We’re really looking forward to debuting a new story, playing some tunes, and doing live esoteric readings for the LPF audience! But we have 200 bloody tickets to sell for this thing, so please book some, for the sake of our blood pressures.

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · last mo.

On Sep 6th, we’ll be bringing the first Long Cat live show in three years to the London Podcast Festival! Come see Magenta & Bernard live in person as part of a full day of audio drama shows at Kings Place. We’ll be performing a never-before-heard case file from M&B’s Paranormal Adventures! 🎟️👇

Always wondered when we would do another Long Cat musical after Anne & Mary. This is not quite that (we’ll only hear excerpts from this show), but even something close to Mockery Manor: The Musical is not something I ever expected we’d do!

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It wouldn't be a cruise without a big, Broadway-style show! Season 4 will feature THE SPIRIT OF THE MANOR: Margot Mockery's musical retelling of the inception of Mockery Manor theme park. 🎢🎠🏰

Fuck A24. The one studio still putting out imaginative work, just weeks after the staunchly-anti-AI Kane Parsons gave them their biggest hit ever, partners with Google's DeepMind. No more money for A24, no support for their films. A top-tier brand irrevocably shat itself overnight.

Feelin’ myself in the Magenta & Bernard tie-dye tee.

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There was a lot of love for this t-shirt on last night's live stream, so here it is in all its tie-dye glory! This intimidatingly sexy portrait of Magenta & Bernard in full 80s fantasy mode was designed by the incredible @zededge.bsky.social, and you can get it printed on tees, hoodies and more.

Here's a new thing we're doing! Over on YouTube, we're starting to post long-form ambient music and sound videos, with extended mixes of some never-before-released scores from Long Cat episodes. The first one is a 50-minute mix of music and sounds from The Paper Witch, from Magenta Presents. 👇

Enchanted Cave | Ambient Music and Soundscape

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We have got to bring colour and light back to movies. This looks like a horror. The blank stare. The Kubrick symmetry. The uncanny full-body mid shot. It’s terrifying.

Come hang with us at 8pm! 😺😺

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re streaming live tonight and raising money for four excellent LGBTQIA+ charities! Come join us on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Instagram, 8pm UK time (3pm ET). 📚There will be bibliomancy 🎸There will be songs 🦄There will be dubious impressions 🔮There will be live chat with Magenta and Bernard

I recently decided to quit streaming music and go back to having a good ol' fashioned collection of my own. I've been so surprised by my own reaction to this change that I wrote a blog about it. You can read it below 😺

Quitting Streaming Has Made Me Love Music Again. Here's Why.

Long Cat Media published a post on Ko-fi

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Say you can’t sleep, baby I know It’sa me, Mario

Delighted to be taking our podcasts off this cesspit of a platform! 🧵

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hello, listeners! Hopefully you listened to our last message. If you didn’t, it was about how we’re taking all our shows off Spotify.

DATE FOR THE DIARY! The Ballad of Anne & Mary - Episode 1 Listening Party and Commentary. Saturday 4th April 8pm UK time (3pm ET) YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitch This April, we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Long Cat Media’s musical pirate epic.

If anybody would like to commission the TV version of an award-winning independent British sitcom that ran for 4 x seasons, well, I've got one. It's a podcast, you can listen to it right now for free. We still get fan mail and donations every day. Let's make more narrative comedy, please.

Gemma Arrowsmith@mmaarrow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I will keep pitching narrative comedy shows because I love them so so much and when they work it’s just electric. But wanted to share some feedback I received on one such pitch. It’s tough to keep developing ideas for narrative comedy shows when this is what you hear.

If ever you feel insecure in your job, remember that someone in Bolton was paid for this branding.

Literally the first sound in this Star Wars trailer is a misquote of the Star Wars theme. The second note is half the length it should be - it's a common misremembering of the theme. Incredible that it's made it into a trailer. Maybe the wrong version is now correct! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHWl...

The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 22

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I have a new album out! In 2024, I got to score a beautiful feature documentary - STRONGER THAN THE WAVE. The film charts a journey along Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail, documenting its rugged and ethereal landscape, and the recovery of the communities affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

My favourite review of our musical, The Ballad of Anne & Mary.

British values

Well I don't think that's fine 🤬

Date for the diary! On Nov 26th (a Wednesday), we will be live streaming a listening party of the very first MOCKERY MANOR episode. We'll be doing a director's commentary-style deep dive into the making of the episode, behind-the-scenes nuggets and the early days of Mockery, followed by Q&A time.

WOOF.

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

SHUCK A full cast, six-episode audio drama series coming to Magenta Presents in late 2026. Written by Lindsay Sharman, with songs and music by Laurence Owen, and created by Long Cat Media.

Bandcamp > Sp*tify

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · 11mo ago

From Laurence @laurenceowen.bsky.social LongCat: I’ve decided to pull all my music from the streaming services! They’re very hostile to artists and we certainly don’t make any money from them. From now on, all my (and Long Cat Media’s) music can be found on our Bandcamp page.

Calling all Nor-witches and Nor-locks... We're teaming up with our friends at @soundyard.bsky.social for the first ever Norwich Podcast Festival, to bring you... LET'S MAKE A HORROR PODCAST a workshop with Long Cat Media Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm at SOUNDYARD

🚨MOCKERY MANOR - SEASON 4.🚨 Coming Early 2026. 🛳

Had another nice afternoon at Global London recording many many adverts for concerts on Classic FM. Listen out for me on the radio for the rest of the year.

People are starting to play through our game, and say nice things in the anonymous feedback form at the end. It feels surreal for it to be out in the world after months of work!

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

The first keen-beans to have completed Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game are letting us know what they thought via the anonymous feedback form at the end! Order your copy now from the link in the 🧵below.

UK folks should start receiving their copies of Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game from today. Tag us when yours arrives!

Lindsay and I have been making a game for eight months and now it’s finally shipping! Link in the thread below.

Long Cat Media@longcatmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game has shipped! At long last, our Kickstarter backers will soon have their hands on it. And you can now order it from our Ko-fi shop, to be shipped out immediately! Link in the thread below.

Just thinking about the OUTRAGEOUS chocolate bite sound effect from the Magnum adverts that sounds like an avalanche of coconuts.

Fascinated by the Twin Peaks styling of this mousemat at our local vet

Always a pleasure!

Alasdair Beckett-King@misterabk.bsky.social · last yr.

Watch to the end (as the kids say) to hear music by the multi-talented @laurenceowen.bsky.social.