DJ Punctum
@djpunctum.bsky.social
"Modern medicine is not a line where you left your fossils." Co-author of the now completed Then Play Long blog (https://nobilliards.blogspot.com).
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The Booker Prize got awarded last night and you'd never know it from this place, not that it sounds like I'm missing anything. "István is a virginal fifteen-year-old when he embarks on a relationship with married (sic) 42-year-old woman"; keep your wank fantasies zipped up, eh, chaps?
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Booker Prize got awarded last night and you'd never know it from this place, not that it sounds like I'm missing anything. "István is a virginal fifteen-year-old when he embarks on a relationship with married (sic) 42-year-old woman"; keep your wank fantasies zipped up, eh, chaps?
Released today. Let's get it to number one on Friday. Good night:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Released today. Let's get it to number one on Friday. Good night:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
I went to see Vic Reeves at the Hammersmith Odeon after he was famous, one week before Christmas 1991. Very funny.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I went to see Vic Reeves at the Hammersmith Odeon after he was famous, one week before Christmas 1991. Very funny.
What terrible thing happened to music when you turned 26?
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What terrible thing happened to music when you turned 26?
Just to inform you that Errol Brown sang "Imagine" - a song described by its composer as sugarcoated Communism - at the 1987 Conservative Party election rally and bred polo ponies, in case you remained under the mistaken notion that Hot Chocolate were ever on your side.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Just to inform you that Errol Brown sang "Imagine" - a song described by its composer as sugarcoated Communism - at the 1987 Conservative Party election rally and bred polo ponies, in case you remained under the mistaken notion that Hot Chocolate were ever on your side.
Very cogently-argued piece.
This is a superbly written article. Labour are dead, up the greens
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Very cogently-argued piece.
"a wry and insightful exploration of creative collaboration"; that's more time and money saved, then.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"a wry and insightful exploration of creative collaboration"; that's more time and money saved, then.
Danny Brown is just great and visionary. I don't care who, if anybody, he sounds like.
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Danny Brown is just great and visionary. I don't care who, if anybody, he sounds like.
Is it just me or does old Marti look a bit like Tim Davie?
Marti Pellow there, floating a cheeky SBD in the lift.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Is it just me or does old Marti look a bit like Tim Davie?
I typed nearly 3000 words this morning onto a computer screen and the words flowed very nicely and naturally. It isn't a conspiracy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I typed nearly 3000 words this morning onto a computer screen and the words flowed very nicely and naturally. It isn't a conspiracy.
Which act or artist do you think has spent most weeks on the UK singles chart? Don't look it up, just have a guess.
(a) it's not who you think;
(b) the charts really are meaningless now.
(a) it's not who you think;
(b) the charts really are meaningless now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Which act or artist do you think has spent most weeks on the UK singles chart? Don't look it up, just have a guess.
(a) it's not who you think;
(b) the charts really are meaningless now.
(a) it's not who you think;
(b) the charts really are meaningless now.
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Happy birthday to Sesame Street, which began exactly 56 years ago on the NET network. Possibly the most important programme ever created by American television.
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Sesame Street: Episode 0001 (HD) (1969)
YouTube video by Treble Gnocchi
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy birthday to Sesame Street, which began exactly 56 years ago on the NET network. Possibly the most important programme ever created by American television.
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Tonight we were watching that 1968 Top 40 I put together last week. That trend for promo films that had nothing to do with the song. In the slightly nightmarish Hollies one L said that Allan Clarke reminded her of Paul Whitehouse and I can't get that vision out of my head now.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tonight we were watching that 1968 Top 40 I put together last week. That trend for promo films that had nothing to do with the song. In the slightly nightmarish Hollies one L said that Allan Clarke reminded her of Paul Whitehouse and I can't get that vision out of my head now.
Have it as well - an absolutely vital assemblage of three pretty titanic albums. Try HoboSapiens, the one I reviewed for Uncut in 2003, if it's still in print.
This is/was the cd responsible for my vow.. “I will buy every John Cale record I find”
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Have it as well - an absolutely vital assemblage of three pretty titanic albums. Try HoboSapiens, the one I reviewed for Uncut in 2003, if it's still in print.
I fixed that Ray Conniff piece; "inventing rock" indeed. Never too old not to spot a cliché and fix it.
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I fixed that Ray Conniff piece; "inventing rock" indeed. Never too old not to spot a cliché and fix it.
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I seem to remember @djpunctum.bsky.social mentioned that in his Then Play Long piece on a Ray Conniff LP
Then Play Long: Ray CONNIFF: His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound share.google/1S5aGXmFSWwK...
Then Play Long: Ray CONNIFF: His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound share.google/1S5aGXmFSWwK...
Ray CONNIFF: His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound
(#67: 21 June 1969, 3 weeks) Track listing: Memories Are Made Of This/I’ve Got You Under My Skin/Volare/They Can’t Take That Away Fr...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I seem to remember @djpunctum.bsky.social mentioned that in his Then Play Long piece on a Ray Conniff LP
Then Play Long: Ray CONNIFF: His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound share.google/1S5aGXmFSWwK...
Then Play Long: Ray CONNIFF: His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound share.google/1S5aGXmFSWwK...
Nothing. I've been admirably constant.
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Nothing. I've been admirably constant.
Victorialand & the Budd one I always viewed as side projects and the two EPs were EPs, before any sad completists desire to argue the toss, as opposed to just toss but here he goes again...
Blue Bell Knoll? In truth was a bit disappointed by it. You know, it was 1988 and things had moved on a bit. Nice but a bit flat compared to 69 or Isn't Anything. Treasure, that was their classic. Critical plaudits one album too late, as is the British critical norm.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Victorialand & the Budd one I always viewed as side projects and the two EPs were EPs, before any sad completists desire to argue the toss, as opposed to just toss but here he goes again...
Blue Bell Knoll? In truth was a bit disappointed by it. You know, it was 1988 and things had moved on a bit. Nice but a bit flat compared to 69 or Isn't Anything. Treasure, that was their classic. Critical plaudits one album too late, as is the British critical norm.
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Blue Bell Knoll? In truth was a bit disappointed by it. You know, it was 1988 and things had moved on a bit. Nice but a bit flat compared to 69 or Isn't Anything. Treasure, that was their classic. Critical plaudits one album too late, as is the British critical norm.
Cathartic quick-post, quick-delete. Gets it out of one's system and one can continue normally with living. Also highly recommended.
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cathartic quick-post, quick-delete. Gets it out of one's system and one can continue normally with living. Also highly recommended.
It isn't the numbers, it's the f@scist "vibes."
A reminder to the next DG of the BBC that Bargain Hunt has over twice as many viewers than the Daily Mail has readers. Don't fucking forget it. #BBC
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It isn't the numbers, it's the f@scist "vibes."
Know what? I don't even bother checking ClearSky any more. It's a very nice feeling and relieves unwarranted stress. Highly recommended.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Know what? I don't even bother checking ClearSky any more. It's a very nice feeling and relieves unwarranted stress. Highly recommended.
Later with A. G. Cook!
Me, giggling like a goblin, strapping myself into the BBC Boss chair, commissioning non-celeb sitcom & sketch show after another. High concept narrative comedies by women! 100 shows with writers rooms! Tell whatever celeb blokes are doing a travel show they can make their own way back from Bordeaux!
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Later with A. G. Cook!
Tony Wilson and Mick Fleetwood.
When you want to let people know you’ve been at the nail bar
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Tony Wilson and Mick Fleetwood.