LNER on a Wednesday: thirsty? We've got an offer on tinnies! Knock yourself out! LNER on a Friday: if we catch you with a drink out of your bag we'll throw you off the train.

Done a lot of live music over the last few days. Can confirm that it still rules. (pictured: Clare Teal giving a joyous performance tonight in a field near Trowbridge)

The contrast in reporting these stories is nuts, right? It's not just me?

peacefully protesting Gaza or climate change: fuck you, go to jail threatening to burn down hotels because there might be a foreign person temporarily housed there: hey guys, we hear you 😔 it's morally bankrupt, but on the other hand it's also politically suicidal so needs must I guess

Most racist government of my lifetime. More racist than May & Patel. They were merely the warm-up routine

Someone called country music “farm emo” and I’ll never be able to unsee that

i think both sides are to blame here

Oh look, another government policy turns out to just be transphobia! Whoever would have guessed?

Found an attack helicopter that identifies as cringe.

Everyone is celebrating him for his (obviously wonderful) songs but I am also celebrating him for releasing all his works into the public domain and insisting he retained no copyrights over any of it.

Tom Lehrer, who just died at age 97, outlived his New York Times obituary writer.

"If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while." RIP to a true musical hero. youtu.be/yhuMLpdnOjY?...

Been playing with this pack this afternoon, it's a LOT of fun! Plenty of warbly and crunchy goodness.

My husband Moray aka @cephid.world is looking for new opportunities—he’s a consulting developer who specialises in web architecture, app development, & helping startups. He’s smart, calm, collaborative & works especially well with women-led teams. More at moray.dev DM me if you’d like an intro.

Hey everyone! To celebrate the fact it’s Bandcamp Friday today, and because it was my birthday on Wednesday, you can get 20% off everything in the Cephid Bandcamp store with the code “birthday”. Be quick though as the code expires at midnight tonight! cephid.bandcamp.com

New live appeance! I'll be performing a short set (with the laser harp) for We All Play Synth at The Love Inn Bristol, a week today on Tuesday 8th April. It's going to be a great night of synth music and I hope to see you there! #emom #weallplaysynth #laserharp #livemusic #electronicmusic

If you're in desperate need of some cover art and unable to pay someone for it, close the Bluesky app, open your camera app and go outside to take some photos. They're guaranteed to be more interesting than 12-meter-trench-dug-into-the-depths-of-the-uncanny-valley AI-generated slop.

I'm sure nobody could EVER have predicted that. Ever.

Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only

Let's debunk this whole "space is hard" mantra. Looking at all NASA-led missions launched since 2000, only 4 out of ~60 missions experienced total failures. Two of these were due to issues with the commercial launch vehicle, & two were spacecraft issues. That is a *93% success rate.* (1/n)

It's #BandcampFriday! If you like your electronica melody-led, prog-rock-influenced, with (mostly) real drums and with a surprising amount of modal mixture, you know what to do! cephid.bandcamp.com

Out in Bristol for We All Play Synth - Bristol's #EMOM. Such a great mix of acts and so nice to see such a big crowd!

I'm supporting @cephid.world in #Bath tomorrow! 🎤🎹🎶🛁🎭 @rondotheatre.bsky.social NEARLY SOLD OUT - only a dozen or so tickets left!!! xXx www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre...

My husband Moray aka @cephid.world is performing his debut album at his first live solo gig at the @rondotheatre.bsky.social in Bath this Saturday morning 8th February, it will be amazing and it features his laser harp, which he will be allowing people to play after the show.

Miss this tour at your peril!

Thank you! I like that description, it's certainly better than anything I came up with to describe it...

It works! It's happening! 🟢

It's happening. Sparks in the Darkness is coming to vinyl! I was listening to the test pressings today and it's weird how emotional it is to hear my music as a lot of wobbly lines on a plastic disc.

I wonder what this could be? 🤔

These people are your enemies

Completely floored by the fact Cephid got mentioned 3 times in The Prog Mind's review of 2024 - in the best keyboardist, best song and best album lists! 🤯

Still have yet to see a picture of 60s Floyd where I don't covet every single fit. This one's a new one to me and Rick's jacket is 🔥

What are you doing to support the music you love? Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas and improvements to my initial list #music #independentmusic #gigs

Share and enjoy! Share and enjoy!

I've just seen the lighting visualisations for the Cephid live show and holy shit you are not ready for this.

Excited to announce I’ve been paid $5,000,000 for my new comedy special, “They Won’t Let You Do Comedy Anymore” for a big streamer. It’s shot at an opera house that sits 5,000 cheering fans. My opening bit will be about me being silenced. The rest will be how much I hate my wife

Keep playing your guitar. Keep painting that sunset. Keep writing that screenplay. Even at the level of hobbyist you are richer than these people could ever dream of in ways they will never, ever have. They know it, so should you.

Weihnachtsbaumkanone is the name of my new band

Every year we have the same argument about whether Die Hard is a porno

Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid

Probably better just to curse the darkness

Have you been thinking of booking my show, but haven't got round to it? Anyone who books two tickets or more to Cephid Live on February 8th 2025 in Bath will get a free signed CD of Sparks in the Darkness. If you book more than two I'll throw in a signed poster!

Cuuuube

Grab this album if you haven't already, it's a banger as the kids say!

Posters are here!

I'm getting some t-shirts done for next year's show! My amazing designer Fal has come up with these 6 ideas but I can't decide. Which do you prefer?

Anyway here are some lasers I bought the other day. They're awesome.

Honestly twitter has been so crap for so long that I've forgotten HOW to microblog. I'm out of the habit of jotting down thoughts, or going searching for conversation. I just chuck stuff up on Instagram and that's it...

😂 I love this. “The UX of LEGO Interface Panels”, a look at the fictional interfaces printed on 2×2 sloped bricks. interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Inte...

Have you seen this cat?