“The best films about male friendship you say? I see”

Herman Melville, The Maldive Shark

Some stuff I liked along the way last month open.spotify.com/playlist/6cf...

And while we are at it. Here is a recent Magpie Music open.spotify.com/playlist/2U6...

I was playing the name game a couple of weeks ago, inspired by @iammilliam.bsky.social on @backlisted.bsky.social - songs with just the name of a famous person as their title (even better if they are about the famous person). Here’s where I got to: open.spotify.com/playlist/2ew... what did I miss?

Some new(ish) music to enjoy this weekend open.spotify.com/playlist/1WD...

Some alternative Christmas Music if you should ever get tired of Mariah, Elton and Noddy open.spotify.com/playlist/2ql...

Another Magpie Mix for November open.spotify.com/playlist/4cP... a couple of great Nigerian tracks on here and plenty of other good stuff

A new, beautiful edition of Maeve Brennan’s The Long-Winded Lady arrived in the post today, complete with new intro by @sineadgleeson.bsky.social . Thank you to the always brilliant @backlisted.bsky.social for the discovery. Listen here for more Brennan brilliance open.spotify.com/episode/1V84...

A magpie mix open.spotify.com/playlist/5bD...

Books furnish a room. Clear @backlisted.bsky.social influence on this one. #musttidyup

#nowplaying youtu.be/ngSyBObYMUI?... one of the great live albums

www.audible.co.uk/pd/057135314... I’d like to listen to this again in 2024. A surprising, truly beautiful love letter to a lost friend. Now there’s a New Resolution I’ll likely stick to.

#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/album/5BTAqo... strange (but good) film, excellent soundtrack

#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/album/2CWAeu...

Waes Hael! If you haven’t discovered the beauty of Anne Wroe’s obituaries in the Economist then I whole heartedly recommend this week’s edition. As so often, Wroe finds the extraordinary in the ordinary: The Economist | The comfort of apples www.economist.com/obituary/202...

Starting my posts on here with a link to an alternative Christmas mix for this year open.spotify.com/playlist/4CI... Happy Christmas!