Looking back at 2025: A single I released last year with a title inspired by Peter Greenaway and music inspired by classic retro synth music.. airstripone1.bandcamp.com/album/mercur... #experimentalmusic #synth #Analoguesynth #Analogsynth #electronicmusic #PeterGreenaway #AZedandtwonoughts

Reallly sorry to hear that my friend Maya has passed away. She was always incredibly kind and thoughtful, funny and supportive. Here is a song of hers that she invited me to play synth on. youtu.be/_n0Agx64DY8

No computer trickery will ever match the thrill and excitement of the original 1933 Kong Kong. #kingkong #willisobrien #faywray #brucecabot #robertarmstrong #giantape #rko #1930scinema #fantasymovie #fantasyfilm #fantasycinema #edgarwallace #MerianCCopper #ErnestBSchoedsack #maxsteiner

Looking back at 2025: I'm very proud of this collaboration with the French artist Aurélie Grasser Rifi Saidi. The humorous poems were written to entertain my son when he was 4 years old. www.amazon.com/Nursery-Crim... #booksky #humorousbooks #poetry #Humorouspoems #illustratedbooks #poems

Looking back at 2025: Reflecting the pressure of my daily life at the start of the year, "Inside The Ice House", my 2nd musical release of the year, was as dark as my state of mind. airstripone1.bandcamp.com/album/inside... #experimentalmusic #synth #Analoguesynth #Analogsynth #electronicmusic

MGM’s 1938 A Christmas Carol features a magnificent performance from Reginald Owen as Scrooge, Gene Lockhart, the judge in Miracle on 34th Street, as Bob Crachit, and a wonderful score from Franz Waxman (Bride of Frankenstein). youtu.be/yVop9seXSoQ?... #Scrooge #Achristmascarol #Charlesdickens

Looking back at 2025: Exile, my 3rd collaboration with Japanese guitarist Kio, was commissioned by French artist Alexandra Bouge to accompany a series of videos featuring photogrphs taken by her late mother, Marin Flora Michele. airstripone1.bandcamp.com/album/exile #experimentalmusic #soundtrack

The perfect New Year movie. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mBp... #kwaidan #yokai #yurei #japanesehorror #lafcadiohearn #koizumiyakumo #怪談 #小林正樹,#KobayashiMasaki

I can’t remember where I bought this 1943 book of Christmas carols, it must have been at a flea market in England, but the arrangements are really nice. #christmascarols #christmasmusic #christmassheetmusic #vintagechristmasmusic

In Kagurazaka, along an inaccessible and very long path, I saw the biggest Tanuki I’ve ever seen in Tokyo. #tanuki #Bake-danuki #化け狸 #Yōkai #妖怪

I like the way this photo I took of a local temple and its graveyard at night came out so ghostly. A wonderful mistake. #photography #graveyard #temple #japan #buddhisttemple #ghostlypjotography

A great supernatural Christmas film. youtu.be/80cbk1E1wbE #Christmasmovie #Christmasfilm #christmasfantasy

My favorite way to see in the new year is watching Holiday Inn. youtu.be/dcU0o7N2vig #bingcrosby#fredastair #Whitechristma #Holidayinn

Happy New Year! #Newyear2026 #Happynewyear #Newyeargreeting #Newyearcard #Nengajo #年賀状 #あけましておめでとう #2026年明けましておめでとうございます #Reiwa8 #令和8年

I've always loved this album. Father Christmas finally slipped a copy under the tree. #Waroftheworlds #JeffWayne #HGWells #DavidEssex #CD #Phillynott #Justinhatward #RichardBurton #JulieCovington

When I came across this tiny semi-glazed Japanese cup at the Oedo Antique Market in Tokyo, I knew I'd found my idea nihonshu cup. #Japaneseceramics #Japanesecup #Japaneseceramicup#Nihonshu #日本酒 #Japanesealcohol

Despite what the snobby M, R. James crowd constantly spout, Stigma is clearly the best of the original series of A Ghost Story for Christmas. Lawrence Gordon Clark’s masterpiece is truly terrifying. www.dailymotion.com/video/x6pmib... #Ghoststoryforchristmas #stigma #Laurancegordonclark #Ghoststory

A gloriously insane 1959 Mexican film pitting Santa against a devil sent by Satan to ruin Christmas. Filmed in Mexiscope and featuring some of the most mindbogglingly bad child performances. #Christmasfilms #Christmasmovies #SantaClaus #Mexicancinema #MexicanMovies #MexicanFilms #RenéCardona

"It began with a closed, deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey." A little Xmas present to myself. #Theinvaders #TVnovelization #RoyThinnes #Alieninvation #books #Blueskybook #ScifiLit #SF #Scifi #Sciencefiction

The true story of a strange dream I had one Christmas Eve. andibrooks997862739.wordpress.com/2021/12/28/a... #Dreams #premonition #Manga #お盆 #Bakeneko #HamaShinji #怪談 #浜慎二 #漫画 #Japaneseghoststories #JapaneseHorror #Yokai #yōkai

Very happy to find this under the Christmas Tree. I've been listening to it regularly since a friend gave me a cassette copy back in the late 80s. #hplovecraft #mikeolson #johnarthur #fungifromyuggoth #cosmichorror

H. P. Lovecraft at Christmas in poetry and prose. andibrooks997862739.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/a... #HPlovecraft #Christmaspoetry #Christmashorror #Cthulhu

I never tire of watching the wonderful Miracle on 34th Street. #christmasmovies #christmasfilms #miracleon34thstreet #maureenohara #johnpayne #edmundgwenn #nataliewood #santaclaus #kriskringle #fatherchristmas #christmas2025

Wonderful gifts from my son. Didn't like the film, but Ioved Hildur Guðnadóttir's score. Barry Gray's groovy UFO score is among my favourites of his for Gerry Anderson. #Christmasgifts #GerryAnderson #BarryGray #UFO #hildurguðnadóttir #JokerFolieàDeuxGuðnadótti #Joker #SoundtrackCD #soundtrack

A lovely Christmas story. www.bbc.com/news/article... #Christmasstory #Christmascharity #humankindness #heartwarming

Raise a glass to the Yuletide, O blessed time of year, when the revels of all mortal men are tinged with ghostly fear. Gathered round the blazing hearth, all of you in festive cheer, say a prayer to guard your soul from the spirits drawing near. #Christmaspoem #Yule #Christmasghosts

Another nice find at the Oedo Antique Market today - a 1977 Christmas card from somewhere in the former Soviet Union. #SovietChristmascard #VintageChristmascard #1970sChristmasCard #USSRChristmasCard

A very unseasonal poster for a delightful Christmas fantasy. #carygrant #lorettayoung #davidniven #thebishopswife #christmasmovie #christmasfilm #fantasyfilm

I picked up this vintage unused Japanese Christmas card at the Oedo Antique Market today. Very nice! #vintagechristmascard #japanesechristmascard #christmascard #SantaClaus #FatherChristmas

Here is an interview I did with Doug Gibson of Plan 9 Crunch about Christmas ghost stories. youtu.be/Y9fkfy5Ifqk?... #ChristmasGhosts #Ghoststories #VictorianGhostStories #EdwardianGhostStories #ShortStories #BookSky

The magnificent opening page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News of Christmas Eve 1864, featuring the art of Alfred Hunt #VictorianChristmas #VictorianNewspaper #VictorianIllustration

King Cheer by James Godwin from the Illustrated London News of Saturday, December 24th, 1864. #ChristmasIllustration #VictorianIllustration #ChristmasArt #VictorianArt #JamesGodwin #OldNewspapers

Just one week to go until Christmas Day! Enjoy it while you can…it may be our last one! #synth #analogue #Christmasmusic #apocalypse #electronicmusic #AirStripOne airstripone1.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

One thing that never pauses for Christmas is war and bloodshed. airstripone1.bandcamp.com/track/where-... #Gaza #genocide #synth #electronicmusic #hardcoreelectronic

I enjoyed talking about Christmas ghost stories with Doug Gibson of Plan 9 Crunch this morning. #ChristmasGhostStories#AndiBrooks #DougGibson #Planninecrunch

A Ghost Story by George Housman Thomas (1864). #Ghoststory #GeorgeHousmanThomas #Fineartprint #ChristmasGhostStory

A great night of live music at 二万電圧 in Higashi Koenjifor Call and Respons Records 20th anniversary. Highlights were Grandma's Garden, Looprider and orst taste & specialmagic. #二万電圧 #Koenji #CallandResponsRecords #Tokyolivemusic #Grandma'sGarden #Looprider #worsttaste&specialmagic #Japanesemusic

Here is another radio play directed by Glyn Dearman, who played Tiny Tim in the classic Scrooge in 1951. His 1980 version of The Company of Wolves is rather wonderful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7a... #TheCompanyofWolves #AngelaCarter #Werewolf #Scrooge #TinyTim #GlynDearman #RadioPlay #OTR

Glyn Dearman, Tiny Tim in the 1951 film, Scrooge became a radio director. He dramatized & directed this adaptation of Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula. Dearman tragically died in a fall down the stairs at his home at the age of 57. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1q... #SherlockHolmes #Dracula #OTR #Scrooge

As Christmas draws near, here is a little festive tune I recorded with my son on keyboards about the true meaning of the season! airstripone1.bandcamp.com/track/ka-chi... #electronicmusic #synth #Christmasmusic #experimentalmusic

"We three kings of Orient are!" The eras collide in Ueno Park in Tokyo. #ueno #uenopark #photographyoftheday #photography #park

Ueno Park in Tokyo is a magical place after dark. #ueno #uenopark #photographyoftheday #photography #park

I found this comic yurei postcard in Shimokitazawa yesterday. #postcard #yurei #Japaneseghost #parody #Japaneseart #shimokitazawa #下北沢 #幽霊

A PHANTASMAGORIC CHRISTMAS: A Grand Gothic Magic Lantern Show at Guy's Hospital Chapel with Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker on Saturday, 6th December, 2025 at 7 pm. londonmonthofthedead.com/grandgothicm... #STGUYSHOSPITAL #MagicLantern #GothicChristmas

Arthur Burdett Frost's illustration for John Kendrick Bang's Thurlow’s Christmas Story” in the 1894 Christmas issue of Harper’s Weekly. The story is now available in 'Ghost Stories for Christmas, Volume One'. Links in comments. #ChristmasGhostStory #GhostIllustration #GhostBooks #Blueskybooks

I don’t know how common they are, but this is the first time I’ve come across a vending machine selling food and drink made from insects in Tokyo. Even if I wasn’t vegan, I think I would pass. #Japanesefood #Japanesedrinks #Japanesevendingmachines #NakanoBroadway #edibleinsects #insects #insectfood

This year has flown by! #Christmastree #Christmas2025 #Chritmasdecorations

Quoth the raven, Nevermore! #EdgarAllanPoe #Theraven #birds #photography #gothic

Ghost Stories For Christmas, Volume One: 30 vintage festive ghost stories. Links in comments. #ChristmasGhostStory #GhostStory #christmasbooks #christmasgiftideas #christmaspresent #ghostbooks #shortstory

Guy Pearce is outstanding as Scrooge in the bold 2019 BBC retelling of A Christmas Carol. It cuts to the core of the story. If it leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it has served Dickens' message better than any other adaptation. #AChristmasCarol #Scrooge #ChristmasGhost #GhostStory #charlesdickens