Morning. This AM's musical choice is #MichaelJackson's Bad. I vividly recall this being released in 1987 and being incredibly excited because #MartinScorsese directed it. I watched it and spotted almost all the references to #MichaelPowell's #TheRedShoes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUX...

www.facebook.com/radiotimes/p... Really fascinating look at #Evolution and #Neurodivergence. I'll defintely be giving this show a look. The text provides a link to the making of the programme which also goes into some detail about #ChrisPackham's #Autistic traits.

Ah no, Bonnie Tyler has died. I interviewed her a few years ago and she was reliably great: www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Fuckinell! They're literally smearing Count Binface already. The joke candidate. My god these people are pathetic humourless worms 😀 @countbinface.bsky.social

So Mitch McConnell is still around?

This poor woman never stood a chance. What a life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_El...

Ok. My statement about my future in public life...(clears throat) I hereby abandon all allegiance to #Aardman Animation and give myself over entirely to #Illumination, makers of #DespicableMe, #DespicableMe2, #Minions, #DespicableMe3, #Minions:TheRiseOfGru, #DespicableMe4 and #Minions&Monsters.

I will make a statement about my future in public life at 12:00PM.

#Voyage #disco #French It's a bit late for my usual, morning, musical presentation, but please accept this offering. Minionese - "BELLO, ME AMO FRENCH DISCO!" English - I love French disco. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzE...

I love you #CountBinface. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovft...

Well, we’re off to a good start. Count Binface on the BBC getting a prime time interview making a mockery of Farage’s self serving stunt from day one. Good.

#NigelKneale #film #tv #screenwriting #legend #sciencefiction #horror Yes. Vhat wou igel Knea do?

Me going on at length over on Facebook about #Minions&Monsters #TheLumièreBrothers #EadweardMuybridge #L’ArroseurArrosé #adhd #neurodivergence #film #history #silentfilm #IlCinemaRitrovato

#DonnaSummer #disco Morning all. This track turns into #LippsInc's Funky Town right at the end. Which I wasn't expecting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt2G...

eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/laurel... Get your pre-orders in before the official release date of 20/7/26. Overjoyed to see the #Minions bring back the fine art of eye poking in #Minions&Monsters. #Laurel&Hardy were obsessed with ocular tit for tats

Things I learned, was reminded of, and confessed to in this #PierreCoffin Q&A. www.theguardian.com/.../a-female.... UKULELE - I love that Stuart plays the #ukulele and so does Coffin. #BusterKeaton was an avid ukulele player and so was #GeorgeHarrison.

I'm sensing a theme in my choice of library #books. Please use your local #library folks. UK libraries are closing down at a frightening rate. As #johnwaters famously said, "“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't f**k 'em!”

@realgdt.bsky.social Same profile picture energy. Really looking forward to #theburiedgiant. The book has a lot in common with the work of #alangarner who I loved when I was a kid.

#autism #adhd #neurodivergence #simonbaron-cohen #doubleempathy Yeah. Thanks very much prof. But it's a bit like closing the stable gate when the horse has bolted. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

My follow-up piece to Fiona's piece on BACKROOMS. dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/t...

#Minions Oh no. The Minion plushie I thought was #Scottish turns out to be #French and a foot soldier in #Napoleon's army. He's being falsely sold on Ebay as a Scottish minion!

Morning all. Here's #Madonna when she was still fully human and not teeming with nanoprobes and covered in cybernetic implants like a musical, fleshy member of #TheBorg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Tu...

Just bought tickets for #BruceDern at the #EIFF2026.

#KaneParsons #WillSoodik #horror #film #A24 #ChiwetelEjiofor My strange, meandering review of #Backrooms. dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/02/w...

Daniel Kremer's jumbo video essay gives us all something to aim for. dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/z...

Tickets booked for #Minions&Monsters on Sunday afternoon. An adult gang and their kids are accompanying us. I may have to buy this plushie. The temptation to own a #Scottish #Minion is too strong. @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social I'm relying on you. Don't let me down!

Mornin' all. Here's (almost) all of #TheGoodies title sequences. The fan dance gag at 4:20 always kills me. Unbelievably, #StevenSpielberg wanted to work with The Goodies. He must have been prepping for #RaidersOfTheLostArk in the UK when he saw them on tv. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8vB...

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Morning. Have some #toast with #PaulYoung and #TheStreetband. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmK...

#horror #film #psychiatry #PTSD This is a fascinating article, but I knew films weren't real at the age of 6. Despite knowing they weren't real, I had quite an extreme response at the age of 10 to #RogerCorman's The Premature Burial. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

According to BBC #Weather, #Edinburgh is going to be #thundered on in great quantities today. To celebrate (?) this fact, here's #ImagineDragons with thunder's theme song, although I could have chosen #AC/DC, #Metallica, #ThinLizzy, #Kiss, #Aerosmith and #PhilCollins,

#MelBrooks #birthday I love this man. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

#Madonna Welcome to the weekend. I love this parpy, horns and drums version. It's got so much more life and energy than the radio edit. I was today years old when I learned that the male voice on this is Madonna herself courtesy of some studio jiggery-pokery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mnl...

His nibs on #DisclosureDay. dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/c...

#jazz Morning all. Here's Cliff Edwards (the voice of #Disney's Jiminy Cricket) and his steaming hot ukulele to serenade you on this glorious day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S9E...

#uk #heatwave #weather It was so hot today, David and I went to see #DisclosureDay. It was...a film. Did anybody else spot the major easter egg in it? Y'had'ta be quick. When we got out into the blazing sun afterwards, D said, "The day AFTER Disclosure Day would have been more interesting."

#TheShamen #90snostalgia Morning. Look at the state of this lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b2T...

#filmnoir David and I watched The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) last night. I kept shouting at the screen, "No-one needs to die you dopes! Think about it!" dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/t...

Slightly frustrated by this article as it doesn’t seem to realise that many UK libraries are far more than the lenders of books already www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic... m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPt9...

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

More effing and blinding from the silent era. #BusterKeaton saying "fuck it" in The Playhouse (1921). www.tumblr.com/ohmybuster/4...

#PaulKing The Husbando gets stuck into The Bunny And The Bull. Very sad to hear that #VerónicaEchegaray died at the age of 42 last year. She's fantastic in it. What do you think folks? Does #SimonFarnaby look like Gibson Gowland in Greed? dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/m...

#Voyage #disco Morning. I hope you're all feeling bouncy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKJV...

Having dinner and David is watching a nice young man reacting to the whole of #TheBeatles #AbbeyRoad on YT. We're both really enjoying his constant amazement. Then Maxwell's Silver Hammer comes on and he goes berserk. D just casually mentions that Paul actually laughs in the middle of it.

Can we all stop pushing the button please?

#autism #neurodivergence My fucking god. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Morning. Here's the amazing track by Scottish group #BoardsOfCanada that plays during the credits of #Backrooms. David and I will be doing a joint review of this remarkable feature film debut by #KaneParsons in the next few days so keep your eyes peeld. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDCI...

#Minions&Monsters Oh I am SEATED. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqHr...

Morning. Here's one of my favourite 80s synth pop bands, #Blancmange. #NeilArthur (the man with two first names) is from #Lancashire, and he sang in his Lancashire accent. #Limmy had a field day with this later on but I adore it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW_m...