“Willies!” – a line of dialogue from the new series of Rivals

Based on the layout I think we're supposed to imagine this is a poem Based on the replies we're supposed to imagine this is also good advice It's neither

Yes that’s me responsible for Morton Feldman being played on Radio 3 right now

I say this without being a fan of Starmer, but it strikes me that the British public (or the British tabloids’ version of the British public) simply don’t like prime ministers.

‘It was the best time to be alive hands down, a golden age of hope and optimism’ - example of the kind of comment you find under like Cast playing Alright at V Festival in 1996

‘I am God, the ultimate resonance’ is a pretty sick lyric if you ask me

New episode of The Allender Calendar out today, and it’s a chat with John Robins about his memoir of alcoholism and recovery, Thirst pod.fo/e/411009

I wrote a bit about Gwendoline Riley for my Substack open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

Happy wedding anniversary to Bob Dylan and Isis

One often dreams of trains and the other never dreams about trains. This photo makes me very happy!

I wrote a bit about Gwendoline Riley for my Substack open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

Missouri - Low I Dream a Highway - Gillian Welch Back Garden Beautiful - Olivia Chaney Saturday Song - Cass McCombs Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell Martha My Dear - The Beatles Lion Lair - Bonnie Prince Billy Lucy’s Hamper - Gorky’s Twilight - Elliott Smith Picture Me Big Time - Guided By Voices

Like it or not, AI use is widespread and you've got to deal with that reality. All kinds of people enjoy this tech: fascists, inarticulate hacks, dipshits, people who can't read, the unemployable, the worst bosses you've ever had,

[Britney Spears voice] my lower back is killing me

Overheard a woman on her phone on the bus say the words ‘she flowers in mid-June’. If I was Alan Garner I would probably use that as a starting point for an epic low fantasy series incorporating multiple timelines and ancient myth, but I’m not and I can’t be bothered to it myself I’m afraid!

I have now spotted King Krule in four different south London pubs

Loving series 2 of Broken Veil. Now worried the new Boards of Canada album might contain a disembodied voice muttering my name.

Radio 3 playing Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, come on lads what’s next Smells Like Teen Spirit (I know it’s Shakespeare’s birthday)

"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, sunset, dawn & gloaming, on sea & continents & islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." ~ John Muir

The one true prince of Wales @simonloverules.bsky.social is this month’s guest on The Allender Calendar! Simon’s new album is an absolute peach. Get it here! pod.fo/e/4021e0

Another week, another podcast. This time it’s “The Allender Calendar” with @robinallender.bsky.social asking me questions about my new album “The One True Prince Of Wales (in exile after abdication)” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The one true prince of Wales @simonloverules.bsky.social is this month’s guest on The Allender Calendar! Simon’s new album is an absolute peach. Get it here! pod.fo/e/4021e0

Well, happy thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library day to all who celebrate

The thing with that Geese story is you have to think of all the bands who had huge marketing budgets who got nowhere because no one liked their music. Ultimately the music connects with people. No one is being forced at gunpoint to listen to Geese (unless the album cover is a subliminal threat).

I’ve got a good theory about the latest Uncanny - none of it actually happened

I have two tickets for Eiko Ishibashi/Jim O’Rourke at Union Chapel on 13 April, let me know if interested! unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/eik...

Unsound have just uploaded a great interview with Jim O’Rourke from last year. youtu.be/ZfoJIkarV_o?...

#TeamGeorge youtu.be/CocI7NrNyf8

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Was awake in the night listening to the news and ended up hearing this fantastic doc about Bill Fay www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I have two tickets for Eiko Ishibashi/Jim O’Rourke at Union Chapel on 13 April, let me know if interested! unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/eik...

Terrific gift from @danhancox.bsky.social – a 1996 issue of Select! It features an entire article about what bands from 1992 (‘the pre-Britpop era’s darkest hour’) are up to now. It was only 4 years ago. What are 2022 bands up to now?

Hello, I am mental.

This, from The Onion, is strangely moving.

Using Spotify is just as bad as using X, in some aspects, even more consequential: Spotify is actively killing music, not just exploiting musicians. All other streaming platforms are better, and have as wide a choice. Migrating your playlists is dead easy. Please leave that evil platform - now.

Where does David Mitchell buy his shirts is it the worst shirts you can possibly buy dotcom

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. This week: Distant Sun by Crowded House. And if you don't like Crowded House, you can stuff it up your arse for nothing and fuck off while you're doing it. www.patreon.com/backlisted

The Whole of the Moon has got the worst groove of any song

People really seem to struggle with the idea that Bob Dylan is basically a weird guy

I could happily watch a lot more film of the automated sawmill saw sharpening from the Twin Peaks credits.

Society for people who think Paul McGann’s performance in Withnail & I is somewhat uneven

Ultimate- *ultimate* - Partridge final boss quote from Richard Keys in the Telegraph today. @luketurner.bsky.social @matcolegate.bsky.social @william-doyle.co.uk

Imagine what your mouth thinks

I was reading Transcription by Ben Lerner on the bus and I looked up and someone was reading Transcription by Kate Atkinson, and that’s about all I’ve got for you this morning!!

Thinking again about this perceptive comment re: the new McCartney single it might be fair to say that Paul's voice has reached its ‘Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet’ stage.

New post on mysticism, Margaret Drabble, Connor O'Malley, Ben Lerner, Blood Orange, trousers open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

at the 30 year preschool reunion: so, you still into blocks?

a latticework of regrets, John Ashbery

Mike McGear McCartney has just leaked his brother's new album title 😅 Wonder what Paul's publicists are thinking :)