James Hornsey
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The Clientele . Comet Gain . The Butterfly Collectors
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I am biased of course, but I am here to tell you that my favourite record by The Clientele has been reissued on vinyl this week & it is a rather beautiful thing: ffm.bio/theviolethour
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I am biased of course, but I am here to tell you that my favourite record by The Clientele has been reissued on vinyl this week & it is a rather beautiful thing: ffm.bio/theviolethour
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Same shit, different church! we have added a second violet hour show as the first one sold out immediately.
Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time
link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.
wegottickets.com/event/677968/
Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time
link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.
wegottickets.com/event/677968/
October 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Same shit, different church! we have added a second violet hour show as the first one sold out immediately.
Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time
link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.
wegottickets.com/event/677968/
Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time
link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.
wegottickets.com/event/677968/
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Hello everyone, I wrote about the extraordinary lives of Lee Miller ahead of a major retrospective of her photography at Tate Britain – which opens tomorrow. And it's looking beautiful in the i Paper today! Read online here: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hello everyone, I wrote about the extraordinary lives of Lee Miller ahead of a major retrospective of her photography at Tate Britain – which opens tomorrow. And it's looking beautiful in the i Paper today! Read online here: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...
Studio happenings
August 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Studio happenings
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Wow, I was not expecting this. My dad wrote several Play for Todays in the early 1980s, including one called The Cause in 1981 – about unionism and the Spanish Civil War. I watched it recently & thought – where would this be commissioned now? I look forward to seeing what they do
Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’
Series aims to follow original in tackling ‘thornier issues’, and to support talent from lower-income backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Wow, I was not expecting this. My dad wrote several Play for Todays in the early 1980s, including one called The Cause in 1981 – about unionism and the Spanish Civil War. I watched it recently & thought – where would this be commissioned now? I look forward to seeing what they do
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Top two stories on the Guardian site
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
August 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Top two stories on the Guardian site
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
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Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
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I am sat here at my laptop trying to write but these brave journalists are all I can think about:
Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Ibrahim Zaher
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammed Noufal
The entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City, gone. Say their names.
Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Ibrahim Zaher
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammed Noufal
The entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City, gone. Say their names.
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I am sat here at my laptop trying to write but these brave journalists are all I can think about:
Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Ibrahim Zaher
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammed Noufal
The entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City, gone. Say their names.
Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Ibrahim Zaher
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammed Noufal
The entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City, gone. Say their names.
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
I'm lucky enough to have read the first three chapters, this is going to be a very special book.
Hello everyone, I have exciting news! (📣):
Kat Lister’s beguiling exploration of art, FRAGILE BODIES, won at auction by Weidenfeld & Nicolson — Blake Friedmann
Kat Lister’s new non-fiction book FRAGILE BODIES: Art Born of Bodily Trauma, exploring the impact of physical adversity on the lives of seven extraordinary artists who confronted and transformed their...
blakefriedmann.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm lucky enough to have read the first three chapters, this is going to be a very special book.
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Spotify is a horrible platform in so many ways. People should consider if they're ok using it. We use Tidal in the shop for streaming and are really happy with it. Some of the staff use Qobuz at home. Spotify sounds terrible and their ethics are disgusting.
How did I miss this story earlier in the week…Daniel Ek has “doubled down” on investments in military drones and AI. Original source is FT, here is that article past paywall archive.ph/2025.06.18-1...
June 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Spotify is a horrible platform in so many ways. People should consider if they're ok using it. We use Tidal in the shop for streaming and are really happy with it. Some of the staff use Qobuz at home. Spotify sounds terrible and their ethics are disgusting.
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What a story, and so sensitively written by @samknightwrites.bsky.social with all the curiosity you'd hope for in a piece like this – do read, it's a cracker:
A Forgotten Surrealist’s Paintings Return to New York
Last year, Henry Orlik was living in poverty after being evicted. Now his work is worth millions.
www.newyorker.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What a story, and so sensitively written by @samknightwrites.bsky.social with all the curiosity you'd hope for in a piece like this – do read, it's a cracker:
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Comet Gain entregan en ‘Letters to Ordinary Outsiders’ una de las colecciones de canciones más completas de su carrera. En la que, además, apuestan por una limpieza que convierte al disco en toda una joya pop de lo más disfrutable. Vía @tapeterecords.bsky.social www.indienauta.com/comet-gain-l...
Comet Gain, 'Letters to Ordinary Outsiders' (Tapete, 2025) - Indienauta
Comet Gain regresan con ‘Letters to Ordinary Outsiders’, un estupendo trabajo en el que apuestan por un sonido más limpio.
www.indienauta.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Comet Gain entregan en ‘Letters to Ordinary Outsiders’ una de las colecciones de canciones más completas de su carrera. En la que, además, apuestan por una limpieza que convierte al disco en toda una joya pop de lo más disfrutable. Vía @tapeterecords.bsky.social www.indienauta.com/comet-gain-l...
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Call me naive, but alongside launching "groundbreaking global initiatives" to "support creators’ mental wellbeing" Spotify could, I dunno, actually pay musicians a decent amount for the music they stream? I would think that might help them thrive.
Spotify launches global mental health initiative for music community
As part of the initiative with Backline, Spotify is launching the first ever Global Mental Health Resource Hub, a comprehensive support platform…
www.musicweek.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Call me naive, but alongside launching "groundbreaking global initiatives" to "support creators’ mental wellbeing" Spotify could, I dunno, actually pay musicians a decent amount for the music they stream? I would think that might help them thrive.
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Comet Gain siguen siendo uno de los mejores exponentes del buen pop de guitarras. Y más ahora, que suenan mejor que nunca gracias de a la producción de Sean Read -el de los Dexys-. Su nuevo trabajo es una auténtica maravilla. donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...
Comet Gain – Letters to Ordinary Outsiders
Mira que estoy informado de un buen motón de lanzamientos musicales a lo largo de todo el año -mi bandeja de correo echa humo todos los días-, pero no me había enterado de que Comet Gain volvían es…
donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Comet Gain siguen siendo uno de los mejores exponentes del buen pop de guitarras. Y más ahora, que suenan mejor que nunca gracias de a la producción de Sean Read -el de los Dexys-. Su nuevo trabajo es una auténtica maravilla. donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...
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Comet Gain rebajan considerablemente la suciedad de su propuesta en 'Letters to Ordinary Outsiders'. Y el resultado es un maravilloso disco lleno de canciones pop enormes y lo mejor que han hecho en mucho tiempo. donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...
Comet Gain – Letters to Ordinary Outsiders
Mira que estoy informado de un buen motón de lanzamientos musicales a lo largo de todo el año -mi bandeja de correo echa humo todos los días-, pero no me había enterado de que Comet Gain volvían es…
donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Comet Gain rebajan considerablemente la suciedad de su propuesta en 'Letters to Ordinary Outsiders'. Y el resultado es un maravilloso disco lleno de canciones pop enormes y lo mejor que han hecho en mucho tiempo. donteatheyellowsnow2.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...
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Comet Gain: Letters To Ordinary Outsiders - Review - ALBUM OF THE WEEK! louderthanwar.com/comet-gain-l... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social
Comet Gain: Letters To Ordinary Outsiders - Album Review
Andy Brown swoons to the sounds of the latest Comet Gain album, Letters To Ordinary Outsiders. He spreads the love for Louder Than War.
louderthanwar.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Comet Gain: Letters To Ordinary Outsiders - Review - ALBUM OF THE WEEK! louderthanwar.com/comet-gain-l... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social
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It is a good weekend to become a Comet Gain enjoyer (and the new album is *great*)
June 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It is a good weekend to become a Comet Gain enjoyer (and the new album is *great*)
New Comet Gain album, single and video, out today
Comet Gain – Do You Remember 'The Lites On The Water' (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Tapete Records
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New Comet Gain album, single and video, out today