Robot Forster et Bottes de Cuir.
@robotforster.bsky.social
I like the robots, I like The Go-Betweens, Godzilla and proper Avengers. FC United founder member. Salfordian on the up in Prestwich, Lancashire. Aristocat person. Fanzine lover. Shove AI up your arse.
💫 Hi! I wrote a little thing about Moose Kid Comics, the children’s anthology we put together ten years ago. (Which you can still read online or as PDFs here www.moosekidcomics.com)
Nice surprise from The Mansion Press as all the three final editions, limited and non-limited, of @oilycomics.com 's Ex Utero have been put up for pre-order and delivery in September. Which is handy as I've not yet read the first three. (Now ordered; I plainly have faith in Chuck).
Looking for a spare ticket for Friday night (Aug 14) at glasgoespop.bsky.social I’m going. It would be for my son. If anyone has one to spare let me know.
Glas-Goes Pop (@glasgoespop.bsky.social)
An indie pop happening. 14-15 August 2026 GUU Debates Chamber https://linktr.ee/glasgoespop
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“The film opens in Leeds for the first of the day’s two signings... The participants then pile into cars and drive across the Pennines where they pause for a brief Kraftwerk-soundtracked inspection of the landscape... The shots in Manchester are the ones I like to see...”
John Coulthart@johncoulthart.com · 2d agoNew blog post: Snaps: The Studio tour, 1979
I've somehow managed to lose the book I took to the football on Saturday that was taken because it wouldn't matter if I lost it. I'm 100% sure that I brought it back but it is in neither the obvious nor the ridiculous places. The plastic bag to protect it from rain is here and the tote bag also.
If you unlike something you liked previously then like it again does the original recipient get another message to let them know that a certain somebody liked their post? I might have to beef up some mutuals endorphin levels if so.
Mark Beyer. There's plenty of 'ugly' work out there, but his is instantly recognisable. And, for the Brits, David Law, on Dennis the Menace.
Anne Loves Comics!@annecomics.bsky.social · 3d agoWho has the most instantly recognizable art style in all of comics? Jason? Quitely? Moebius? Momoko? Who? Name anyone and tell us why 🎨
Considering changing my name to Woke Lanyards. Has a certain gravitas.
The Society of Authors has joined the Creators' Rights Alliance in calling on British Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI in a petition that needs further support to ensure it is debated in parliament
New UK petition calls for greater transparency on AI “training data”
New petition on GenAI to better protect creators rights needs support
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The Mummies - Never Been Caught deserves a book, but I reckon I'd personally get more out of a Phantom Surfers LP, probably XXX Party.
[Christopher M. Federico]@chrispps.bsky.social · 4d ago(1) Slates (The Fall) (2) Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)
Knocked over stunned by The Mekons Rock'n'Roll. I'm an idiot for not picking it up 400 years ago.
Robot Forster et Bottes de Cuir.@robotforster.bsky.social · last wk.I went to Kingbee in Chorlton and I bought Flip Yr Wig by The Huskers Du and Rock'n'Roll by The Mekons. SST and Blast First a cool pair of labels. Reckon they came from the same collection as they both smell the same. (Damp).
How infrequently people say please and thank you on US TV shows. "I'll have a coffee". Just say fucking please! Coffee arrives... radio silence. "Thanks," maybe?
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
Anyone want two tickets to Nick Cave at Preston Park tonight?
As we're all currently going Durutti-bonkers, here's an interview I did with Vini and Bruce at Palatine Road all those years ago... Scan courtesy of Dale Jowett via Manchester Digital Music Archive.
Got called out for my superb eyebrows on the bus back from seeing @neutrals.bsky.social last night. "Eyebrows! Hey, eyebrows! Hey! Eyebrows!" Had to acknowledge in the end. A wild-eyed scaffolder who'd been in St Mary's for a horsefly bite. Laden with antibiotics. We parted on good terms.
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Cub hunting season starts tomorrow. If you suspect your local hunt is cub hunting, then report it confidentially to our supporter-funded Animal Crimewatch service. Call 0300 444 1234 or WhatsApp (please note this is a text message service only) 0755 278 8247. https://leagueacs.co.uk/Ih9kd
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning.
Our Louis the day we brought Edwyn back from the hospital in 2003. Long lost @thepastels.bsky.social badge to the fore.
An excellent double bill. Get yourselves down there Busboys.
Perennial@perennialtheband.bsky.social · last wk.Brighton UK! 9 October! The Perennial Sound returns to your lovely city for a seaside engagement with support from the brilliant Sassyhiya! @getinherears.bsky.social @safesuburban.bsky.social @onebeatpr.bsky.social Tickets: link.dice.fm/Ac61c67060c0...
Bands that alter their name when people leave or they reform. Wire briefly becoming Wir, The Damned briefly becoming The Doomed, a version of Felt becoming Feel, Pylon Reenactment Society... Any more?
Just seen a mint moth in the garden. A teeny, tiny beauty. Not on the mint, though.
I did pretty much the same with an advance Faber 1966 first of The Bell Jar. It does mean, however, that my wife has a lovely DJ for her 1971 printing.
David Lance Callahan@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · last wk.Birmingham Junk Shop Hell: all vinyl LPs £1, and this one has no disc, and it's not loose in any of the crates ... :'(
