Samuel Cox
@desolationbro.bsky.social
Host of Viridian Vault on Noods Radio. Writing in the Quietus, the Line of Best Fit, Bleet, and Reverb. South East Londoner. Keep cool, but care.
Watching some Abel Ferrara
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Watching some Abel Ferrara
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in zohran’s jon stewart interview he says he’s been using the ed koch quote in interviews "if you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. if you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist." and some kid shouted at him “12 out of 12 baby! take me away!”
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
in zohran’s jon stewart interview he says he’s been using the ed koch quote in interviews "if you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. if you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist." and some kid shouted at him “12 out of 12 baby! take me away!”
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Excellent salve to Ronay’s piece last week. ‘You want concerted international action against Israel for its crimes in Gaza and elsewhere? Good luck with that when you can’t even get a few violent far-right football fans turned away at Birmingham Airport.’
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Excellent salve to Ronay’s piece last week. ‘You want concerted international action against Israel for its crimes in Gaza and elsewhere? Good luck with that when you can’t even get a few violent far-right football fans turned away at Birmingham Airport.’
It would appear that the Tristero cartel have sabotaged my Shadow Ticket pre-order. My paranoia is off the charts right now
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It would appear that the Tristero cartel have sabotaged my Shadow Ticket pre-order. My paranoia is off the charts right now
Bonnie Blue, absolutely run-of-the-mill pornstar name, but could also absolutely be a rousing Scots whaling song in the Roud folk song index
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bonnie Blue, absolutely run-of-the-mill pornstar name, but could also absolutely be a rousing Scots whaling song in the Roud folk song index
Finished Gravity’s Rainbow today. Seeing One Battle After Another tonight. Haven’t yet read Vineland. I’ve planned this all wrong
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Finished Gravity’s Rainbow today. Seeing One Battle After Another tonight. Haven’t yet read Vineland. I’ve planned this all wrong
Geese really bring out the YouTube-comment “the kids are alright!” boomer in me. Getting Killed is a blast
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Geese really bring out the YouTube-comment “the kids are alright!” boomer in me. Getting Killed is a blast
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Yaxley Lennon is funded by US billionaire Robert Shillman who also backs James O’Keefe, Katie Hopkins, Laura Loomer and other far right figures. The apparent grassroots racist renaissance is astroturfed observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yaxley Lennon is funded by US billionaire Robert Shillman who also backs James O’Keefe, Katie Hopkins, Laura Loomer and other far right figures. The apparent grassroots racist renaissance is astroturfed observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London folk! Glue book fair at the ICA is on til 7pm tomorrow and well worth popping along to get, among other things, Bleet’s latest zine which features a short story by me
September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
London folk! Glue book fair at the ICA is on til 7pm tomorrow and well worth popping along to get, among other things, Bleet’s latest zine which features a short story by me
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'The ‘Free Angela’ sticker within this prohibitively expensive set, nestled amongst trading-card style Lennon collectables, epitomises something peculiar about the 21st C: the packaging up, sanitising, and selling of the past.'
#JohnLennon & the Gutting of 60s #Counterculture
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#JohnLennon & the Gutting of 60s #Counterculture
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September 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'The ‘Free Angela’ sticker within this prohibitively expensive set, nestled amongst trading-card style Lennon collectables, epitomises something peculiar about the 21st C: the packaging up, sanitising, and selling of the past.'
#JohnLennon & the Gutting of 60s #Counterculture
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#JohnLennon & the Gutting of 60s #Counterculture
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An excellent Black Sky Thinking on why a new £££ box set devoted to John Lennon & Yoko Ono's years of "activism" is further evidence that the legacy of both the 60s and rapacious 80s are now forever intertwined #fuckinghippies
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Imagine There's no Box Sets: John Lennon, Angela Davis & the Gutting of 60s Counterculture | The Quietus
It was 1972, and J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI had decided that the longer John Lennon remained in the United States, the greater the likelihood that civil society itself would collapse into anarchy. Unfounde...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
An excellent Black Sky Thinking on why a new £££ box set devoted to John Lennon & Yoko Ono's years of "activism" is further evidence that the legacy of both the 60s and rapacious 80s are now forever intertwined #fuckinghippies
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Wrote about boxset tyranny, the (very) long 1980s, and the heroes and villains of the 60s/70s counterculture for the Quietus!
As Universal release an expensive box set celebrating #JohnLennon and #YokoOno's "political activism", Samuel Cox argues that it cheapens the legacy of more impactful, radical figures
Imagine There’s no Box Sets: John Lennon, Angela Davis & the Gutting of 60s Counterculture
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Imagine There’s no Box Sets: John Lennon, Angela Davis & the Gutting of 60s Counterculture
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September 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Wrote about boxset tyranny, the (very) long 1980s, and the heroes and villains of the 60s/70s counterculture for the Quietus!
Lijadu Sisters, Bonzo Dog Band, The Watersons und so weiter on this month’s radio hour
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Noods Radio | Viridian Vault | 04.09.25
Noods Radio show broadcast on 04.09.25 Tracklist : The Lijadu Sisters - Life's Gone Down Low
The Upsetters - Evol Yenoh
Ketty Lester - River of Salt
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Big Shot
Ariel Pink's ...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Lijadu Sisters, Bonzo Dog Band, The Watersons und so weiter on this month’s radio hour
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noodsradio.com/shows/viridi...
Rylan’s cancellation couldn’t have been more badly timed
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Rylan’s cancellation couldn’t have been more badly timed
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Have written about the (very) Strange World of Van Morrison for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/interviews/s...
The Strange World Of... Van Morrison
“And I will raise my hand up into the nighttime sky / And count the stars that’s shining in your eye / And just to dig it all and not to wonder, that’s just fine / And I’ll be satisfied not to read in...
thequietus.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Have written about the (very) Strange World of Van Morrison for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/interviews/s...
Consuming every last morsel of Eze content today
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Consuming every last morsel of Eze content today
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Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
www.irishtimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”
The final sentence in the Letterboxd description for 2001 Wings biopic Wingspan is more Partridge than Partridge himself
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The final sentence in the Letterboxd description for 2001 Wings biopic Wingspan is more Partridge than Partridge himself
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I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
August 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
Sonny Sharrock, Van Dyke Parks, Hoagy Carmichael and more on my latest hour of radio
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Noods Radio | Viridian Vault | 07.08.25
Noods Radio show broadcast on 07.08.25 Tracklist : Tom Waits - 16 Shells From A 30.6
Joseph Jarman & Don Moye - Mama Marimba
Damon Locks - Isn't It Beautiful
Sonny Sharrock - Portrait of Linda In Thre...
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August 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sonny Sharrock, Van Dyke Parks, Hoagy Carmichael and more on my latest hour of radio
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noodsradio.com/shows/viridi...
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I've passed (woohoo!) my final project on the RCA writing course :) profile here:
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Georgia Watson – Student Profiles 2025
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August 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I've passed (woohoo!) my final project on the RCA writing course :) profile here:
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To think, the much more exciting and high octane Hundred format starts tomorrow
August 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
To think, the much more exciting and high octane Hundred format starts tomorrow