Dan Jenks
@dantjenks.bsky.social
Reading. Cycling. Education.
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You know sometimes you just need to remind yourself just how enjoyable it is to listen to Bob just do Bob stuff. I maintain he’s one of the best rhyming poets of the 20/21 Century. Sublime.
February 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
You know sometimes you just need to remind yourself just how enjoyable it is to listen to Bob just do Bob stuff. I maintain he’s one of the best rhyming poets of the 20/21 Century. Sublime.
If all the Bob Dylan ‘official bootleg’ sets that have been put together, the one I return to most often is Tell Tale Signs, and in particular, an absolutely barnstorming High Water (for Charley Patton)
February 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
If all the Bob Dylan ‘official bootleg’ sets that have been put together, the one I return to most often is Tell Tale Signs, and in particular, an absolutely barnstorming High Water (for Charley Patton)
Re-reading Jean Rhys. Every page studded with these kind of moments.
February 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Re-reading Jean Rhys. Every page studded with these kind of moments.
Been looking forward to seeing this - there was a period of time where every time KPunk posted it was a vital dispatch from the frontline.
February 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Been looking forward to seeing this - there was a period of time where every time KPunk posted it was a vital dispatch from the frontline.
February 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Particularly enjoyed @iammilliam.bsky.social latest Inventory - it’s a manifesto for caring about things and shouting loudly about the importance of art and music and culture and all those artefacts they make us tick. Art may not make anything happen but makes us us.
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Particularly enjoyed @iammilliam.bsky.social latest Inventory - it’s a manifesto for caring about things and shouting loudly about the importance of art and music and culture and all those artefacts they make us tick. Art may not make anything happen but makes us us.
#nowplaying treated myself to a copy of this as I’d only ever had an early cd. Sounds as marvellous as you’d expect.
I walk across the rooftops
On graduation day
To look for independence, yeah
I am in love, I am in love with you
I am in love, I am in love with you
I walk across the rooftops
On graduation day
To look for independence, yeah
I am in love, I am in love with you
I am in love, I am in love with you
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
#nowplaying treated myself to a copy of this as I’d only ever had an early cd. Sounds as marvellous as you’d expect.
I walk across the rooftops
On graduation day
To look for independence, yeah
I am in love, I am in love with you
I am in love, I am in love with you
I walk across the rooftops
On graduation day
To look for independence, yeah
I am in love, I am in love with you
I am in love, I am in love with you
Thinking about what the Reform party are doing to the Tories reminds me of these critters: Parasitoid Wasp Larvae The larvae feed on the caterpillar's bodily fluids and fat bodies, and when mature, they eat their way out, often leaving behind a largely hollowed-out, paralyzed, or dead shell.
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Thinking about what the Reform party are doing to the Tories reminds me of these critters: Parasitoid Wasp Larvae The larvae feed on the caterpillar's bodily fluids and fat bodies, and when mature, they eat their way out, often leaving behind a largely hollowed-out, paralyzed, or dead shell.
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London event for Keshed with @stuhennigan.bsky.social and @judecook.bsky.social at the brilliant Bard Books by Victoria Park.
March 12th. This’ll be a good one - get your tickets before they go!
March 12th. This’ll be a good one - get your tickets before they go!
Who wants to #GetKeshed with me and @judecook.bsky.social at Bard Books in London on 12th March? Cos tix are onsale as of this afternoon 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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MEET THE BÀRD: Stu Hennigan | Bard Books
We are delighted to be hosting the first London event for Stu Hennigan's hotly tipped debut novel 'Keshed', a brutally poetic examination of class, belonging, masculinity, addiction and fatherhood. St...
www.wearebardbooks.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
London event for Keshed with @stuhennigan.bsky.social and @judecook.bsky.social at the brilliant Bard Books by Victoria Park.
March 12th. This’ll be a good one - get your tickets before they go!
March 12th. This’ll be a good one - get your tickets before they go!
More of this please
Someone at the council had their Weetabix this morning...
"Motorists don't pay for roads any more than anybody else": Council shuts down backlash to 20mph speed limit to "support new cycling route" + more on the live blog
By lunchtime you'll be closer to the weekend than the start of the week, so join Dan Alexander in the live blog procrastination station as he distracts you with another eclectic mix of news, views, re...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
More of this please
Come on London show Stu some love and #GetKeshed
Who wants to #GetKeshed with me and @judecook.bsky.social at Bard Books in London on 12th March? Cos tix are onsale as of this afternoon 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
MEET THE BÀRD: Stu Hennigan | Bard Books
We are delighted to be hosting the first London event for Stu Hennigan's hotly tipped debut novel 'Keshed', a brutally poetic examination of class, belonging, masculinity, addiction and fatherhood. St...
www.wearebardbooks.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Come on London show Stu some love and #GetKeshed
As always an absolute polymathic blast of a dispatch from Miller Towers.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
As always an absolute polymathic blast of a dispatch from Miller Towers.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
And come on - look at that cover! They don’t make them like that anymore.
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
And come on - look at that cover! They don’t make them like that anymore.
Came across ‘cafard’ in a Jean Rhys story - not a word I was familiar with. A great word for feeling low/miserable/depressed especially as it’s also the word for a cockroach in French.
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Came across ‘cafard’ in a Jean Rhys story - not a word I was familiar with. A great word for feeling low/miserable/depressed especially as it’s also the word for a cockroach in French.
2/2 and then the Y12 girl who said out of nowhere that I “gave Fantastic Mr Fox aura” and I took it, and she meant it, as a compliment.
I just need to remember that stuff and not the nonsense.
I just need to remember that stuff and not the nonsense.
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
2/2 and then the Y12 girl who said out of nowhere that I “gave Fantastic Mr Fox aura” and I took it, and she meant it, as a compliment.
I just need to remember that stuff and not the nonsense.
I just need to remember that stuff and not the nonsense.
I had a heavy heart packing my bag for the start of another school week. It was tough going back - relentless in fact. Pressure everywhere. But then I remembered the ex students who came in for their certificates and were so excited to tell me what they’re now doing in their lives. 1/2
January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I had a heavy heart packing my bag for the start of another school week. It was tough going back - relentless in fact. Pressure everywhere. But then I remembered the ex students who came in for their certificates and were so excited to tell me what they’re now doing in their lives. 1/2
Can I just say I really miss Neil Kulkarni.
January 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Can I just say I really miss Neil Kulkarni.
My wife can’t quite believe it - actually did a minor cull of the bookshelves - just under 100 books on their way to the local charity shops.
January 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My wife can’t quite believe it - actually did a minor cull of the bookshelves - just under 100 books on their way to the local charity shops.
#nowplaying the third solo Sylvian album with the gorgeous Let the Happiness In nestling on side two. No1 in heaven, as someone once said (guilty of stealing every thought I own, as someone else said.)
January 1, 2026 at 10:11 AM
#nowplaying the third solo Sylvian album with the gorgeous Let the Happiness In nestling on side two. No1 in heaven, as someone once said (guilty of stealing every thought I own, as someone else said.)
Dec reading. Thanks to @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @scratchbooks.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social @burningshed.com @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Tiny Tim who did not dye, let his hair go grey.
December 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tiny Tim who did not dye, let his hair go grey.
Took a break from our Christmas as I knew there was a new Inventory.
As I now wipe a tear from my eye, thank you Andy!
The best I can do is repeat the ISB wish to you too:
May the long-time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
As I now wipe a tear from my eye, thank you Andy!
The best I can do is repeat the ISB wish to you too:
May the long-time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
A special Christmas INVENTORY is FREE via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon now. What the Incredible String Band got up to 58 years ago today, and may the pure light within you guide you all the way on. 🙏
Christmas Day 1967/2025: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter.
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Christmas Day 1967/2025: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Took a break from our Christmas as I knew there was a new Inventory.
As I now wipe a tear from my eye, thank you Andy!
The best I can do is repeat the ISB wish to you too:
May the long-time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
As I now wipe a tear from my eye, thank you Andy!
The best I can do is repeat the ISB wish to you too:
May the long-time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
#nowplaying from 1986 a Becker/Fagen/Katz side project which I’ve continued to love - Magic Smile is SD sung by a sultry female jazz singer rather than Don’s cynical sneer.
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#nowplaying from 1986 a Becker/Fagen/Katz side project which I’ve continued to love - Magic Smile is SD sung by a sultry female jazz singer rather than Don’s cynical sneer.
An early Christmas gift from Andy. The writing project of the year, constantly illuminating, genuinely funny, often moving and a treasure trove of musical gems, some totally new to me whilst others are re-polished reminders of brilliance forgotten.
Take the rest of the year off young Master Miller.
Take the rest of the year off young Master Miller.
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This week: Twice As Much & Vashti, 'The Coldest Night of the Year'. ❄️
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This week: Twice As Much & Vashti, 'The Coldest Night of the Year'. ❄️
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December 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
An early Christmas gift from Andy. The writing project of the year, constantly illuminating, genuinely funny, often moving and a treasure trove of musical gems, some totally new to me whilst others are re-polished reminders of brilliance forgotten.
Take the rest of the year off young Master Miller.
Take the rest of the year off young Master Miller.
#nowplaying a constant companion since 1989. It’s got a few pops and crackles over the years but it’s still a pop vision prosecuted with precision.
December 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#nowplaying a constant companion since 1989. It’s got a few pops and crackles over the years but it’s still a pop vision prosecuted with precision.
