Having watched this many times, always considering it “alright, I suppose”, I caught it on TV last night and it finally clicked as a great film (with flaws). Chris Evans is superb in it, especially as his character gradually confronts his horrific past & possible fate

Yeah, and where’s the Atari?

I absolutely do not need a Novation Bass Station Rack, yet find myself coveting a Novation Bass Station Rack. The Super would be preferable but the prices have gone daft for that

My own personal reasons: nothing sounds like the filter on the Akai S900, and said sampler’s character is lost with modern gear (stuff like Motorbass/Cassius sampling an 808 kick with an S900 because it gave it more weight & thump). And modern bit crushers totally fail at the old Akai warm grit

Fucking YouTube…..scrolling through hundreds of unrelated suggested shite just to find anything matching the words I actually searched for

No m8. We were blessed with not having “EDM” back then

Nice to see we made the end of year charts over at Juno >>> www.juno.co.uk/charts/juno-...

Lol @ the comment that this 1988 interview with (a very shy MBV) is very on brand because you can’t really hear what they’re saying youtu.be/4ZKdykpKQMk?...

Xmas bevy of heavy belters 🔥

In a futile attempt to inject some joy into the biffin’s bridge between Xmas & NYE, here’s 4 albums - hours and hours of shite - for the grand total of £1 shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com

Brigitte Bardon’t

The first 80 or so minutes of this are excellent. Gorgeous cinematography, interesting characters, a superb double performance by Michael B. Jordan, ace music…then it turns into From Dusk Till Dawn & falls apart with rushed, uninvolving action & murky visuals. A bizarre free fall in quality

'Oasis in the 2000s settled into a loose-fit arena psychedelia with all the mind-enhancing possibilities of a HMRC self-assessment form...' Quietus Best Of 2025: Some Might Not Say - What a Glut of New Oasis Books is Leaving Unwritten buff.ly/sA1WpgA

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Just enjoying SINNERS and suddenly Delroy Lindo appears, making it even better

In a futile attempt to inject some joy into the biffin’s bridge between Xmas & NYE, here’s 4 albums - hours and hours of shite - for the grand total of £1 shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com

Always gets credited to Badalamenti, despite being by Lynch himself

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Very good deal on this. People assume it’s the worst QV because it’s full of guitar-centric fx. A simple sysex dump turns it into a QV PLUS 👍🏻 reverb.com/item/9179632...

“be” ffs

I reckon Konstantinos Soublis should soundtracking films youtu.be/WmSuA3H_Y70?...

Merry Xmas youse lot. Here’s downloads of all 25 mixes in the thread below. www.mediafire.com/folder/7uy31... #23 is here because Mediafire blocked it: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7bqk0... So gather the family around the wireless (well…Bluetooth speakers) for a traditional Yuletide techno singalong

Anyone remember this Virgin Video Collection advert from the 1988 UK VHS of Robocop? I spent years assuming the music was Kraftwerk’s ‘Tour De France’ but….well…..it wasn’t youtu.be/v3QoFi-DxKE?...

Today’s earworm: The Cars’ ‘Stranger Eyes’. Used in the Top Gun trailer, yet not featured in the film. Which is daft because it’s even more suited to Tomcat/MiG aerial ballet than Loggins youtu.be/38I5kKi9s9Y?...

Made £600 from selling my uncle’s old Marvel & DC comics, and he’s just sent me a photo of another pile he wants shifting. Happy Christmas

Postman has been. Like the modern equivalent of heading down to Liverpool HMV with my Xmas gift vouchers for the Boxing Day 1990 sales. Only without leaving the house

Yes, Brazil is definitely a Xmas film, and maybe the most fitting backdrop to our holiday season. Mr. Helpmann ‘All I can say is don't fall at the last fence. The finishing post's in sight. See you in the paddock... keep your eye on the ball.’

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

Fucksake it’s left screen burn

There’s a strong tradition of charitable giving in mainstream Islam we could do with “assimilating.”

Hope everyone’s enjoying the “Where do we put all this shite” phase, we made it, Won’t be long now til Christmas 🎄 x youtu.be/wWX1YbTLOyA?...

In an earlier moment of festive “joy”, accompanied by my first sip of alcohol for years, I bought a 2nd Novation Drum Station. And I don’t know why. It was the last one on eBay or Reverb though so now I can sell it for £1000 because: *rare*

Don’t let this put you off what was actually a great format

I have zero recollection of this 1989 version of Live Aid. It’s well shite #TOTP

What happened to those 4K remasters Peter Jackson was doing? Not arsed about The Frighteners, which hasn’t aged well….just really fancy a rewatch of his excellent true-life matricide drama, Heavenly Creatures (imho his best film)

Watching any episode ever of TOTP recorded from 1971 - 1987

On air now 📢

Watching a festive family favourite

A new pair of Beyerdynamic DT-990s & a rack mount power distribution centre. Santa* indulging my home studio project. (*my mum)

Merry Xmas youse lot. Here’s downloads of all 25 mixes in the thread below. www.mediafire.com/folder/7uy31... #23 is here because Mediafire blocked it: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7bqk0... So gather the family around the wireless (well…Bluetooth speakers) for a traditional Yuletide techno singalong

kyle reese would like to say "merry christmas"

Trying the “leave the unit switched on for 48 hours” trick to get rid of the dark smudging on the RYTM’s LCD screen. So, a nice Xmas present tomorrow would be for this technique to work so I don’t have to attempt accessing the internal contrast trim pot

Channel 5 getting right into the festive spirit with a mini-marathon of Prisoner Cell Block H

🎄Day 24 (Bonus Round)🎄 A midnight mass of Autechre, Bandulu, The Orb, Substance, Gescom, Vainqueur, Jas Shaw, Matrix, SND & RTN, Basic Channel, Hallucinator, Solar Phasing, Marcelus, Rhythm & Sound, Pacou, Deepchord, Terrence Dixon, Erosion, Shinichi Atobe, Deadbeat & more youtu.be/WiFszY4WjBY?...

As with every other Bong Joon Ho film, I found this frustratingly hit-and-miss. There’s lots to like: great concept, plenty of funny moments, generally good performances all-round……and yet it feels too self-indulgent, in need of some tighter editing. Trimming off 30 minutes or so would help

🎄Day 24🎄 A last-minute petrol station present shop of Brendon Moeller, Seefeel, Mixmaster Morris, Jonah Sharp, Claude Young, Bedouin Ascent, Move D, 2562, Tuft Zong, Ad Vanz, Gescom, Pulsinger, Deepchord, Poisson Chat, Paul St. Hilaire, Magic Mountain High, Mika Vainio etc youtu.be/-98iir-Qw7U?...

call that a 90's rack? THIS is a 90's rack! 😉