Why the low numbers for the Melania doc? 'A high-end prostitute becomes a deep-cover handler for a repulsive, moronic Russian asset who becomes President of the United States and brings the country to the brink of destruction in less than a year!' It's a blinder of a story. I, personally, can't wait

🎧 Gonna start a slowly evolving thread for my folk-funk faves What’s folk-funk? The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove We start with a “founder” of folk-funk 1/n youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...

Come on, please spread this far and wide, it's for charity

One of the few 'famous people' I've met who I always wish I'd managed to talk to more. But, like many in this article note, he had such an immediately impactful presence, I kind of froze. Nothing to do with his fame, just incredibly *present*. A remarkable man. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

This is it, your support would mean the world!

Ok last call tonight... just 29 paid subs to go to hit my annual goal. If you like my work there's a big discount going until tomorrow night! bsky.app/profile/kate...

Deep literacy is in decline worldwide. Our latest issue gathers eight writers from outside the Anglosphere for a forum on global brainrot.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-....

Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.

I don't know how well verified that last post is but, if true, hilarious. And they want to rename the Kennedy Center.

panamaplaylists.com This is a wild website

Can anyone at all verify @mmr3cords.bsky.social‬ , monumental-movement.jp ? I'm getting a lot of followers connected to them but the data suggests they are either a small starter company or they are a bot source. I'm sure they're cool and just working hard but idk. Anyone? Anyone..?

Coming soon to an Official US Cultural Center near you... www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-...

Go Brazil! That's the way to do it. Starmer take note, you gutless twat.

Yo Music people. I've lost a link to a person/organization/substack or something that maintains a comprehensive list of music curators from multiple countries. Can anyone help me please? Please?

You know the rule...

So what do you music people out there think of this? Poisoning music tracks so it can't be used by generative AI and actually damages their 'learning' system if they try. Seems genuinely disruptive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYm...

They did such a great job with this album. Check it out: open.spotify.com/track/5ZMCcG... margoguryan.bsky.social

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The story of Margo Guryan occupies a special place even in pop history, which is not exactly short of strange biographers and unrecognized geniuses. Where others tragically failed ahead of their time, the singer/songwriter, born in New York in 1937, chose her own failure. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thoroughly recommended follow for music-lovers: @jspacewoman.bsky.social . I really, really want her record collection but a follow is the next best thing.

Hi to anyone following me back! A warning: I'm mainly a lurker. Used to work in movies, commercials etc in London, been living in Argentina for some time. I love music and do lists for posh hotels. Working on an app that will take my job and give money back to the music ecosystem. That's about it.