It would have been Bernard Cribbins' 97th birthday today. My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy. He asked for the names of every child involved. A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child. A legend.

Me at the end of 2025 #NoirAlley #OddManOut #TCMParty #FilmNoir

These are great days for an apocalypse aficionado such as myself www.latimes.com/california/s...

These are great days for an apocalypse aficionado such as myself www.latimes.com/california/s...

Hampstead Heath, December 1938. Photograph by Frederick G Roper

This bland residential building from 1939, perhaps the 1st such modernist structure in Hampstead, is held by the National Trust. Hampstead resident Ian Fleming hated it so much that he named a Bond villain after the architect, Ernö Goldfinger.

This is brilliant

This bland residential building from 1939, perhaps the 1st such modernist structure in Hampstead, is held by the National Trust. Hampstead resident Ian Fleming hated it so much that he named a Bond villain after the architect, Ernö Goldfinger.

Now this is crazy. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Or at least looked at it…

Random bridge on Hampstead Heath, morning walk. Well, how did I get here?

Or at least looked at it…

Random bridge on Hampstead Heath, morning walk. Well, how did I get here?

AI is awful and is accelerating our moment of cultural self-destruction. On the other hand, 42 people decided to cite an article without bothering to even look it up, let alone read it.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

A break in the rain provides a nice view of the London skyline from Parliament Hill

A break in the rain provides a nice view of the London skyline from Parliament Hill

A historical plaque from the new neighborhood

A nice foggy day on the Heath.

A nice foggy day on the Heath.

✨ I take lots of photos of awe-inspiring architecture, landscapes and sunsets - but sometimes the most jaw-dropping beauty is in the details. I can’t quite explain why, but this medieval door hinge and handle at Malmesbury Abbey seems to glow every time I look at it.

The musical sensibilities and vocal stylings of Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch blended so perfectly, it was like spiritual harmonizing. Joe Ely thought that "Dallas" was the greatest song he had ever written, except that Jimmie Dale Gilmore wrote it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Rr...

RIP to the great Joe Ely. His version of “Gallo del Cielo,” a Homeric country ballad about cock fighting in the American Southwest forever changed and immeasurably enriched my life. Worth six minutes of your time, if you’ve never heard it youtu.be/6lF-ClNlKSA?...

My favorite Flatlanders tune. "Dallas gives a beautiful light."

The Flatlanders in their prime!

RIP to the great Joe Ely. His version of “Gallo del Cielo,” a Homeric country ballad about cock fighting in the American Southwest forever changed and immeasurably enriched my life. Worth six minutes of your time, if you’ve never heard it youtu.be/6lF-ClNlKSA?...

No offense to my friends in the UK, but I'm starting to think that no one over here actually knows what a smashburger is.

Early morning on Hampstead Heath

Early morning on Hampstead Heath

"Charlemagne's Dream" is coming (just not quite yet). #medieval #carolingians #apocalypse

Morning scenes from my morning walk in the new neighborhood. Trees, water, early morning light on Hampstead Heath.

I think Armies of Heaven actually did sell more copies its first week . . .

Day three living in a nicer neighborhood and I've already been mugged. Two young men in retrospect were following me home. One grabbed my arm and ripped my watch off. They ran away. I yelled obscenities. It wasn't that valuable.

Morning scenes from my morning walk in the new neighborhood. Trees, water, early morning light on Hampstead Heath.

The day after, coping with the move, surveying her new domain from on high

Porta Nigra (‘Black Gateway’) of Augusta Treverorum (Tier, Germany), then and now. #RomanSiteSaturday

Good morning, BlueSky. Happy Caturday - feeling zen. 🧘‍♀️

Last photo ever to be posted from one of my morning walks through Regent’s Park. The golden leaves of the tree struck me as especially beautiful against the heavy gray skies. Coming soon … Hampstead Heath

Yes, we are moving soon.

Never a bad time to bookmark Amoeba.com! They have tons of records, CDs, and movies available on their site— a good chunk of them discount pre-owned! Also, don’t know if this is just cause I’m in LA, but free shipping. 👍🏻

Yes, we are moving soon.

My employer just laid off 1000 people

My employer just laid off 1000 people

The part of my morning walk where I get to pretend I’m in Paris

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

While you have so many eyes on this, let me recommend this unearthly beauty from the mid ‘90s, Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s CD”Spinning Around the Sun”

The Coen Brothers performed a real mitzvah, including Jimmie Dale Gilmore in “The Big Lebowski”

30th November is the feast of St Andrew BL Egerton MS 2781; The 'Neville of Hornby Hours'; 14th century; f.76v

One of the all time great albums. The world looks like a different place after you hear it. For me, at least, a dividing line in my life, the time before and after the Flatlanders.

Primrose Hill this morning, heavy gray sky, sparkling London skyline. Out for a dark, early walk to avoid the rain.