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...

Rain stopped most of the play at the flea market today.

Working from home, watching the professional dog walkers walk by. 5 dogs to 1 walker is the record so far.

Another artist with the 'wow' factor when it comes vinyl packaging. pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza... Includes ""Ersatz Immortality" tea blend (lavender, calendula, & lemon balm) in hand-stamped pouch".

John Baldessari at Bozar.

“These are old time instruments bent towards alternate universes,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7974844...

Some colleagues started a book club at work. These are the choices for the first book. Any recommendations? The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai The Elements by John Boyne Twice by Mitch Albom Straw Dogs of the Universe by Ye Chun

This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC

Just arrived, and Claire Rousay, a big fave, on the cover. That’s the bus ride to and from the office sorted.

Ouch... I can remember my family's first three fixed line numbers from the 70s/80s, first car number plate, and my NI number. As for my current mobile number?? No idea... 07... something.

Was reminded of a 1982 LP by The Damned at the weekend. It was notable only in that it came smelling of strawberries. Good to see that at least one copy still smells. "Comments: Includes insert which still smells slightly of strawberries!" www.discogs.com/sell/item/37...

harry gruyaert #streetphoto #colorphoto

Ever published a book and registered it in the USofA? Worth checking here to see if you're book is included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

FROM LONDON COMES THE VOICE OF BRITAIN . . . THE VOICE OF FREEDOM

Shepherd's pie in the oven.

Food trucks for peace. Could get behind that idea, and stand in line. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

It appears that BBC radio stations are no longer available outside the UK on the TuneIn radio app.

Choking on my Covfefe.

Monday in Brussels.

It’s been a while. #FleaMarket

This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me. I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯

On this #Bandcamp Friday, I snagged Emily A. Sprague's upcoming Cloud Time LP. mlesprg.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-...

This seems important:

Public phone street art... 📞🗣🩶 #phone #love #technology #streetart

Browsing for new music this #BandcampFriday. A friend recommended 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s by Kieran Hebden + William Tyler to me. It's rather nice in a minimal-Henry Flynt kind of way. fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/41-lon...

Secondhand bookshop finds today. #Booksky

Just walking around and... Ahh, that's nice.

Quote with your profile header. Coin operated phone booths inside Gimpo airport, Seoul. Taken during a 4-night stopover in Oct 2024. (Now, I'm thinking of all the food we ate there...)

Click through those images... especially if you have rose tinted specs for the Midlands in the 1980s :)

new interview with marta forsberg at @foxydigitalis.bsky.social - album out next week foxydigitalis.zone/2025/09/25/t...

A depression of cheese wotsits

Incredible to think this 40 seconds of magic was recorded in 1967/1971. bernardparmegiani.bandcamp.com/track/je-tu-...

Houses in Brussels I will never ever own. Part 1 of the longest list in the world.

Postman's been. It can rain as much as it wants for the next few days. I have THE RAINCOATS.

Saul Bellow nailing* the importance of physical media (cf:, lps, cds, dvds, etc) from The Dangling Man, 1944. * for me, anyways

Like to subscribe to one new thing per year. This year it's The Wire.

Another artist pushing through the seams of packaging norms. "Packaged in a squashed can with 2 sets of nuts and bolts holding the package together." advaitarecords.bandcamp.com/album/squash

Not a record, but a tape recording of a gig. Lent it to a friend with a reputation for losing stuff. He lost it, and so too was the only recording of that gig.