Happy Halloween! 🎃

Farewell to the great Drew Struzan. The finest movie poster illustrator of all time. What an iconic body of work he's left behind.
With the passing of Struzan, Renato Casaro and Robert McGinnis all in the same year, it feels like the end of an era for the art of the hand-painted movie poster.

Just a week ago, 890 people were arrested at a peaceful pro-Palestine protest in London. Yesterday, at the Unite the Kingdom march, where projectiles were thrown, violence erupted and 26 police officers were injured, just 25 arrests were made.

Turn off the devices. The Internet is not going to get any better than this.

Godspeed Jim Lovell. 1928 - 2025. 🖤

Ozzy Osbourne.
Ink, markers, pencils, and acrylic on burnt wooden panel.

If you don't know what the Military-Industrial Complex and Military Keynesianism are, look them up. Increased military spending stimulates economies, but it also necessitates conflict. When there isn't enough, they induce it, and justify it in the name of security, liberty, order, or God's will.

The best protest songs never lose their relevance.
Playing this record loud today.
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"It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here, what better time than now?"

I’ll tell you the real problem with ai.
It’s not that threatens to make everyone redundant.
It’s that none of our governments seem to be making plans of what to do if it actually does.

London, New York, Venice, Rio, everybody's talkin' 'bout, Pope Leo!

Please remember during the VE Day Anniversary celebrations, that it's not about flag waving patriotism and perceived greatness, it's about recognising the sacrifices of a generation to bring a halt to the march of autocratic fascism, oppression and segregation, and restoring freedom and democracy.

I’m a prisoner of the moment - are you a prisoner too?
New song out on @Bandcamp today for #bandcampfriday - an acoustic version of my song #PrisonerOfTheMoment with about a million harmonies 🎶

cerianmusic.bandcamp.com/track/prison...

Things in movies and TV shows that really annoy me: Cocking sounds whenever anyone points a gun. Yes, we know it's a gun, we don't need audible confirmation!

The Flaming Lips at O2 Academy, Birmingham 25/4/25. Fantastic show. The confetti and inflatables budget for a Lips show must be considerable!

It's becoming all too apparent that the Trump tariffs are just one big stock market manipulation to facilitate insider trading. A lot of already rich folk are getting considerably richer at the expense of US businesses.

R.I.P. Val Kilmer. #valkilmer @valkilmerofficial.bsky.social

A few photos of yesterday's partial solar eclipse, as seen from Worcestershire, UK.

AI needs to be a tool, not a replacement. The creative industries need protecting.

David Lynch was a truly unique artistic voice.
The term "visionary" is often misattributed and misused, but in Lynch's case it's entirely warranted. He'll be greatly missed.
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"David Lynch"
Markers, pencils, ink, acrylic, airbrush and silver leaf on toned cardstock, with digital colour tint.