ICYMI the new Sennen single ‘Dig’ is out today. It’s from the forthcoming album ‘New Quiet’, their first in over 10 years. 📸 by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social
Brian David Stevens
@briandavidstevens.bsky.social
Photographer. “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a content provider" Work in National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Galleries, Martin Parr Foundation https://www.briandavidstevens.com
'Her voice rivers between the loud and the quiet.' August’s Book of the Month was @alycia.bsky.social’s ‘Shorelines: Memory, migration and the selves we become’ (@canongate.co.uk) — a book that is its own body of water, writes Aileen Angsutorn Lees www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/09/shor...
They haven’t pulled anyone interesting out of a bog recently. I’m starting to worry that we’ve passed Peak Bogman
Here's that conversation (and as ever killer pics by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social - which I think capture precisely that artistic / personal uniqueness... the whole point of these Q&As is that by seeing the person's face captured so well as you read their words you understand that little bit more)
No. 7: Maria Uzor
Back to the blank slate with the Norwich visionary.
bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com
NORWICH IN THE HOUSE @mariauzor.bsky.social keeps getting better and better - the very model of a modern artist finding their own super specific space. New album is a whole WORLD to explore. One thing: I wish I'd asked her about GOTH in our BMTatR conversation... because this is def quite goth.
Fantasyland (Album), by Maria Uzor
9 track album
mariauzor.bandcamp.com
The UK government has placed an export bar on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71m, making it “the most expensive object ever to be given national treasure status”, says the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. buff.ly/clgYuN1
Happy birthday to Shaun Ryder. Here are Happy Mondays conjuring up a stunning version of Performance on Tony Wilson’s The Other Side of Midnight in 1988 youtu.be/cZvdXEjtl4c
Happy Mondays - Performance - live on The Other Side of Midnight with Tony Wilson in 1988
YouTube video by Salvage Operation
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Two of my zines, On the road (reprint) and One night (1st edition of 200 copies) are both close to selling out. Just 23 copies left of the 1st edition of On the road and 33 copies left of the reprint of One night. Available direct from my website for £10. www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
"are there any bad @stephencollins.bsky.social cartoons?" No, of course not, I've been laughing at this one for three minutes
Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
ICYMI the new Sennen single ‘Here It Comes’ is out now. It’s taken from the forthcoming album ‘New Quiet’ which is out on October 30 and available to pre-order from linktr.ee/sennenuk 📸 by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social 🎨 by Stuart Jones
Wonderful original colour film of LOS ANGELES in 1954
'He thought rock’n’roll was for idiots [...] & he thought it might be better if I turned at least some of my attention to Art Pepper and Johnny Griffin. He was probably right.' James Oldham pays his respects Brian Case www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07/caug... Photo: @briandavidstevens.bsky.social
ICYMI Andy Bell & Masal released a new single yesterday. ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ is taken from their second collaborative album ‘Common Primitives’, which is released on October 9. Listen to the single and pre-order the album here: linktr.ee/commonprimit... 📸 by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social
It was mixed by Alastair Johnson and mastered by Andy’s bandmate Mark Gardener at his OX4 Sound studios. The gorgeous artwork is by Marc Jones and the photos by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social.
Happy birthday to Artemisia Gentileschi, born on this day in 1593!
*sighs, updates Number Of Days Since Judge Dredd Was Right About Something board*
To celebrate, here's a clip of him playing ‘Cycle’ at the stunning album launch show at Oslo Hackney in London last night! Buy or listen to the album here: linktr.ee/moresongsabo... 🌞
Incredible to see the new Pye Corner Audio album ‘More Songs About The Sun’ topping both the @officialcharts.bsky.social Dance Albums and Independent Album Breakers charts...
'Analogue Dreams (feat. Andy Bell)' by Pye Corner Audio is in Apple Music Headspace playlist! music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Headspace on Apple Music
Playlist · 140 Songs
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Such a supportive response to my ’sponsor a roll of film’ post yesterday. Nearly 30 rolls of film for my new long term project are now sponsored. Over the next 2 years each sponsor will get to know where their film was used and be dedicated in the eventual work. open.substack.com/pub/marcwils...
Where I am the kids get Chromebooks for use at school. I think they should get to keep them when they leave, especially as a reward for looking after it. After 6 years the cost is a write off anyway, and for low income kids it might stop them losing access to a laptop.
excited for the Spanish edition of William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, due out 21 September
"Andy Burnham is on his way to No. 10 Downing Street to fulfill his Midsummer destiny..."
Recorded at OneCat Studio with members of Papernut Cambridge (Ian Button - drums and mixing, @roberthalcrow.bsky.social - bass, Jack Hayter - pedal steel, Bridges synths - @dimorphodons.bsky.social), and featuring a glorious poster by @petefowlerart.bsky.social
One of my favourite startup genres is “we named our product so badly our first ad campaign is dedicated just to that”
