Account of a good clubbing experience in a small venue This weekend I went clubbing for the first time in a while, and had a great experience at a small DIY space. I thought it worth sharing my thoughts about what made the event a success, from my perspective as a punter. Venue MOT is an […]

Finding some nice sonic connections between things I'm listening to today. Beatrice Dillon album has some cello which sounded similar to that of Arthur Russell I was listening to earlier. Church Andrews album shares some sounds with BD's album.

Deleted my Instagram account this morning.

Episode 235 – tracklist Episode 235 of Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bone broadcasts on Monday night / Tuesday morning 17th February 2025. This month's show is two hours of turntable experiments, dark ambient, field recording, noise music and lo-fi electronic weirdness. Tune in live at NTS.live or […]

@andrewspackman ahoy Andrew, welcome to the Fediverse!

Oops, just sent the mailout with the wrong date on it. THE GIG IS 7TH MARCH

Found Post-it notes in “The Thingness of Stuff” exhibition The Thingness of Stuff is a new exhibition curated by artist Luke Drozd, opening this Friday 13th February in London, which will include some of my collection of found post-it notes. As discussed the last post about long term projects […]

"Graham Dunning submitted a revised thesis. 12 Feb 2026, 16:29"

Amazon was thought it was cute to call their webservices "the mechanical Turk" after the fraudulent chess-playing robot with a person inside. But these revelations about Waymo, and also Amazon shops... the fact they they hide and must be forced to admit "what we claimed was software is just […]

Tapes sold out very quick. There's talk of a repress. Let me know if you might be interested and I'll save you a copy!

Apologies for the many more reposts than usual, I'm excited to see all the new music in my feed and keen to share.

Out today! Graham Dunning & DJ Food - Extended Turntablism Vol.1 C73 cassette + mini zine / download https://grahamdunningdjfood.bandcamp.com/album/e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d-turntablism-vol-1?label=1190404691 In this duo we each use a homemade contraption built off a […] [Original post on post.lurk.org]

[new release] Graham Dunning & DJ Food: E-x-t-e-n-d-e-d Turntablism Vol.1 The first gig with Kev was for Robin The Fog's festival at Iklectik in 2023. Since then we have played a handful of shows, including at a gallery in Bratislava (pictured), a festival in Bedford and an iMax in Bristol […]

Long Term Projects Some projects run for a long time. Mechanical Techno has definitely been the one I've worked on most since beginning it back in 2014 (here's a timeline). I've been collecting found objects most of my life (as discussed in the last post), though I didn't really think of it as […]

London gig incoming - first for over a year I think - 7th March in Peckham at the new Iklectik space, playing some Mechanical Techno with the turntable sequencer. https://dice.fm/event/2w8w36-graham-dunnings-mechanical-techno-exssess-ekstasis-7th-mar-iklectik-london-tickets #livemusic […]

Turns out jazz fusion is rubbish as running music.

Listening to lots more music this year so far. Music is great! Feeling inspired by listening.

Collecting a whole deck of cards (by finding them on the street) Picking things up in the street has been a habit since I was a child. I always had pockets full of nuts and bolts and other interesting bits and bobs I'd collected. When I started compiling sketch books for visual research around […]

good morning, limited edition CD out today, only 100 copies, some of my favourite ever music performed live last year xx loulayorke.bandcamp.com/album/live-c...

Wondering if my pixey/Pixelfed server has gone kaput, it never seems to let me log on any more.

Working from the climbing wall this morning. So far just warmed up, did my physio exercises, and checked the shared email inboxes.

Picked up a few records in the bargain bin at Rough Trade yesterday - 75% reduction makes any LP about a fiver, which is great. Got an album I'd already paid to download last year, when I couldn't afford the price of the vinyl. Another album I was at the launch event for but, again, couldn't […]

Sharing a few more bits and bobs on Freecycle. Some household items (ornament shelves, underbed storage bags). I'm always slightly surprised by the volume of responses. And working out the fairest/best way to respond. The only way is to go with first-come-first-served, right? Though sometimes […]

A run in the mud and drizzle round Hollow Ponds. Experiments with the newish fell running shoes. 1. Would I immediately get shin splints like I did last time wearing them? (My normal road shoes have a lot more heel padding) 2. Are they actually any good in wet / muddy / uneven ground? --- 1. No […]

There was an advert on the telly for something or other in the early 2000s where Gary Rhodes was cooking some sausages, and he said, "the secret is NOT to prick them," and quite often that phrase pops into my head, unconnected to anything that's happening. Advertising does work.

Collaborators and London venues lists – mostly for me I've updated the links page on the website today with two things: a list of most of the people I have collaborated with (and, in some cases, continue to work with) and a list of local venues I often go to. As I move away from commercial […]

Tax return day. Bought myself a couple of LPs to listen to whilst doing it, by way of encouragement.

Doom metal feels like a genre best played off vinyl.

Small victory but I now have the telly linked up to my desktop pc, so can more easily watch streams/downloads of films etc.

Facilitating some online training, video streaming issues and audio problems - flashbacks to streaming the Noise Quest series during lockdown.

Sleaford Mods in conversation with Stewart Lee was entertaining. The audience questions less so, some boring people in that room! Glad I went though. Look forward to giving their new album a listen.

A new home for the Mammoth Beat Organ This weekend I visited The Nest in Oxford, which is the new home for the Mammoth Beat Organ, to show the custodians the ropes and make some mechanical noises. The Nest is a "wholly inclusive space for young people wanting to express themselves through music […]

Weakly shopping

Episode 234 – Tracklist Episode 234 of Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bone broadcasts on Monday night / Tuesday morning 20th Janaury 2026, from 01:00 to 03:00 (UK time). This month's show is a blend of improvisation, noise, algorithmic music, physical processes, modular synthesis and more. Tracklist […]

Running sprints today. 6 x 15 second bursts, 3 minutes rest in between (with 15min warm up/down at normal pace each side). Quite hard! But also fun. I suspect I will feel it in the morning.

Set up my Bluetooth mouse on a new channel so I can switch cursor control between my home desktop and my work laptop. Works really well! I like it when technology actually does the thing you want without hassle.

Quick read through of one of the sections for the new D&D Starter Set. Seems like it should be fun, lots of random encounters, some classic set-pieces. We're planning to switch up the DMing so I'm not reading all the sections - intrigued to see how it all fits together.

Enjoying the short stories set in The Expanse universe. Great to get the backstory of, for example, The Butcher of Anderson Station. It's making me want to revisit the whole series.

that’s £8.93 GBP, plus £18.61 shipping for United Kingdom. ... just not viable to buy tapes from the US any more.

Weird WiFi connection issues with my desktop pc. We've recently upgraded the broadband package - my mobile is getting 750mbps download speed but my desktop, despite showing a solid connection to the router, is getting 0.23mbps. Tried reinstalling drivers, no idea what's happening. I never had a […]

Amazing mists over the wetlands this morning - looked like billowing, low hanging clouds

Weighing up preparing for tonight's Tomb of Horrors session in my lunch break against having to explain D&D to an office full of senior healthcare practitioners.

Working day so far mostly involving watching someone edit a spreadsheet on a video call.

I've ticked off lots of things from my To Do list today whilst I was supposed to be preparing for a job interview tomorrow morning.

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Can anyone tell me the correct name for this kind of fibre optic connector? We need to move the router into a different room and ethernet cables are massive, seems a lot easier to make holes in doorframes for an optical cable.

Sold my old KRK subwoofer just now. The buyer turned up with just a laundry bag to take it home in - it weighs 18kg, so good luck to them!

Final leg of the Capital Ring walk today, circling suburban London. We've done ~10 mile sections every 1st Jan for the last several years, organised by my friend Max.

I ran 1001.26km in 2025.