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Call for Chapters: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literature and Popular Music
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
Call for Chapters: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literature and Popular Music
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Call for Chapters: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literature and Popular Music
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.
More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27
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Quatermass! The rocket guy! Pew! Excellent, influential movie free on YouTube TONIGHT followed by Nigel Kneale documentary we made with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @drtauk.bsky.social @tommygorilla.bsky.social @eklectics.bsky.social
If you're stuck for a film this Halloween, Hammer's YouTube channel will be live streaming their 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 this evening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
Quatermass 2 Halloween 4K Screening + Nigel Kneale Documentary
YouTube video by Hammer
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Quatermass! The rocket guy! Pew! Excellent, influential movie free on YouTube TONIGHT followed by Nigel Kneale documentary we made with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @drtauk.bsky.social @tommygorilla.bsky.social @eklectics.bsky.social
An amazing story. Just a matter of time before it's made into a motion picture, I think. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
An amazing story. Just a matter of time before it's made into a motion picture, I think. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items.
David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items
David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items.
bit.ly
September 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items.
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A job for an (under)graduate in publishing: www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticesh...
Apprentice Publishing Support Assistant – Find an apprenticeship – GOV.UK
We’ve introduced a new way to find and apply for an apprenticeship in England.
www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk
August 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A job for an (under)graduate in publishing: www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticesh...
This is not a surprise: AIs prefer other LLMs because it's not as bursty or perplexing as human text. Humans prefer LLMs for the same reason. This opens a space for humans to *be* bursty and perplexing, the things that delight us most, and that LLMs aren't very good at.
futurism.com/chatgpt-deep...
futurism.com/chatgpt-deep...
New Research Finds That ChatGPT Secretly Has a Deep Anti-Human Bias
New research suggests that ChatGPT and other leading AI models display an alarming bias towards other AIs over humans.
futurism.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is not a surprise: AIs prefer other LLMs because it's not as bursty or perplexing as human text. Humans prefer LLMs for the same reason. This opens a space for humans to *be* bursty and perplexing, the things that delight us most, and that LLMs aren't very good at.
futurism.com/chatgpt-deep...
futurism.com/chatgpt-deep...
Field Music Defend Their Doors Covers Band, Say Making A Living From Their Own Music “Bordering On Impossible"
www.stereogum.com/2315170/fiel...
www.stereogum.com/2315170/fiel...
Field Music Defend Their Doors Covers Band, Say Making A Living From Their Own Music “Bordering On Impossible”
In May Field Music performed their first show as a Doors tribute band. After some backlash from fans, the British art-rock duo shared a statement as to what inspired the new project called the Fire Do...
www.stereogum.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Field Music Defend Their Doors Covers Band, Say Making A Living From Their Own Music “Bordering On Impossible"
www.stereogum.com/2315170/fiel...
www.stereogum.com/2315170/fiel...
"Now I am become Reviewer 2, destroyer of worlds"
August 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Now I am become Reviewer 2, destroyer of worlds"
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This really is worth a watch and has a lovely Michael Nyman score as a bonus.
Today’s good news is that Peter Greenaway’s delightful documentary Act of God, about lightning strike survivors, made for Thames TV’s Take Six strand in 1980 is on YouTube
youtu.be/Ruuxxdq4v4Y?...
youtu.be/Ruuxxdq4v4Y?...
Act of God (1980, sub ENG)
YouTube video by dovic
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This really is worth a watch and has a lovely Michael Nyman score as a bonus.
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in slightly different but not entirely unrelated news, my talk on The Doors as part of the Romancing the Gothic series is coming up, saturday 19th july at 10am and 7pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gothic...
The Gothic and the Doors with Victoria Roskams
An Exploration of The Doors role in the evolution of the Gothic
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
in slightly different but not entirely unrelated news, my talk on The Doors as part of the Romancing the Gothic series is coming up, saturday 19th july at 10am and 7pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gothic...
Our book was published by
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social today! Nice work @profkirsty.bsky.social and #ChristianLloyd and ALL our amazing authors - some very experienced scholars, some brand new voices. Looking forward to our copies in the post. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social today! Nice work @profkirsty.bsky.social and #ChristianLloyd and ALL our amazing authors - some very experienced scholars, some brand new voices. Looking forward to our copies in the post. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences
Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through variou…
www.bloomsbury.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Our book was published by
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social today! Nice work @profkirsty.bsky.social and #ChristianLloyd and ALL our amazing authors - some very experienced scholars, some brand new voices. Looking forward to our copies in the post. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social today! Nice work @profkirsty.bsky.social and #ChristianLloyd and ALL our amazing authors - some very experienced scholars, some brand new voices. Looking forward to our copies in the post. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
Talking about 1981 Dr Who story The Keeper of Traken with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social - out now on all good streaming platforms :-) open.spotify.com/episode/1jXa...
Happy Times and Places 93.1 - The Keeper of Traken 1
Doctor Who: Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Talking about 1981 Dr Who story The Keeper of Traken with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social - out now on all good streaming platforms :-) open.spotify.com/episode/1jXa...
Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social 😀! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...
July 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social 😀! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...
Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...
Quatermass 2 Limited Collector’s Edition
Brand-new 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 makes its worldwide debut in this definitive 5 disc, limited edition boxset.
hammerfilms.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...
Researching Welsh Language Pop has turned up this lovely thing: youtube.com/watch?v=1UCl... "Titrwm Tatrwm", the title of the song, is the phonetic sound of rain falling.
Titrwm Tatrwm
YouTube video by Gareth Bonello - Topic
youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Researching Welsh Language Pop has turned up this lovely thing: youtube.com/watch?v=1UCl... "Titrwm Tatrwm", the title of the song, is the phonetic sound of rain falling.
Calling all Pop Music fans and authors! A terrific opportunity to get involved with a new book series from @manchesterup.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Calling all Pop Music fans and authors! A terrific opportunity to get involved with a new book series from @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Almost perfect pop music: The Sundays, from 1990. Amazing that this is nearly 40 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARV...
The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
YouTube video by TheSundaysVEVO
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Almost perfect pop music: The Sundays, from 1990. Amazing that this is nearly 40 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARV...
"These are complex times for reality. You can’t move for people demanding your attention from beyond the grave." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Andrew O’Hagan · Diary: Whitney lives!
I had come along in the course of my duties as a hopeless necromantic. I don’t think I have ever believed that pop...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"These are complex times for reality. You can’t move for people demanding your attention from beyond the grave." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Delighted to be part of The Legend of Nigel Kneale—a sharp, thoughtful piece connecting Quatermass with sociology, anthropology, & postwar visions of Britain’s future. A brilliant team and a beautifully made package. Pre-order the Quatermass Xperiment collector’s set: hammerfilms.com/products/the...
April 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Delighted to be part of The Legend of Nigel Kneale—a sharp, thoughtful piece connecting Quatermass with sociology, anthropology, & postwar visions of Britain’s future. A brilliant team and a beautifully made package. Pre-order the Quatermass Xperiment collector’s set: hammerfilms.com/products/the...
Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) in interview, *yesterday*. He still has THAT voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAm...
Sananda Maitreya - Wishing Well | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo
YouTube video by Top 2000 a gogo
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) in interview, *yesterday*. He still has THAT voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAm...
This is astonishing. It’s a joy to witness the extraordinary connection between these two women. The way their sentences flow—seamlessly passing from one voice to the other—is remarkable. At one moment, they appear almost as one body, each gesture distinct yet perfectly in sync.
Nothing will prepare you for the interview…
(🎥 7 News Queensland)
(🎥 7 News Queensland)
April 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This is astonishing. It’s a joy to witness the extraordinary connection between these two women. The way their sentences flow—seamlessly passing from one voice to the other—is remarkable. At one moment, they appear almost as one body, each gesture distinct yet perfectly in sync.
Violinist Jascha Heifetz playing with a light attached to his bow to follow his movements. Photographs by Gjon Mili for Life Magazine, New York (1952).
April 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Violinist Jascha Heifetz playing with a light attached to his bow to follow his movements. Photographs by Gjon Mili for Life Magazine, New York (1952).