The Dicksonian Institute
@dicksonian.bsky.social
Music and pop culture nerd whose heroes include Pete De Freitas, J.K. Rowling and Frank Muir.
https://dicksonianinstitute.substack.com/
'All important rubbish made to publish made to last.'
https://dicksonianinstitute.substack.com/
'All important rubbish made to publish made to last.'
'Credit' by the brilliant children's poet, Rachel Rooney; reposted by kind permission of the author.
("I’ve only written one *actual* poem since my public ‘ cancellation’ and I placed it as the final one in my collection Hey, Girl! knowing it’d be my last.")
> www.hive.co.uk/.../Rache......
("I’ve only written one *actual* poem since my public ‘ cancellation’ and I placed it as the final one in my collection Hey, Girl! knowing it’d be my last.")
> www.hive.co.uk/.../Rache......
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
'Credit' by the brilliant children's poet, Rachel Rooney; reposted by kind permission of the author.
("I’ve only written one *actual* poem since my public ‘ cancellation’ and I placed it as the final one in my collection Hey, Girl! knowing it’d be my last.")
> www.hive.co.uk/.../Rache......
("I’ve only written one *actual* poem since my public ‘ cancellation’ and I placed it as the final one in my collection Hey, Girl! knowing it’d be my last.")
> www.hive.co.uk/.../Rache......
"I never know exactly where a song is headed...Everything has a starting point, a trigger or an inspiration, but the good ones go their own way and don’t come with a guide book."
Max Décharné answers #15Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/ma...
Max Décharné answers #15Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/ma...
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I never know exactly where a song is headed...Everything has a starting point, a trigger or an inspiration, but the good ones go their own way and don’t come with a guide book."
Max Décharné answers #15Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/ma...
Max Décharné answers #15Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/ma...
I wish this comedic genius had lived to be part of The Fast Show's reunion. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WE0...
Comedy is a poorer place without him. #FelixDexter #JuliusOlufemwe
Comedy is a poorer place without him. #FelixDexter #JuliusOlufemwe
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I wish this comedic genius had lived to be part of The Fast Show's reunion. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WE0...
Comedy is a poorer place without him. #FelixDexter #JuliusOlufemwe
Comedy is a poorer place without him. #FelixDexter #JuliusOlufemwe
This is selling fast! #KitchensOfDistinction #100Club #London
🎟️: www.seetickets.com/event/patric...
🎟️: www.seetickets.com/event/patric...
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is selling fast! #KitchensOfDistinction #100Club #London
🎟️: www.seetickets.com/event/patric...
🎟️: www.seetickets.com/event/patric...
'Josie Long's new show mixes megafauna, hamsters, end-times musings and everyday joys, all with warmth and...'
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'Josie Long's new show mixes megafauna, hamsters, end-times musings and everyday joys, all with warmth and...'
A *genuine* Bandcamp Friday, so only one thing for it...*
#MaxDécharné #DangerhouseSkylab maxdcharn.bandcamp.com
(*Well, three actually!)
#MaxDécharné #DangerhouseSkylab maxdcharn.bandcamp.com
(*Well, three actually!)
September 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A *genuine* Bandcamp Friday, so only one thing for it...*
#MaxDécharné #DangerhouseSkylab maxdcharn.bandcamp.com
(*Well, three actually!)
#MaxDécharné #DangerhouseSkylab maxdcharn.bandcamp.com
(*Well, three actually!)
August 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Any band who can follow those time-signatures must be worth hearing. (Gig is in Grimsby. Ticket link below.)
> www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
> www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
August 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Any band who can follow those time-signatures must be worth hearing. (Gig is in Grimsby. Ticket link below.)
> www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
> www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
Moaning to a friend earlier about how digital technology has enabled the creation of zany products such as spoof Cure LP sleeves in the style of Reid Miles:
"20 years ago, Half Man Half Biscuit released a song called 'Joy Division Oven Gloves'; today you can probably buy them on Etsy!"
Oh god... 👇
"20 years ago, Half Man Half Biscuit released a song called 'Joy Division Oven Gloves'; today you can probably buy them on Etsy!"
Oh god... 👇
July 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Moaning to a friend earlier about how digital technology has enabled the creation of zany products such as spoof Cure LP sleeves in the style of Reid Miles:
"20 years ago, Half Man Half Biscuit released a song called 'Joy Division Oven Gloves'; today you can probably buy them on Etsy!"
Oh god... 👇
"20 years ago, Half Man Half Biscuit released a song called 'Joy Division Oven Gloves'; today you can probably buy them on Etsy!"
Oh god... 👇
I adopted Edwyn Collins' 'striped t-shirt over another' look for years after seeing this record-sleeve. It baffled not only my friends but an unimpressed Tim Key who berated me for it during one of his stand-up gigs. Interesting to learn from EC today that he was copying Warhol!
July 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I adopted Edwyn Collins' 'striped t-shirt over another' look for years after seeing this record-sleeve. It baffled not only my friends but an unimpressed Tim Key who berated me for it during one of his stand-up gigs. Interesting to learn from EC today that he was copying Warhol!
Latest guerrilla audio recording from Simon Fisher Turner:
#237 @touch33.net
'rain and thunderstorm recorded in the alpage close up and distant as i was moving about underneath the eaves of the roof and drainpipes
sakamoto san always suggested recording rain'
> touch33.net/guerrillaaud...
#237 @touch33.net
'rain and thunderstorm recorded in the alpage close up and distant as i was moving about underneath the eaves of the roof and drainpipes
sakamoto san always suggested recording rain'
> touch33.net/guerrillaaud...
June 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Latest guerrilla audio recording from Simon Fisher Turner:
#237 @touch33.net
'rain and thunderstorm recorded in the alpage close up and distant as i was moving about underneath the eaves of the roof and drainpipes
sakamoto san always suggested recording rain'
> touch33.net/guerrillaaud...
#237 @touch33.net
'rain and thunderstorm recorded in the alpage close up and distant as i was moving about underneath the eaves of the roof and drainpipes
sakamoto san always suggested recording rain'
> touch33.net/guerrillaaud...
I love the STATIONTOSTATION lettering aesthetic and LOW cassette aesthetic that @GRUFFRHYS.bsky.social has appropriated for his brand new Welsh-language album #DIMPROBS, using the Helvetica font in similarly contrasting colours.
Reminds me of MORRISSEY's sleeve for the re-presented SOUTHPAWGRAMMAR.
Reminds me of MORRISSEY's sleeve for the re-presented SOUTHPAWGRAMMAR.
June 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I love the STATIONTOSTATION lettering aesthetic and LOW cassette aesthetic that @GRUFFRHYS.bsky.social has appropriated for his brand new Welsh-language album #DIMPROBS, using the Helvetica font in similarly contrasting colours.
Reminds me of MORRISSEY's sleeve for the re-presented SOUTHPAWGRAMMAR.
Reminds me of MORRISSEY's sleeve for the re-presented SOUTHPAWGRAMMAR.
"When I cross the road at a Japanese pedestrian crossing, I can't help whistling the crossing signal or making a contrapuntal melody around it. I mimic animal sounds back to the animals that make them."
MOMUS answers 15 QUESTIONS about SOUND and MUSIC.
> 15questions.net/interview/mo...
MOMUS answers 15 QUESTIONS about SOUND and MUSIC.
> 15questions.net/interview/mo...
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"When I cross the road at a Japanese pedestrian crossing, I can't help whistling the crossing signal or making a contrapuntal melody around it. I mimic animal sounds back to the animals that make them."
MOMUS answers 15 QUESTIONS about SOUND and MUSIC.
> 15questions.net/interview/mo...
MOMUS answers 15 QUESTIONS about SOUND and MUSIC.
> 15questions.net/interview/mo...
File under UNDERRATED. #DearThief I love the time-signature.
#Freitag #Discotheque
📽️ youtu.be/d3_wt1UpGO4 Stuart Croft
#Freitag #Discotheque
📽️ youtu.be/d3_wt1UpGO4 Stuart Croft
May 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
File under UNDERRATED. #DearThief I love the time-signature.
#Freitag #Discotheque
📽️ youtu.be/d3_wt1UpGO4 Stuart Croft
#Freitag #Discotheque
📽️ youtu.be/d3_wt1UpGO4 Stuart Croft
"I think there’s real power in transience. Not everything needs to be fossilised. Some performances should vanish like dreams — felt deeply, then gone."
Daniel O'Sullivan answers 15 Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/da...
Daniel O'Sullivan answers 15 Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/da...
May 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"I think there’s real power in transience. Not everything needs to be fossilised. Some performances should vanish like dreams — felt deeply, then gone."
Daniel O'Sullivan answers 15 Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/da...
Daniel O'Sullivan answers 15 Questions.
> www.15questions.net/interview/da...
Lucky Oxfordians: Woody Woodmansey and band for a fiver!
Venue: O2 Academy Oxford.
🎟️ www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
Venue: O2 Academy Oxford.
🎟️ www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
May 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Lucky Oxfordians: Woody Woodmansey and band for a fiver!
Venue: O2 Academy Oxford.
🎟️ www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
Venue: O2 Academy Oxford.
🎟️ www.weticketit.com/showfilmfirs...
Londoners: catch this if you can! Closes on Monday 26th May. (Open until 9pm)
#TirzahGarwood #EricRavilious @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exh...
#TirzahGarwood #EricRavilious @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exh...
May 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Londoners: catch this if you can! Closes on Monday 26th May. (Open until 9pm)
#TirzahGarwood #EricRavilious @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exh...
#TirzahGarwood #EricRavilious @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exh...
May 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of the most entertainingly bad movies - Bluebeard (Dmytryk, 1972), starring Richard Burton and Raquel Welch - is being broadcast at 22:10 this Friday on the wonderful Talking Pictures TV channel.
Score by Ennio Morricone!
📺 talkingpicturestv.co.uk
Score by Ennio Morricone!
📺 talkingpicturestv.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
One of the most entertainingly bad movies - Bluebeard (Dmytryk, 1972), starring Richard Burton and Raquel Welch - is being broadcast at 22:10 this Friday on the wonderful Talking Pictures TV channel.
Score by Ennio Morricone!
📺 talkingpicturestv.co.uk
Score by Ennio Morricone!
📺 talkingpicturestv.co.uk
"Psychologically damaged, emotionally infantile and warped by homophobia, Bowery is indeed a queer icon. Though not in the way the ‘queer’ movement claims."
'Me, My Naked Ass and Leigh Bowery' by Malcolm Clark
> malcolmrichardclark.substack.com/p/me-my-nake...
'Me, My Naked Ass and Leigh Bowery' by Malcolm Clark
> malcolmrichardclark.substack.com/p/me-my-nake...
May 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"Psychologically damaged, emotionally infantile and warped by homophobia, Bowery is indeed a queer icon. Though not in the way the ‘queer’ movement claims."
'Me, My Naked Ass and Leigh Bowery' by Malcolm Clark
> malcolmrichardclark.substack.com/p/me-my-nake...
'Me, My Naked Ass and Leigh Bowery' by Malcolm Clark
> malcolmrichardclark.substack.com/p/me-my-nake...
Beautifully soporific recording by SFT, the first of two in April.
(Available until the 14th.)
> touch33.net/wp-content/u...
(Available until the 14th.)
> touch33.net/wp-content/u...
April 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Beautifully soporific recording by SFT, the first of two in April.
(Available until the 14th.)
> touch33.net/wp-content/u...
(Available until the 14th.)
> touch33.net/wp-content/u...
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"It’s all about getting people to listen
and the best way to get people to listen is to
not have too much going on, from my perspective now."
Simon Fisher Turner on Grieco & Moccia, using Revox,
Shiva Feshareki and listening to Sakamoto and Bowie exhale.
> 15questions.net/interview/si...
and the best way to get people to listen is to
not have too much going on, from my perspective now."
Simon Fisher Turner on Grieco & Moccia, using Revox,
Shiva Feshareki and listening to Sakamoto and Bowie exhale.
> 15questions.net/interview/si...
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"It’s all about getting people to listen
and the best way to get people to listen is to
not have too much going on, from my perspective now."
Simon Fisher Turner on Grieco & Moccia, using Revox,
Shiva Feshareki and listening to Sakamoto and Bowie exhale.
> 15questions.net/interview/si...
and the best way to get people to listen is to
not have too much going on, from my perspective now."
Simon Fisher Turner on Grieco & Moccia, using Revox,
Shiva Feshareki and listening to Sakamoto and Bowie exhale.
> 15questions.net/interview/si...