DJ Punctum
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"Modern medicine is not a line where you left your fossils." Married to an American so watch it. Co-author of the now completed Then Play Long blog (https://nobilliards.blogspot.com).
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Just been listening with L to Geordie Greep's The New Sound. A first time listen for L and we were both agreeably stunned. This is the best album of the 21st century so far. An absolute classic. Up there with brat. L described "Holy Holy" as a hand grenade being thrown into the metaphorical room.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Just been listening with L to Geordie Greep's The New Sound. A first time listen for L and we were both agreeably stunned. This is the best album of the 21st century so far. An absolute classic. Up there with brat. L described "Holy Holy" as a hand grenade being thrown into the metaphorical room.
Yes, 1990, Madchester rave baggy you could walk through central London so many record shops sun always shining even though winter was terrible went out and got drunk with friends at work when I had actual FRIENDS at work and we LOVED each other 26 years old what happened
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Yes, 1990, Madchester rave baggy you could walk through central London so many record shops sun always shining even though winter was terrible went out and got drunk with friends at work when I had actual FRIENDS at work and we LOVED each other 26 years old what happened
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Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.
Losing My Edge
YouTube video by LCD Soundsystem - Topic
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January 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.
Enjoying the second James Hamilton anthology but it has to be admitted, from mid-1988 onwards there's more than a touch of the Alan Greens about his writing, particularly when it came to acid house, New Beat and especially the Wild Bunch/Bristol, and he was slow to catch up with Soul II Soul...
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Enjoying the second James Hamilton anthology but it has to be admitted, from mid-1988 onwards there's more than a touch of the Alan Greens about his writing, particularly when it came to acid house, New Beat and especially the Wild Bunch/Bristol, and he was slow to catch up with Soul II Soul...
Reposting because a lot of people here need reminding.
New year, new stance; muting all politics-related stuff. Get out and do something that helps to change things, then come back and talk about it. Your cooperation will be appreciated.
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Reposting because a lot of people here need reminding.
For Saturday readers!
The Young Punctum blog reaches December 1977, the end of a remarkable year (despite the impression you might have got from last week's TOTP rerun). It was Christmas, so strange things made themselves commercially known. Lots of long abstract content here:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
DECEMBER 1977
It snowed. Note on Text I couldn't find the exact 45 mix of "As Time Goes By" on YouTube; that was a curious blend of semi-random di...
funthirty.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
For Saturday readers!
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A galaxy here; pulling this way and that but towards the future as ever and in particular the collective experience, though there is alienation and oddness and defiance too. Nostalgia? Nod at it and push on #noboringoldfarts #standingontheoutside #andsoyoudotheimpossible
The Young Punctum blog reaches December 1977, the end of a remarkable year (despite the impression you might have got from last week's TOTP rerun). It was Christmas, so strange things made themselves commercially known. Lots of long abstract content here:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
DECEMBER 1977
It snowed. Note on Text I couldn't find the exact 45 mix of "As Time Goes By" on YouTube; that was a curious blend of semi-random di...
funthirty.blogspot.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A galaxy here; pulling this way and that but towards the future as ever and in particular the collective experience, though there is alienation and oddness and defiance too. Nostalgia? Nod at it and push on #noboringoldfarts #standingontheoutside #andsoyoudotheimpossible
The Young Punctum blog reaches December 1977, the end of a remarkable year (despite the impression you might have got from last week's TOTP rerun). It was Christmas, so strange things made themselves commercially known. Lots of long abstract content here:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
DECEMBER 1977
It snowed. Note on Text I couldn't find the exact 45 mix of "As Time Goes By" on YouTube; that was a curious blend of semi-random di...
funthirty.blogspot.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The Young Punctum blog reaches December 1977, the end of a remarkable year (despite the impression you might have got from last week's TOTP rerun). It was Christmas, so strange things made themselves commercially known. Lots of long abstract content here:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/01/dece...
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Haven't updated my 1999 playlist in ages, but here it is anyway. As ever, half very familiar, half not so much. #totp www.tunemymusic.com/share/xXkB0Z...
1999 Singles: We've Come A Long Long Way Together
justlewis70 shared this playlist with you. shared via @tunemymusic
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January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Haven't updated my 1999 playlist in ages, but here it is anyway. As ever, half very familiar, half not so much. #totp www.tunemymusic.com/share/xXkB0Z...
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So incredible youtu.be/myV5GSJUR5s?...
The Floaters - Float On [Long Version]
YouTube video by Fernando Medeiros
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January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
So incredible youtu.be/myV5GSJUR5s?...
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Mike Mansfield >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thurston Moore
January 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Mike Mansfield >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thurston Moore
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I won't talk about things that almost killed me because 1)none of your damn business 2) they were all more than twenty years ago and I don't want to remember those.
I'm starting the year with the same desires, same hopes,
health and happiness. With music of course
I'm starting the year with the same desires, same hopes,
health and happiness. With music of course
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I won't talk about things that almost killed me because 1)none of your damn business 2) they were all more than twenty years ago and I don't want to remember those.
I'm starting the year with the same desires, same hopes,
health and happiness. With music of course
I'm starting the year with the same desires, same hopes,
health and happiness. With music of course
The latest chapter of Young Punctum will be going up this evening, finishing off 1977. A lot of odd things got into the charts that December so I've balanced them out with a lot of uncommon additions, including three slices of long-form free improvisation (more or less) as well as punk, disco &c.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The latest chapter of Young Punctum will be going up this evening, finishing off 1977. A lot of odd things got into the charts that December so I've balanced them out with a lot of uncommon additions, including three slices of long-form free improvisation (more or less) as well as punk, disco &c.
Think we'll skip the "pleasure" of listening to Mad Jack Saunders pretending to be excited by a pop chart that no longer means anything to anybody (and hasn't done so for some considerable time), let alone the fake number one that's likely to ensue.
January 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Think we'll skip the "pleasure" of listening to Mad Jack Saunders pretending to be excited by a pop chart that no longer means anything to anybody (and hasn't done so for some considerable time), let alone the fake number one that's likely to ensue.
Lovely afternoon; just washed my feet and am now relaxing with a serenely setting sun outside, getting ready to enjoy lunch. Please can my life be like this all the time from now on, thanks.
January 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Lovely afternoon; just washed my feet and am now relaxing with a serenely setting sun outside, getting ready to enjoy lunch. Please can my life be like this all the time from now on, thanks.
"Super Sonic: a Thurston Moore special." Guess what my second unuttered word was.
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Super Sonic: a Thurston Moore special." Guess what my second unuttered word was.
Unfair on Subway, that last post, so I deleted it. I remember we got stuff out of there one dull Sunday afternoon when we were wandering about the general Goodge Street/BT Tower area and most eating places were closed. It was actually pretty good!
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Unfair on Subway, that last post, so I deleted it. I remember we got stuff out of there one dull Sunday afternoon when we were wandering about the general Goodge Street/BT Tower area and most eating places were closed. It was actually pretty good!
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A wonderful online find: the archive of music written for De Wolfe Production Music by Wayne Hill, including such classics as Left Bank Two (the Vision On gallery theme), Antrim Road (Ulster Television), The Power Game (Middlesbrough) and much more.
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
De Wolfe
De Wolfe Music | Production Music Library | Search, demo and download Production Music | Music for TV, Film, Radio & New Media
www.dewolfemusic.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A wonderful online find: the archive of music written for De Wolfe Production Music by Wayne Hill, including such classics as Left Bank Two (the Vision On gallery theme), Antrim Road (Ulster Television), The Power Game (Middlesbrough) and much more.
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
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Groovy profile of Willie Nelson, by Alex Abramovich:
When I asked Sonny Rollins about Nelson, he spelled the word "freedom" out, letter by letter. "Willie's not doing it," Rollins said. "He's DOING it."
When I asked Sonny Rollins about Nelson, he spelled the word "freedom" out, letter by letter. "Willie's not doing it," Rollins said. "He's DOING it."
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Groovy profile of Willie Nelson, by Alex Abramovich:
When I asked Sonny Rollins about Nelson, he spelled the word "freedom" out, letter by letter. "Willie's not doing it," Rollins said. "He's DOING it."
When I asked Sonny Rollins about Nelson, he spelled the word "freedom" out, letter by letter. "Willie's not doing it," Rollins said. "He's DOING it."
Via Gemma Files on FB and we should all subscribe to it.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Via Gemma Files on FB and we should all subscribe to it.
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Not introducing myself with what almost killed me because
(A) You already know the answer
And
(B) After discussing it last night with Mrs M, I discovered it was far far worse than I thought. And for the sake of our mental health we're not going to talk about it any longer.
No more looking back.
(A) You already know the answer
And
(B) After discussing it last night with Mrs M, I discovered it was far far worse than I thought. And for the sake of our mental health we're not going to talk about it any longer.
No more looking back.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Howdo. It’s 1981 and I’m a grape seed or an orange pip or some shit and I’m going to lodge in this kid’s appendix until it eventually goes pop and fills his bloodstream with poisonous yellow gunk.
Howdo. It’s 1981 and I’m a grape seed or an orange pip or some shit and I’m going to lodge in this kid’s appendix until it eventually goes pop and fills his bloodstream with poisonous yellow gunk.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you
Morning , Im 8 Middlesborough fans outside Prenton Park one winters evening .
Morning , Im 8 Middlesborough fans outside Prenton Park one winters evening .
January 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Not introducing myself with what almost killed me because
(A) You already know the answer
And
(B) After discussing it last night with Mrs M, I discovered it was far far worse than I thought. And for the sake of our mental health we're not going to talk about it any longer.
No more looking back.
(A) You already know the answer
And
(B) After discussing it last night with Mrs M, I discovered it was far far worse than I thought. And for the sake of our mental health we're not going to talk about it any longer.
No more looking back.
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
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My recommendation: Arthur Baker's Looking For The Perfect Beat, especially his episode with Kieran Hebden which I think you'd really enjoy: open.spotify.com/episode/0BfC...
Looking For The Perfect Beat: Episode 3 - Kieran Hebden / Four Tet
open.spotify.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
My recommendation: Arthur Baker's Looking For The Perfect Beat, especially his episode with Kieran Hebden which I think you'd really enjoy: open.spotify.com/episode/0BfC...
In the late '80s/early '90s, one ultra-Right Evening Standard leader writer demanded that holding hands in public be banned for reasons of "public decorum." Half a lifetime later we find the same thing in the Guardian. As Carole Bayer Sager remarked, perhaps you might enjoy a cottage by the sea.
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 AM
In the late '80s/early '90s, one ultra-Right Evening Standard leader writer demanded that holding hands in public be banned for reasons of "public decorum." Half a lifetime later we find the same thing in the Guardian. As Carole Bayer Sager remarked, perhaps you might enjoy a cottage by the sea.