Hello, all. This is Sam, Daves son. Sadly, he passed away on Monday morning, in the care of the wonderful St Francis Hospice. I am sorry to be giving bad news. We are heartbroken, but we will make sure he lives on in our hearts and minds.

youtube.com/watch?v=8UGZ... Oceansize - Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs

youtube.com/watch?v=utjS... Tin Spirits - Binary Man Have gone back to this album recently. Any excuse to listen to Dave Gregory play guitar, ably assisted by Dan the Gig Rig Man on t'other axe.

‘We said yes to everything!’ John Reis on his blistering punk career, from Hot Snakes to Rocket from the Crypt www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m... John Reis is a legend. Drive Like Jehu were a truly great band. Really enjoyed this interview.

Anti-plague amulets and IOUs: the excavation that brings Roman London thundering back to life www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... Go to your local museum. You will always something that blows you mind.

@sentimentbot.bsky.social Ok, I'll play too.

Britain’s ‘trailblazing’ female war artists finally come out of the shadows www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

youtube.com/watch?v=UieK... For those of us who have been followed by an evangelical christian today.

I put on a wash and then cleaned the oven. It was a dirty job, but now crossed off the list. Would love to now head to a beer garden, drink a rake of pints, and eat my bodyweight in chicken wings. Alas...

If you’re reading this column, Elon Musk has messed up | Stewart Lee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Mr Lee in reflective mood.

Off for a walk. Effloresce by OCEANSIZEin the headphones. All good, mate. All fucking good.

@curtissparkles.bsky.social Does the word flute, as in the male member, get any usage in your part of the world? Was explaining it last night to @grogmeister.bsky.social, but wasn't aware if was just Dublin slang.

I sometimes find myself thinking about Keir Starmer's sex life. I imagine him to be a very considerate lover, but mainly vanilla in his tastes.

The eyes are getting heavy from the medication. Time to go to sleep. It's been another lovely day with my friends old and new in this space. See you tomorrow, you lovely people.

youtube.com/watch?v=rEnd... Take your foot off my neck I'm tired of asking I don't want another heartwarming television special I don't want a new, lighter tennis shoe I don't want revolutionary hair care products I WANT REVENGE!

Bill Burr noticed that his twitter account got flagged after making fun of the "twitter guy" so obviously he had something to say about it 🤣🔥

I'm off to buy some cake to reward myself for quitting the smokes.

My great and wonderful friend, Garth, has just handed in his thesis. A man in his fifties, like myself, he followed his dream and was accepted into Oxford University four years ago. Today, his journey bears fruit. I couldn't be more proud of him.

I used to like drum and bass, but I'm alright now.

Foilsíodh 'At Swim-Two-Birds', úrscéal le Brian Ó Nualláin, den chéad uair ar 13ú lá de Mhí an Mhárta 1939. At Swim-Two-Birds, a novel by writer Brian O’Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O’Brien was first published on 13th March 1939. 1/2

Did not sleep well last night. Much tossing and turning and strange fevered dreams, mostly concerning my impending doom. Most unpleasant indeed.

youtube.com/watch?v=CDhT... New Propagandhi single. First record in eight years out in May. One of the very best bands out there right now. This track fucking smokes!

youtube.com/watch?v=t5Vr... Matt Johnson, prescient as always.

Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There's no better venue on this island than The Limelight. The perfect space to see a band.

Some pics from yesterday's visit to the Ulster Museum. Best brutalist building on the island with a great interior space to match. Only had an hour before we had to catch the train back to the Free State. Highly recommended. Visit Belfast!

youtube.com/watch?v=uitq... A lovely day for a trip to Belfast to see punk rock legends Descendents, Circle Jerks, and Negative Approach play The Limelight. Been looking foward to this. Will also have my first beers since xmas. Fucking fabulous!

youtube.com/watch?v=WHWk... Hit me hard, tear me apart To rise again is my special art You can't kill me

youtube.com/watch?v=kzDC... Gentle Giant. Magical.

"et un bouffon sur kétamine…" (Sounds even more trenchant in French!)

#nowplaying Government Issue - Strange Wine ep. My favourite of all the DC bands, and the only band logo I ever had tattooed on me. I love this band.

#nowplaying Pegboy - Earwig Chicago's finest

#nowplaying Simple Minds - Empires And Dance.

My Bluesky experience has been infinitely improved by muting the words M**k, V**ce, and Tr**p.

I'm so wired from the post-chemo steroids that I've just spent 40 minutes rearranging the socks and undies drawer.

I can see 10 cranes from the balcony. All this construction, but nowhere for anyone to live. What a fucked up world...

I like Lewis Goodall, but fuck me, there's far too much of the man in my feed, nice knitwear or not.

#nowplaying Bad Religion - Against The Grain. The trilogy of Suffer, No Control, and Against The Grain still stand up today as landmark punk rock records. If Noam Chomsky was a band, it would be Bad Religion.

The great appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise. - James Larkin

# now playing Bad Brains - The Youth Are Getting Restless (live) This fucker will have you leaping from the couch like a motherfucker. Bad Brains are their furious and spiritual best. Buy that shit!

If you work in the wellness industry, you are a cunt and a charlatan. Fuck off.

Ron Perlman on Hellboy, the LA fires and Trump: ‘A snake-oil con-artist who’d sell you bad vodka and swampland in New Jersey’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe... Ron for Prez!

youtube.com/watch?v=PMQy... Porcupine Tree - Prodigal Mr Wilson at his most Floyd I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke I tried to aid escape like normal folk But I never seemed to get the joke...

youtube.com/watch?v=lDPT... Knifeworld - Don't Land On Me Another joyous tune from Kavus and friends.

"It’s mixed. It needs mastering. It sounds really good. It’s floating somewhere between Sing to God and Guns, with lots of call backs to Little Man and a House. It's a real out of the ashes. I’m really, really proud of it.” Jim Smith of #Cardiacs on their forthcoming album, LSD buff.ly/4kc0dNL

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson.

Fast and bulbous

10th chemo session today. It doesn't get any better, kids. But, at least there's nae fucker eating tuna sandwiches in my vicinity. Small mercies, and all that.