June 1, when everyone started their new jobs at Grot HQ.

“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” - Albert Camus ‘Carry on Camping’ released this day in 1969. Signed prints available here: shorturl.at/WuJGr @barneyfarmer.bsky.social

It's all kicking off in Canterbury.

Self Portrait 1912 https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/1148346

Chelsea, London - March 2024

open.substack.com/pub/deborahp... Fascinating read @deborahparkin.bsky.social #photography #believeinfilm

Paris exposed Hopper to Degas’s private interiors—but he stripped away the myth. In Summer Interior (1909), a woman sits nude on the floor, lit harshly and without allegory. Intimacy becomes psychological, not theatrical.

Happy 75th birthday to Jonathan Richman. Here's That Summer Feeling

Stop! It is necessary for you to see graphic designer extraordinaire Margaret Calvert’s 90th birthday cake. Perfection.

I've read about loads of Psychedelic bands who had heard about bands who were doing crazy music on drugs and tried to emulate what they *thought* that meant but really didn't have access to either the music or the drugs. An idea can travel a long way without any support.

I'm working at a polling station tomorrow so I've been to the shops to get all my food and drink to keep me going for the day. If you are voting, you don't actually need your polling card but it helps us if you have it (with its QR code). Don't forget your ID, and please be nice to us!

me when i get shot

Grocery sign writing practice group, open to all! www.instagram.com/grocerysigns

This is maybe a meta one: in a lot of ways Cyndi is interrogating ideas I've repeated through Bass, Mids, Tops and on, and the format - returning repeatedly to themes - is like an ultimate condensing of the bigger structure of BMTatR. @briandavidstevens.bsky.social's pics are jaw-dropping too.

In honour of the Oxford English Dictionary recently adding the Caribbean phrase "carry-go-bring-come" (meaning gossip), here's Justin Hinds and the Dominoes ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5_G...

A little clip of @sisterraydavies.bsky.social last night... They play the final show of their UK tour at Alphabet in Brighton tonight, and you really should go if you can! Tickets here: linktr.ee/sisterraydav...

Nine https://www.wikiart.org/en/maurice-utrillo/nine

An anti-Patreon or Ko-fi for people whose work we want to hinder.

Do you realise what today’s date is? Happy The Devil Rides Out day!

There are very few records of which I could truly say, "this changed my life", but the first Ramones album is one of them.

Van Gogh was discharged from Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in May 1890. He moved to Auvers to be under Dr. Gachet’s care, and closer to his brother Theo. New opportunities opened; but his inner world remained unsettled.

Astonishing. This is god tier stuff from Viz.

IT'S THE WEEKEND, THE WORLD MAY END BUT WE STILL FUCK ABOUT. I'm playing Insieme festival in Devon next weekend - there's a VERY few tickets left - and THIS Sunday if you're in Hampshire/Dorset/New Forest, I'm playing my LOCAL for the first time all afternoon, HMU for details. But first PUT THIS ON.

I should just point out: as ever, anyone on low income, in education, or who otherwise can't justify the expense shout and I'll put you on to read these all no questions asked. But if you can support independent journalism obviously please do!

Look I don't* like to go on about the ethos behind what we do, but this is what history is made of, right? If it's all the pivotal moments, the big theories, the Day Everything Changed, it's not how it was. The texture of life is what matters. The little jokes, the tone of the story, all that. *do

MORE HISTORY, MORE MUSIC, MORE STORIES - plus “Someone gun-fingered me in my nose!” This is well worth your time, and the album 'Mali' even more so. So why not dive into both at once and get the full immersion experience?

Iggy Pop is 79 today and still at it, an indescribable one-of-one who's been one of my interview Holy Grails for decades. A decade ago, I ranked his catalog (Stooges albums included, so #1 will be no surprise) for @stereogum.com. stereogum.com/1865856/iggy...

Remembering the inspirational Mark Stewart (10 August 1960 – 21 April 2023)

On this day in 1980, the band played its first gig as R.E.M., at the 11.11 Koffee Club on West Clayton Street.

''Losing Touch With My Mind’ captures the band’s raw beginnings with an almost reckless abandon. You can still hear the hunger in the way they attack every line.' ‘Losing Touch With My Mind’ from Taking Drugs To Make Music To take Drugs To (1990) - The Strange World Of #Spacemen3 buff.ly/Xy3qXT5

I'm sharing tips on Youtube for producers... ideas to breathe life into your music, to create tension and narrative. (especially helpful when you have no vocals in your music!). Here's todays: youtube.com/shorts/yl6pq...

SOOOORRRY it's been delayed, but worth the wait and then some - gods, monsters, Dick, Crowley, free jazz, refuting taste, the over-artist, Morrissey's relish and so much more. @reversediorama.bsky.social @memorialdevice.bsky.social

Our music got namechecked by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today in a wonderful piece about walking the landscape of the chalk figures of England. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Gods & Monsters with the author David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social on BassMidsTops bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com/p/no-44b-dav... David’s new book Boyhood is published this week by White Rabbit @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @leebrackstone.bsky.social David Photographed in London Nov 2025

*movie trailer guy voice*

Coming soon to BassMidsTops David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social Cyndi Handson Family, ShyOne and Pye Corner Audio @soniccathedral.bsky.social

George Shaw's great Graham Sutherland show at Modern Art, Oxford - as reviewed by the brilliant Laura Cumming @lauracummingart.bsky.social @modernartoxford.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Been a gap due to circumstances and such but LOTS cued up for BMTatR - chats with David Keenan and Cyndi Handson Family both in the can and they are DEEP. Extended remix of Shy One's BMT chapter. Then the mighty Pye Corner Audio. ICONIC work as ever by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

BOYHOOD: The Soundtrack, the official playlist for the latest novel from David Keenan (@reversediorama.bsky.social), featuring every track mentioned in the book. 60 songs, over four and a half hours. Dive in... open.spotify.com/playlist/4k8...

Every bullshit Guardian feature bigging up the supposed benefits of AI must be viewed in light of this deal

"It’s hard to choose a favourite album, but I think You Want It Darker just about tips the balance. He’s close to the end here, and his voice is more urgent and alive than ever." Sarah Nixey on #LeonardCohen - You Want It Darker buff.ly/wUIByNZ

Head III https://www.wikiart.org/en/graham-sutherland/head-iii-1953

This is very sad, I shall miss his joyful ridiculous work terribly

The wonderful magical author David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social photographed in Islington North London. David’s latest book Boyhood is going to be published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @leebrackstone.bsky.social on the 9th April this year. Interview with @joemuggs.bsky.social on the way

Nice to have an extra 90mins of light to enjoy the rain & howling winds

ICYMI the new @headtech.bsky.social single ‘Cycle’ is out now! It’s an instant hit of sunshine featuring Andy Bell on guitar. Listen to it and pre-order the new album ‘More Songs About The Sun’ here: linktr.ee/moresongsabo... Photograph by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social Design by Marc Jones

“If there’s a theme that runs throughout then it’s optimism, even in these darkened days,” explains Pye Corner Audio, aka Martin Jenkins, of the light and shade across the 12 tracks. “The sun will continue to rise… even if there’s no one around to see it.” (Photo by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social)

For #worldtheatreday I shall be promenading wearing my badge tribute to sock and buskin.