I don't know why I'm surprised by this outcome. Townes van Zandt and Allo Darlin are 2025's big musical revelations.

After this was published my dad messaged me to say "What the hell was that cartoon all about" and maybe he is right... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Could Richmond Council maybe send these Enforcement Officers around to Thames Water and the other serial polluters to hand out more fines? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Brilliant piece by @birmo.bsky.social on corporations not paying tax and how the people in charge want you to blame baristas, foreigners and single mums for the fact your hospitals are busted. He's talking about Australia, but it's true for everyone, everywhere. open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

Very sad news. Keeping Up Appearances was an old-fashioned British sitcom about manners, class and eccentricity. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Vale, Ricky Hatton. A fantastic boxer.

HBD to Tom Wills (1835) - a great cricketer who took an indigineous team to the UK in the 1860's. He was one of Australia's first sporting heroes and a founder of AFL. A true character. Here's Mick Thomas and Wally singing a tribute to his life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wF...

Exciting news. For the first time in 5 years I now own a CD player again. Which means I can listen to my music which is not to be found on spoty place!

Wallabies did not deserve to lose that.

Great to see the Wallabies competing strong here.

Because the whole world is shit, here's The Seekers (Gina Riley, John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Nicholas Bell) rehearsing "The Carnival Is Over" for the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics in "The Games."

Bottles of water in Croatia have uplifting messages on them. That’s nice.

At the airport I’m on a shuttle bus Guy is cramming us on, it’s no worse than your typical northern line peak hour tube. Entitled boomers proclaiming it’s not safe. Guy totally not interested in complaints. Rams more people on. Modern travel, what did you fuckin expect?

Just got pulled aside by Security at Edinburgh airport. Guy leans in real close. Excuse me sir. I think, oh what now. Your fly is undone.

Depressing to think about world news. Uplifting as fuck to listen to The Drones. Get out of the fascist induced drudge and listen to some raging rock n roll. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pawX...

First night on hospital radio last night. It's fun to be back in community radio, but really special to do it in a hospital, helping out people who are, frankly, generally not having a nice time.

I need a title for (prob never to be made) radio play. A man can only be sexually aroused by sounds of aircraft engines. Always searching for new sounds, he hilariously struggles until finally finding happiness in a menage a trois with an F4 Sabre and the gyrocopter from Mad Max II

Revolut Story - I picked up my phone and I had about 12 transactions in 10 minutes from Revolut. I'm in the office working - this is weird. Each transaction is about 4 kr (£2.04) and they all go, via Google, to an Aleksei Vo. I have blocked seller, cancelled card - what the hell is going on here?

OK, happy Friday. Here are The Stems and their wonderful wonderful single At First Sight. Stop scrolling - listen to (at least a minute) this. It's brilliant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCy...

Pynchon's paranoia always felt like it was at a fantastic level - lately, it seems grounded in bitter reality.

News Corp team confronted after alleged attempt to provoke staff at Sydney Middle Eastern restaurant

It's Only Make Believe. Not a song usually on my radar. Cold Chisel covered it on Barking Spiders Live. Until this week I hadn't bothered tracking down the original. Better late than never, this is brilliant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XbM...

Sad news. Wonder World was great for kids, it educated and entertained in equal doses, and Simon always treated the audience without condescension. He’s also much respected for his courage as a Vietnam War conscientious objector, which saw him imprisoned. A good man. RIP Simon.

Student Daughter turned 18 yesterday. We proud parents took her out to lunch. She was in great form, energy a little lower than usual - huge hangover. We felt that this was the correct approach to such milestones of life.

Here's a thing I wrote some time ago about Tender Comrade, by Billy Bragg. A personal memory. jamesyonemorestory.blogspot.com/2022/09/tend...

Brilliant @fontainesdc.bsky.social gig last night in Glasgow. Awesome band. Find myself surging with positive energy today as a result. Next gig - Saturday- The Chats - straight outta Caboolture!

Dream log - I was in a royal paegant. The field was covered in trees. With a wave of his hand Charlie made the trees slide apart. Two canals appeared. We had to unload an 80t pallet of goods and transport it down the canal as part of a race.

Tribute to love, resilience and song: Indigenous musical legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter immortalised in bronze

Great start to the week. Tickets for the Wave Pictures gig in Stirling next March are booked!

Chuck D, the 19th century kind, nails the self important man in Bleak House. Rings true in these times.

In searching for an image for the cover of Stoneage Romeos, I found this excellent Andrew Stafford article from 2023 marking the 40th of this great album. www.theguardian.com/music/articl...

Introduce yourself with One book 📚 One movie 🎥 One album 💿 One tv show 📺

Good morning. In an attempt to avoid the news cycle, I have been listening to Allo Darlin on repeat while reading Victorian novels. That's right. Head in the sand time. Latest entry into my Top 10 fav songs of all time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNJM...

This seems like a lovely site. So I'm going to share a true gem of the Australian punk scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Futv...

Howdy folks. Today is my first day without Twitter. I had to go. I hope to meet lovely Dylan and Cormac McCarthy fans here.