You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be “It’s simple math, vote blue no matter who, grow up” and ALSO believe you are fighting fascism by making calculations as to who’s expendable. The world we’re in now demands more from us. More from everyone.

your man's absolutely stealing a living here; Tom Watson couldn't even fight the left-wing campaign against himself

mimij9.bsky.social@mimij9.bsky.social · 5d ago

Shame on you Tom Watson, shame on you.

Ed Sheerans looking at all those empty support slots

it's alien observer autumn (I'm finally seeing Grouper in November and I'm genuinely SO EXCITED about it)

tania ⊹@synthstatic.bsky.social · last wk.

seeing my charli xcx tonight (Liz Harris of Grouper)

Letsa go gentle into that good night! Wahoo!

gotten to the end of series 1 today and I can say that rewatching Peep Show at this stage in my life is genuinely traumatic. Things I could view with amused distance in my teens and twenties have now literally happened by my thirties Up to a point, Peep Show may well be the true great British novel

'A Squid Game for All Seasons' by Mr Beast and Don Delillo

...and I didn't see Tyler Austin Harper, or the Atlantic or the NYT or any one of the aggrieved free-speech-is-absolute folk, or the ones speaking out about Cofnas having fuck all to say about those of us wondering how to teach histories of gender and medicine without mentioning abortion in 2022.

re-reading 'Shadow Ticket' after having been in a bit of a very low mood when I first read it on release, and approaching it with the Pynchon-obsessive's mixture of joy and paranoia (paran-joy-a) that it deserves

annual reminder that neo turf masters is the best game ever made

incidentally this would absolutely slap as a Stars of the Lid track title

Brian in Detroit@kanoki.net · last mo.

These motherfuckers need Buddha

feeling reflective today, and have concluded that the funniest thing I said this year was claiming that some AI generated meatballs in the window of a local deli look like Pain Elementals from off of Doom

Ciani explains why, at eighty, in what she calls her last hurrah, she is saying yes: to the orchestra, to a collaboration with Actress, and to scoring John Wilson's documentary 'The History of Concrete'. We are so honored to have Suzanne Ciani on the podcast: podcast.thetonearm.com/suzanne-cian...

over the course of my life i've heard many many people say "it's too bad hitler didn't find success as an artist, maybe this could have all been avoided" and rowling really gives the lie to that

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2mo ago

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

This is why it’s impossible to make a living as a musician and we all advise our kids not to get their hopes up. THE STATE OF THIS WORLD’S ATTITUDE TO THE FUCKING ARTS IS INSANE. FIND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE AND HOOF THEM IN THE PLUMS, ASAP.

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺@katherineschof8.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Music contributes 8 BILLION per year to the UK economy, and has been critically damaged by UK governmental neglect across the music ecosystem since 2010. Apparently that neglect will continue. Receipts via @ukmusic.bsky.social www.ukmusic.org/news/new-rep...

blinded by the forensics of it all

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3mo ago

feels quite telling of how Keir Starmer can't do politics that he gave an interview about his decision (sure) to quit, in which he said that decision was ultimately incredibly personal, and then couldn't expand on what that meant, he just repeated the same words. a man who simply cannot communicate

Keir Automata

Every time you order it, they should inexplicably have Cait Sith breaking down at an adjacent table

James Whitbrook@jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Obsessed with the presentation on this Midgar-themed pizza from the new LA Square Enix cafe that just opened, complete with decorative hot dog mako reactors

The Onion didn't fuck around with this one, wow

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

Having done a rewatch of Red Dwarf recently (it's very hit and miss), i can confidently say that a point and click adventure would be the ideal form for that show to take

Adam Riches@supernorn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A while back we had the wonderful opportunity to pitch a Red Dwarf adventure game directly to Doug Naylor himself. While the project didn't end up going ahead, we're now free to share some of the work we produced for the pitch!

The same week that saw the release of a new Boards of Canada album *also* saw the 10th anniversary of my debut album, on which I try shamelessly to *rip off* Boards of Canada (thank you @fragilex13.bsky.social for putting this out way back when!) bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/fake-r...

Fake Real Warm (bc013), by Mute Branches

9 track album

bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com

mom: but we already have the new boards of canada at home www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PX...

You Can't Touch Mormon Jesus

YouTube video by tanasinn

youtube.com

can't believe this is almost 10 years old, genuinely still boils my piss every time I see this

Matt Holland Author Dot Com@gallaethamatt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I see Helen Lewis is in the discourse again, so please enjoy one of the most annoying tweets ever made

Yohoho gender pirate time i guess yarr

Collie Cariad@colliecariad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

thank god i can still piss in the HL2 airboat

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live (im in a dentist waiting room) Deerhoof The Cure Radiohead St. Vincent Japanese Breakfast Eiko Ishibashi These New Puritans The Fall Rush Claire Rousay

Simon Briercliffe@simonbriercliffe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live Pulp James Brown REM The Breeders Gregory Isaacs Tanya Donnelly The Hives Mark Lanegan Nick Cave James [more than once edition] Frank Black Mogwai Bruce Springsteen John Grant Pixies Four Tet Kristin Hersh Laura Mvula Erasure Low

The Labour government has just further emboldened the worst people on the planet to intimidate, harass and threaten any woman they see in a toilet who doesn't meet their weird standards of femininity. The most transphobic government the UK has ever had.

gutted that Rolling Stone didn't put the Bad Religion prog rock album at the top spot of their best 100 punk albums list