It's time again! Cis allies: if you can, please consider being chaff for us. Toilet hobbycops think like 10% of people are trans, and to overturn our segregation we need respectable cis people causing trouble on our behalf. Please wear a trans flag pin. Get in good trouble, as John Lewis put it.

Weird Alex@jackalpants.bsky.social · last yr.

THE CHAFF PROJECT Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great! How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public. Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.

Been making my way through the five Mojave 3 albums, which have been out of print forever so I didn’t know them at all. They’re a revelation. Turns out when you strip away the feedback, there’s no excuse for not recognising Neil Halstead as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.

Followed by the Flamin’ Groovies’ Jumpin’ In The Night!

Followed by Mojave 3’s Ask Me Tomorrow

Saturday morning listening - The Sweet’s masterpiece Desolation Boulevard, on glorious vinyl!

At Rough Trade Liverpool for the listening party for the new Durutti Column album!

I have just discovered Scheer, an utterly brilliant alt metal Shoegaze powerpop band on 4AD. They basically sound like Swervedriver fronted by Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries. 10/10 no notes

Followed by Insides’ Euphoria!

Saturday morning listening: the Flamin’ Groovies’ power pop classic Shake Some Action, on glorious vinyl!

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Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m interviewing Dr Alex Carabine about Todd Grimson’s Stainless reissued now by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/07/inte...

Interview with Dr Alex Carabine (STAINLESS) | Fantasy-Hive

Dr Alex Carabine is a specialist in gothic, medieval and Victorian literature, art and culture. She hosts lectures and creative writing workshops on her Instagram @decadence.and.dark.ages. She has tau...

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Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing Dean Chamberlain of code blue whose brilliant but underrated debut album is back in a new form outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Faster than it needed to be — Code blue's self-titled debut should have been a huge hit in 1980. Now, 46 later, it's getting a new lease of life in a radically re-mastered form. Jonathan Thornton talk...

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It’s official… @thefantasyhive.bsky.social the website I have loved writing for since its formation is closing. As Q observed, all good things must come to an end, but that doesn’t mean we can’t grieve their passing. fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/07/the-...

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We’ve made the difficult decision to close The Fantasy Hive.    Sadly, the site has become too large for us to manage enjoyably anymore, and rather than see it evolve into something else under someone...

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Day whatever of being completely obsessed with Unrest and listening to Perfect Teeth every day

I believe the joke here is that the treasure that Indiana Jones has uncovered is the glorious discography of 70s power pop greats Shoes

Followed by Huggy Bear’s Peel Sessions!

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics #TheJam #UrgeOverkill #ArkadyandBorisStrugatsky #UrsulaLeGuin #SubPop

Saturday morning vibes: Unrest’s Perfect Teeth on glorious vinyl

Plus signed album and new badge!

Inevitable post-gig band t selfie

Sunn O))) were absolutely incredible last night. Sound as a physical, tangible thing you can feel on your skin and in your bones. I may not recover.

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics #AliceInChains #UrgeOverkill #UrsulaLeGuin #ArkadyandBorisStrugatsky #SubPop

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m interviewing Jenni Daiches about her new climate change novel They Know Where They’re Going fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/06/inte...

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Jonathan welcomes Jenni Daiches to the Hive today to discuss her upcoming novel THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING: "[I]t's always interesting and challenging to allow your imagination to go somewhere and ...

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Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m reviewing Nina Winder-Lind’s brilliant new single Girls, as she announces her debut album! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Girls Can Crack Your Skull — Nina Winder-Lind of the New Eves releases a new single and announces her forthcoming album, 'Wild Love'

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Sunday morning listening - the Meat Puppets’ Up On The Sun

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing Michel Langevin of Prog/thrash pioneers Voivod! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Voivod: Masters of Their Own Destiny — Jonathan Thornton catches up with Michel Langevin, drummer and mastermind behind progressive thrash metal pioneers Voivod

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Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing modern Shoegaze heroes Sister Ray Davies outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Sister Ray Davies: Breaking out from Holy Island — Sister Ray Davies are one of the most exciting bands in modern shoegaze. Jonathan Thornton catches up with them to talk about their remarkable debut,...

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First glasses, who dis

Pile of froggies!

Obligatory post-gig t-shirt selfie