My pal @steve-mclean.bsky.social has put together this collection of poems to raise money for PBH's Free Fringe. Contributors include John Hegley, Atilla The Stockbroker, Kate Smurthwaite, and Pete Saunders from Dexys Midnight Runners. And me, weirdly.

My pal @steve-mclean.bsky.social has put together this collection of poems to raise money for PBH's Free Fringe. Contributors include John Hegley, Atilla The Stockbroker, Kate Smurthwaite, and Pete Saunders from Dexys Midnight Runners. And me, weirdly.

If I set off now I could be there by lunchtime on 1 March

I love your bum action Lust's just a distraction No talking, just looking Watching your bum action I believe, I believe what the old man said Though I know that there's no lord above I believe in me, I believe in you And you know I believe in bum

Alison 'don't start midnight rewatch of amateur Diana musical' challenge

this is way too long for an awards ceremony

Mopping my brow with this after kicking my sworn enemy to death

Anyway, this is pretty good eh

I only came in for some chicken

Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but I don’t suppose you have a copy of Fly Fishing by JR Hartley It is rather old

Happy birthday Andy Partridge, 72 today One the best songwriters & performers of pop. Even though we only got to sample a tiny percentage of his talents as he was forced to discontinue due to his mental health. Despite his shortened tenure AP has given us a technicolour palette of wit for decades

It's Andy Partridge's birthday.

Thinking about Vladivostok again

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy

To thrill you with delight I'd give you diamonds bright Double takes I will excite To make you dream of me at night For your bum For your bum For your bum For your bum

It's Ennio Morricone's birthday, so here are my two favourite pieces of his. I listen to this one when I need to evoke bewildered elation

The two deported migrants who made it back to this wretched country should get the Strictly gig

When I was on @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social I chose this sequence from a 1979 Sesame Street episode - probably the first time I ever heard Philip Glass was this exclusive piece he wrote for this animated sequence, Geometry of Circles. It's never appeared anywhere else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWw...

Don't be afraid to stand in the shadow of bum The hour is late and you know that time waits for no-one See the glow of the soul in her face Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of bum

Looking out for bum In the night so still Oh I'll build you a kingdom In that bum on the hill Looking out for bum Big, big bum

1 like = 1 old British TV jingle (until I run out)

I love it when it's past midnight and there's nothing I want to watch on live telly because it is the perfect excuse to watch old ITV closedowns

it is the moon again

Up above the streets and houses Sunlight on its wings Stomach full of ammunition Eaten out of bins Seagull flying through a rainbow 🌈

If any of you are into model railways, my friend Dave has a lovely channel where he's documenting his TT:120 build and reviewing various Hornby bits and bobs. It's all very charming www.youtube.com/@hollybushra...

it is the moon

Mum when I grow up I want to be a professional oboe mime #totp

God that Robert Palmer song is gorgeous isn't it #totp

'So how did you two get together?' 'She just kept on counting at me' #totp

Doing anything nice at the weekend Alison? #totp

Suzi Quatro has stong 'indoor lesbian watching lesbian through kitchen window' energy #totp

Lene Lovich has stong 'indoor cat watching pigeon through kitchen window' energy #totp

I am passionate about children having opportunities to make music. I am equally passionate about being far, far away from anywhere this is happening. #totp

Also: hellooooo, Mr Moulding #totp

PLAY MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL YOU ARSEBAGS #totp

Divine Comedy, Eels, PJ. This is about as good as 1998 got, isn't it? #totp

I was so pleased when this band came along and I could stop saying 'like the fish' when people asked me how to pronounce my surname #totp

The Divine Comedy at their absolute shimmering best #totp

do you ever yearn to be a pampered little rabbit eating a crisp lettuce leaf the length of its own body

Currently listening to Laser 558 on AM for the full pirate radio experience. The graininess of the audio is making every S sound like SH, with the result that I’ve just heard Alison Moyet sing the words ‘Someone else is shitting in your sheet’.

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Really sad to learn that @chrisswift58.bsky.social has left us. I'm glad I got to meet him in June, when he very kindly trusted me to take custodianship of some of his records. He was a man of taste - also warm, witty, well-read and well-travelled. I'm thinking of his family tonight. Cheers Chris x

Why am I watching this

A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif

haven't done one of these in a while

Very glad I made it along to the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition on its last day - the man himself was there and kindly signed my book

'Andrew to be stripped of own head and bollocks' - bring on that kind of headline.

Just remembered that I dreamed I met Peter Gabriel last night. It was nice, I should watch videos of Foxtrot-era Genesis immediately before bed more often

me when I forget I had beetroot for dinner