Universal is all in with AI, obv. And where Universal goes, the other labels follow. Ergo: the whole f’ing business is all in with AI

Third day of our residency @cafeotodalston.bsky.social was filled again with dream companions - this is from the “literary” part of the evening, a conversation around my book with Stewart Lee and Gina Birch

This was a special collision on stage with us Richard Youngs and Jess from Still House Plants - can someone free this video from muskworld and post here or Insta?

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Did anyone get video from tonight of our version of don’t let our youth go to waste with Jess from Still House Plants singing @cafeotodalston.bsky.social

Night one selfie @cafeotodalston.bsky.social with our wonderful guests Laetitia Sadier, Mark Webber and Stewart Lee - we’re back tonight with @nofansrecords.bsky.social and Monday with Gina Birch!

they are undermining the humanities by eliminating hidden meaning

Oh hello, I was busy playing music when a war started. Again.

Sat and Sun sold out tix still avail for Mon please join us! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

let me just say what we're all thinking: this fuckin rules

We are in Dalston. Find us at one of the Turkish shops/restaurants (and possibly hamam) or at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social this Sat Sun Mon www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

Dear Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, my 95 yr old mom tried to welcome you and Rama to Gracie Mansion with a gift of bread and salt, but the guard wouldn’t let her leave it! Please accept this very UES version of the tradition (her favorites from Agata & Valentina) as a virtual gift, at least

Too soon

Sat sold out and Sun just a few tix remain - grab em in advance! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

The wind turned our street into a set for Godot

Glad to see the news that more artists are cancelling on Richard Grenell dadadrummer.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

How the year began, over at Dada Drummer Almanach… dadadrummer.substack.com/p/thinking-u...

Grenell is owed a million dollars and a big FU from all of us working artists dadadrummer.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

In some ways, the clumsiness of this administration can help us see what goes on in corporate boardrooms dadadrummer.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

It would be the single biggest boost to the arts

My 95-year-old mom lives near Gracie Mansion and wonders if she is the only one in her building who voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - I’m urging her to go welcome them to the neighborhood! She loves Rama’s style

Related: This is probably more widely known, but news to me --> Grenell joined the Board of Directors at Live Nation in May 2025.

The only way this resembles an actual music business exchange is that he blames the artist for failings of the venue

at maximum bullshit every bit of truth is crucial even a song

Music - real human music - endures dadadrummer.substack.com/p/the-year-a...

Pretty awesome that midnight mass segues to the shipping forecast on Radio 4

The library, xmas eve

I published 52 posts on Dada Drummer Almanach this year, if I could get everyone to read one it would be this interview with Claude about AI music dadadrummer.substack.com/p/the-missin...

I wonder if the tech companies care that it’s my youngest friends who are the most vehemently anti-AI, anti-Spotify, anti-Netflix, anti-Amazon

The Epstein files on the DOJ website allow you to highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it into another document, which reveals what was hidden. You can also press Ctrl+F and search for “Trump ” (with a space) to see his name appear more than 600 times. #OpDeathEaters

Join Damon & Naomi, Stewart Lee and Gina Birch to celebrate the launch of @dadadrummer.bsky.social's new book, Why Sound Matters. Monday 5th January, 7.30pm, @cafeotodalston.bsky.social Tickets: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon... “[Why Sound Matters] It’s a modern masterpiece.”—Jarvis Cocker

Join me, Stewart Lee and Gina Birch on Mon Jan 5 @cafeotodalston.bsky.social for conversation about the book with best blurbers of the year. Copies of the UK edition will be available. And there will be music from Gina, me and Naomi, and maybe even Gina me and Naomi www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

Join me, Stewart Lee and Gina Birch on Mon Jan 5 @cafeotodalston.bsky.social for conversation about the book with best blurbers of the year. Copies of the UK edition will be available. And there will be music from Gina, me and Naomi, and maybe even Gina me and Naomi www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

As a musician, take down notices just seem absurd dadadrummer.substack.com/p/anti-copyr...

Have we hit the so bad before it gets better part

Information wants to be free

86% of these tracks will receive the same payment from Anna’s Archive as from Spotify

86% of these tracks will receive the same payment from Anna’s Archive as from Spotify

Can we get all the hateful dudes interested in boxing?

The shortest day longest night and let us hope peak stupidity

I have it on good authority that Sun Jan 4 2026 Richard Youngs @nofansrecords.bsky.social may go electric be there and see who tries to cut the cables and who stops them tix available @cafeotodalston.bsky.social www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/damon...

Why Sound Matters is now an audio book as well - not me reading but pro narrator Douglas Pratt www.audible.com/pd/Why-Sound...

So smooth to drop a number who can count anyway

AI is just a less labor-intensive version of the misinformation we have already been flooded with

Never got Hegel enough to really understand this, but it sounds cool af and I’m assuming is also correct

Ad Reinhardt

Can’t wait for people to hear our new album The Velvet Underground & Nico & Mogwai

Grammatically speaking, it’s a tomb

NYC Council Member @shahanafrombk.bsky.social rocks