Gene, London Hammersmith Apollo, 04 October 2025. The room was full of love and joy. And tears. "Somewhere In The World" is one of the most important songs in the world to me, and was a hymn for years of my life. Of course they played it.

Thursday night in Sheffield. Gene, and a warmup show for London. Their first shows in 21 years. 30 years ago this month, my mum died unexpectedly and suddenly. "I was having the time of my life, so why did you have to die? I am lost again. Lost again. I am lost again."

Well, I finally made it. Mum would be proud!

Or The Tate.

Breaking news: Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison for prostitution-related offenses, in a case that drew global attention for its lurid accounts of violence and fetishistic sex marathons.

It’s the Epstein files shutdown.

ew.com/star-wars-au... : the "Revenge Of The Sith" novelisation is *THE* gold standard.

Submarine U-475 Black Widow, built 1967, now in private hands, in Rochester.

blah blah blah I won't mention the thing fans are *actually* worried about blah blah Bible Belt yee-haw! blah blah blah say the right thing do the wrong thing blah blah oblivious blah blah I don't care if my fans get abducted by ICE blah blah blah didn't even think of a plan B blah blah i'm out

(solemnly) You've had mail.

She's like the Swiss Army Knife of people, and can do ANYTHING.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... : no beards in the military? What about no White Power tattoos?

So the U2 fanclub 2024 book, which I paid for in March 2024, arrived July 2025. And the U2 fanclub 2025 bullshit hoodie, which I paid for in March 2025, arrived September 2025. Jeez.

We hold artists whose work connects with us to certain standards, hoping those morals match ours. And then some of them ask their fans to go to high-risk locations in quasi-dictatorships to attend a gig. Money, it seems, speaks louder than anything else.

www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09... : apparently, at least one of the performers is worth $25,000,000..... but somehow that isn't QUITE enough, and they'll turn a blind eye to atrocities in order to get a new exciting car, a new small private plane, or another big house.

Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.

Deleting critical posts on your social media doesn't make the criticism go away, Frank.

Dallas is not popular with some fans.

"Celebrate 40 years of a band that only released 2 albums and split up 34 years ago with another Greatest Hits!"

Every PC needs a "I don't care how much you want me to have AI / etc, fuck off forever" button. "Remind me in 3 days?". I'm still saying NO. (Yes, I know I can switch it off in Settings, but, FFS!)

"We have a debt crisis so I've joined the party that was in power for 14 years and under whom debt massively grew." "Commentator of the Year"

Does pushing back *always* work? No. But we know that not pushing back *never* works.

EVERYBODY OUT. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Is it morally the wrong thing to do? Yes. Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes. Will it harm UK students? Also yes. Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes. There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.

Gig duck.

this is normal, now all of this is normal to people who have spent the last decade living in a world where politics means donald trump it is our job to make it abnormal again, to show people that actually it doesn’t have to work this way

Watching @liqueurband.bsky.social tonight

You wouldn't belueve what happened today if I told you.

Euston, We Have A Problem.

SUEDE ARE FUCKING BRILLIANT. That is all.

Self portrait in a lift, 2025

I see BBC2 have rung the Idiot Bell loudly of "He likes horror movies, COULD THIS HAVE MADE HIM A KILLER?" Come the fuck on, you dilberts.

Children are in charge.

www.avclub.com/chain-reacti... : "Publications have determined that it’s actually a lot easier to sell ads to media monopolies when you’re not employing someone whose job often involves cutting through their bullshit."

Got some serious spreadsheeting to do, I'm sorted for autism biscuits...