please don’t leave us, here’s a star war

The paperback version of Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance with a new afterword is out this Thursday! The same day as @richardosman1.bsky.social new Thursday Murder Club book. Sure its a close race in the charts so help me out! 😂 geni.us/RebelSoundsP...

Catherine Deneuve by Eric Swayne, 1963

that’s better

Ticket booked for That New Paul Thomas Anderson Film. Pretty excited that this post contains everything I know about this film. #TNPTAF

On the 8-track no less.

I love the names of plants. You could get names for five novels and a punk band from this list.

when did the standard footballer pose become “fashioning doughballs but smug”

this will turn out okay, there’s no way this won’t turn out okay

Loving the new NIN album

All the science fiction potential of Ai, and the best use case these guys can come up with is “what if you’ve spent ages laying out the specific ingredients for a particular recipe and you’ve forgotten what it is”.

In summary: BECAUSE

Thoroughly entertaining morning listen: @thecinemile.bsky.social’s review of The Rise of Skywalker, aka Cathy’s favourite Star War. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I have watched Bring Her Back and I shan’t be speaking to any other humans for the foreseeable future, thank you for your patience during this time.

"Unputdownable" - unpickupable

still haven’t forgiven @manmademoon.bsky.social for not calling it Jakes on a Train

Anyone else experiencing Finder freeze in Tahoe?

is this the greatest car, pretty certain this is the greatest car

Excellent article about the dying art of courtroom illustrators from @its-nice-that.bsky.social www.itsnicethat.com/features/cou...

We are all Janey Godley today.

*double checks Ponguin contract*

We are all Janey Godley today.

Important lesson in adapting page to screen

‘A Clock’ is an online remake of Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’. Using a timeline of all the scenes, one person has been steadily reverse-engineering the original 24-hour film. It’s nearly finished…the whole thing debuts on Oct 15. [kottke.org]

One episode into The Paper and from the off it feels more like a spiritual sequel to Parks And Rec than The Office. Optimist trying to accomplish something good for the community.

The 🧵 we’ve all been waiting for…

True. But in case you were wondering:

Sneaker had one of the best casts ever assembled and it's really, really fun.

Nobody: Apple:

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” “So not roundier round corners?" “No. Nobody wants roundier round corners. Obviously."

No bin in the world has ever looked like this, I can’t even figure out what shape it is.

A typically splendid video from the Map Men … NOW WITH BONUS PIGEON STREET EASTER EGG

which season was this

Can’t sleep. In other news, my good pals at Clod magazine are campaigning for record shops to move T’Pau to the P section, which I think is something we can all get behind theknockouts.bandcamp.com/merch/clod-m...

Remember that bubble wrap app from back in the day? Yeeeeeeah.

Finally an answer to what if an OS was made of PVA glue

Artist and poet Marcus Merritt draws objects from films in a very spare style, e.g. a TV from E.T. and a payphone from Terminator 2. [kottke.org]

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

Cyprián Majerník, Lady with Opera Glasses (1941). Love this. What has she seen?

This is a charming piece. on.ft.com/4nARnua

This is, as is Ian Dunt's wont, a terrific piece of writing. Realistic, terrifying, hopeful and a call to arms. I commend it to conference.

The paperback version of Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out on 25 September for the very reasonable price of £10.99. It includes a new afterword and is available for preorder from all bookshops now!

(viewing on a phone one of the panel sizes is too big but never mind) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As always, wiki editors are ON IT

yeah that’s sus

Observed some of the flagshaggery in York today, and it’s all so halfheartedly tossed-off. Just the cheapest flags imaginable, twisted halfway up lamp posts, draped into gutters. Laughable.

Those saying this week that boomers and Xers have no experience and understanding of the layers, ironies and bullshittery of internet meme culture are dead wrong.

FINALLY. You wouldn't believe the trouble I've had rotating my horse manually.

Have listened and am inspired and now it is time for me to finally Read Some Austen. Probably going to start with P&P. But there are so many editions out there – which are the best?