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Justin Hopper
@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
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Writer. Uncanny Landscapes podcast. Belbury Poly - The Path. Obsolete Spells. Chanctonbury Rings. The Old Weird Albion. https://linktr.ee/oldweirdalbion
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oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Things and stuff going on.
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Concrete Atlantis Autumnal #polaroids #expiredfilm @thehorsehospital @kempernorton.bsky.social #lauragraceford + #markopilkington #teleplasmiste @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
#polaroids #expirefilm
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
London Book launch thingy for my ickle novella Dead The Long Year, a ghost story for Xmas; art and magick in bohemian London 1912.

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Dead The Long Year book launch: Justin Hopper and Hope Wolf in conversation.
Tuesday 2nd December 6.30-9pm   Justin Hopper (The Old Weird Albion; Ghost Box Records) and Hope Wolf (Sussex Modernism) in conversation to mark the launch of Hopper's book Dead The Long Year, a histo...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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birmingham81.bsky.social
Genius at work - watch Lee “Scratch” Perry in his Black Ark Studio
youtu.be/BjZAnrIoZKc
Scratch Perry-The Heptones-Play on Mr Music
YouTube video by countrymanuk
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October 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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gypjh2000.bsky.social
It's now a real thing. Hardback and expensive but hopefully in time floppy and cheap. Join us at the launch on 21st Nov in London - see Eventbrite for free tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/listening-... @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social @claypipemusic.bsky.social @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
RIP. What a talent.
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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simonguy.bsky.social
And there I was thinking Thomas Pynchon was an aburdist novelist. Turns out he was documentarian all along.
luriethereal.bsky.social Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · Oct 14
Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Ipswich: free ticket to Sir Richard Bishop tonight to anyone who messages me... I'm unable to attend and hate for it to go to waste!

(Yes I recognise that the venn diagram of 'wants to see richard bishop', 'can go tonight', 'follows my bluesky' and 'near ipswich' is miniscule...)
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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ianwaites.bsky.social
LOL better.
luxalptraum.com Lux 🍂 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · Oct 8
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
I've re-posted this piece on the late, great filmmaker Ken Jacobs' masterpiece Tom, Tom the Piper's Son. RIP Ken Jacobs 1933-2025.

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The Haunted Grain
On Ken Jacobs' hauntological masterpiece 'Tom, Tom the Piper's Son'
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October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Anyone have access to this? Is it satire?

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
The far-Left is devastating Portland. Its childless hipster residents couldn’t care less
The political establishment is up in arms about Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard. But the progressive city had it coming
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Is it just me or is archive.org down?
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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argenteumastrum.bsky.social
This is huge:
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
SIgn up now for our forthcoming campaign to publish the lost books of Victor Neuburg!

tinyurl.com/vinepress
Coming soon: Lost occult books of the 1920s: relaunching Vine Press
Publishing never-before-seen books by legendary British occultist Victor Neuburg and officially relaunching his 1920s Vine Press.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Highlight of Lonely is an Eyesore. Dif Juz - No Motion. I spent years seeking their records after hearing this.

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Dif Juz - No Motion
YouTube video by mrbriefcaseMUSIC
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September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Jean Carn - Was That All It Was on at the cafe. My pick for all-time #1 space-laser song. (Also a total jam worthy of any dj's emergency playbox...)
September 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
My baby's so vain she is almost a mirror.
September 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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gypjh2000.bsky.social
Book Launch for Listening to Landscape, King's College 21 Nov 1900. Hauntology/psychogeography/music: free event with music from The Hardy Tree @claypipemusic.bsky.social & Stonecirclesampler with @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social plus Jim Jupp & Oliver Cherer. Grab tickets from Eventbrite, going fast!
September 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
September in london VERY different from august tourist season.
September 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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theharvestmaid.bsky.social
Calling all American folklorists, pop culture critics, historians, and artists! Please take a look at the call for proposals for Crossroads, a magazine dedicated exclusively to folk horror in the United States. Our first issue will be dedicated to the 1970s.
crossroadsfolk.bsky.social Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · Aug 21
Call for Proposals!

"Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States" is a new zine exploring folk horror from an American perspective.

Read on for details about our first issue...
A yellow cross inside a circle against a black background. The letter C is in the upper left quadrant and the letter R is in the lower right
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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August 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
oldweirdalbion.bsky.social
Last day to buy one of the seven remaining copies of this book!
jackdawshivers.bandcamp.com/merch/a-sanc...
A Sanctuary: New Writing & Artwork Inspired by Victor B. Neuburg and the Vine Press from Jackdaw Shivers Press
A Sanctuary: New Writing & Artwork Inspired by Victor B. Neuburg and the Vine Press from Jackdaw Shivers Press
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August 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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sapphiregoss.bsky.social
A junk shop roll of found photos so old the text from the backing paper has etched in over the years. Kodacolor II was made from 1973 to the early 80s and the clothes/space-age garden furniture seem to say 70s. Transmissions from a lost world.
Very grainy film photo of a garden with space age furniture overlooked by a pylon, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s Very grainy film photo of a house and roses emerging from the film fog, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s Very grainy film photos of a woman with curly hair and a shirt with 70s style lapels in a garden, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s Very grainy film photo of a garden with space age furniture and a woman gardening, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s
July 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM