"This was not an organized movement like punk or rave, but kismet. Musicians all over the country simultaneously decided to forge something new from the cultural ashes of their country." The Synths and Electronic Gear of Krautrock: reverb.com/news/the-syn...

I’ve been a bit slack with the posting lately as I’ve been super busy opening this terrific theatre production with an amazing group of people. I promise to do better in the future. www.hulltruck.co.uk/whats-on/dra...

new show The Universe and the Neurodiverse is coming to Manchester, well, Salford - join me at @thelowry.com - tickets here thelowry.com/whats-on/382...

I’m playing @dubrek on Sat 19th April with the awesome @adampmccready and Debs and the Sea of Fire. I’ll be playing some new tunes including my new track ‘This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’- presave it here! Be great to see you there! ditto.fm/this-is-why-...

Two years today since the premiere of our debut feature documentary, Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed. If you haven't watched it yet, it's on YouTube, entirely free! The history of the science of speed and humankind's obsession with it.

This excellent essay outlines one of my problems with magic/the occult in horror. If anything is possible then nothing is interesting (Buffy, the witch ssn of AHS, etc), but if you over explain (rules, etc) it loses the mystery/numinous. In my own writing, I hope/pray (1/2)

‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundred of movies

Really looking forward to catching this. @helenczerski.bsky.social is a great science communicator and @cosmicshambles.com is a brilliant initiative (if that’s the right term). Well worth supporting.

Coming soon on the Cosmic Shambles Network... Shambles came along to the big Ocean Sciences conference in New Orleans last year. We met loads of ocean scientists and made a 3-part web series about all kinds of interesting ocean stuff. Watch here, from 8:30pm on Jan 14th: YouTube.com/cosmicsh...

The Free Our Feeds project is building an independent foundation. More info here: freeourfeeds.com

Marisa is an excellent writer. This is a haunting piece.

“Keir Starmer faces pressure to allow a free vote on the Climate and Nature Bill, a Private Members Bill led by Dr Roz Savage MP. The #CANBill proposes raising the UK’s emissions reduction targets, restoring nature and creating a citizens assembly.” @edienet.bsky.social

This platform is ok but I would be happier if I was seeing more modular synthesis, more old song recommendations (disco, jazz, funk, house), more MENA music, more weird fiction, more modernism, more sci fi. Recommend ppl for me to follow & for each new one I’ll recommend a book/LP/film in return.

Solstice blessings everyone. Here’s to the lengthening of the days.

OUT NOW! Today's fascinating episode of Electronically Yours features George Underwood, album cover designer, artist and early schoolmate of David Bowie. After deciding that the music business was not for him, George returned to art studies and then worked in design studios as an illustrator.

Help yourself to a dose of Christmas cheer with my article about Shropshire's Christmas Folklore! You can learn about how Owd Salopians marked the occasion by following the link below! 🎄 nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-ve... #Christmas #Shropshire #Folklore #traditions #Lore

Our newsletter drops tomorrow 📧 From workshops to Fun Palaces Maker stories, sector news to tips for making your own Fun Palace, our newsletter has it all! 📩 Sign up now to keep the creativity flowing every week. 👉 Subscribe here https://funpalaces.co.uk/news/newsletter/ #FunPalaces

They definitely published that book I loved, actually.

We’re reprinting your favourite designs! For a limited time, you can pre-order our Pan, Solstice, and Witches Still Live garments here: 👉🏼 everpress.com/profile/hell...

Well it’s beginning to look like Christmas now. The seasonal @helleborezine.bsky.social has arrived and what a beauty it is too!

It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate | Simon Jenkins

Hello Blue Sky! A few photos to introduce myself. I’m a theatre designer here to connect with fellow theatre makers with a love of the creative process and all forms of performance!

I made a folklore starter pack. If you want to be added, let me know! go.bsky.app/JTa9kLR

A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽 #FarmersProtest

Dawn through the wires

Tech rehearsals are underway! We open this Friday @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social 🥰 Book you’re tickets and come and join us 🎟️💚 Sound design by the wonderful @adampmccready.bsky.social

Hello! We've made a little zine called Wyrdo – derived from the old Anglo-Saxon word Wyrd. Our first issue SAMHAIN has been released as a downloadable PDF! What's inside: 💫 essays on wyrd and nature 💫 seasonal activities to get you in the Samhain spirit 💫 a picture of a slug Check it out below! ✨️

This is on this afternoon on Radio 4 and then BBC sounds… Looks like it’s going to be fascinating and it has some of me in it… @juderogers.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Probably the biggest march in London this year was the Restore Nature Now March - despite the numbers, the uniting of @nationaltrust.bsky.social AND @xrglobal.bsky.social, it was of considerably less interest than to the media than farmers, so here are some photographs

#UncoolTwo50 1. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) (1984) (12 points) About as close to perfect as a pop song gets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdTj...

In times of hardship, humans turn to dreams and other intuitive ways of knowing. In novel times, we must turn to novel thought, to find creative and healing breakthroughs which can be applied to waking life. This is the power of doom dreaming. Essay here: dreamstudies.org/doom-dreamin...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Happy birthday to Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, who were born on the same day in the same hospital. Here they are together in Spacemen 3 - this raw clip from Mike Mason's video for Revolution is included in an excellent library of footage of the band at spacemen3.co.uk/tv/

Two neolithic stone circles have been discovered on Dartmoor, adding credibility to the theory that a “sacred arc” of monuments was built in the heart of the wild Devon uplands. www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge #klf @johnhiggs.bsky.social

Fellow costume and set designers, comment or DM to be added. go.bsky.app/4zNkcTk

For those who've been following... ICYMI and would like a 3 minute read to start your week, here's part 5 of my blog '52 Albums To Shape A Soul' x bsky.app/profile/lipp...

"There’s something about the romance of being a travelling Bob Dylan-esque type character... so when I listen to #SydBarrett singing the ‘Bob Dylan Blues’ I feel like I’ll get to live that fantasy for a short time at least" Ben Edge’s Folklore Rising Playlist https://buff.ly/4fLUPxZ

My next chapter in '52 Albums To Shape A Soul' due to drop later... For the moment, if you'd like to catch up with the series of 3 minute reads, here's what you've missed so far :)x bsky.app/profile/lipp...

Continuing my musical thoughts with the next chapter... An ode to heroes 🖤x 52 Albums To Shape A Soul - #5 lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...

I would be extremely happy with my star columnist had they encouraged my paper to make such a massive fuss about this. FWIW, Allison Pearson is sincerely one of the least pleasant people I’ve ever encountered. Rude to junior staff almost weekly when I was at Telegraph.

Brilliant to see the Mighty White Rabbit here 🙏

bird sounds

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As I seem to have more followers on here than anywhere else (thank you!) let me share the Vince Clarke remix of my track A Shared Sense Of Purpose. warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/track/a-shar... #electronica #hauntology #vaporwave

A little poem about the stars and the book Starborn

Kicking off the day catching up with the latest 'Sound Waves' show by @mixless.bsky.social c/o @vpraudioclub.bsky.social. Two hours of eclectic goodness. A perfect soundtrack to a lazy Sunday x www.mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub...