Today we learned that it is possible to use a filter coffee machine to brew loose-leaf tea. We also learned that using the same quantity of tea as coffee leads to a much, much stronger drink. We are currently "enjoying" the astringent effects of industrial quantities of tannin.

…and it probably will be, too.

Oh dear. I think I might be in trouble...

This afternoon, for no reason I can determine, I am giggling at the recollection of the amusingly-named Italian purveyor of yore of battery charging technology: Powergen Italia.

When I woke up this morning my first thought was to wonder whether or not yesterday's announcement by @spraypopmusic.com was nothing more than a cruel April Fool's joke. I guess I'll find out in three months' time.

worth ya ears and eyes. i should try attend to wipe away that one ill fated performance i did at evidently's spoken word night at the eagle inn in i think, 2016? (its on youtube and was one of my worst stage performances possibly ever)

This summer - a hot night of non-stop electropop, with TV's Hacker T. Dog hosting! The Cuban Boys will play their hit (and all the other John Peel faves), the Pound Shop Boys will do Fireman Sam (and some surprises), and we'll top off this cabaret of carnage. www.eventbrite.com/e/spray-x-cu...

Every Easter Monday crowds gather to watch a depressed digger be sick into Hebden Beck.

For one season the FIA should remove all restrictions from manufacturers. Never mind seeing who's the best driver; let's see who's the most bonkers and/or innovative manufacturer.

Me and Daft Dog are definitely* going to do our special World Cup rap so you should get a ticket now! (*actual levels of definiteness as yet to be determined.)

Looking forward to an... X-RATED show! Geddit? X-rated? X? There's a massive pink X in the publicity material? Ah, never mind. I'll see myself out.

The Blender Will See You There!

HERE WE GO

Tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/spray-x-cu...

It's happening again...

I'm not entirely certain just how serious Turbo B is.

You and @hawaiiworms.bsky.social should collaborate on some horse material.

Is it 17:00 GMT yet?

Tomorrow at 18:00 BST there is going to be An Announcement.

These genuinely are lovely to look at but if you think I'm gonna let "fanny farmer", "swiss wood", "dick offset" and "finger fitter" pass without comment you have sorely overestimated me.

If you see this, post a concert photo you took. bsky.app/profile/siou...

Back home from another excursion to see the fantastic @christinaandalex.bsky.social last night. Some bangin' folk choons, and some John Williams thrown in as well!

On a train whose conductor has just advised the passengers that the electricity is out in the second carriage. So now I’m expecting a locked-room murder mystery to occur, just like in the Simon R. Green book Night Train to Murder.

And now the piped music could be from the old Magic Chopstick Games banger, Obliteracy. I feel a sudden urge to get my dictionary on.

I’m in a hotel bar, enjoying a post-prandial digestif and being entertained by some piped music which could easily be from @ricardoautobahn.co.uk’s Check The Gyroscopes. It isn’t, but it’s very reminiscent.

My leopard? Deaf.

My M? Boney.

My Baker? Hylda.

My Lace? Black.

My Bunny? Jive.

Juniper and olives count as two of my five a day, right?

Cheers, one and all. It’s five o’clock somewhere. Well, somewhere in the Atlantic.

My Boys? Cuban.

Our new song. For now this is ONLY available here.. beatcancer.bandcamp.com/album/beat-c...

This morning’s very inexplicable earworm is this: youtu.be/40u6D46EMtk

Here's our Official Spokesman to alert the world to our brand new song on the new Beat:Cancer compilation. beatcancer.bandcamp.com/album/beat-c...

If you remember the final version of Ceefax, which ran from around 1996 until DSO - from 1998 it was produced by boxes like these. You can tell they're the real deal because they're beige. They are essentially PCs running MS-DOS with a fancy teletext inserter ISA card. More to follow.

What did one Flowerpot Man say to the other? "I'm just normal, Ben! I'm just innocent, Ben!"

One for the old folk. I had an eye test earlier today, and one of the lines on the screen was "LOPHT". Took me back a few years...

Pitch an unnecessary sequel. Happy New Year, Mr. Lawrence

NEW! NEU! NOUVEAU! We're back, babies with the brand new song 'Somewhere Out There (Somebody's Burying A Body)' on Vol 4 of the @beatcanceruk.bsky.social CD. Video, streaming, mixes to follow! beatcancer.info/product/vol-...

This afternoon’s unexpected earworm was this catchy number: youtu.be/LjZ2zwXbta4 (No, I also don’t know why my brain summoned up this one rather than the Maggie Reilly one.)

This morning's unexpected earworm is this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Ls...

@thirsty-kirsty.bsky.social youtu.be/W6OaYPVueW4

@benbaker.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DUbfB5cEkhJ/