James Morris
@jamesdmorris.bsky.social
Simply noting when the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better, particularly if they in polling, politics or music.
Two nights, two sold out gigs in the round. The O2 slightly bigger than the Cockpit, but still each five brilliant musicians playing together, collaborating, creating sounds you haven’t heard before and ones that sound deeply familiar, to tell stories and inspire feeling. Both, unabashed art rock
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Two nights, two sold out gigs in the round. The O2 slightly bigger than the Cockpit, but still each five brilliant musicians playing together, collaborating, creating sounds you haven’t heard before and ones that sound deeply familiar, to tell stories and inspire feeling. Both, unabashed art rock
Last night. Tonight. Tomorrow night. Saturday night. London is an amazing place to live.
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Last night. Tonight. Tomorrow night. Saturday night. London is an amazing place to live.
Wikipedia rabbit hole gold: Scarlet Rivera’s husband played keyboards for Wham #onemorecupofcoffee #clubtropicana
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Wikipedia rabbit hole gold: Scarlet Rivera’s husband played keyboards for Wham #onemorecupofcoffee #clubtropicana
Saw The Producers last night. One deeply funny idea brought to life through lots of superbly executed but quite basic ideas.
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Saw The Producers last night. One deeply funny idea brought to life through lots of superbly executed but quite basic ideas.
Fair play to the picture editor for finding an image to summarise their reaction after mentally reconciling the second part of this sentence with the opening.
October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fair play to the picture editor for finding an image to summarise their reaction after mentally reconciling the second part of this sentence with the opening.
John Zorn at the Vanguard. He’s an absolute genius. Klezmer, Blues, Eric Dolphy whoknowswhatness. Incredible band. And a tight, hugely enjoyable 60min set. Nothing better.
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
John Zorn at the Vanguard. He’s an absolute genius. Klezmer, Blues, Eric Dolphy whoknowswhatness. Incredible band. And a tight, hugely enjoyable 60min set. Nothing better.
Andrea Berta bringing a new approach to making Arsenal players available
July 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Andrea Berta bringing a new approach to making Arsenal players available
Saw my third Eugene O’Neill play at the weekend - A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida. Powerful about how people become trapped economically, socially and psychologically. Michael Shannon’s performance was stunning: fragile and forceful, decrepit but dashing. There a handful of tickets left.
July 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Saw my third Eugene O’Neill play at the weekend - A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida. Powerful about how people become trapped economically, socially and psychologically. Michael Shannon’s performance was stunning: fragile and forceful, decrepit but dashing. There a handful of tickets left.
Had tickets to see Beth Gibbons last night at the Roundhouse but gave them up to take my youngest to her first gig*; so watching her Glasto set now on TV. Sad to miss this tour - looks brilliant.
*Olivia Rodrigo, Hyde Park, genuinely good, great band and top tunes. Will go down a storm tomorrow.
*Olivia Rodrigo, Hyde Park, genuinely good, great band and top tunes. Will go down a storm tomorrow.
June 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Had tickets to see Beth Gibbons last night at the Roundhouse but gave them up to take my youngest to her first gig*; so watching her Glasto set now on TV. Sad to miss this tour - looks brilliant.
*Olivia Rodrigo, Hyde Park, genuinely good, great band and top tunes. Will go down a storm tomorrow.
*Olivia Rodrigo, Hyde Park, genuinely good, great band and top tunes. Will go down a storm tomorrow.
Big big day in American politics as Dems learn it is good to come across like a human, appear in the media people actually watch and say you’ll do something about issues they care about.
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Big big day in American politics as Dems learn it is good to come across like a human, appear in the media people actually watch and say you’ll do something about issues they care about.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the spectacular Royal Albert Hall - even made use of the organ. Totally different to their full on 2022 gig in Brixton - pared back, intimate, less synth, more acoustic guitar. But still 100% them, continuing to try different things and push themselves even in their 25th year.
June 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the spectacular Royal Albert Hall - even made use of the organ. Totally different to their full on 2022 gig in Brixton - pared back, intimate, less synth, more acoustic guitar. But still 100% them, continuing to try different things and push themselves even in their 25th year.
Lots of insightful stuff out there now. This is really informative esp re timeline. “Fordow could convert Iran’s entire stock of high enriched uranium — assessed to be 408kg by IAEA inspectors in May — to produce in just three weeks enough weapons grade uranium to make nine nuclear weapons.”
Highly informative piece on Fordow, the underground facility at the heart (maybe) of Iran's nuclear programme:
The nuclear mountain that haunts Israel
Buried half a kilometre underground, Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility is the ultimate test of Israeli air power
www.ft.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lots of insightful stuff out there now. This is really informative esp re timeline. “Fordow could convert Iran’s entire stock of high enriched uranium — assessed to be 408kg by IAEA inspectors in May — to produce in just three weeks enough weapons grade uranium to make nine nuclear weapons.”
Leaving the gig during their last Brixton residency, I wished I could go back. Three years later @lcdsoundsystem.bsky.social booked another stand & I got my chance. Exhilarating enveloping live sound - the drop in Tribulations, the sonic variation in Losing my Edge, the euphoria of All My Friends
June 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Leaving the gig during their last Brixton residency, I wished I could go back. Three years later @lcdsoundsystem.bsky.social booked another stand & I got my chance. Exhilarating enveloping live sound - the drop in Tribulations, the sonic variation in Losing my Edge, the euphoria of All My Friends
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The dangerous decline of child vaccination in England. Such a worrying trend at several levels.
June 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The dangerous decline of child vaccination in England. Such a worrying trend at several levels.
Iggy at Ally Pally last night. He’s got great songs, including on the new album, and the only hint at his age came in the box he left the stage in. The Stooges tracks sound huge now, must have been extraordinary back then.
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Iggy at Ally Pally last night. He’s got great songs, including on the new album, and the only hint at his age came in the box he left the stage in. The Stooges tracks sound huge now, must have been extraordinary back then.
This was a great listen. Somehow both warm and forensic. Thanks @kirkhamilton.com
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"Heart of Glass" by Blondie–Strong Songs – Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · Strong Songs · 03/05/2024 · 56m
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May 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This was a great listen. Somehow both warm and forensic. Thanks @kirkhamilton.com
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Very 90s night out at the Donmar Warehouse, watching Patrick Marber’s debut play be treated like a period drama. Somewhat amusing, highly engaging, ensemble piece where everyone is flawed in totally expected but nevertheless meaningful ways. Brilliantly staged in such a tiny theatre.
May 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Very 90s night out at the Donmar Warehouse, watching Patrick Marber’s debut play be treated like a period drama. Somewhat amusing, highly engaging, ensemble piece where everyone is flawed in totally expected but nevertheless meaningful ways. Brilliantly staged in such a tiny theatre.
Sad to see many brilliant brilliant musicians self-righteously try to use their cultural power to silence decent activists who oppose support for violence against civilians - whether MPs or attendees of the Nova festival. It’s easy to oppose Israel/Tories without chanting for Hamas/murder.
Massive Attack, Pulp, Primal Scream, and dozens of other UK acts have shared a statement of support for Kneecap
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May 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sad to see many brilliant brilliant musicians self-righteously try to use their cultural power to silence decent activists who oppose support for violence against civilians - whether MPs or attendees of the Nova festival. It’s easy to oppose Israel/Tories without chanting for Hamas/murder.
Reporting focuses on the apology bit of this statement but chiefly it’s a conspiracy theory about the ‘establishment’ plus lawyered words (‘have never’). There’s an easy way to avoid being seen to support murderers & terrorists - don’t chant in support. Plenty of pro Palestine activists manage that.
April 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reporting focuses on the apology bit of this statement but chiefly it’s a conspiracy theory about the ‘establishment’ plus lawyered words (‘have never’). There’s an easy way to avoid being seen to support murderers & terrorists - don’t chant in support. Plenty of pro Palestine activists manage that.
Reposted by James Morris
"the Israeli government instead chose to break the ceasefire... Israel’s soul is being ripped out and we, members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, fear for the future of the Israel we love"
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
Letter: As British Jews we can no longer stay silent on the war in Gaza
From Harriett Goldenberg, Baron Frankal, Sophie Hasenson, Robert Stone and others
www.ft.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"the Israeli government instead chose to break the ceasefire... Israel’s soul is being ripped out and we, members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, fear for the future of the Israel we love"
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
A brave letter:
www.ft.com/content/6a50...
Last time I went to Wembley Arena, Radiohead were touring OK Computer. Next time, it will be My Bloody Valentine. Bit surprised it’s in an arena but very exciting all the same.
March 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Last time I went to Wembley Arena, Radiohead were touring OK Computer. Next time, it will be My Bloody Valentine. Bit surprised it’s in an arena but very exciting all the same.
What a treat the Bertha Dochouse is. A screen devoted to docs at the beautiful Brunswick centre cinema. Saw Dig! for the first time there on Tues. Great film about art, friendship, delusion and economics. Seeing the struggle, jealousy & conflict made Feb’s Brixton gig even more joyful in retrospect.
March 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What a treat the Bertha Dochouse is. A screen devoted to docs at the beautiful Brunswick centre cinema. Saw Dig! for the first time there on Tues. Great film about art, friendship, delusion and economics. Seeing the struggle, jealousy & conflict made Feb’s Brixton gig even more joyful in retrospect.
Max Cooper at the Roundhouse was all about huge visuals and huge sound but for most of it I felt like Id wandered into a screensaver convention where the conference manager had figured out how to train an LLM on Insides by Orbital. I liked the Squarepushery and Swervey bits but all too retro for me
March 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Max Cooper at the Roundhouse was all about huge visuals and huge sound but for most of it I felt like Id wandered into a screensaver convention where the conference manager had figured out how to train an LLM on Insides by Orbital. I liked the Squarepushery and Swervey bits but all too retro for me