Day 19 is one of my favourites to play live, it's a rollercoaster!

One of my favourite films - and Shakespeare adaptations - of all time!! Glorious soundscapes, too

Sikelgaita (1040 – 1090) was a Lombard princess, and the wife of Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia. Her heritage made her a vital asset to Robert's governance in Southern Italy. She frequently accompanied him on campaigns and is noted for leading troops in battle. #CelebratingWomen

Cin ye giss wot it is yet??

So good!

No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.

We're here and raring to welcome all worshippers at the Temple 🙏🏽

And the black and white furry blur rushing in and out of shot is the resident sheepdog, who insisted we kick her ball for her while setting up for rehearsal and navigating tangles of cable. The results were chaotic and drooly :) #music #rehearsal #newmusic #newshow #progrock #artrock

Yes I'm sure taking loads of drugs must be great but what is also quite exciting is going for a walk in remote woodland and stumbling across a lone inexplicable brutalist pillar.

Our gigs for 2026 so far! Excited to take our new album on the road with @ebbband.bsky.social 🎶🎤🎹 🚐🎹🎤🎶 #progrock #artrock #prog #music #livemusic #livegigs #musician #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic

Ooh, this looks brilliant!!

I'll play. What university classes did you take? 1. History of Theatre 2. Contemporary Dance 3. Acting 4. Educational/Academic Writing Skills 5. Sociology Among others. I didn't finish. Ended up working in all the creative industries I was aiming for anyway so I'm probably a bad example, children.

Our backing singer and performer extraordinaire, Kitty Biscuits, sitting pretty and explaining (-ish?) how to enter our running giveaway of her recent on stage #knitting pieces! Stay tuned for instructions on entering Round 2 soon! #progrock #yarnrock #prizedraw #Patreon #giveaway #music #artrock

In my head, several times a day, I wonder... Does the sake belong to one fuck, or is it communal, belonging to multiple fucks? Because the apostrophe just keeps moving. It's wild.

"Mother had remained herself until almost the end—sharp and lucid and utterly aware of what was happening (...) Had it been a blessing; or a curse? He didn’t have answers; and he wasn’t sure he wanted that awful certainty to shatter him." clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_... On grief and AIs

Good morning, Miss Havisham

Ferbruary #oldknees

Some relaxing Sunday viewing

BOO: It's still January HOORAY: That means Withered Hill is still 99p/$1.99 on Kindle and Kobo. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

Yf Christopher Nolan were trulye serious about makinge a filme of *The Odyssey* he wolde chaunge the L yn hys last name to M

Very excited to start this new year of music playing the second edition of The Temple of Prog with @ebbband.bsky.social! New show, new material from our latest concept album. May well be cathartic in these insane times. Art matters ❤

Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!

the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday

This might well become a thread. I am calling it 'Bloody Hell, Aren't Doors On Old Walls Fucking Brilliant?'

I mean every word.

If you would like a break from doom scrolling, here is a story about small towns where you can't go home again

it's HERE our issue 41 table of contents!! TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤 so let's start with POETRY thread/

The Annan

Since we opened to submissions, we've reached over 260 patrons! As a thank you, we're doing a Patreon subscription giveaway! This includes access to our community Discord, behind-the-scenes newsletters, and more! To enter, like and repost this post. We'll draw a winner on Monday, January 12th!

An absolutely mind-melting image taken by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, featured in @sciam.bsky.social's Best Space Photos Of 2025: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... There's just so much out there.

Voting closes tomorrow! Please consider taking a moment of your precious time to vote for the band, individual musicians or our new album: we pour our hearts, souls and all the contents of our pockets, to the last bit of fluff, into the band 💖

The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta

Awkward as it seems to self promote when *gestures* everything: this is our livelihood and we would be infinitely grateful if you might have a minute to vote. Also, our album The Mirror has some deep emotional arcs that may be cathartic in difficult times: open.spotify.com/album/2TU9Wv... #Music

Mood

The first ever Roland drum machine - the TR-77 from 1972. The Rhythm 77 is a sophisticated analogue accompaniment instrument with some very groovy beats. #analog #drummachine @synthsky.bsky.social

John Donat’s photograph of Lynn Chadwick’s sculpture The Watchers, Alton West Estate, Roehampton, 1960.

Distant drumming. Rising damp. Shifting shadows. And a girl appearing, in horror.

Mood

Meaeaeanwhile: A relaunched project may or may not be underway with its new album. Thrilled to be part of the www.krowofficial.com updated lineup (together with members of my beloved @ebbband.bsky.social) again doing vocal harmonies and maenadic theatre performance. Stay Tuned for more news!

Delighted that Heartlines chose to release this piece just as snow is finally starting to fall along my stretch of coast ❄️

Fresh on the Haunted Generation website - a long and fascinating chat I had with the great @thomasdolby.bsky.social for @electronicsound.bsky.social. Includes The Flat Earth, muppets, Robyn Hitchcock soundchecks and his old Morris Minor being in Star Wars... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2026/01/05/t...

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

Now that we’ve (mostly) recovered from Hogmanay, we’re buzzing to kick off our 2026 gig year with The Temple of Prog at The Brickyard Feb 21, with Solstice, Spriggan Mist, Doris Brendel & Lee Dunham and Idiogram! www.fatsoma.com/e/3l91bf0b/t... #music #progrock #livemusic #artrock #festival

Happy New Year, Everyone!!

Jim is magnificent! He makes me miss Zwerver (Dutch: wanderer). Mischief incarnate, he was known to the neighbours as That Big Red Monster, one of the local Boxers refused to pass our garden on his walks, he got into neighbours' kitchen' to eat all the food, set off burglar alarms and loved snuggles

Oh my goodness, WHAT?? Erin is on the cover of Prog!!! 🤯🤩

Merry Holidaymas, Everyone, however you celebrate!!!