Nick Black
@fuzzynick.bsky.social
Library manager. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories collection 'POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE' (Ad Hoc Fiction), available now from me or from your local Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Negative-Nick-Black/dp/1915247128/
Tate Britain's Lee Miller exhibition is fascinating - Surrealism, erotica, fashion, World War 2, the camps, the aftermath, and threading it all together, Miller herself, BLAZINGLY, heroically talented, courageous, inspiring.
Don't miss it.
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
#LeeMiller #photography
Don't miss it.
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
#LeeMiller #photography
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tate Britain's Lee Miller exhibition is fascinating - Surrealism, erotica, fashion, World War 2, the camps, the aftermath, and threading it all together, Miller herself, BLAZINGLY, heroically talented, courageous, inspiring.
Don't miss it.
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
#LeeMiller #photography
Don't miss it.
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
#LeeMiller #photography
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#amreading #nowreading 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' - Arundhati Roy ( @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social)
#booksky 📚💙
#booksky 📚💙
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#amreading #nowreading 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' - Arundhati Roy ( @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social)
#booksky 📚💙
#booksky 📚💙
The first episode of #Pluribis the best first episode since 'Severance'. At least that good.
#AppleTV #VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #TV #mustsee #SF #scifi
#AppleTV #VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #TV #mustsee #SF #scifi
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The first episode of #Pluribis the best first episode since 'Severance'. At least that good.
#AppleTV #VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #TV #mustsee #SF #scifi
#AppleTV #VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #TV #mustsee #SF #scifi
Perfume Genius - Glory (2025)
CD, £10 including p&p
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26746281...
#albumsoftheyear #music #indie #alternativerock #pop
CD, £10 including p&p
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26746281...
#albumsoftheyear #music #indie #alternativerock #pop
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Perfume Genius - Glory (2025)
CD, £10 including p&p
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26746281...
#albumsoftheyear #music #indie #alternativerock #pop
CD, £10 including p&p
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26746281...
#albumsoftheyear #music #indie #alternativerock #pop
Still the best Frankenstein film I've seen since Karloff and Whale's, recommended by @andrewmale.bsky.social over at the old place.
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Still the best Frankenstein film I've seen since Karloff and Whale's, recommended by @andrewmale.bsky.social over at the old place.
@graemethomson.bsky.social Over on a music board I spend far too much time on. (Thought it might be nice to let you see, most writers never get to hear enough feedback from readers.)
"I loved his book on Simple Minds, and I'm really enjoying this one. It's superb."
"I loved his book on Simple Minds, and I'm really enjoying this one. It's superb."
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@graemethomson.bsky.social Over on a music board I spend far too much time on. (Thought it might be nice to let you see, most writers never get to hear enough feedback from readers.)
"I loved his book on Simple Minds, and I'm really enjoying this one. It's superb."
"I loved his book on Simple Minds, and I'm really enjoying this one. It's superb."
#nowplaying #amplaying The Bathers 'Sirenesque' (2023) @lnfg.bsky.social
This swept me off my feet when first heard it, felt like leaves being rushed along a street by the wind - midfifties and a new album still did that to me.
Ravishingly, walk-into beautiful.
This swept me off my feet when first heard it, felt like leaves being rushed along a street by the wind - midfifties and a new album still did that to me.
Ravishingly, walk-into beautiful.
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#nowplaying #amplaying The Bathers 'Sirenesque' (2023) @lnfg.bsky.social
This swept me off my feet when first heard it, felt like leaves being rushed along a street by the wind - midfifties and a new album still did that to me.
Ravishingly, walk-into beautiful.
This swept me off my feet when first heard it, felt like leaves being rushed along a street by the wind - midfifties and a new album still did that to me.
Ravishingly, walk-into beautiful.
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social WAYS OF BEING is 💥incredible💥, been on my shelf for over a year but if I'd had any idea it would be this fascinating... I now can't stop reading parts out to my wife, to friends, colleagues...
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social WAYS OF BEING is 💥incredible💥, been on my shelf for over a year but if I'd had any idea it would be this fascinating... I now can't stop reading parts out to my wife, to friends, colleagues...
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social WAY OF BEING is 💥incredible💥, been on my shelf for over a year but if I'd had any idea it would be this fascinating... Now can't stop reading parts out to my wife, to friends, colleagues...
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social WAY OF BEING is 💥incredible💥, been on my shelf for over a year but if I'd had any idea it would be this fascinating... Now can't stop reading parts out to my wife, to friends, colleagues...
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#booksky 📚💙 #amreading #nowreading @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Can't recommend this @emmapollock.bsky.social album with enough conviction. If you enjoy the likes of Laura Marling, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, 'Life Is Sweet' Maria McKee..., give it a listen.
I'm going to be playing this for years to come.
#amplaying #nowplaying @chemunderground.bsky.social
I'm going to be playing this for years to come.
#amplaying #nowplaying @chemunderground.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Can't recommend this @emmapollock.bsky.social album with enough conviction. If you enjoy the likes of Laura Marling, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, 'Life Is Sweet' Maria McKee..., give it a listen.
I'm going to be playing this for years to come.
#amplaying #nowplaying @chemunderground.bsky.social
I'm going to be playing this for years to come.
#amplaying #nowplaying @chemunderground.bsky.social
"Pynchon's Abundance. Travis Alexander revisits 'Vineland'"
lareviewofbooks.org/article/pync... via @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Pynchon #ThomasPynchon #Vineland #OneBattleAfterAnother
lareviewofbooks.org/article/pync... via @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Pynchon #ThomasPynchon #Vineland #OneBattleAfterAnother
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Pynchon's Abundance. Travis Alexander revisits 'Vineland'"
lareviewofbooks.org/article/pync... via @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Pynchon #ThomasPynchon #Vineland #OneBattleAfterAnother
lareviewofbooks.org/article/pync... via @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Pynchon #ThomasPynchon #Vineland #OneBattleAfterAnother
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There's a timely titled ('Everybody Scream') new Florence + the Machine album out today.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
There's a timely titled ('Everybody Scream') new Florence + the Machine album out today.
Masticating my hat as I type.
Won't rush to play 'Electric Nebraska' again but the Outtakes here are GREAT!
#springsteen @brucespringsteen.net #Nebraska
Won't rush to play 'Electric Nebraska' again but the Outtakes here are GREAT!
#springsteen @brucespringsteen.net #Nebraska
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Masticating my hat as I type.
Won't rush to play 'Electric Nebraska' again but the Outtakes here are GREAT!
#springsteen @brucespringsteen.net #Nebraska
Won't rush to play 'Electric Nebraska' again but the Outtakes here are GREAT!
#springsteen @brucespringsteen.net #Nebraska
Watched Friedkin's film of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1968) over the last couple of nights. A house-bound cranking of 'family' (and intruder) tension, dark humour and intimate conflict, he clearly took a lot from this on into 'THE EXORCIST' later. #amwatching #films #WilliamFriedkin #HaroldPinter #cinema
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Watched Friedkin's film of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1968) over the last couple of nights. A house-bound cranking of 'family' (and intruder) tension, dark humour and intimate conflict, he clearly took a lot from this on into 'THE EXORCIST' later. #amwatching #films #WilliamFriedkin #HaroldPinter #cinema
Three cats sharing a chair at my poolside hotel bar (maybe after too many meow-garitas??)
October 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Three cats sharing a chair at my poolside hotel bar (maybe after too many meow-garitas??)
#amreading #nowreading along with 'WAYS OF BEING' and 'KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL'.
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
#amreading #nowreading along with 'WAYS OF BEING' and 'KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL'.
Who's your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Who's your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
I recently read 'Heatwave' by John L Williams (brilliant) and came to exactly the same conclusion. What a fetid, horrid era in so many ways. Punk, when it happened, for all of its 'barbarians at the gate' shockingness at the time, was almost a moralistic reaction to the mainstream.
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I recently read 'Heatwave' by John L Williams (brilliant) and came to exactly the same conclusion. What a fetid, horrid era in so many ways. Punk, when it happened, for all of its 'barbarians at the gate' shockingness at the time, was almost a moralistic reaction to the mainstream.
This new Last Dinner Party album makes me feel like a kid again, the sheer escapist pleasure/entertainment I'm getting from it, without any chin stroking required. It's like watching 'The Box of Delights' on TV and looking forward to Christmas.
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This new Last Dinner Party album makes me feel like a kid again, the sheer escapist pleasure/entertainment I'm getting from it, without any chin stroking required. It's like watching 'The Box of Delights' on TV and looking forward to Christmas.
