I guess the coolest mailer I've ever been sent! Doubtless prohibitively expensive, but where do you get these?!

Just been sent a second absolutely killer Lea Bertucci album, definitely shaping up to be a modern fave.

AI, you are soooo not up on the proto-Goa scene.

It’s on the site of a medieval cathedral in the centre of Coventry, so please vibrate carefully. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/please-vib...

Hey @astralsocialite.bsky.social , actually made a (slightly) weirdo gig in ELY (godammit!) tonight, with folks I think you might know from Crushing Death... & Bad Timing jamming away on their electronic gubbins. Should hit em up to get you down, was decent turnout for a small room really!

Punishing myself by looking at what stuff I sold on Discogs in the last 15 years is going for now. It is crazy, stuff I got good prices for going for many times that price. Most of it I sold cos I didn't like it (that much), or there's a much cheaper edition available. Madness.

"...Their classic power ballad about cruel workplace regimes..."

Catching up with promos from the last year or so...I know he is now an old git with hairy ears, but that Dennis Bovell Sufferer Sounds comp is the real deal.

Deleting old promo emails...what is it that makes these folk think no-one will want to look at them less than a year later and that it is cool to delete the online pix that make up half the message?

Erm.

Chuckling away as I make my annual Sonay "Vybz" Kartal joke to myself.

Bit harsh the Beeb currently jumping on people leaving Glasto for vox pops...Think he would get short shift from me at this time on the Monday!

I've been what I imagined might be 'forcing' my way thru the minor Larry Clark films I hadn't seen, but kinda enjoyed em all, the randy ol'bugger! Teenage Caveman is kinda stoopid but fun; I'd suggest seeing both Marfa Girls, works better; & now on Smell of Us, probably his most pro since Ken Park.

Hey @astralsocialite.bsky.social , woke from a dream where we met up at a festival & a bunch of v upfront & distinctive music/performance art lasses poss linked to both Sheffield & Leeds were there also. Felt like there was some kernel of truth in there. Had I forgotten a whole group of people?!

Looking forward to this for ages, after I'm sure we all noted these freax appearing en masse during lockdown. I hadn't ordered from this publisher before, so I in fact subscribed to the newsletter & got a whopping 50% off (before then adding postage, but, y'know...), so happy days all round...

The last times I have put up my uberwants list, I have had digital copies sent to me of things I've wanted for years. My music collection is big & my wants similar, & the remaining films I only have 2 open my wallet 4, so I thought I'd concentrate on the v small BOOKS/zines list & add some info...

Obscure, educational home for great 3 1/2 hour Wiseman (Titicut Follies) doc Public Housing, filmed 95 in Chicago (with some public dancing to vintage ghetto house halfway through the fourth part): kaltura.uga.edu/media/Public...

I'm down to only one film I don't think I'm gonna be able to find for love or money, unless I try a (from memory expensive) US DVD - Rockets Redglare!, the documentary. What has happened to that? I saw it had some distro problems I think, but the DVD got out over there at least. Any clues?!

Entertaining little 1992 British ragga-themed short feature up free on BFI (no, sadly never seen the guy's more well-known later feature, but will now track down): player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...

Became aware of Dinner For One (old English short unknown here but rabidly popular as an Xmas hols must-watch on the continent), & just had a watch. I can see why it never caught on here (just a standard bit of physical comedy schtick), but am tickled it organically became such a success abroad.

Even in my home village, I would imagine they do understand the implication, but certainly still a striking name for the local craft group

Finally listened to a King Crimson CD 36 years into music fandom. As expected, torn: slightly repulsed by the prog tendencies but can see how influential they must be on umpteen people, and some great variation. The guitar tone and over-miked drums don't work well for me.

Admittedly, I'm the guy who still thinks gigs should be £1 on the door, but good to see Beyonce thing not sold out. Neither me & the missus nor my sister & her chap exactly Beyonce stans, but had idly looked at that tour as a possible big night out, & then raised eyebrows through roof at the prices.

Elon Musk has left his government position to spend even less time with his children.

Silly season is here: 10 year old DJs about to do summer festivals on the local news.

Forgotten Monday

All old French and Belgian movies communally used the same kitchen for filming, right?

Swiss presenters' ode to Switzerland: most Eurovision thing on Eurovision in years?!

Why are people who bang on about everyone being able to do anything they want in public always talking about something energetic or fame-related? Why can't it be "I tracked down every last Richard Youngs release" or "I made it through Finnegans Wake"?

Much teasing of my babyboom parents about whether they remember VE Day...

Massive pain inflicted on world cinema as countrywide US profits per film drop to $10. BBC News - Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs www.bbc.com/news/article...

Surprise as Donald Trump becomes first US president to advocate the ways of Communist Russia

I'm sure there are problems here that I haven't yet thought of, but this is the (only) sort of restriction on asylum seekers/refugees I can get behind - 1 of the main sticks used to beat them in the press etc removed. Sex offenders to be denied asylum rights in new law www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just watching the bits of a Mike Leigh BBC box which I haven't seen, which puts me one title away from having seen the lot, film & TV - and what a richly rewarding experience. Enjoy his commentaries very much as well, which puts him in a group of about 5 people, similar avuncular charm to Mr J.Peel.

Wiley

Watching a little documentary on Hasil Adkins, including filmed evidence that women fought over him - ?!?

Eventually watched I Daniel Blake, which is a bit 'on the nose', but quite moving in places. Lots of flashbacks to Blackpool, but the food bank (I volunteered in one for a bit) isn't very realistic - no religious music at all!

I think every time I have ever seen the phrase "meat raffle", I have presumed it must be a nudge-wink reference to something seedy...I mean, how does this sort of event exist?!

Ah, the 1970s, when Mike Leigh warded children off gambling by extolling the virtues of making your own wine: youtu.be/uDD548-lTKE?...

I was thinking about how I DON'T MIND Breakout only the other day, but EIGHT CDs?!

Just been watching Desperate Living...I wonder if Mortville had any influence at all on Hamsterdam in The Wire? The concept of the underclass TAZ prospers in the Baltimore area!

The Rita's favourite films: The Red Shoes, Suspiria, Black Swan, Pink Flamingos, Polyester. Special mention for photos of the Duchess of York and her financial advisor.

Watching The Philadelphia Story...Virginia Weidler, woah, they don't like em like that anymore! Apparently she 'retired' at 16 & died just past 40 of a heart attack...Packed a lot in though!

Looking for a podcast I forgot the name of...There are so many that it seems like a parallel to ambient albums: presumably extremely easy to make, and improbably profitable.

Surely "Pubs expected to close very early, after doing a roaring afternoon trade in carveries and milk stout" is more likely?! BBC News - Pubs to stay open late for VE Day 80th anniversary www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wow, thanks Dyfed-Powys Police, that should help me find the rave...Top one, nice one, get sorted!

The wibbly wobbly world of Discogs, where right is wrong and wrong is right. Vague idea still in my head that some guys on there may just be there for something other than the music itself.