Stephen Bradbury
@squidtempest.bsky.social
Cephalopod with various synths and other noisemaking machinery. AKA Black Tempest. Yoga teacher and vegetarian.
It would be tempting to hand him a pair of binoculars and tell him to look at the solar system's biggliest power source.
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It would be tempting to hand him a pair of binoculars and tell him to look at the solar system's biggliest power source.
Brontosaurus (2008 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Move - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Love that album. HNY!
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Love that album. HNY!
Thanks for brightening the interwebs this year! Here's to a happy and peaceful 2026 for the whole planet.
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thanks for brightening the interwebs this year! Here's to a happy and peaceful 2026 for the whole planet.
A Christmas present to myself from Signal Sounds - Patch Deck. A deck of cards with "tips, tricks and strategies for modular synthesis". Looking forward to giving these a go. With free Signal Sounds lollipop!
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Christmas present to myself from Signal Sounds - Patch Deck. A deck of cards with "tips, tricks and strategies for modular synthesis". Looking forward to giving these a go. With free Signal Sounds lollipop!
I knew Norman when we lived in Brixton, spent some happy evenings with him. He could tell a great story!
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I knew Norman when we lived in Brixton, spent some happy evenings with him. He could tell a great story!
I think the rise of board game cafes is a great thing. The age range is really wide, from infants with parents/carers playing Hungry Hippos to old gits like me playing D&D or board games or whatever. And teens NOT LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES FOR HOURS! Blimey.
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think the rise of board game cafes is a great thing. The age range is really wide, from infants with parents/carers playing Hungry Hippos to old gits like me playing D&D or board games or whatever. And teens NOT LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES FOR HOURS! Blimey.
Our boys* like a good board game. I've been playing some down at a board game cafe near us too - they have an evening club where you join in with others playing whatever from their huge library of games. Its a very sociable thing, and very diversely attended.
*By boys I mean a 27 and a 30 year old!
*By boys I mean a 27 and a 30 year old!
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Our boys* like a good board game. I've been playing some down at a board game cafe near us too - they have an evening club where you join in with others playing whatever from their huge library of games. Its a very sociable thing, and very diversely attended.
*By boys I mean a 27 and a 30 year old!
*By boys I mean a 27 and a 30 year old!
We've just had our first go at playing Apiary. Its about bees in space. Sort of!
As with many recent board games I've tried, it is complicated at first, but gets easier after grinding round a couple of rounds. We haven't finished it though.
As with many recent board games I've tried, it is complicated at first, but gets easier after grinding round a couple of rounds. We haven't finished it though.
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We've just had our first go at playing Apiary. Its about bees in space. Sort of!
As with many recent board games I've tried, it is complicated at first, but gets easier after grinding round a couple of rounds. We haven't finished it though.
As with many recent board games I've tried, it is complicated at first, but gets easier after grinding round a couple of rounds. We haven't finished it though.
Cauliflower cheese goes well with a nut roast!
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cauliflower cheese goes well with a nut roast!
One of the best things in 2000AD for years - just brilliant.
December 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the best things in 2000AD for years - just brilliant.
First Record of The Weekend is Pere Ubu's The Art of Walking from 1980. I sometimes wonder if this is my favourite Ubu album (it isn't, that's the Modern Dance). I love the everydayness of the lyrics that nonetheless add to the surreality of it all.
"Sad but true..."
"Sad but true..."
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Pere Ubu's The Art of Walking from 1980. I sometimes wonder if this is my favourite Ubu album (it isn't, that's the Modern Dance). I love the everydayness of the lyrics that nonetheless add to the surreality of it all.
"Sad but true..."
"Sad but true..."
This year's Yuletide number from Black Tempest is now available, the 4th year we have done this - it's becoming a tradition!
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
Solstice Fire Black Tempest, by The Weird Beard
track by The Weird Beard
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This year's Yuletide number from Black Tempest is now available, the 4th year we have done this - it's becoming a tradition!
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
First Record of The Weekend is The Sentinel from Dead Otter on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social Had this a couple of weeks now and it is never far from the turntable. It rocks it rolls it psychs. Great album!
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
First Record of The Weekend is The Sentinel from Dead Otter on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social Had this a couple of weeks now and it is never far from the turntable. It rocks it rolls it psychs. Great album!
They make it sound like going to prison. I don't think I'll be visiting in the near future.
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
They make it sound like going to prison. I don't think I'll be visiting in the near future.
I'm now tempted to do a field recording in a launderette. Maybe even a launderette concept album.
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm now tempted to do a field recording in a launderette. Maybe even a launderette concept album.
A true rock n roll location.
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A true rock n roll location.
Current reading matter and accompanying listening...
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Current reading matter and accompanying listening...
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
First Record of The Weekend is Mother Give Your Children Sanity from Codex Serafini on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social. This is a total blast - in places like some mutant child of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Hawkwind. Definitely a case to play VERY LOUD.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Mother Give Your Children Sanity from Codex Serafini on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social. This is a total blast - in places like some mutant child of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Hawkwind. Definitely a case to play VERY LOUD.
Here's a reminder - Nick did some great videos for the album:
youtu.be/MPS85_lUmhI
youtu.be/UNhnRTL7n2Y
youtu.be/v6mp03Z66XI
youtu.be/MPS85_lUmhI
youtu.be/UNhnRTL7n2Y
youtu.be/v6mp03Z66XI
Star Drive No 5
YouTube video by Black Tempest
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here's a reminder - Nick did some great videos for the album:
youtu.be/MPS85_lUmhI
youtu.be/UNhnRTL7n2Y
youtu.be/v6mp03Z66XI
youtu.be/MPS85_lUmhI
youtu.be/UNhnRTL7n2Y
youtu.be/v6mp03Z66XI
Today is Bandcamp Friday when artists pay no fees on sales, so if you were considering purchasing Black tempest's Folding Space album at it's new knock-down price, today would be a splendid day to do so.
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
Folding Space, by Black Tempest
6 track album
blacktempest.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today is Bandcamp Friday when artists pay no fees on sales, so if you were considering purchasing Black tempest's Folding Space album at it's new knock-down price, today would be a splendid day to do so.
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
How could I resist!! Those are great.
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
How could I resist!! Those are great.
Jane paints such gorgeous pictures!
As it's 1 Dec tomorrow I thought I dig out this #painting "Winter Song" from last year.❄️
#Birds shown: a shouty #robin, #fieldfare, #waxwing, #redwing, & #starlings.
#christmascards here: janetomlinson.com/products/win...
#snowscene #winterbirds #art #birding #EastCoastKin
#Birds shown: a shouty #robin, #fieldfare, #waxwing, #redwing, & #starlings.
#christmascards here: janetomlinson.com/products/win...
#snowscene #winterbirds #art #birding #EastCoastKin
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jane paints such gorgeous pictures!
First Record of The Weekend is Mono Live in Tokyo with Orchestra Pitreza - Forever Home. This is massive in scale, gorgeous and awe-inspiring, like planets colliding. I can't stop listening to it. An absolutely splendid package too - a gold triple vinyl with double gatefold and booklet.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Mono Live in Tokyo with Orchestra Pitreza - Forever Home. This is massive in scale, gorgeous and awe-inspiring, like planets colliding. I can't stop listening to it. An absolutely splendid package too - a gold triple vinyl with double gatefold and booklet.