Year: 2020
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Albums Of The Year 2020
I mean… it was a year, wasn’t it? As ever, just to be on this list means you’re a bona-fide winner as I had to leave out at least ten albums I like, including notables like BMTH and Tame Impala. But I wanted to keep the list as short as possible Here’s a Spotify link…
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Studio Dreams
I just fell asleep and had the weirdest micro-dream… I was watching the Presonus Dude do some mixing thing on YouTube when I fell asleep and my brain kept listening and built a whole dream around it. DREAM: I’m in a version of my studio but it’s huge. This dude who looks vaguely Jake Busey…
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Another Outsider
However, Dorothy endured heartbreak at Aberystwyth as well as acclaim. Sheela Bonarjee still has the battered black exercise book in which her aunt collated her verse. Alongside one of the poems, Dorothy jotted down a note: “Written at the age of 22 when a Welsh student after 3 years of secret engagement dropped me because…
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Old (F)Art
(Commenting on this post) This is the joy of being old and, in particular, of being an old artist. During this lockdown, I’ve started streaming music production sessions (twitch.tv/bzangy) and have had some wonderful interactions with musicians 25, 30 years younger than me. They’re at the very start of finding their own voices (sometimes literally)…
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42 Years Ago Today : The Last Message Of Harvey Milk
42 years ago today, Harvey Milk made this message: “This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday, November 18, 1978. This tape is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination. “I fully realise that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target…
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My First Stream
So, now I can officially say that I am a STREAMER. Two hours of me chatting rubbish and mucking around with synths – I don’t think Netflix will be calling me just yet. And, for some reason, I muted ALL AUDIO for the first 23 minutes. I apologise to the three people who stumbled across…
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Cyber.Cafe
I appear to be disappearing down a ’90s nostalgia rabbit hole. I used to LOVE cyber.cafe – so much so that I chose to go on this show instead of the hugely popular TFI Friday. I mean, that kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
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Computer Chronicles 1990
This fine morning, why not keep abreast of the news from THIRTY YEARS AGO! APPLE ARE SUING MICROSOFT! BUT WINDOWS 3.0 IS COMING, EVERYONE! YOU MIGHT NEED TWO MEGABYTES OF RAM!!! Fucking GARY KILDALL is one of the hosts. This is like having Jesus pop in on Songs Of Praise! In other breaking news, Microsoft…
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SHE’S HERE!
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Ten Colours Red
Just took this quiz and here’s my results. For the optically minded out there, this is how bad my eyes are: Right Sph: -8.00 Cyl: -2.75 Axis: 178 LeftSph: -8.25 Cyl: -3.50 Axis: 179 NearRight: +1.50Left: +1.50 Aided VARightDist: 6/5 Near: N4 LeftDist: 6/5 Near: N4 BVD: 12.0 Sooo, it’s good that at least I can…
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Krypton, Again
I miss Krypton soo much. It had sharp writing, excellent world-building and some truly class acting. It was also soooo good to see so many black British actors getting proper prime-time TV exposure. I’m re-watching the end of S2 and… well, very few TV series meet this level of accomplishment. DaVinci’s Demons, iZombie, Travelers, Continuum,…
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I’m In Horny Jail
I was trying to post a nude pic to one of my sideblogs on here and WHOOPS, posted it to my Facebook instead. (I’ve been tired, leave me alone.) So, facebook has put me in horny jail and I am not allowed to post anything for another nine hours yet. I feel soo… nonplussed? I…
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Choons
What I have been rocking the last 365 days.
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Nine Films
I was tagged by @thesuburbanerd to list nine films. Here we go! Kings Of Summer An American Werewolf In London L’homme Qui Aimait Les Femmes Ordinary People Pather Panchali Ruby Sparks A Canterbury Tale Mean Girls The Year My Voice Broke I nominate whoever reads this and feels like it.
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WALLANTHOR
Watching the first ep of Wallander wherein the grizzled director of Thor works alongside Loki and goes to interview Beast. Nearly as good as when Robin and The Joker were in 10 Things.
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Memories
A photo from when I was last happy. x
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Butterflies And Others
Some lil critters I spied on this morning.
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Stratford With Nat
Nat and I were trying to think of somewhere to go, not too far to drive and that neither of us had visited before. She picked Stratford-upon-Avon and we had an awesome day out on Wednesday! I guess I should confess that I was prejudiced; I expected a very corny, soulless, tourist-trap of a town.…
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More Blairite Fuckery
Seriously, have a read of this fuckery and see how impossible getting even a soft-left leader like Corbyn elected is: “Less than a week before polling day, Survation cut the Conservative lead to just one point, while another pollster, ORB, had the Tories nine points ahead. Naturally Labour’s senior team viewed the worst poll as…
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The Coup Against Corbyn
(Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/i-saw-inside-how-labour-staff-worked-prevent-labour-government/ ) You see, why believe wacky conspiracies about flat earths or hoaxed moon landings when this an ACTUAL conspiracy, right here. The role of The Guardian and all of the “left” media in this cannot be underestimated either. And all of the people jumping to assault ‘Corbynistas’ and regurgitating any old right-wing lie…
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July 2020 Macros
No flower is safe, no buzzing thing or creepy crawly…
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July Emowalk
Trying out some more gothy looks on my familiar walk.
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Garden July 2020
The light was gorgeous the other day.
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Wingate Paine
How did I not know his work before today? Always wonderful to find something new to dive into. Well, new as in over fifty years old… Pic above from here: Steven Kasher Gallery
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My Revolutionary Youth
It’s nice to be remembered! 😀
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The Order Season Two
OH THANK FUCK! SOME DECENT NEW TELLYYY! SEASON 2 OF THE ORDER ON NETFLIXXX!
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Garden June 2020
Trying to get through the ache with photos…
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Black Lives Matter Derby Protest 7/6/20
Just a few pics from today’s demo. I went with my mate Nat and her bf Alex and we were able to keep a safe social distance, mostly. But I await the inevitable hand-wringing posts from people complaining about BLM when they were absolutely quiet about VE Day street parties…
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STRAIGHT FUCKING EDGE
I’ve been straight edge for the last… 21 years? I don’t preach about it because each to their own but I do recommend this beautiful book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6852219-sober-living-for-the-revolution
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RONA ISO CRAZY
We’re two months in, here in the UK. For those of us with pre-existing mental health issues, Rona has laid an extra layer of FUD on us. Reach out. In my region (the Midlands), try TRENT PTS for online counselling. Don’t feel you’re going on or that people are bored of hearing about your mental health, don’t…
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Auf Wiedersehen, Florian
(Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52564281) Without Kraftwerk, we wouldn’t have music as we know it now. Sounds like hyperbole but they were that influential. Everyone from Bowie to Bambaataa, post-punk to hip hop, right up to this week’s chart pop. All music now is electronic music, it’s simply a question of to what degree. I was lucky enough…
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I Lolled
Sometimes… I forget how amazing the internet is. And then vids like this happen.
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I Miss My Dad
Four years ago, my Dad died. Last night, I dreamt about him. The dreams were calm, it was like he hadn’t died and he was asking how I was while he was reading a paper and smoking his pipe. God, I used to love watching the whole rigmarole of him patiently cleaning, filling and then…
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The Lad Who Would Be King
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6811018/ A great romp, based on the Arthurian legends but set in a modern, believable Britain. Like Attack The Block, the film depicts kids without going all Disney and syrupy and shite. Also, a really lovely, inventive score that has some of the best melding of orchestral and electronic sounds I’ve heard in years, by…
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Garden April 2020
Well… what can we do? The garden is here:
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Nat In August
For some reason, I didn’t post this album up when I took them. Nat looking absolutely beautiful. <3
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Rona Faux Boner Zoner
Welllllll shiiiiiiiitttt! I don’t post for a couple of months and suddenly WE ARE IN PLAGUE. I mean, I don’t think my lack of wibbling on here lead to the current viral outbreak but everyone knows that correlation = causation. My online shopping has been more for friends than me: Got to keep your friends…
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Chloe Blue Hair
Had a much-needed catch-up with Chloe, she’s looking stunning as ever!
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Vid Shits
Not bad!
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flicking through profiles on OKC is now just an esoteric form of self-harm