Peter Marshall
@petermaudax.bsky.social
Randonneur, Russianist, retired. Mostly human
Last night Strange Brew was a portal into the Neckiverse. In both sets from The Necks the music underwent a phase change, patterns building until suddenly phantom musicians emerged from a storm of overtones. Go and see them, and this post may make sense...
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Last night Strange Brew was a portal into the Neckiverse. In both sets from The Necks the music underwent a phase change, patterns building until suddenly phantom musicians emerged from a storm of overtones. Go and see them, and this post may make sense...
@warringtonruncorn.com at Rich Mix: Surprisingly crunchy!
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@warringtonruncorn.com at Rich Mix: Surprisingly crunchy!
Peter Doug’s House of Music at the Serpentine Gallery. Come for the paintings, stay for the music*
*Popol Vuh while we were there
*Popol Vuh while we were there
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Peter Doug’s House of Music at the Serpentine Gallery. Come for the paintings, stay for the music*
*Popol Vuh while we were there
*Popol Vuh while we were there
Atop the Col de Cucklington
July 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Atop the Col de Cucklington
Dronecat Oscar really likes Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds by Lawrence English
June 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dronecat Oscar really likes Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds by Lawrence English
Deinventing the bicycle in the 1980s
May 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Deinventing the bicycle in the 1980s
Stunning performance of Mosaic by Fennesz at St James Piccadilly
April 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Stunning performance of Mosaic by Fennesz at St James Piccadilly
Oscar approves of Mogwai-plus-brass on BBC iPlayer
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oscar approves of Mogwai-plus-brass on BBC iPlayer
Spring tour in Brittany and Normandy. The AUKs around the table include two members of the 300,000 Mile Club and collectively muster 40 PBPs and 27 LELs
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Spring tour in Brittany and Normandy. The AUKs around the table include two members of the 300,000 Mile Club and collectively muster 40 PBPs and 27 LELs
Went down a rabbit hole that ended with me listening to the Grateful Dead set at Barton Hall at Cornell University in 1977. Astonishingly spacious, airy, and spring-heeled. Just off to tie-dye a T shirt...
March 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Went down a rabbit hole that ended with me listening to the Grateful Dead set at Barton Hall at Cornell University in 1977. Astonishingly spacious, airy, and spring-heeled. Just off to tie-dye a T shirt...
Two-gig week: Mogwai (earplugs a gogo) and Marta Salogni (haunted tape recorders)
February 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Two-gig week: Mogwai (earplugs a gogo) and Marta Salogni (haunted tape recorders)
I give you Reading's (self-described) "iconic" Blade, an office block with a quiff. "Iconic" is about as meaningful as "epic" now
February 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I give you Reading's (self-described) "iconic" Blade, an office block with a quiff. "Iconic" is about as meaningful as "epic" now
If you need a distraction from the rising tide of Bad Stuff, these worked for me: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds by Lawrence English, and Raphael Roginski Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you need a distraction from the rising tide of Bad Stuff, these worked for me: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds by Lawrence English, and Raphael Roginski Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes
I'm really enjoying Your Community Hub by @warringtonruncorn.com. Scarfolk in musical form, but less dystopian and more nuanced
January 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm really enjoying Your Community Hub by @warringtonruncorn.com. Scarfolk in musical form, but less dystopian and more nuanced
Prepping for The Bad Fire by reminding myself that The Love Continues…
January 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Prepping for The Bad Fire by reminding myself that The Love Continues…
Just visible here if you look carefully
January 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just visible here if you look carefully
Oscar agrees with @thequietus.com that Ethel Cain’s Perverts is album of the week
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oscar agrees with @thequietus.com that Ethel Cain’s Perverts is album of the week
Oscar likes ambient drone, eg, Saor by Claire M Singer and the latest Jessica Moss album
January 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oscar likes ambient drone, eg, Saor by Claire M Singer and the latest Jessica Moss album
It turns out that Can’s Live in Paris 1973 is a superb soundtrack for a hard session on the spinning bike…
January 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It turns out that Can’s Live in Paris 1973 is a superb soundtrack for a hard session on the spinning bike…
What kind of political jokes did people tell under Stalin, in what contexts, and with what consequences? Jonathan Waterlow’s “It’s Only a Joke, Comrade!” tells you. NB: not a book of jokes, though it has jokes in it…
January 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What kind of political jokes did people tell under Stalin, in what contexts, and with what consequences? Jonathan Waterlow’s “It’s Only a Joke, Comrade!” tells you. NB: not a book of jokes, though it has jokes in it…
Cold weather truce this morning
January 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Cold weather truce this morning