Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 35 GENESIS by RAYE (2024) (11 pts) Musically and lyrically, a clear-eyed dissection of what social media and the age of everything being available constantly is doing to all our heads. Probably the most successfully ambitious song on my list. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOX8...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 34 NO TIME TO DIE by BILLIE EILISH (2020) Obvious from her first album how good she was, but acing the stylistic challenge of a Bond song while bringing what she did well convinced me she was a keeper. m.youtube.com/watch?v=BboM...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 33 ESPRESSO by SABRINA CARPENTER (2024) A modern take on seaside postcard filth over a beguiling rhythm and delivery. All hail the Pennsylvania Barbara Windsor www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVli...

Going to say they’re not getting the 10 paddles out on Strictly for Kylie’s dance here. #TOTP

#BPHM8285 It's the FINAL GROUPS of BLACK POP 1982-1985 32 songs, pick and (ideally) rank the best 10 of them for me to countdown next week Here's the A-SIDE selection docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Can easily believe Mel B demanded to make a record that sounded like the stuff she was actually listening to. #TOTP

Presuming there was an anti-video policy at this point, given how much were veering between ‘bands so desperate to be on they’re hanging round the stage door’ and ‘performances we can reuse’. #TOTP

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 32 ACHILLES by THE DIVINE COMEDY My first list was fully challenge clause compliant. But then a good friend died, and this song helped me to at least comprehend a world without him. We’re sending him off today. This one’s for you Stevie. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6N...

Someone gif that Nick ‘oh fuck’ please. #CelebrityTraitors

The #CelebrityTraitors ending on an act of idiocy is entirely thematically appropriate.

#TheTwen2ie5 AFRIQUE VICTIM by MDOU MOVTAR (2021) The most unexpected and welcome winner of the People’s Pop Polls; a proggy epic about colonialism. Know the Mdou massive is going another way, but that first listen impact of this means I wouldn’t go any other way. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6CU...

ITS A COYOTE! CHASING A ROAD RUNNER!

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 30 GOOD LUCK BABE! by CHAPPELL ROAN (2024) (11 points) The drama! The tempo changes! I TOLD YOU SO!!! And the tragedy of the world stopping ending. Exactly the kind of song that justly sends the artist to the stratosphere. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ENz...

In which Jim asks the vexed question of why online fandom isn’t more excited that Doctor Who has a future.

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on Psychic Paper: New Doctor Who, you say?

Not only did they popularise the idea of the imperial phase, they proveeded to provide a practical example.

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 29 I SAW by YOUNG FATHERS (2022) ‘Back to basics’ is usually a sign of a band running low on inspiration, but these guys lean right into getting their ideas and sounds down immediately and powerfully. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyC...

BUSTING BALLS EPISODE 108 IS OUR YEARLY FASHION SHOW WOOHOO! @jonarnold.bsky.social @brasilianfury.bsky.social & I show you magnificence & monstrosity in this year's football kits! #Soundcloud soundcloud.com/busting-ball... #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p... #soccer #football #futbol

Picard: there ARE FOUR GUYS! FOUR

On 3rd November 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly Siberian Husky, the first animal in space. She did not return. Cover art for “Laika” by Nick Abadzis | amzn.to/3JELFZA

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 28 THIS HELL by RINA SAWAYAMA (2022) Love as glorious defiance against a world which always seems to want to bring you down. A gloriously catchy fuck you to the bigots. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekau...

Enjoyed Girlbands Forever, but fucking hell, telling the story of post-Spice British girlbands without so much as a mention of Girls Aloud is like trying to tell the story of 60s pop without the Beatles.

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

On the latest episode of #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by Luke Molloy to discuss Lungbarrow and Doctor Screw. www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 27 TROUBLE by HEN OGLEDD (2020) The old north rises again. A sinister spirit of folk channeled through incantations, synths and harps. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgh...

The mighty Edge of Darkness is on BBC4 tonight at 9.15 and also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down. He’s struggling to find any work at the moment. He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more… If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost. www.mathew-owen.co.uk Thank you

This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.

…and we’re back in the room with #TheTwen2ie5 Day 26: BODYGUARD by BEYONCÉ (2024) A gem lost in the bloat of Cowboy Carter, Bey leaning seductively into the musical languor. Cold shower required after listening. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lO22...

Why the BBC WAC should remain bigger on the inside. An absolutely boffo column from Doctor Who mensch @tobyhadoke.bsky.social about the very silly decision by the BBC to cut off independent and exploratory research at its Written Archives Centre. cstonline.net/defending-th...

I think a Friday Halloween needs a David Lynch "If you can believe it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMDY...

💥 New Episode 💥 Join me, @devondan.bsky.social, @kevinjordan64.bsky.social and a surprise mystery guest to study ‘History 101’. #DoctorWho podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Rounding out Halloween week on the StrangersCast feed, it's the audio version of our Wholloween Challenge in which we choose the Doctor Who story that best fits its All Hallows' Eve broadcast slot strangersinspace.libsyn.com/blue-box-193...

Not long left to back this project. Its fully funded so the book is guaranteed but we'd love to reach our stretch goals. Find out more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...

I did not realise that Black Francis lived the exact plot of Smiley Culture’s “Police Officer”! “You what? Didn’t you do that Pixies record Debaser?“ / “In the indie charts number one was its number”

Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther #comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky More info and links: www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...

A new Busting Balls podblast is up (just me & @jonarnold.bsky.social, @brasilianfury.bsky.social was ill) talking all sorts of crap including about Celtic BEFORE Brendan Rodgers resigned today so totally topical. #Soundcloud soundcloud.com/busting-ball... #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...

Just saying... the perfect Halloweenish compendium of stories this year is mine and Steve Cole's '1001 Nights in Time and Space' - with pictures by me! Do go and buy it - and those who have, please go and review it if you would! x

We had to Bulis it up one day, and that day has arrived…

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 25 A FEW WORDS FOR THE FIRING SQUAD (RADIATION) by RUN THE JEWELS (2020) (11 points) Five years on, slouching towards Bethlehem, this song’s time has come again. In a country’s dark moment, all we have is each other. All that and a made-up TV theme m.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgH...

MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely. cstonline.net/defending-th...

‼️ NEW NOSTALGIA TOURS ‼️ Join @lucymccaul.bsky.social and @mattsawyer.bsky.social as we investigate The Brain of Morbius, Mark of the Rani, Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel and Joy to the World. Well, one story is getting a kicking.. can you guess which? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 24 KILL BILL by SZA (2022) You can hear it as feminist retelling of Tarantino or a modern, sweetly woozy take on the murder ballad. Quietly unhinged. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSRc...

I am contributing to Doctor Wno cancellation discourse, whether you like it or not. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

There's a bit of a mystery in the Radio Times. Help us solve the mystery.

‘Better than Managra’ says @dwcoverstory ‘The enjoyable side of Mid’ says @The_Arn ‘It surprised me three times!’ says @docoho ‘What are you on?’ says @Grumpy2EB Coming this weekend…Hamster’s first Christopher Bulis!

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 23 CLEOPATRA by NOVA TWINS (2022) Hip hop attitude over big filthy guitars. What’s not to love? m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfqa...