Hydration break.

'He thought rock’n’roll was for idiots [...] & he thought it might be better if I turned at least some of my attention to Art Pepper and Johnny Griffin. He was probably right.' James Oldham pays his respects Brian Case www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07/caug... Photo: @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

ICYMI Andy Bell & Masal released a new single yesterday. ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ is taken from their second collaborative album ‘Common Primitives’, which is released on October 9. Listen to the single and pre-order the album here: linktr.ee/commonprimit... 📸 by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

It was mixed by Alastair Johnson and mastered by Andy’s bandmate Mark Gardener at his OX4 Sound studios. The gorgeous artwork is by Marc Jones and the photos by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social.

Happy birthday to Artemisia Gentileschi, born on this day in 1593!

*sighs, updates Number Of Days Since Judge Dredd Was Right About Something board*

To celebrate, here's a clip of him playing ‘Cycle’ at the stunning album launch show at Oslo Hackney in London last night! Buy or listen to the album here: linktr.ee/moresongsabo... 🌞

Incredible to see the new Pye Corner Audio album ‘More Songs About The Sun’ topping both the @officialcharts.bsky.social Dance Albums and Independent Album Breakers charts...

'Analogue Dreams (feat. Andy Bell)' by Pye Corner Audio is in Apple Music Headspace playlist! music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...

Such a supportive response to my ’sponsor a roll of film’ post yesterday. Nearly 30 rolls of film for my new long term project are now sponsored. Over the next 2 years each sponsor will get to know where their film was used and be dedicated in the eventual work. open.substack.com/pub/marcwils...

Where I am the kids get Chromebooks for use at school. I think they should get to keep them when they leave, especially as a reward for looking after it. After 6 years the cost is a write off anyway, and for low income kids it might stop them losing access to a laptop.

excited for the Spanish edition of William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, due out 21 September

"Andy Burnham is on his way to No. 10 Downing Street to fulfill his Midsummer destiny..."

Recorded at OneCat Studio with members of Papernut Cambridge (Ian Button - drums and mixing, @roberthalcrow.bsky.social - bass, Jack Hayter - pedal steel, Bridges synths - @dimorphodons.bsky.social), and featuring a glorious poster by @petefowlerart.bsky.social

One of my favourite startup genres is “we named our product so badly our first ad campaign is dedicated just to that”

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

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