This really shouldn't need saying in 2026 but apparently does: if you have a problem with the "revealing" outfit a woman pop star wears to the Grammys, that is exclusively, 100% your problem and 0% hers or anyone else's.
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This really shouldn't need saying in 2026 but apparently does: if you have a problem with the "revealing" outfit a woman pop star wears to the Grammys, that is exclusively, 100% your problem and 0% hers or anyone else's.
This is what would have happened if the waxworks on the cover of Sgt. Pepper had.replaced the actual Beatles for the next three years.
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what would have happened if the waxworks on the cover of Sgt. Pepper had.replaced the actual Beatles for the next three years.
Rejoice*, for the latest episode of THREADS is here! This time our theme is FAMOUS BUT UNDERRATED - big (or biggish) names in music who don't get the artistic credit or the cultural cred they're due. Link in reply, natch.
January 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Rejoice*, for the latest episode of THREADS is here! This time our theme is FAMOUS BUT UNDERRATED - big (or biggish) names in music who don't get the artistic credit or the cultural cred they're due. Link in reply, natch.
Who wore it better?
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Who wore it better?
GARY LARSON WAS RIGHT
January 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
GARY LARSON WAS RIGHT
TIL that AI engines will not create an image of a Japanese Mayor Quimby for you, because it would violate The Simpsons' intellectual property.
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
TIL that AI engines will not create an image of a Japanese Mayor Quimby for you, because it would violate The Simpsons' intellectual property.
"He was a moral writer from the outset, as is Dostoevsky, whose life is not there to be emulated, or Tolstoy. Yet we tend to forgive them in ways we refuse to forgive Roth.”
Steven J. Zipperstein tells me about his excellent new book on Philip Roth in @jewishchron.bsky.social . (Link in reply.)
Steven J. Zipperstein tells me about his excellent new book on Philip Roth in @jewishchron.bsky.social . (Link in reply.)
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
"He was a moral writer from the outset, as is Dostoevsky, whose life is not there to be emulated, or Tolstoy. Yet we tend to forgive them in ways we refuse to forgive Roth.”
Steven J. Zipperstein tells me about his excellent new book on Philip Roth in @jewishchron.bsky.social . (Link in reply.)
Steven J. Zipperstein tells me about his excellent new book on Philip Roth in @jewishchron.bsky.social . (Link in reply.)
New year new THREADS. The first episode of 2026 is up (link in reply), and now playtime is over, it's all about FINEST WORKSONGS - the tunes you hear in your head or in your headphones when getting things done.
Now grease yourselves up and go in, you guff-speaking work-slackers!
Now grease yourselves up and go in, you guff-speaking work-slackers!
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
New year new THREADS. The first episode of 2026 is up (link in reply), and now playtime is over, it's all about FINEST WORKSONGS - the tunes you hear in your head or in your headphones when getting things done.
Now grease yourselves up and go in, you guff-speaking work-slackers!
Now grease yourselves up and go in, you guff-speaking work-slackers!
"Have you found Sir Keir yet?"
"Er... no, Prime Minister."
"Well, keep looking, he has to be in here somewhere. Have you tried the meter cupboard?"
"Er... no, Prime Minister."
"Well, keep looking, he has to be in here somewhere. Have you tried the meter cupboard?"
January 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"Have you found Sir Keir yet?"
"Er... no, Prime Minister."
"Well, keep looking, he has to be in here somewhere. Have you tried the meter cupboard?"
"Er... no, Prime Minister."
"Well, keep looking, he has to be in here somewhere. Have you tried the meter cupboard?"
No new THREADS this week on @slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social: the studio was closed for business on Boxing Day, and so was I. BUT! You can, if you care to, hear an improved edit of this seasonally appropriate repeat to bring in the new year: SONGS OF RENEWAL.
Link in reply.
Link in reply.
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
No new THREADS this week on @slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social: the studio was closed for business on Boxing Day, and so was I. BUT! You can, if you care to, hear an improved edit of this seasonally appropriate repeat to bring in the new year: SONGS OF RENEWAL.
Link in reply.
Link in reply.
I'm calling it: time of political death: 10 am, Friday 19th December, 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm calling it: time of political death: 10 am, Friday 19th December, 2025.
At last, you can stop holding your breath - here are my ten favourite albums of the year for @metro.co.uk, in alphabetical order, featuring @cmatbaby.bsky.social, @immersionhq.bsky.social, @gweniferraymond.bsky.social and @theweatherstation.bsky.social.
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
At last, you can stop holding your breath - here are my ten favourite albums of the year for @metro.co.uk, in alphabetical order, featuring @cmatbaby.bsky.social, @immersionhq.bsky.social, @gweniferraymond.bsky.social and @theweatherstation.bsky.social.
"In many ways The Effingers is a traditional family saga. In one particular way, it is quite unlike any other, and that is in the way it has to end."
I reviewed a new translation of Gabriele Tergit’s magnificent 1951 roman-fleuve of German Jewish life for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
(Link in reply.)
I reviewed a new translation of Gabriele Tergit’s magnificent 1951 roman-fleuve of German Jewish life for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
(Link in reply.)
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"In many ways The Effingers is a traditional family saga. In one particular way, it is quite unlike any other, and that is in the way it has to end."
I reviewed a new translation of Gabriele Tergit’s magnificent 1951 roman-fleuve of German Jewish life for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
(Link in reply.)
I reviewed a new translation of Gabriele Tergit’s magnificent 1951 roman-fleuve of German Jewish life for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
(Link in reply.)
The final new THREADS episode of the year is up, on
@slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social, and there's nothing complicated about the theme: ICYMI: 2025 - a roundup of my favourite new music of the year.
Link in reply, for them as wants it.
@slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social, and there's nothing complicated about the theme: ICYMI: 2025 - a roundup of my favourite new music of the year.
Link in reply, for them as wants it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The final new THREADS episode of the year is up, on
@slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social, and there's nothing complicated about the theme: ICYMI: 2025 - a roundup of my favourite new music of the year.
Link in reply, for them as wants it.
@slackcityradio.bsky.social via @totallyradio.bsky.social, and there's nothing complicated about the theme: ICYMI: 2025 - a roundup of my favourite new music of the year.
Link in reply, for them as wants it.
"Melancholia bathes Wish You Were Here like cold moonlight. It is so very sad, and so very lovely."
I revisited the album I consider Pink Floyd's true masterpiece for its 50th anniversary edition, in Metro.
I revisited the album I consider Pink Floyd's true masterpiece for its 50th anniversary edition, in Metro.
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Melancholia bathes Wish You Were Here like cold moonlight. It is so very sad, and so very lovely."
I revisited the album I consider Pink Floyd's true masterpiece for its 50th anniversary edition, in Metro.
I revisited the album I consider Pink Floyd's true masterpiece for its 50th anniversary edition, in Metro.
Well, I'm glad he's cleared that up at last, the uncertainty was starting to eat away at me.
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Well, I'm glad he's cleared that up at last, the uncertainty was starting to eat away at me.
>Nobody so exactly represents the evolution of mainstream American pop from 1960s teen bubblegum to 1970s singer-songwriter introspection, because nobody else ever stood at the pinnacle of both.
I reviewed Jane Eisner's illuminating Carole King bio for
@jewishchron.bsky.social: link in reply.
I reviewed Jane Eisner's illuminating Carole King bio for
@jewishchron.bsky.social: link in reply.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
>Nobody so exactly represents the evolution of mainstream American pop from 1960s teen bubblegum to 1970s singer-songwriter introspection, because nobody else ever stood at the pinnacle of both.
I reviewed Jane Eisner's illuminating Carole King bio for
@jewishchron.bsky.social: link in reply.
I reviewed Jane Eisner's illuminating Carole King bio for
@jewishchron.bsky.social: link in reply.
Enjoying the byline of this article's author. Presumably Kate Busset, Alex Khachatrain and Mike Onyabike were busy on other assignments.
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Enjoying the byline of this article's author. Presumably Kate Busset, Alex Khachatrain and Mike Onyabike were busy on other assignments.
No new THREADS on @slackcityradio.bsky.social this week coz I is sick innit and not in the good way. BUT! You can hear a new, improved edit from the archive, care of @totallyradio.bsky.social, if you care to, on the theme of ANIMALS.
Link in reply, natch.
Link in reply, natch.
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
No new THREADS on @slackcityradio.bsky.social this week coz I is sick innit and not in the good way. BUT! You can hear a new, improved edit from the archive, care of @totallyradio.bsky.social, if you care to, on the theme of ANIMALS.
Link in reply, natch.
Link in reply, natch.
Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen
Happy Black Friday, y'all.
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Happy Black Friday, y'all.
The budget will cost my necessarily frugal household money we could well use, but I won't be complaining, because I'm not 12, I can grasp that a functioning country needs paying for, and I can understand the difference between something that isn't fair and something I simply don't like.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The budget will cost my necessarily frugal household money we could well use, but I won't be complaining, because I'm not 12, I can grasp that a functioning country needs paying for, and I can understand the difference between something that isn't fair and something I simply don't like.
Ninja-level trolling by the Guardian picture desk to find a photo where he appears to have had a Social Justice Warrior hairdo.
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Ninja-level trolling by the Guardian picture desk to find a photo where he appears to have had a Social Justice Warrior hairdo.
It's not very lifelike. Just the one face, and it stays pointing the same way.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's not very lifelike. Just the one face, and it stays pointing the same way.