Ed Pinsent
@soundprojector.bsky.social
Editor of The Sound Projector
Radio broadcaster
Comics artist
Record collector
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/
https://comics.edpinsent.com/
Radio broadcaster
Comics artist
Record collector
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/
https://comics.edpinsent.com/
The long dimly-lit scene of Woodward's sleepless night is a piece of remarkable cinema. File alongside that similar scene in Lynch's "Lost Highway".
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The long dimly-lit scene of Woodward's sleepless night is a piece of remarkable cinema. File alongside that similar scene in Lynch's "Lost Highway".
The best opening lines Kafka never wrote.
January 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The best opening lines Kafka never wrote.
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 4 of 4: Henrietta The Pirate of Love finally saw print in full colour. I also appeared in The Jigsaw Review. Cover of Feature Fables shows Dauphin appearing in a Le Corbusier bathroom.
December 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 4 of 4: Henrietta The Pirate of Love finally saw print in full colour. I also appeared in The Jigsaw Review. Cover of Feature Fables shows Dauphin appearing in a Le Corbusier bathroom.
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 3 of 4: added hand-separated colour to old Astorial booklets from 1986. The Astorial Feature Fables book was all-new stories.
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 3 of 4: added hand-separated colour to old Astorial booklets from 1986. The Astorial Feature Fables book was all-new stories.
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 2 of 4: Windy Wilberforce in a new Jackanapes tale, plus guest appearance in The Bugle for John Bagnall. Cut-out puppet of Illegal Batman was popular at fairs.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 2 of 4: Windy Wilberforce in a new Jackanapes tale, plus guest appearance in The Bugle for John Bagnall. Cut-out puppet of Illegal Batman was popular at fairs.
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 1 of 4: Astorial Shower app for @colossive.com , followed by 15 sketchcards for them in September.
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Comics projects and publications by Pinsent for year 2025, 1 of 4: Astorial Shower app for @colossive.com , followed by 15 sketchcards for them in September.
Last night's viewing was 'Cat People' (RKO 1943). From my 2008 DVD boxed set "The Val Lewton Horror Collection". Jacques Tourneur direction; very poetic, & much narrative economy (only 73 mins long).
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Last night's viewing was 'Cat People' (RKO 1943). From my 2008 DVD boxed set "The Val Lewton Horror Collection". Jacques Tourneur direction; very poetic, & much narrative economy (only 73 mins long).
Anything on Kitchen Leg is pretty amazing, but try starting with this... melodic power-pop with plenty of new wave, punk and psychedelic flavours.
https://kitchenlegrecordsberlin.bandcamp.com/album/ultrabonus-el-casino-de-la-muerte
https://kitchenlegrecordsberlin.bandcamp.com/album/ultrabonus-el-casino-de-la-muerte
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Anything on Kitchen Leg is pretty amazing, but try starting with this... melodic power-pop with plenty of new wave, punk and psychedelic flavours.
https://kitchenlegrecordsberlin.bandcamp.com/album/ultrabonus-el-casino-de-la-muerte
https://kitchenlegrecordsberlin.bandcamp.com/album/ultrabonus-el-casino-de-la-muerte
Not wishing to hijack your thread old bean, but I'm sure you'd enjoy this book of Typewriter Art I happen to have on my shelves. (Edited by Alan Riddell, 1975) A great collection of lost experiments.
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Not wishing to hijack your thread old bean, but I'm sure you'd enjoy this book of Typewriter Art I happen to have on my shelves. (Edited by Alan Riddell, 1975) A great collection of lost experiments.
Last night's viewing. All the remakes of Body Snatchers are aces with me, including the one by Abel Ferrara. This 1978 Philip Kaufman rendition is brilliant, especially the first 30 mins with unsettling hints, screams from nowhere, and stares from alien faces. Music by Denny Zeitlin - weird synths!
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Last night's viewing. All the remakes of Body Snatchers are aces with me, including the one by Abel Ferrara. This 1978 Philip Kaufman rendition is brilliant, especially the first 30 mins with unsettling hints, screams from nowhere, and stares from alien faces. Music by Denny Zeitlin - weird synths!
The Sound Projector endorses Bill Thompson's great work...we've been listening since 2019. Now's your chance to buy his catalogue at an irresistible price!
December 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Sound Projector endorses Bill Thompson's great work...we've been listening since 2019. Now's your chance to buy his catalogue at an irresistible price!
Last night's viewing. I love Mamet's movies, but his images are prosaic. Keys, doors, stairs, scraps of paper, poker chips; Scorcese could have invested all these objects with significance, like he does in After Hours. Mamet doesn't have the same cinematic sensibility.
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Last night's viewing. I love Mamet's movies, but his images are prosaic. Keys, doors, stairs, scraps of paper, poker chips; Scorcese could have invested all these objects with significance, like he does in After Hours. Mamet doesn't have the same cinematic sensibility.
Many thanks to Jemma Sharp for including "Astorial Compendium" in the "The Best Comics of 2025 (as chosen by contributors)" at @comicsjournal.bsky.social
https://www.tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2025-as-chosen-by-our-contributors/#sharp
https://www.tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2025-as-chosen-by-our-contributors/#sharp
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Many thanks to Jemma Sharp for including "Astorial Compendium" in the "The Best Comics of 2025 (as chosen by contributors)" at @comicsjournal.bsky.social
https://www.tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2025-as-chosen-by-our-contributors/#sharp
https://www.tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2025-as-chosen-by-our-contributors/#sharp
Merry Christmas to all our readers
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Merry Christmas to all our readers
We lost many great musicians in 2025. I try to honour a few of them on this, my last radio broadcast for the year.
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/21/2025-farewells/
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/21/2025-farewells/
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We lost many great musicians in 2025. I try to honour a few of them on this, my last radio broadcast for the year.
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/21/2025-farewells/
https://www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/21/2025-farewells/
Tune in at 16:00 this PM to hear the last Sound Projector radio show of the year. It's a tribute to all the great musicians who sadly passed away in 2025.
Broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social as usual.
Photo "Happs!" by u278 is marked with CC0 1.0.
Broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social as usual.
Photo "Happs!" by u278 is marked with CC0 1.0.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tune in at 16:00 this PM to hear the last Sound Projector radio show of the year. It's a tribute to all the great musicians who sadly passed away in 2025.
Broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social as usual.
Photo "Happs!" by u278 is marked with CC0 1.0.
Broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social as usual.
Photo "Happs!" by u278 is marked with CC0 1.0.
In a new blog post, I review the amazing work of J. Webster Sharp.
https://comics.edpinsent.com/2025/12/19/space-chameleons-and-other-chimeras-of-the-mind/
"The reader is drawn into a vortex by the hypnotic flow of images, each successive tableau more outrageous than the last"
https://comics.edpinsent.com/2025/12/19/space-chameleons-and-other-chimeras-of-the-mind/
"The reader is drawn into a vortex by the hypnotic flow of images, each successive tableau more outrageous than the last"
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In a new blog post, I review the amazing work of J. Webster Sharp.
https://comics.edpinsent.com/2025/12/19/space-chameleons-and-other-chimeras-of-the-mind/
"The reader is drawn into a vortex by the hypnotic flow of images, each successive tableau more outrageous than the last"
https://comics.edpinsent.com/2025/12/19/space-chameleons-and-other-chimeras-of-the-mind/
"The reader is drawn into a vortex by the hypnotic flow of images, each successive tableau more outrageous than the last"
Fantastic - I don't think I've ever seen that. The heavy stylisation of the rocks and waterfall reminds me of Kay Nielsen.
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fantastic - I don't think I've ever seen that. The heavy stylisation of the rocks and waterfall reminds me of Kay Nielsen.
No new radio show last week, but I was in the ResFM studio yesterday for a rare live broadcast, playing some unusual vinyl LPs.
www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/07/f...
www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/07/f...
Forest of Wonders – The Sound Projector
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December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
No new radio show last week, but I was in the ResFM studio yesterday for a rare live broadcast, playing some unusual vinyl LPs.
www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/07/f...
www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/12/07/f...
That venue looks nice - lots of windows and white space
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
That venue looks nice - lots of windows and white space
I see you also remember that edition of Late Review on the telly.
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I see you also remember that edition of Late Review on the telly.
Part of my record fair haul from Saturday. Some scoff at these Marble Arch reissues, but not me. These Pye pressings are loud and solid! I need more Sonny Stitt LPs...he's less excessive than Ornette, more precise than Dolphy (I love both). I decided to sketch the cover. Missed some detail.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Part of my record fair haul from Saturday. Some scoff at these Marble Arch reissues, but not me. These Pye pressings are loud and solid! I need more Sonny Stitt LPs...he's less excessive than Ornette, more precise than Dolphy (I love both). I decided to sketch the cover. Missed some detail.
Reposted by Ed Pinsent
It is with some excitement that we are able to direct you to Carol Swain's new official site, where you can buy original art from throughout her career. The website also features a new interview, as well as a prose piece, Soft Concrete. Get excited, and point your browsers here: carolswaincomics.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It is with some excitement that we are able to direct you to Carol Swain's new official site, where you can buy original art from throughout her career. The website also features a new interview, as well as a prose piece, Soft Concrete. Get excited, and point your browsers here: carolswaincomics.com
A page from "Colonel Pewter in Ironicus" by Arthur Horner. (PALL MALL PRESS 1957). One of three Colonel Pewter collections I happen to own.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A page from "Colonel Pewter in Ironicus" by Arthur Horner. (PALL MALL PRESS 1957). One of three Colonel Pewter collections I happen to own.
All set up at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this fine Saturday morning
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
All set up at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this fine Saturday morning