Daniel Land
@danielland.bsky.social
"Dream Pop Cult Hero" (🤣). Singer/songwriter of confessional, queer-themed shoegaze. Music essays. Writing a memoir about homophobia. English Lit (UoM) / MA Musicology (LCM). He/him (ish). Links: https://linktr.ee/daniellandmusic
Keyboard sessions by the sea
October 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Keyboard sessions by the sea
There are worse places in the world to be putting the finishing touches to an album, that's for sure 😊
In all the many years I have been coming to West Somerset, this has been the sunniest and loveliest autumn I can remember.
In all the many years I have been coming to West Somerset, this has been the sunniest and loveliest autumn I can remember.
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
There are worse places in the world to be putting the finishing touches to an album, that's for sure 😊
In all the many years I have been coming to West Somerset, this has been the sunniest and loveliest autumn I can remember.
In all the many years I have been coming to West Somerset, this has been the sunniest and loveliest autumn I can remember.
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‘A succession of prime ministers persuaded themselves that their country was somehow different from the rest: it could pick and choose from the menu of European options in the way that suited it best. They were all mistaken.’
David Runciman on the road to Brexit:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the road to Brexit:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem
From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
‘A succession of prime ministers persuaded themselves that their country was somehow different from the rest: it could pick and choose from the menu of European options in the way that suited it best. They were all mistaken.’
David Runciman on the road to Brexit:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the road to Brexit:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Excited to see this lovely bunch again tomorrow for rehearsals ❤️
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Excited to see this lovely bunch again tomorrow for rehearsals ❤️
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‘Although she is now routinely mentioned in histories of modernist Paris in the 1920s, only Hemingway seemed to read her with any understanding – Eliot and Joyce and Woolf had no idea what to make of her.’
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Thirlwell · Devotion to the Cut: Gertrude Stein makes it plain
We’re so used to voice as confession, as a form of radical honesty, that it can be hard to appreciate Gertrude Stein...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
‘Although she is now routinely mentioned in histories of modernist Paris in the 1920s, only Hemingway seemed to read her with any understanding – Eliot and Joyce and Woolf had no idea what to make of her.’
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The truth: under a third of American adults are Trump voters. He is much less popular than he wants you to think.
Read this today: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-powerful-people-just-dont
Read this today: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-powerful-people-just-dont
A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters
www.gelliottmorris.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The truth: under a third of American adults are Trump voters. He is much less popular than he wants you to think.
Read this today: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-powerful-people-just-dont
Read this today: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-powerful-people-just-dont
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‘What we saw in the last US election was the rise of this very individualistic politics and this idea that a real man doesn't need a social safety net, that he is the agent of his own destiny.’
Emily Witt (@embits.bsky.social) on the manosphere, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Emily Witt (@embits.bsky.social) on the manosphere, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Podcast: Emily Witt and Malin Hay · Selling the Manosphere
www.lrb.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
‘What we saw in the last US election was the rise of this very individualistic politics and this idea that a real man doesn't need a social safety net, that he is the agent of his own destiny.’
Emily Witt (@embits.bsky.social) on the manosphere, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Emily Witt (@embits.bsky.social) on the manosphere, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
One of a series of atmospheric photos shot by Naishu Shah of myself and the band performing live at the Victoria, Dalston, London, on our spring tour last year.
Not long until we announce some more shows 😉
Not long until we announce some more shows 😉
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
One of a series of atmospheric photos shot by Naishu Shah of myself and the band performing live at the Victoria, Dalston, London, on our spring tour last year.
Not long until we announce some more shows 😉
Not long until we announce some more shows 😉
Not sure if there are any ambient fans among my followers, but just to say that today I've released an album by my side-project, riverrun 🌊 It's a 60-hour generative piece; each CD copy contains a unique slice. Streaming/download available too. General mood: "On Land"-era Brian Eno. Details here 😊
A Secret Cove, by riverrun
2 track album
riverrun.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Not sure if there are any ambient fans among my followers, but just to say that today I've released an album by my side-project, riverrun 🌊 It's a 60-hour generative piece; each CD copy contains a unique slice. Streaming/download available too. General mood: "On Land"-era Brian Eno. Details here 😊
Lyric revisions/ Finishing touches / New textures
Excitement levels building as I get towards the end of a large project 😀
Excitement levels building as I get towards the end of a large project 😀
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lyric revisions/ Finishing touches / New textures
Excitement levels building as I get towards the end of a large project 😀
Excitement levels building as I get towards the end of a large project 😀
Put down that guitar and give me some attention
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Put down that guitar and give me some attention
Scorchio!
The Blue Nile Live - Heatwave
YouTube video by MrSherco12
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Scorchio!
Not sure if there are any ambient fans among my followers, but if so, just to say: I’ve just announced a new album by my side-project. Each of the 50 CD copies contains a different 72-minute slice of a 60-hour generative piece. General vibe: "On Land"-era Eno. Details here if anyone's interested!
A Secret Cove, by riverrun
1 track album
riverrun.bandcamp.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Not sure if there are any ambient fans among my followers, but if so, just to say: I’ve just announced a new album by my side-project. Each of the 50 CD copies contains a different 72-minute slice of a 60-hour generative piece. General vibe: "On Land"-era Eno. Details here if anyone's interested!
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‘Crossroads, watershed, turning or tipping point, whatever cliché falls just this side of revolution: that’s the way the New York Democratic mayoral primary on 24 June will be remembered decades from now if Zohran Mamdani wins.’
Christian Lorentzen, from 13 June: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Christian Lorentzen, from 13 June: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Christian Lorentzen · Mayor of New York
The landlords own the city, and they rent its mayors. Bill de Blasio, who accomplished three rent freezes during his...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
‘Crossroads, watershed, turning or tipping point, whatever cliché falls just this side of revolution: that’s the way the New York Democratic mayoral primary on 24 June will be remembered decades from now if Zohran Mamdani wins.’
Christian Lorentzen, from 13 June: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Christian Lorentzen, from 13 June: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘These people are all Hayek’s bastards in their different ways and it’s not hard to imagine them eventually ripping each other’s throats out.’
David Runciman last month on Hayek’s legacy and the populist right:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman last month on Hayek’s legacy and the populist right:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Hokey Cowboy: Is Hayek to blame?
Hayek suspected that nothing about the vindication of neoliberalism was likely to be straightforward. Some magical...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
‘These people are all Hayek’s bastards in their different ways and it’s not hard to imagine them eventually ripping each other’s throats out.’
David Runciman last month on Hayek’s legacy and the populist right:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman last month on Hayek’s legacy and the populist right:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"To the degree that we are creative, our work really *can't* be compared".
I think of this often. Competition in the arts is so bone-headed.
Creativity can be motivated by many things, but if it's rooted in competition, your artistry is probably on very shaky foundations.
#EdmundWhite
I think of this often. Competition in the arts is so bone-headed.
Creativity can be motivated by many things, but if it's rooted in competition, your artistry is probably on very shaky foundations.
#EdmundWhite
Novelist Edmund White Talks About His Early Life And Education
YouTube video by New York State Writers Institute
www.youtube.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"To the degree that we are creative, our work really *can't* be compared".
I think of this often. Competition in the arts is so bone-headed.
Creativity can be motivated by many things, but if it's rooted in competition, your artistry is probably on very shaky foundations.
#EdmundWhite
I think of this often. Competition in the arts is so bone-headed.
Creativity can be motivated by many things, but if it's rooted in competition, your artistry is probably on very shaky foundations.
#EdmundWhite
Probably late to the party on this, but "Trump Musk" sounds like the kind of thing you first learn about when some kinkster messages you on Grindr — and suddenly you're googling "How to bleach the inside of your skull"...
June 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Probably late to the party on this, but "Trump Musk" sounds like the kind of thing you first learn about when some kinkster messages you on Grindr — and suddenly you're googling "How to bleach the inside of your skull"...
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‘If gay autofiction does seem slippery and free it does so because it not only embodies the continuing documentary ambitions of the realistic novel but because it also participates in a very different tradition – the confession.’
Edmund White from 1995: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
Edmund White from 1995: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
Edmund White · ‘Today the artist is a saint who writes his own life’
www.lrb.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
‘If gay autofiction does seem slippery and free it does so because it not only embodies the continuing documentary ambitions of the realistic novel but because it also participates in a very different tradition – the confession.’
Edmund White from 1995: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
Edmund White from 1995: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
Good piece, although this format buries the lede a bit: you have to read to the end to see "The Farewell Symphony" and "The Married Man" named as his greatest achievements. I agree—those both surpass "A Boy’s Own Story", which might be "most popular" but not necessarily "best" 😉 #EdmundWhite
Where to start with: Edmund White
After the news of White’s death, here is a guide to a foundational writer of gay lives and elder statesman of American queer literary fiction
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Good piece, although this format buries the lede a bit: you have to read to the end to see "The Farewell Symphony" and "The Married Man" named as his greatest achievements. I agree—those both surpass "A Boy’s Own Story", which might be "most popular" but not necessarily "best" 😉 #EdmundWhite
Devastated to hear that Edmund White, my favourite author, and the chronicler of a generation, has passed away at 85. I’ll forever be grateful for his work. #EdmundWhite
June 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Devastated to hear that Edmund White, my favourite author, and the chronicler of a generation, has passed away at 85. I’ll forever be grateful for his work. #EdmundWhite
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SoundCloud. The same company that offered up all their subscriber's content to generative AI... which they've now backtracked on. If enough people know about their advertising, will they do the same? Am I a little tired of companies that go full techbro before being publicly pulled up? Yeah...
Hate or Pride?
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
You can’t support Pride and fund attacks on LGBTQ+ people | Good Law Project
Firms who advertise on GB News are paying for a channel built on hatred. It’s time for companies to pick a side – hate or Pride.
goodlaw.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
SoundCloud. The same company that offered up all their subscriber's content to generative AI... which they've now backtracked on. If enough people know about their advertising, will they do the same? Am I a little tired of companies that go full techbro before being publicly pulled up? Yeah...