Nach biodh e cho math dhuinn
gach inneal a chur dheth
agus èisteachd ri buille
ar cridhe fhèin?
gach inneal a chur dheth
agus èisteachd ri buille
ar cridhe fhèin?
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Nach biodh e cho math dhuinn
gach inneal a chur dheth
agus èisteachd ri buille
ar cridhe fhèin?
gach inneal a chur dheth
agus èisteachd ri buille
ar cridhe fhèin?
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You look at every culture that's ever existed and the running theme is everyone pretty much just wants to play/dance to music, make art, eat stewed meat wrapped in flat bread, and tell stories about the shapes we find in the stars. Somehow we turned that into wars and overtime and profit margins.
My problem with everything is that I know For A Fact that the purpose of life is frivolity. It is to fool around & pursue joy.
September 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You look at every culture that's ever existed and the running theme is everyone pretty much just wants to play/dance to music, make art, eat stewed meat wrapped in flat bread, and tell stories about the shapes we find in the stars. Somehow we turned that into wars and overtime and profit margins.
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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you do not need to be a musician to personally participate in cultivating a local scene. team work makes the dream work, don’t let imposter syndrome stop you from participating.
September 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
you do not need to be a musician to personally participate in cultivating a local scene. team work makes the dream work, don’t let imposter syndrome stop you from participating.
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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#MassiveAttack, #BrianEno, #Kneecap and Fontaines DC have formed an alliance of musicians speaking out about Israel’s ongoing military assault on #Gaza
buff.ly/kH7uxHG
buff.ly/kH7uxHG
July 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#MassiveAttack, #BrianEno, #Kneecap and Fontaines DC have formed an alliance of musicians speaking out about Israel’s ongoing military assault on #Gaza
buff.ly/kH7uxHG
buff.ly/kH7uxHG
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Bands, DJs... a mobile sound barrow, numerous independent food concessions, a badge making workshop, a guided walk around eerie Alton Barnes led by local archaeologist, a Warhammer 40k miniature painting workshop...
Your last call for tickets to Acid Horse - it starts tomorrow
buff.ly/DeoOf3f
Your last call for tickets to Acid Horse - it starts tomorrow
buff.ly/DeoOf3f
May 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Bands, DJs... a mobile sound barrow, numerous independent food concessions, a badge making workshop, a guided walk around eerie Alton Barnes led by local archaeologist, a Warhammer 40k miniature painting workshop...
Your last call for tickets to Acid Horse - it starts tomorrow
buff.ly/DeoOf3f
Your last call for tickets to Acid Horse - it starts tomorrow
buff.ly/DeoOf3f
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
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I wish there was some fancy economic term for when a person deliberately lowers the price of every single stock on the planet before then raising them all with a wave of their hand, in a manner you might say would grant immediate, near-infinite wealth to anyone informed of such plans beforehand.
April 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I wish there was some fancy economic term for when a person deliberately lowers the price of every single stock on the planet before then raising them all with a wave of their hand, in a manner you might say would grant immediate, near-infinite wealth to anyone informed of such plans beforehand.
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Max Richter has spoken to UK MPs in two select committees to argue against UK government plans to allow artificial technology (AI) to be trained using copyrighted music.
#MaxRichter Warns UK MPs of Effect of AI on Music
https://buff.ly/3QawzLc
#MaxRichter Warns UK MPs of Effect of AI on Music
https://buff.ly/3QawzLc
February 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Max Richter has spoken to UK MPs in two select committees to argue against UK government plans to allow artificial technology (AI) to be trained using copyrighted music.
#MaxRichter Warns UK MPs of Effect of AI on Music
https://buff.ly/3QawzLc
#MaxRichter Warns UK MPs of Effect of AI on Music
https://buff.ly/3QawzLc
Chrìochnaich mi leughadh a’ chiad nobhail cheart sa Ghàidhlig, an sàr "Far na Slighe" le @shel-cam.bsky.social Bha e doirbh ach chòrd e rium gu mòr.
#Gàidhlig #leabhraichean
#Gàidhlig #leabhraichean
January 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Chrìochnaich mi leughadh a’ chiad nobhail cheart sa Ghàidhlig, an sàr "Far na Slighe" le @shel-cam.bsky.social Bha e doirbh ach chòrd e rium gu mòr.
#Gàidhlig #leabhraichean
#Gàidhlig #leabhraichean
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David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.
January 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.
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I'm currently plotting the next edition of my weird trad/folk column for The Quietus, Radical Traditional
If you know of any unusual, boundary-pushing, progressive or downright strange new folk music released between last November and this coming March, I'd love you to send it my way!
If you know of any unusual, boundary-pushing, progressive or downright strange new folk music released between last November and this coming March, I'd love you to send it my way!
January 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm currently plotting the next edition of my weird trad/folk column for The Quietus, Radical Traditional
If you know of any unusual, boundary-pushing, progressive or downright strange new folk music released between last November and this coming March, I'd love you to send it my way!
If you know of any unusual, boundary-pushing, progressive or downright strange new folk music released between last November and this coming March, I'd love you to send it my way!
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Referring to LGBT+ people as "mentally ill" or "abnormal" is not "a discussion."
It's not "an opinion."
It's not "free speech."
It's not "debate."
It's hatemongering, with the clear and obvious intent to mark a minority out for subjugation, torture and violence.
It's not "an opinion."
It's not "free speech."
It's not "debate."
It's hatemongering, with the clear and obvious intent to mark a minority out for subjugation, torture and violence.
January 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Referring to LGBT+ people as "mentally ill" or "abnormal" is not "a discussion."
It's not "an opinion."
It's not "free speech."
It's not "debate."
It's hatemongering, with the clear and obvious intent to mark a minority out for subjugation, torture and violence.
It's not "an opinion."
It's not "free speech."
It's not "debate."
It's hatemongering, with the clear and obvious intent to mark a minority out for subjugation, torture and violence.
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it wis January
and a gey dreich day
the first day Ah went to the school…
—Liz Lochhead, “Kidspoem/Bairnsang”
published in A CHOOSING: The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead (Polygon 2017)
and a gey dreich day
the first day Ah went to the school…
—Liz Lochhead, “Kidspoem/Bairnsang”
published in A CHOOSING: The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead (Polygon 2017)
January 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
it wis January
and a gey dreich day
the first day Ah went to the school…
—Liz Lochhead, “Kidspoem/Bairnsang”
published in A CHOOSING: The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead (Polygon 2017)
and a gey dreich day
the first day Ah went to the school…
—Liz Lochhead, “Kidspoem/Bairnsang”
published in A CHOOSING: The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead (Polygon 2017)
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“People in Scotland have a queer idea of the arts. They think you can be an artist in your spare time, though nobody expects you to be a spare-time dustman, engineer, lawyer or brain surgeon.”
—Alasdair Gray, LANARK (Book I, Ch. 20: “Employers”)
Not just Scotland: 👇
—Alasdair Gray, LANARK (Book I, Ch. 20: “Employers”)
Not just Scotland: 👇
Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/
January 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“People in Scotland have a queer idea of the arts. They think you can be an artist in your spare time, though nobody expects you to be a spare-time dustman, engineer, lawyer or brain surgeon.”
—Alasdair Gray, LANARK (Book I, Ch. 20: “Employers”)
Not just Scotland: 👇
—Alasdair Gray, LANARK (Book I, Ch. 20: “Employers”)
Not just Scotland: 👇
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people have functionally decided that everything online should be free without any consideration for what that means and that is how we got where we are
December 29, 2024 at 1:51 PM
people have functionally decided that everything online should be free without any consideration for what that means and that is how we got where we are
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A few thoughts on spotify, streamers, etc. because I realised I'm just shouting them on here and I keep forgetting stuff:
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
"what were the skies like when you were young?"
Co-workers asked me the other day "why do you hate spotify?" and truly, I could've gone on for hours. I didn't (much to their relief) but th...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
A few thoughts on spotify, streamers, etc. because I realised I'm just shouting them on here and I keep forgetting stuff:
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
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When you're playing in the 5 aside final against a team of asshole penguins, and you pop the winner in off the post with the last kick of the game.
December 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
When you're playing in the 5 aside final against a team of asshole penguins, and you pop the winner in off the post with the last kick of the game.
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In memory of Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst) and his kindness and compassion, we're raising money for @caringinbristol.bsky.social's Christmas Appeal. This enables people experiencing homelessness to attend Caring at Christmas, a week of nutritious food, support and company. justgiving.com/page/inmemor...
In memory of Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst)
Help Michelle Hilborne raise money to support Caring in Bristol
justgiving.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
In memory of Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst) and his kindness and compassion, we're raising money for @caringinbristol.bsky.social's Christmas Appeal. This enables people experiencing homelessness to attend Caring at Christmas, a week of nutritious food, support and company. justgiving.com/page/inmemor...