I recently decided to quit streaming music and go back to having a good ol' fashioned collection of my own. I've been so surprised by my own reaction to this change that I wrote a blog about it. You can read it below 😺

Say you can’t sleep, baby I know It’sa me, Mario

Delighted to be taking our podcasts off this cesspit of a platform! 🧵

DATE FOR THE DIARY! The Ballad of Anne & Mary - Episode 1 Listening Party and Commentary. Saturday 4th April 8pm UK time (3pm ET) YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitch This April, we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Long Cat Media’s musical pirate epic.

If anybody would like to commission the TV version of an award-winning independent British sitcom that ran for 4 x seasons, well, I've got one. It's a podcast, you can listen to it right now for free. We still get fan mail and donations every day. Let's make more narrative comedy, please.

If ever you feel insecure in your job, remember that someone in Bolton was paid for this branding.

Literally the first sound in this Star Wars trailer is a misquote of the Star Wars theme. The second note is half the length it should be - it's a common misremembering of the theme. Incredible that it's made it into a trailer. Maybe the wrong version is now correct! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHWl...

I have a new album out! In 2024, I got to score a beautiful feature documentary - STRONGER THAN THE WAVE. The film charts a journey along Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail, documenting its rugged and ethereal landscape, and the recovery of the communities affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

My favourite review of our musical, The Ballad of Anne & Mary.

British values

Well I don't think that's fine 🤬

Date for the diary! On Nov 26th (a Wednesday), we will be live streaming a listening party of the very first MOCKERY MANOR episode. We'll be doing a director's commentary-style deep dive into the making of the episode, behind-the-scenes nuggets and the early days of Mockery, followed by Q&A time.

WOOF.

Bandcamp > Sp*tify

Calling all Nor-witches and Nor-locks... We're teaming up with our friends at @soundyard.bsky.social for the first ever Norwich Podcast Festival, to bring you... LET'S MAKE A HORROR PODCAST a workshop with Long Cat Media Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm at SOUNDYARD

🚨MOCKERY MANOR - SEASON 4.🚨 Coming Early 2026. 🛳

Had another nice afternoon at Global London recording many many adverts for concerts on Classic FM. Listen out for me on the radio for the rest of the year.

People are starting to play through our game, and say nice things in the anonymous feedback form at the end. It feels surreal for it to be out in the world after months of work!

UK folks should start receiving their copies of Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game from today. Tag us when yours arrives!

Lindsay and I have been making a game for eight months and now it’s finally shipping! Link in the thread below.

Just thinking about the OUTRAGEOUS chocolate bite sound effect from the Magnum adverts that sounds like an avalanche of coconuts.

Fascinated by the Twin Peaks styling of this mousemat at our local vet

Always a pleasure!

“It’s artificial?” “Of course it is.” “Must be expensive.”

Last night’s hotel was excellently positioned if you were a 4-year-old child.

I don't often share my corporate work, but my score for this advert has won a Platinum award for Best Original Music at the AVA Digital Awards 2025. 🪐 The ad also scooped 7 other awards, including one for Cinematography. In an age of AI, it's nice to see adverts crafted by humans getting kudos!

Tonight’s venue is the mahoosive De Montfort Hall in Leicester. We are sold out, so we better bringit ⚡️

For this episode, I made a song in the style of Iron Maiden featuring a gnome chorus. A GNOME CHORUS.

Tune into Classic FM for the next couple of months and you might hear me advertising one of about fifteen different concerts in my best radio voice. I got a real kick out of the Star Wars one.

Big fan of these three consecutive shots from the film Lady Macbeth.

I’m here at The Double R Club, ready to perform my turn in the show, and we’ve all just learned that David Lynch has died. So this has become a celebration of the guy. What a cool life he lived. 🖤

🎙️ Join us this February for our popular podcasting workshop. Hosted and led by us, audio producers/presenters Sophie Little and Anna Perrott, with a combined 30 years experience in broadcasting and audio making. Sun 9 Feb, 10am-1pm at SOUNDYARD Find out more and book: www.soundyard.org/workshops

Be aware and BEWARE: YOUR DREAMS W I L L COME TRUE at The Double R Club Thursday January 16th 2025 Drink deep of the ‘otherness' at this cult cabaret phenomenon! https://bit.ly/4g2TEu7 @sofuckinsuave.bsky.social @laurenceowen.bsky.social @sarezale.bsky.social #e17 #twinpeaks #tradeshall

For legal reasons, this costume is “18th Century American Man”

Hooo boy! Who’s going to be Backer #300 and tip us over £11k? 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

CHRIST! I just watched The Substance, and now it’s 1am and I feel like I need a debrief! I can’t remember being properly shocked by a horror film in ages. It’s hilarious. What a ride. Amazing performances from Moore and Qualley. I loved it and I never want to see it again. Ten stars!

🧵 TL:DR - Our Kickstarter has hit a new stretch goal, so we’ll have more artwork in the game! 🎉 Reserve your copy and help us reach our next one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

Londoners! Rare chance to see Madison Cunningham, prolifically talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, trying out new songs in a teeny venue. Neon 194, 15th Jan. Go!

Just discovered that Wendy Carlos, the legendary synth pioneer and composer of numerous Kubrick movies, has one of the weirdest websites I’ve ever seen. I’d expect nothing less from her, but every page is full of gems. Take a look.

We are Kickstarting a murder-mystery-in-an-envelope style tabletop game based on our biggest podcast, Mockery Manor. It’s currently 331% funded with 22 more days to go! We have stretch goals we’re yet to meet, so please do consider reserving a copy (no knowledge of the podcast required) 😺👇

I haven’t been on here for about a year, but it’s actually starting to look like fun. Cool! 🖤

Lisa’s record collection is so much like mine.

I really had no idea that a lord, a life peer, someone who isn’t an MP, could just be gifted a top cabinet role. It’s archaic and it fucking sucks.

For some reason today I’m thinking about when Amy Winehouse went on Have I Got News For You, and some MP asked her “is that all your own hair?” and she said “well I bought it, so yeh”

There it is! Red spot just creeping into view on these pics I snapped of Jupiter at opposition tonight. 🖤

My 📷 from the last two nights: NGC 6960 - Western Veil Nebula (also known as the Witch's Broom) This is a section of a large area of nebulosity in the constellation Cygnus. It's a supernova remnant, from a star that exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. ✨

Somehow I’ve managed never to see this until a couple of days ago, and hey, guess what - I think it’s great! I think the stately 1970s pace of it means it earns its shock-scares. It holds up well, and it must have seemed pretty incredible at the time.