Public Service Broadcasting. Years ago a colleague recommended them to me, certain that I'd love them (I'd never heard of them at the time). No, I did not love them.

Designing funky lighting for my home studio and it's trickier than I thought. I should've just done a Vangelis and built it in a greenhouse.

In other news the brand new track is coming along. I've upgraded its status to 'decent'. I may hate it in the morning.

Trying a BuzzBall for the first time and holy crap no exaggeration, but I think it's the most awful thing I've ever drunk. The perfect gift for someone you hate.

Lots of stuff on the news rightly remembering the wonderful Sam Neill, but no mention of his finest film, Event Horizon.

Might just be my DVD, but Ridley Scott's 1492 looks like it was shot on Beta SP. I still have a soft spot for that film though.

Hot coffee in a hot studio on a hot day working on a lukewarm track.

If I see one more 'One is ridiculous comedy joke candidate, the other is Count Binface' gag.

Thanks for the tapestry, such a kind donation to our museum.

Is Farage finally about to defect to Russia?

Hopefully his announcement is that he's going to fuck off and never show his face in politics again.

I hope the England team are ok with what traditionally happens to the losing side in a ball game in Mexico.

Barbecue lit. Bumbu poured.

My brother’s band spent months on a music video pieced together from archive footage and digital special FX and the result has had no engagement because it looks like it took 30secs in AI. I daren’t even post it on here. He is ripping about it.

What kind of person uses tyre shine? Anyone here use it? Why would you want shiny tyres?

Enjoying producing music again. I must've banged my head or something.

Got a title for my track in progress. Always the hardest part.

Vinyl copies of Solar Drift are running low at Touched Music. However - there are now some copies available for sale direct from my own Bandcamp. faexoptim.bandcamp.com/album/solar-...

I really can't get excited about GTA 6, despite loving those games back in the day. I'm more looking forward to the Silent Hill set in 1990s Scotland coming later in the year.

Doing all the sound-designy mixing for this track before I've written any melody parts is probably the wrong way to go about it.

Just washed my very dirty car. According to two passing neighbours: 1. I missed a bit. 2. I can do theirs next.

Big group of cows in the field I walked past five minutes ago have all gone. They move fast. Unless... 🛸

Itching to join local anti-AI meetups if there any happening 🤔

If someone asks you 'where are you from?' do you answer with the place that you've spent nearly your entire life living in, or the place that you've moved to and have only lived in for six months?

OTD in 1946 Soviet Occupied Poland had a rigged referendum. Anyone who objected was arrested and disappeared. Imagine that happening today

Trying Guinness 0.0 for the first time (driving home later). It's pretty good.

If you see someone on the bus wearing headphones, they’re probably a music fan and that’s a nice opportunity to meet someone who shares your hobby. I’ll normally gesture for them to take off the “cans” and then ask something like “Any synthesizers in that music you’re listening to?”

Wondering how to spend all that money I've saved by not having air conditioning.

Last year when we were viewing houses we looked at a nice one that had air-conditioning, but decided it was a bit out of the way. Ultimately went for a property not so far out, but no air-con. So, yeah...

This is happening in a few weeks. My set is prepped (incl a couple new tracks). www.seetickets.com/event/cowgat...

Still using SPDIF in my studio in the 2020s. It just works.

Even the shady half of the garden is like a sauna already.

Just discovered we get bats in our garden. This makes me happy.

Why do I need GTA 6 when I've got San Andreas?

I always seem to sleep very well in heatwaves. 🤷‍♂️

A hot lunch (fritata) followed by another hot coffee. Perfect!

There's no money you could pay me to use the Central Line this week.

Working and connecting remotely from my home studio most of this week. In this heat I'll need to make sure my camera is off otherwise they'll get a shock.

Sitting in my garden in near darkness with a rechargeable fan blowing at me.

This week I'm wearing the shorts I bought in Macy's one time because I'd underestimated how unbelievably hot NYC would be.

Might as well just put a roof over that lectern, leave it where it is, and install a revolving door on No 10 while you're at it, lads.

Have a heart guys, he was just the son of a simple toolmaker.

Giving The Campfire Headphase some love this morning. #BoardsOfCanada

We've got this onion keeper thing which has a rubber membrane and it always reminds me of the opening sequence of the Prisoner.

Managed to write this second section before the guests arrive. Making both music and pizza today.

Today’s #badges

I suppose I'd better light the barbecue as it takes 45mins to get going.

🎶 Andy Burnham looks a scream Hang him on my wall Andy Burnham, Silver Screen Can't tell them apart at all. 🎶

Feel the burn(ham).

Just rescued a cockchafer that had fallen down our chimney.