Loud Ambient EP2, by The Black Dog - Still Totally Free theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/loud-a...

"I've got a job, a mother, a secretary, two ex-wives, and several bartenders dependant on me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself 'slightly' killed."

Someone get Danny Murphy a tape measure, he clearly has no idea how far a yard is

“In the future everyone will be a football manager for 15 minutes “

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Well at least my Scottish friends are happy

At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890

Your not rowing anymore

Farage about to announce he’s taking over at FIFA

Nigel Farage seems to have had a good weekend away advising FIFA on ethics

Last rays of sun yesterday evening. I looked up, saw this, hissed “Jesus Christ, Bagpuss, no.”

Influential albums cont. Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land(1982)

I’m quite enjoying the crowd getting wound up by Ronwen Williams taking his time

as an astronomer, I can safely tell you that stars are really fucking hot, and we should be doing everything in our power to protect our planet from the star next to us

Andy Burnham looks a scream Hang him on my wall Andy Burnham, Silver Screen Can't tell them apart at all

Almost all the excitable coverage I've heard of Musk becoming a trillionaire has failed to mention his enthusiasm for fascism, and his actual fomenting of racist violence on our streets a few days ago. Does nothing mean anything anymore? I feel like I'm going mad.

@maryhalvorson.bsky.social introduced 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' her new album with Ambrose Akinmusire, in Devon Turnbull's Listening Room at Cooper Hewitt Museum in NYC today, a day ahead of its release. You can pick up a copy and hear it everywhere on Friday.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. A restrained, beautiful homage to Sakamoto. #Kraftwerk

Not to poet-post, but one of the problems of the internet is that it's fuelled a culture in which people "love poetry" but never actually pay for it - consuming fragments posted online instead of immersing themselves in full collections - then being surprised when poets ask to be paid for their work

Robert Lloyd. Born OTD in 1959, Cannock, Staffordshire www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_4...

youtube.com/watch?v=vqBr... Meanwhile in the sticks Proles rich, dance in cardboard pants And I guess this goes to show The lie dream of a casino souls scene #FallFriday

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

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Can we hit 10k views on Damsels before the end of the weekend? I hope you're all enjoying this second sneak peak of what to expect from the new album. We've been playing this in the live set for a while now but this is the primped-up studio version x youtu.be/jYkJEnOvaDc?...

youtube.com/watch?v=aqIP... Current listen

PLEASE SHARE! John Robb 'Punk Rock Ruined My Life' memoirs tour this week Leeds (Wed), Pocklington (Thu), Nottingham (Fri) with special guest Pauline Murray from Penetration. Last few tickets and signed books from louderthanwar.com/john-robb-me...

I know everyone jokes about Goths in hot weather but I saw 3 earlier and they were really struggling

Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.

"When you lose an election in a democracy you deserve to. You don't look at the electorate and ask them, 'what were you thinking'?"

youtube.com/watch?v=EDge... What have you got in that paper bag? Is it a dose of Vitamin C? #FallFriday

“Cocteau Twins may have proved hugely influential – the entire subgenre of dream-pop exists in their shadow – but 40 years on, no one else has ever really sounded like this” Read The Guardian’s ranking of the 20 greatest Cocteau Twins songs below cocteautwins.ffm.to/guardian

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Important May Dates. 1 How TF is it May Already Day 4 Bird Day 6 No Diet Day 9 Lost Sock Memorial Day 12 Fatigue Day 13 Hummus Day 14 Dance like a Chicken Day 18 Museum Day 22 Goth Day 25 Wine Day 28 Burger Day 29 Paperclip Day 29 Otter Day

youtube.com/watch?v=_C0v... Couldn't get ahead I just couldn't get ahead #FallFriday

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Mark Gardener’s brilliant remix of We Are Love

You can order ‘Thin Places in Hard Concrete‘ now, with 10 brand new stories of everyday worlds weirdly out of whack: cults, ghosts, impossible infrastructure, haunted Mellotrons... eBook (pre-order, available from 30 April) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Paperback www.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Places-...

youtube.com/watch?v=3TJa... Everybody likes me They think I'm crazy Pull my string and I do my thing #FallFriday #5debutalbums7579

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