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AdamPMcCready
@adampmccready.bsky.social
Sound Artist/Designer & electronica performer. Folk-horror, cricket, boat life, dog servant. https://www.adampmccready.com/

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"This was not an organized movement like punk or rave, but kismet. Musicians all over the country simultaneously decided to forge something new from the cultural ashes of their country."

The Synths and Electronic Gear of Krautrock: reverb.com/news/the-syn...
February 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I’ve been a bit slack with the posting lately as I’ve been super busy opening this terrific theatre production with an amazing group of people. I promise to do better in the future.
www.hulltruck.co.uk/whats-on/dra...
Mary and The Hyenas
Six microphones and one electrifying musical score. Meet Mary and the Hyenas.
www.hulltruck.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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new show The Universe and the Neurodiverse is coming to Manchester, well, Salford - join me at @thelowry.com - tickets here

thelowry.com/whats-on/382...
February 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I’m playing @dubrek on Sat 19th April with the awesome @adampmccready and Debs and the Sea of Fire. I’ll be playing some new tunes including my new track ‘This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’- presave it here! Be great to see you there! ditto.fm/this-is-why-...
February 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Two years today since the premiere of our debut feature documentary, Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed. If you haven't watched it yet, it's on YouTube, entirely free! The history of the science of speed and humankind's obsession with it.
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed [Full Feature Documentary Film]
YouTube video by The Cosmic Shambles Network
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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This excellent essay outlines one of my problems with magic/the occult in horror. If anything is possible then nothing is interesting (Buffy, the witch ssn of AHS, etc), but if you over explain (rules, etc) it loses the mystery/numinous. In my own writing, I hope/pray (1/2)
In which I break open the early modern dictionaries to explain what 'occult' really means: "Over-Explaining the Occult in Horror Films" open.substack.com/pub/rebekahk...
Over-Explaining the Occult in Horror Films
Is the devil in the detail or can too much backstory ruin a supernatural villain?
open.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundred of movies
‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundred of movies
From Babe to Pet Sematary to Toy Story, the same furious yowl crops up in film after film. So who was the cat and who made the recording? We solve the enigma of the ‘Wilhelm Miaow’ There is a movie star you’ve never heard of, but whom you’ve almost…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Really looking forward to catching this. @helenczerski.bsky.social is a great science communicator and @cosmicshambles.com is a brilliant initiative (if that’s the right term). Well worth supporting.
Coming soon on the Cosmic Shambles Network...

Shambles came along to the big Ocean Sciences conference in New Orleans last year. We met loads of ocean scientists and made a 3-part web series about all kinds of interesting ocean stuff.

Watch here, from 8:30pm on Jan 14th:

YouTube.com/cosmicsh...
January 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Coming soon on the Cosmic Shambles Network...

Shambles came along to the big Ocean Sciences conference in New Orleans last year. We met loads of ocean scientists and made a 3-part web series about all kinds of interesting ocean stuff.

Watch here, from 8:30pm on Jan 14th:

YouTube.com/cosmicsh...
January 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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The Free Our Feeds project is building an independent foundation. More info here:
freeourfeeds.com
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Marisa is an excellent writer. This is a haunting piece.
“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”
Scorched Earth
The precarity of living on a burning planet.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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“Keir Starmer faces pressure to allow a free vote on the Climate and Nature Bill, a Private Members Bill led by Dr Roz Savage MP. The #CANBill proposes raising the UK’s emissions reduction targets, restoring nature and creating a citizens assembly.” @edienet.bsky.social
Are UK Parties Failing on Climate Crisis Commitment?
Discover why 58% find Labour unambitious on climate action as the UK's Climate and Nature Bill sparks controversy and calls for a conscience vote.
www.edie.net
January 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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This platform is ok but I would be happier if I was seeing more modular synthesis, more old song recommendations (disco, jazz, funk, house), more MENA music, more weird fiction, more modernism, more sci fi.

Recommend ppl for me to follow & for each new one I’ll recommend a book/LP/film in return.
December 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Solstice blessings everyone. Here’s to the lengthening of the days.
December 21, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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OUT NOW!

Today's fascinating episode of Electronically Yours features George Underwood, album cover designer, artist and early schoolmate of David Bowie. After deciding that the music business was not for him, George returned to art studies and then worked in design studios as an illustrator.
December 6, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Help yourself to a dose of Christmas cheer with my article about Shropshire's Christmas Folklore! You can learn about how Owd Salopians marked the occasion by following the link below! 🎄

nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-ve...

#Christmas #Shropshire #Folklore #traditions #Lore
December 2, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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They definitely published that book I loved, actually.
Share this thread if you're into the UK indie publishing scene and give us a follow.

We're Dead Ink Books and we probably published that book you hated.

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November 27, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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We’re reprinting your favourite designs! For a limited time, you can pre-order our Pan, Solstice, and Witches Still Live garments here:

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November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Well it’s beginning to look like Christmas now. The seasonal @helleborezine.bsky.social has arrived and what a beauty it is too!
November 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate | Simon Jenkins
It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate | Simon Jenkins
Britain is a largely secular country. Those who oppose the bill before parliament should not be interfering with other people’s right to choose for themselves I recently attended memorial services for two friends. Both died after long illnesses, and the…
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Hello Blue Sky! A few photos to introduce myself. I’m a theatre designer here to connect with fellow theatre makers with a love of the creative process and all forms of performance!
November 23, 2024 at 2:34 PM