I'm still not sure how I ended up with this first Canadian pressing of Led Zep I! (Well, I know that it came from my in-laws' collection, but I have no idea why they had it. It's VERY out of step with the rest of the country, Motown, and easy listening stuff they had...) #NowPlaying

Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.

This is always the one I think of first - The Breeders' "Happiness is a Warm Gun". Fun fact - I heard this before I heard the White Album, and didn't even realize it was a Beatles cover at first. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yd-...

‘This Is What She’s Like’ Dexys Midnight Runners. 1985. 1 of 3 short films directed by Jack Hazan - ‘These films were quite different, they went against the grain’. Jack also directed ‘A Bigger Splash’ - David Hockney & ‘Rude Boy’ - The Clash. I’d love to see TIWSL on a big screen.

I wonder if ICE goons get used to the taste of spit in their food?

I've never listened to this album before, probably because it's one of those *very* "American" albums that barely registered in the UK. It's still fascinating how some things can be huge on one side of the Atlantic, but sink without a trace on the other... #NowPlaying

I'd like to take part in that "post a pic of the venue & band" thing going around, except I'm sure it's the answer to a common security question I've used on multiple sites 😬

This is shockingly a shockingly insulting thing to do to the late Drew Struzan 🤬

Does anyone have experience with drone photography? I'm trying to figure out why the photos that we hired someone to take are not sharp. They look OK for web, but the fine detail I'd expect from the resolution isn't there - lots of artifacts and pixelation. Operator was using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro.

This really is excellent stuff if you can listen to it.

they ran on no more wars and are now pitching global conquest. they ran on protecting kids and are now paid subscribers to a deep fake kiddie porn generator. a competent opposition party would find a way to use this to their advantage

I'm listening to an interview of someone whose earliest musical memories are of Crowded House's "Time on Earth", from "before vinyl", and I'm crumbling into dust 👴 open.spotify.com/episode/5Lh9...

Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."

huh. I guess it's technically #NewMusicFriday? Unsurprisingly, I'm not seeing much (if anything) released today, but here's one I just found that was tossed out into the arse-end of last year with no announcement that I saw - Imani Coppola's "Shepherd's Pie" open.spotify.com/album/4yEr8j...

Was just reminded that I still have a last.fm account (although some of the scrobble numbers look a bit off...). Anyway, Little Simz had some very proggy company in my listening last year 🤪

If, like me, you prefer not to enrich Mr Bezos any more than necessary, you can get the Kobo edition of The Rest Is Death for just 99p at the moment. Fill yer boots! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

A bit of Roxy to start the new year - "Country Life" (the one with THAT cover, hence the label on this post). A happy new year of listening to all! #NowPlaying

In the dying days of 2025, I might as well throw my favourite albums of the year out into the ether...

RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).

A flashback to 1999: the first film I ever worked on at ILM was Galaxy Quest, and VFX supervisor Bill George asked me to come up with new call letters for the Protector spaceship. What began as "STD" became "NTE" ... which stands for "Not The Enterprise."

It's an "I need to wake up" kind of morning, so King Crimson's "Red" is the album of choice open.spotify.com/album/4mA3RK...

That prize task was an incredible display of one-upmanship! Thanks Channel 4 for spreading the Taskmaster joy all over the world.

1967, London. Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in an outfit designed by John Bates for Jean Varon

Unused photos from the session for Strawberry Switchblade's debut album cover, 1984. (📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

Ah. Here's the annoying flipside of being a UK expat in Canada, following recommendations from UK authors - lots of things just don't get published over here! Worse is when there are huge, illogical gaps in series ("Let's just publish book 1, 3, and 6 of this 10-book series!") 🤦

Following authors on here really turns up the best new reads. I don't remember if it was @marthawells.com or @emmanewman.bsky.social that posted about it, but I just finished "The Raven Scholar", by Antonia Hodgson, and the audiobook had me gripped for all 24 hrs 🐦‍⬛ share.libbyapp.com/title/11077844

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz

Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.

Stanley Baxter dies at 99

this is a form of societal suicide. hermit nation curling up to die.

Here it is: the poll to determine the release date of YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Please read the entire form, consider the arguments, laugh at the jokes. The poll runs until 12:01 AM Mon Dec 15. You can change your vote anytime before then. I have tried to turn off the results so that you vote blind.

It's a moody start to Sunday morning with one of the few 12"s in my collection— This Mortal Coil's "16 Days - Gathering Dust" b/w "Song to the Siren". The cat is not sure about this one, but Liz Fraser is 👑 on this. #NowPlaying

It's also: you don't know who is going to become what. A society more confident in itself would believe a little bit more in its ability to make anyone thrive and give back.

I just checked. Including this World Cup, Scotland has drawn the same group as Brazil 5 TIMES in the last 7 we've qualified for!

Scotland. Same group as f'n Brazil. Every. Damn. Time. 🙄

Spotify Wrapped has at least helped me figure out which track to add to the playlist I've made with songs from (almost) every year of my life - @divorcehq.bsky.social's "Lord" youtu.be/WMRO66g3u0o?...

Sigh... Sure Adobe, uninstall the Pre-Flight functions in Acrobat why don't you. Now I have to explain to IT what it is and why I need them to reinstall it ASAP... 🙄

Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.

Is it just me, or is this song by Midlake a little too similar to Crowded House's "Four Seasons in One Day"? open.spotify.com/track/18Gu9e...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

The Maradaine Saga: Deft do-gooder defeats drug-dealers with dextrous derring-do! Constable colleagues crack cases with competent craft! Stealthy siblings stop sadistic scheme and seek satisfaction with swindles and stabbing! Pacifist paladins protects populace from perilous plots! maradaine.com

I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl. Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.

I have a horrible feeling this is down to a UK/US date format screwup - day/month vs month/day www.bbc.com/news/article...

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen... Iron Maiden (80's) Crowded House x 5 (90's) Jim O'Rourke (00's) Tragically Hip x 2 (10's) Remi Wolf (20's)

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se