of 2025. Some faves in here, and many, many more I have not yet heard. www.reddit.com/r/ambientmus...

"you are allowed to Google" Well, thanks. www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...

This is giving me a headache.

Some great pix of Saigon and others parts Vietnam from 1989 by a German photographer — the dudes on their bicycles in Hue being the pick of the bunch for me. saigoneer.com/vietnam-heri...

As some of you will know, I've been working on book about punk - part teenage diary, part serious reflections on the times, from the NF to Peter Sutcliffe. Here's a podcast interview about it, which you may like to listen to / like / share / whatever... CC x open.spotify.com/episode/3LpY...

Nice day for a flea market.

For those of you who understand the pain... After almost two years of trying, I finally managed to find a digital signature that L'INPI would approve of, meaning I can close my business in France. Halle-freakin'-lujah.

Next book in the office #BookClub is The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri.

"Success does not depend upon the possession of brilliant literary ability"

We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.

I don't really know why I'm posting this, it just made me go, 'hmm...' But, Philip K. Dick was very, very popular in France. I found this in a publication from 1970.

Magical performance.

A thread of graffiti on a wall in Brussels.

There was a record fair in Brussels today.

Related: I once interviewed an ‘author’ who was later found out to have plagiarised their book. I never ran their interview because of this discovery, but was also quite relieved not to, since their answers were dull as hell and the whole thing was like pulling teeth.

🎅🏻 NEW CHARITY CHRISTMAS SINGLE OUT TODAY! Helicon & Will Carruthers - ‘There’s A War On Christmas’ is raising one for homeless and refugee charities, available today exclusively on Bandcamp heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/track/theres... and YouTube youtu.be/00vXcqFSrM0?...

my perceptions of the world changed

The final (please, no) slice of Old Saw finally arrived in Brussels. lobbyartrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-wr...

An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

Everyone really does have a book in them these days. Hell, you can bang out a trilogy over coffee. Easy. Great thread for anyone who does editorial work. Miserable thread on modern life.

So, Anthropic have to pay authors for books it obtained illegally. But, does their machine unlearn what it stole?

Was quite excited to pick this up, then I saw it's only for 18–30 yr olds. Bit ageist.

nevertheless

Never fails to give me a lift. youtu.be/NMEOPs24iKQ?...

fake girl by betty hammerschlag blushtbc.bandcamp.com/album/fake-g... Sits in one of those little, odd places where it sounds like lots of little different things, but ends up entirely its own very distinct thing.

Bloody freezing in Brussels, but I was passing by... #FleaMarket

A short thread about The Wedding Present. Specifically about their first 7” single, “Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy!”, released on 24 May, 1985 on the band’s own Reception Records label. More specifically, about the photograph on the cover of the record sleeve.

Trip to the dentist

I do like this poster, very much of the music.

Order the LP and get a random colour of vinyl. Nice idea. pitp.bandcamp.com/album/thinki... Thinking Like a Mountain by From Overseas

First choice from the office book club is a bit WOT?. The physical book is actually 4 books: total cost ~€80 😩 I don't have an e-reader and I can't locate an Eng. lang. audiobook that'll play in Belgium. Not going to book club.

And "60% of authors said their work had been used to train AI large language models (LLMs) without permission or payment."

Perfect time to bring back the 1983 BBC TV series, Spyship. Frustratingly, it does not appear to be available anywhere online.

Fun night out in Glasgow tonight. Although, I suspect it'll have to go some to match last night.

One of several talismen, convened over the years, now crumbling together inside my wallet. Happy Spacemen day to all who mark it.

Another artist going above and beyond. "limited edition vinyl pressing of 200 copies, accompanied by a booklet of effusive program notes by the composer, alongside an assemblage of photographs, scores, and artwork." recitalprogram.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho...

Flea market

Ahhh... this was the first art book I ever bought. I found this copy in a secondhand bookshop in Brussels today. Couldn't resist. Stuck in small-town England in the 80s, the @thamesandhudson.bsky.social 'World of Art' series was a real education.

Again, not to go on about ai but I have a few thoughts. 1. I've genuinely never seen an actual creative get excited about using it. Someone who has actually made something before. Its people from marketing and finance backgrounds getting excited about a false sensation of making something.

Great discussion about how rave 'killed' dancing in couples, worth a listen on many levels. Also, completely agree with just never liking Patti Smith's Horses. Same goes for Love's Forever Changes, and pretty much everything by The Pixies, Nirvana, or Led Zep. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/d...

Planet of the Apes set, California, 1967 by Dennis Stock. When eating in the canteen the extras subconsciously segregated themselves, with the orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas all sitting in groups and not mixing. Like a mirror of society.

The life of Craig is well worth a read. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

It's Sunday. There was a #FleaMarket in Brussels.

Ah... nostalgie... V. glad the first band I ever played in was called The Losers.

Familiar looking grim reaper on a street in Brussels.

Sunday. Flea market day.

Someone on here (forget who, sorry) recommended this Beryl Bainbridge documentary a while back. I finally got around to watching it last night and it was an absolute delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivfp...

Hilma af Klimt Swedish Artist & Mystic whose paintings are among the first abstract works in Western Art. They predate compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich & Mondrian. She belonged to 'The 5', a circle inspired by Theosophy, sharing a belief in trying to contact 'High Masters' - often by séances.

Good music to work to, although it does make me feel like a need a nap now and then. homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/rusted...