Some excellent things to (re)watch before Vimeo goes kaboom...

This is some fine sounds

Linda Catlin Smith: The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Vol. 1 The Plains performed by Cheryl Duvall Super good, out in a few weeks.

"I my heart, there is great pain, now, every day, for months" The great Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov calls for a ceasefire at the Proms at the Albert Hall last night

I hope this ishmael finds you whale

Happy New ('pataphysical) Year www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l7t...

Stuck some plaisir in his cap and called it semiologie

Real police state stuff, pre-emptively arresting people in Defend Our Juries, because they are organising a peaceful protest.

New weirdness from Rat-drifting... #HenryKaiser #KurtNewman rat-drifting.bandcamp.com/track/after-...

It's #FrankensteinDay * aka Mary Shelley's birthday! (* #FrankensteinsMonsterDay )

If you're young Or old Or a woman If you've got a disability Or, you've a SEND If you're LGBTQ+ Or you're from an ethnic minority If you need care Or you're in the forces And if you're in Northern Ireland Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you

Londoners beware... www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/20-ye...

It's #InternationalOrangutanDay apparently #michaeloesterle #quatuorbozzini collectionqb.bandcamp.com/track/three-...

Improvisers, composers and their slippers, 1/53

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM66... 'Walking me to work': to finish, a brief extract from Errolyn Wallen's piece of this name - see her speak at #NairnFest! www.nairnfestival.co.uk

Londoners beware... www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/20-ye...

Guardian has the cops arresting 474 people as terrorists. Salute to all arrested. People with courage to stand up against draconian intimidation. ✊

Cor, what a scorcher! @leochadburn.bsky.social new thing Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator Sounding pretty great.

Cor, what a scorcher! @leochadburn.bsky.social new thing Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator Sounding pretty great.

Chris Burn. One of the greats, and should be far better known.

The only positive about this proposal is that it made me watch this Mr Show sketch three times back to back, howling. youtu.be/GTJ3LIA5LmA?...

“Aye, yesterday. Have ye seen a whale-boat adrift?”

Headspinning start to the day with this great new collection from #exaudi #winterandwintermusic

In a world growing weirder (in a bad way - weird is generally a force for good) it's great that there are finesome things to look forward to

‘Gaza has been under siege by land, sea and air since 2006, with tighter blockades put in place on 9 October 2023 and total closure on 2 March 2025. In the words of the UN, Gaza is “the hungriest place on earth”.’ @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Work-in-progress... Waldrop music

Scenes* from #mwlth tonight. Terrific stuff by #MarkKnoop #AngharadDavies #TimParkinson #DafneVicente-Sandoval and #plus-minus of gravity defying/affirming #LauraSteenberge air wobbling #AlvinLucier and the playful (Haydnesque?) patternings of #JohnMcGuire (* #blurryphotos)

Only just catching up with this fantastic bit of reimagining from the posset man posset-scum.bandcamp.com/album/scum

If you're after good stuff, here is the good stuff.

Now I want a pop up book with a spinning Refrain page and pull-out helicopter mobile

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

Time for a Parade #ErikSatie 100yrs of dedication to immobilités sérieuses www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vcu...

Candidate for best cover on an another timbre release, incoming... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI0...

Happy birthday Terry Riley

The 20th season of Music We’d Like to Hear starts this Friday! Tickets are here www.eventbrite.com/cc/music-wed...

Nothing to disagree with here

Opinions on the death and maiming of thousands of children - very complex and in need of silence . Opinions on Irish rap groups - EASY www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

La-la-la, sing along now

Fête de la Musique/Faites de la musique

Labour Government proving once again they are incapable of protecting civil liberties, want to proscribe Palestine Action declaring them a terrorist group for their terrorist actions with...er... paint... Right then where do I join ?

"As a commentator on Iran, write confidently and on behalf of all Iranians, even if you have never been to Iran or speak Persian. You are a bona fide Iran expert if you are white, male, and have an assistant who can tweet in Persian on your behalf."

Music We'd Like To Hear. Very very important! www.eventbrite.com/cc/music-wed...

—Mkgnao!* #MerryBloomsDay #Bloomsday #nairnbooks #nairnbookshop #indiebookshop #independentbookshop #booksbooksbooks #BookSky (*"Get your thumb out of the way!")

#Sven-ÅkeJohansson www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Md...

On the radio right now: Pat Thomas, Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Lil video to whet yer whistle…