If you've never seen Danger : Diabolik, you owe it to yourself to put that right! This looks like a good place to start....

Can't beat a bit of Albert King!

Sausages, good. Cake, good. Sausage cake, anyone?

I bought a kilo of sardines by mistake. This is half of them….

Venetian advice…

#NowPlaying Starting the weekend with some Italian Prog from Semiramis, one of the great "One and Dones" of the Italian Prog scene. There was a second album a couple of years ago, but only drummer Paolo Faenza remains of the original line up.

“You shall not have the bouncy ball…” #Caturday

RIP Andy Kershaw. I’m sorry you never quite outran your demons. But thank you for the good stuff, of which there was a lot…

Man Torn Over Which Shirt Worthy Of Wooden Hanger https://theonion.com/man-torn-over-which-shirt-worthy-of-wooden-hanger/

#NowPlaying Some Britten to see out the afternoon; just arrived on Qobuz the other day.

#NowPlaying Hawkwind, "The Chronicle of the Black Sword". Always nice to give this one a spin even if it's not quite the album it could have been : adding Davey's "Arioch" and Lloyd-Langton's "Dreaming City" and "Moonglum" would have made it a classic. What we have is a lot of fun, however.

Lunch today, a platter of raw fish at Ristorante San Trovaso. So beautiful had to photograph it.

Dw i'n dymuno ben-blwydd hapus iawn i Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru!! 80 mlynedd ers y cynhyrchiad cyntaf.

#NowPlaying Camel, "Mirage". Camel never had the best of luck with copyright issues : Paul Gallico took at umbrage at their original concept and title for "The Snow Goose". "Mirage" got them into trouble with the Reynolds Tobacco Company in the US. Still, great album!

There are few greater betrayals then that experienced by a Brit raised on American 80s pop culture finally discovering what Hersheys actually tastes like.

Okay, I'll do this. First Doctor Favourite Doctor Favourite Companion Favourite Story Child of the 70s, I am!

Ah, Mahler 2 from Donald Runnicles and the SSO is a good end to the day! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#NowEating boiled potatoes and roasted asparagus in hollandaise. Poached egg on top. Takes six eggs and <insert terrifyingly large number of your choice> of butter. Still, it’s not something we have every week.

Out today!

If I've got this right...the solution to the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz...is....to blockade the Strait of Hormuz? I'm not sure I understand the world any more...

Post your favourite film from the year you turned 18.

I dislike Meloni, of course, but unlike Trump there is nothing performative about her Christianity. Of course this was going to piss off one of his few remaining allies…

Reposting because it is the truest thing you will ever read.

Just one Munchkin left and then…the book will close on a chapter of Golden Age history 😢

Bluesky : “yay, go Hungary!” X : “Europe has fallen! Europe has fallen!”

At last! Congratulations Hungary. It's been a long, long road...

Ah, nice to have asparagus back! With a fillet of *ombrina* a very fine meaty fish. Be warned, however, that boning them requires a bit of strength - not many bones but the few there are are substantial!

This is nice. Kinda like The Red-Headed League, only for Andrews.

If you see this, post a Goth Girl...

Five years ago I tuned in to a podcast. “Every Hammer film?”, I thought. “Not just the horrors?”. Surely, only mad people would do this? Five years on and I seem to have become part of the madness. It continues to be an absolute joy to talk about the films I love with my mates. Give us a listen!

Reposting because, well, this all brought back so many memories for me. This has made me feel like a kid again. (if you're one of the "it's all faked" crowd then go back to the old site, they cater for that brand of insanity much better there).

Mimi wants…something…#Caturday

RIP Angela Pleasance. It doesn't seem that long since her dad passed away, but it seems it's been 30 years... Thanks for "From Beyond the Grave", Angela!

We're only in early April, but I will be dragged kicking and screaming out of the silent era....

Ah, back from my old friend the dentist. More to follow next week...

Wishing my old mate @jmcobleyauthor.bsky.social a very happy publication day for "A Hundred Years to Arras". Jason was one of the writers who got caught up in the collapse of Unbound, so I'm delighted to see this wonderful book get a second chance with Wilton Square!

Just a quick heads up that the ebook of Venetian Gothic is a bargain 99p for just one day only in the UK!

“And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon”

If you uappen to be in Venice…Al Profeta now do a magnificent steak!

Bernard is back, and something nasty is lurking in the Underground! Elsewhere, Adam looks at what a "Hob" actually is, Cev investigates sound design, and we bid a tearful farewell to Barbara Shelley. It's all there as @househammerpod.bsky.social investigate "Quatermass and the Pit"...

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

#NowPlaying Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, "Darwin". Perhaps their greatest album and certainly one of the high points of Italian Prog. Francesco di Giacomo never sounded more operatic than on "750,000 Anni Fa...L'Amore?"

🚨 In Light Of Global Events, The Official Correct Amount Of Pints Has Been Revised To Five (5) Pints

Whoah!

This is just the only ethical position when the US President is enthusiastically advocating civilizational destruction and war crimes, you can't "sensible politics" out of this one

"We were born to go, and leave no star unturned."

If you enjoy silent movies, are trying to get into them, or would simply like to know more then do give @moviessilently.bsky.social a follow!

I miss this this guy...

Okay, I'm calling Pope Leo's Easter Message as having the edge on Tr*mp's...