This is lovely! Composer and electronic studio Ruth Anderson remembered. @urban-james.bsky.social, you’d like this.

How fascism occupies the unconscious. A fascinating, timely programme. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘You may reasonably object to the orthodox Freudian picture of the unconscious. But can we doubt that there is more, much more, to our individual and collective lives than that of which we are consciously aware?’ Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘Far-right politicians in Israel, many of them in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, have made no secret of that fact that they hope starvation will encourage the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from the territory.’ Amjad Iraqi on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Eight months ago,I had a life-changing accident. I am trying to bounce back. Any help, page shares would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you all so much.

The UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” due to immigration says Keir Starmer. This is possibly the most repellent statement that the Labour party has ever uttered. Shameful.

Wonderful to see @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social on the cover of latest @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Great piece by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social.

Bye-bye, Marine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

@alcs.co.uk — once again, thank you!

Celebrating Pauline Oliveros: I’ll be talking about this great composer on BBC Radio 3 this Sunday, alongside Annea Lockwood, @irenerevell.bsky.social, Maria Chavez and Stephanie Loveless. Join us on the airwaves!

This article was published last year in an edition of the Contemporary Music Review dedicated to Éliane Radigue. I am still thrilled to have been included along side so many brilliant writers. Beyond the Audible: Éliane Radigue’s OCCAM works and Inter/Listening www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you, beautiful Marianne.

“You don’t have to be a person of faith to trust that innate human capacity to channel love, goodness, and real strength into our own lives and into the world.” A conversation with Reverend Mariann Budde.

This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

Still in a hospital bed. Now listening to Cassandra Miller’s exquisite work, the city, full of people.

This is a sensational piece of writing.

I am not much good at using voice control to post on blue sky so apologies for random typos and grammatical errors and spelling mistakes and all the other mistakes three

Being a body in a vibrant sonic space: my most personal account of listening ever in the new issue of the Wire magazine. Three.

Still love this album. It was the cover that made me pick it up in the first place three

Lying in my hospital bed and drifting on the currents of an Occam work by Eliane Radigue.

Talk about failing upwards. “Lord” Cameron, the man who bears major responsibility for the state of the UK, is now seen as a safe pair of hands? God help us. Stand by for metaphors about steadying the ship, etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk...

If people are in need of further reasons to leave Elon Musk’s cesspit X, here are two. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How could I miss Black Cat Day? He’s furious.

Thrilling concert from SWR orchestra/Donaueschingen Musiktage: Eliane Radigue and Carol Robinson’s Occam Ocean Cinquanta literally blasts off (1hr 24 mins in). swr.li/donaueschinger-musiktage-konzert-20-10-2023

@urbanjames.bsky.social — bienvenue!

It's difficult to overstate Halim El-Dabh's contribution to electronic music. A pioneer in the field, Halim's experimental sounds evoked new modes of feeling and methods of practice. His works are now being reissued with the help of old Arab friends 🎧👇

Hello, blue skies! Starting as I mean to go on.