Only just got round to this. Lushly remastered in 2022 from a 1985 gig recording. Astonishingly good.

At the start of this, shocked by the gap between the stage and the audience (my last Glastonbury was 1997). By the end, utterly shocked by Cave's melodramatic closeness to the audience. youtu.be/SPP4fSUeUBw?...

Just stumbled across a recent, quickly cancelled, not greatly received Rob Lowe TV drama set in my kind of obscure home town of Boston, Lincolnshire. Even if it's not that great, seeing my childhood backdrop in such a thing probably means I'm on board here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ibC...

The long-awaited Butthole Surfers documentary's finally coming out, and it looks great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVR...

One more chance to catch Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER on Tuesday 9th June. Don't miss this equal parts stunning, thrilling, and laugh-out-loud Academy Award-winning film at The PCC. 🎟️ buff.ly/57wd6af

Another wonderful discussion. Kermode also enthuses about Punch-Drunk Love (an old fave of mine) and Phantom Thread (new to me when I saw it in March). These two, plus OBAA, all hit me ecstatically in the Prince Charles cinema just after getting out of hospital in March. youtu.be/H9Q7ks6EHCw?...

As much a general analysis of Nolan, but the bit that focuses on Tenet is a great analysis, a slight dispute, and a wonderful appreciation. Kermode and Howard have such a good vibe of knowledge and humour between them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dphq...

Wonderful reaction - especially at the beginning of the track connecting the tune to football stadium chants, and after the end going wild after confirming that people were chanting this track. youtu.be/0Y5iMhe7kqo?...

Past, present, and future.

Get a dose of Paul Thomas Anderson on 35mm next Saturday, as PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE and MAGNOLIA screen back-to-back. See one, or see both. Tickets sold separately. 🎟️ buff.ly/mpNyvXI

The legendary Alan Moore joins me on Team Human. Tonight, Tuesday, May 27, at 7 PM ET on YouTube. Subscribe and click "Notify Me" to join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lkb...

The best ACID HORSE festival so far over the weekend. I had a curious aversion to capturing the diverse performances in photos, I was so immersed in the Wiltshire wonder and electric exhiliration. Visceral, magical, utterly blessed by the onset of freakily good weather. acidhorsewilts.wordpress.com

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you've seen live. Prince Fishbone Bad Brains Alec Empire Leonard Cohen Coil Parliament-Funkadelic Nomeansno Peaches Tom Waits

Talking nicotine in London, 10th June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vice-ritua...

Lovely post on Verbeia and Ilkley. Quotes the excellent long post from @gyrus.bsky.social on the rock art at Ilkley: dreamflesh.com/essay/goddes... Lyn from Sheffield Goddess Temple would have useful views on Bridget!

Such a great track to inspire this guy's borderline outraged doubt intertwining with outrageous enjoyment. youtu.be/ZvloE1SJ6sQ?...

I really got into the wilder reactors to music, but this guy Jacob is wonderful in his effortless combination of passion and quirkiness with smoothness and love. This full intro to early Prince is wonderful. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🚪 🐮 - adorable!

Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO shows from a gorgeous 4K restoration, this Sunday 17th May at 8:15pm - right here at the PCC! Starring the iconic James Stewart and Kim Novak, it was released initially to mixed reviews, it's now widely regarded as Hitchcock's magnum opus. 🎟️: buff.ly/HllzqZr

It was Mad Cyril! I loved doing the latest Low Culture Podcast on Performance - murder, masculinity, magic & more. Talking dank, occluded conduits to Manson, Crowley, the Krays & the quart-monde of Francis Bacon & Lucian Freud. And you can try a sub to tQ for free. Link in bio.

Nice play on acronyms in Sonic Boom's mailout from Bandcamp: "... we're asking you to join us offline, outside of social media. To meet us in the real world. IRL not URL ..." sonicboomspacemen3.bandcamp.com

Been loving reactions to this great live performance. Just discovered a Mr. Video reaction to it - amazing. The moment when he pauses just as the drums kick in, emits some crazed reflections, then gets hit so hard as he starts the video again, is scintillating. youtu.be/e9n35NwNHk8?...

What's that you say, hot James Fox stripped and thrashed? Mick Jagger fruity in slap? In the Low Culture pod, @jahduran.bsky.social & I discuss sexual identity, violence & the failure of the 60s counterculture in Nic Roeg & Donald Cammell's 1970 classic, Performance thequietus.com/subscriber-a...

New favourite subreddit

Dogs talk. Dogs run cafes. Dogs break the law. Love #dogs? Love #SF and detective #noir? Check out the 5 star reviews for #DogWorld! chaotopia.com/2026/05/11/d...

It's been 16 months since I left X, and I feel so much better for it. I hadn't realised just how big an impact the daily tsunami of hate, trolling, sealioning and strategic incomprehension was having on my state of mind. I cannot understand why anyone who values their mental health is still there.

Are you into runes & within reach of Cornwall? I'm doing a talk this Thursday in Penzance. Details here. I believe it's free! chaotopia.com/2026/05/11/5...

On the horizon for October www.waterstones.com/events/wireh...

Slightly increase a band 6,7,8,9's

Paperback £6 this month from Yale, same deal on Psychonauts and Free Radicals yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

At an amazing rooftop bar near Old St last night, for a friend's birthday, I hit upon the resonant pun between 'l'age d'or' and 'large door', which I feel like I've never encountered before. Possibly memory issues, as of course it's been heavily hit on before: www.itsnicethat.com/news/gavin-t...

I've known Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule for around a quarter of a century, but his clay-masking, utterly, darkly surreal performance yesterday at the splendid 'L'Age D'Or' exhibition of art in Hoxton felt like the peak of my experience of his magical creativity.

One of the most powerful films ever made about the horrors of war, the unforgettable: COME AND SEE returns to the PCC next Sun 10th May at 2:00pm. 🎟️: buff.ly/MIa3OaS

Wonderful, gently deep glimpse into Flea's world. Prompted me to order his 'Acid for the Children' memoir, which has been on the edge of my desire since it came out. youtu.be/vEfZYTh3gS4?...

Can't believe I've never seen this video before: a great song from the soundtrack of the marvellous Magnolia, with Aimee Mann sat around in the actual film sets, filmed by PTA, sweetly singing at the sides. youtu.be/F0V8CpT0Iow?...

'Moon Foxes' - in celebration of today's full moon here are three moon foxes basking in the light of a full moon's glow 🦊🌀🌕 #FoxMoon #FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay

Thanks to @jimbliss.bsky.social for switching me onto this music reaction guy, and especially to this viewing of Stop Making Sense. Walter's epically immersed and expressive here, wonderful. youtu.be/EWlUbMa18EQ?...

Happening now: Join the Team Human YouTube Premiere of my conversation with legendary musician David J (Bauhaus / Love and Rockets). youtu.be/k1EK-ZNZhYQ

A great night with @cultauthor.bsky.social doing Hookland at the @forteanlondon.bsky.social venue, The Bell. (Slide image by @mariastrutz.bsky.social)

Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

A new fave in my odd current obsession with music reaction channels www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN7i...

Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, and Liam Neeson on the set of Excalibur by John Boorman (1981)

Walking up the street, I was pondering what to do with the tinned soups I have that are way out of date. As I thought of this, was surprised to see the next house along make a suggestion. Not sure passers-by would benefit, but the synchronicity made me giggle.

'Summary: From the flashing of fireflies to the chirping of crickets and the beats of modern pop music, much of the natural world seems to be vibrating to the same rhythm.'

Jack Chuter knows his Boards of Canada...and there's a reason for that. We scrambled to put this together: a new episode charting the return of BoC after 13 years of silence, and a deep dive into "Tape 05", the track that just broke the spell. Episode has arrived! www.patreon.com/posts/commun...

Wonderfully crazy to join the crazy Mr Video for his first Bohemian Rhapsody. youtu.be/uvj_CjGJWfQ?...