I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed.

Next stop, half a million!

UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier. No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK. The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Farage urged to explain anti-abortion links to meeting with Trump officials

Quick snap from last week's Service Station open mic. :D

Could watch this all day!

ArtHouse open mic again. Always a top night, great crowd, great acts & a free large red for playing :D

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I know this will be controversial, but I think it is bad that the President of the United States thinks that 88% of the population died last year.

Jeffrey Epstein victim: “I was 10 years old. I was raped three times a day, sometimes. I was not the only girl on that island… there was a constant stream of girls being raped over, and over, and over again.” This story isn't going away even if you start WW3. There's no distraction big enough.

As a Brit, I have to thank Jamie Raskin for saying what our own PM seems too spineless to express.

(Don't) Know how good music by Add N To (X), #BlakLight, #RobinGuthrie and #Shriekback can be? Just listen to #ColinSpencer Programme #170 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... to #DiscoverAndRemember @blaklightband.bsky.social @robinguthrie.bsky.social @shriekback.bsky.social and others

Some photos I took last night of the sunset on Spring Bank level crossing in Hull, UK

Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃

FIVE, at least, worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays/unveilings featured during #ColinSpencer Programme #168 thanks to @clairemakepeace.bsky.social, 2 by @elektrografik.bsky.social, @lonelyklown.bsky.social and @richardplaysthesax.bsky.social ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... to #DiscoverAndRemember

Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,

Normal (ie bad tempered & slightly sweaty) service is resumed ☕️☕️☕️

‘We’re terribly sorry’: South Park creators respond with humour to White House anger over naked Donald Trump

After ten years of service, the head of FEMA’s urban search and rescue team has resigned, citing mounting frustration with Trump-era bureaucracy that he says hindered the agency’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas.

Brian Schatz, a Democratic U.S. Senator from Hawaii, makes a point that is difficult to dispute.

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #163 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... inc., at least, 6 worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the self-released artists and output of labels including @islandrecords.bsky.social @muterecords.bsky.social @retrosynthrecords.bsky.social #DiscoverAndRemember

#ColinSpencer Programme #163 featured, at least, 6 worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays thanks to #1i2c, @applemax.bsky.social 'Autumnal Ab'* & 'Harmonic Series'*, @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social, @shesgotclaws.bsky.social and @shriekback.bsky.social ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... *underpinning Max's #TOBE

#MartinBeadle a.k.a. #Max championed #ISpeakMachine for #ThreeOriginalsByEach #ColinSpencer Programme #163 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... #DiscoverAndRemember @applemax.bsky.social @ispeakmachine.bsky.social Are all (any?) of Max's three I Speak Machine songs you'd select? #Interview #TOBE

Please keep in mind this is what they were allowed to see and not what goes on when no one is looking. And even this is bad.

Happy birthday mum. Our first year without you. X

Check out my interview with @colinspencermusic.bsky.social on Saturday 12/7 @ 6pm to hear more about my musical influences, current activities & plans for the future. Check out Colins past shows for many further fascinating interviews with underground & up & coming artists!

#INTERVIEW: @applemax.bsky.social's #Max for the #ThreeOriginalsByEach feature during #ColinSpencer Programme #163 Join me to find out who Max champions... 🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧 Saturday 12 July 2025 6-8pm (#UK times) Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

I welcome Jake Berry's defection to Reform UK, as should everyone who seeks the party's implosion. The more Tories that join, the higher the likelihood of a Reform civil war between the pragmatists and ideological puritans that eventually destroys the party and further fragments right wing votes.

Bag For Life now available digitally. Pay what you like & includes a free shitty graphic I tossed off in 20 minutes :D Bag For Life | AppleMax applemax.bandcamp.com/track/bag-fo...

Neuromancer. open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

obviously this is mental in and of itself but man alive it really does suck extra hard when you think about all the ACTUAL CRIMES the police just isn't investigating, because of "lack of resources"

Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

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Trump's executive order to gut funding for public media (including NPR and PBS) will cut off news sources for millions. That’s exactly what he wants: to exert even more control over the information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.

"inch-by-inch #Reform will reset Britain to its glorious past" This should scare everybody - not only does Andrea Jenkyns sound like a #MAGAt & a #fascist - what does glorious past even mean? And who decides? Because there's a lot in Britain's past that is shameful, not 'glorious'

Trump’s Support Surges After He Points Gun At Nation

Thank you Greyhound!

100 day breakdown of absurdity. "I know these first 100 days have felt like a series of drone strikes on our collective last nerve." 💯 @thetraecrowder.bsky.social

If you needed any further proof that the arrest of Judge Dugan was a propaganda opportunity and a fear tactic, here you go. Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!

What a headline. Congratulations, America!! www.science.org/content/arti...

Western countries collude with and cover up the mass murder of children. The UK included. Starmer is an evil man. These letters are powerful. I applaud all who stand up for justice and against genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Starmer infamously said Israel has a right to starve children to death. Of course it doesn't. It doesn't have a right to self defence either, as an occupying force. Either he doesn't know much about international law or he's a liar. Or both. It's Palestine that has the legal right to self defence.

Thanks Dave youtu.be/Mn-rwQgk6vE?...

This is so alarming.