Philip Gwynne Jones
@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social
Author of the Nathan Sutherland Venetian mysteries. Currently investigating "The Magus of Sicily" with Nedda and Calogero.
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
All shaping up nicely!
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
All shaping up nicely!
Claude Rains and Richard Burton - two of the finest voices in cinema - share a birthday. They also both did great work under bandages...
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Claude Rains and Richard Burton - two of the finest voices in cinema - share a birthday. They also both did great work under bandages...
#NowPlaying PFM, "Chocolate Kings". The first PFM album in which the lyrics were first written directly in English instead of being translated from Italian. Strong material, excellent playing ... but I really can't get on with Bernardo Lanzetti's vocals, like an Americanised Gabriel.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#NowPlaying PFM, "Chocolate Kings". The first PFM album in which the lyrics were first written directly in English instead of being translated from Italian. Strong material, excellent playing ... but I really can't get on with Bernardo Lanzetti's vocals, like an Americanised Gabriel.
Many thanks Justin John Doherty for this truly beautiful book on Don’t Look Now.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Many thanks Justin John Doherty for this truly beautiful book on Don’t Look Now.
Magnificent pizza at Ae Botti. Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan on the jukebox. A top night out!
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Magnificent pizza at Ae Botti. Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan on the jukebox. A top night out!
#NowPlaying Le Orme, "Felona e Sorona 2016". Both the Italian and English versions (with lyrics by Peter Hamill) recorded by 2016 line-up. Both Tagliapietra and Pagliuca are long gone and although Michele Bon fills in nicely on vocals and Michi dei Rossi drums up a storm, it all feels unnecessary.
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#NowPlaying Le Orme, "Felona e Sorona 2016". Both the Italian and English versions (with lyrics by Peter Hamill) recorded by 2016 line-up. Both Tagliapietra and Pagliuca are long gone and although Michele Bon fills in nicely on vocals and Michi dei Rossi drums up a storm, it all feels unnecessary.
Silver Darlings : sardines stuffed with sultanas and pine nuts. Served with some roasted tomatoes in garlic and white wine vinegar.
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Silver Darlings : sardines stuffed with sultanas and pine nuts. Served with some roasted tomatoes in garlic and white wine vinegar.
Welcome to Venice Noir (Italian)!
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Welcome to Venice Noir (Italian)!
Welcome to Venice Noir (English)!
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Welcome to Venice Noir (English)!
This arrived today. I had the ebook but it’s nice to have a paperback for the Lovecraft archive.
One sa i’n gwybod os dysgu Cymraeg gyda HPL yw syniad da…
One sa i’n gwybod os dysgu Cymraeg gyda HPL yw syniad da…
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This arrived today. I had the ebook but it’s nice to have a paperback for the Lovecraft archive.
One sa i’n gwybod os dysgu Cymraeg gyda HPL yw syniad da…
One sa i’n gwybod os dysgu Cymraeg gyda HPL yw syniad da…
#NowPlaying Back to Hildur Guðnadóttir again, and the OST to "Chernobyl".
Claustrophobic, unearthly and utterly haunting, sometimes recalling the bleak, chilling beauty of Tangerine Dreams's "Zeit".
"If you could hear radioactivity, what would it sound like?" I think we know, now...
Claustrophobic, unearthly and utterly haunting, sometimes recalling the bleak, chilling beauty of Tangerine Dreams's "Zeit".
"If you could hear radioactivity, what would it sound like?" I think we know, now...
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#NowPlaying Back to Hildur Guðnadóttir again, and the OST to "Chernobyl".
Claustrophobic, unearthly and utterly haunting, sometimes recalling the bleak, chilling beauty of Tangerine Dreams's "Zeit".
"If you could hear radioactivity, what would it sound like?" I think we know, now...
Claustrophobic, unearthly and utterly haunting, sometimes recalling the bleak, chilling beauty of Tangerine Dreams's "Zeit".
"If you could hear radioactivity, what would it sound like?" I think we know, now...
Some great coverage of Venice Noir in the papers today.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Some great coverage of Venice Noir in the papers today.
#NowEating 3-cheese and walnut lasagne. What could be better when the sun goes down and the nights become chilly…?
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#NowEating 3-cheese and walnut lasagne. What could be better when the sun goes down and the nights become chilly…?
#NowPlaying Hildur Guðnadóttir "Where To From". Atmospheric, dark, compelling. Must check out more of her work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#NowPlaying Hildur Guðnadóttir "Where To From". Atmospheric, dark, compelling. Must check out more of her work.
Just back from the Venice Noir press conference at the Hotel Monaco. And what a lovely day we had for it!
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just back from the Venice Noir press conference at the Hotel Monaco. And what a lovely day we had for it!
Ah, let’s end the week with a bit of Hawkwind, eh?
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ah, let’s end the week with a bit of Hawkwind, eh?
Here’s a warning to everyone !
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Here’s a warning to everyone !
Fregola with vongole. Should have been last night’s dinner but we decided to go and drink industrial quantities of wine with @rickturner.bsky.social instead…
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fregola with vongole. Should have been last night’s dinner but we decided to go and drink industrial quantities of wine with @rickturner.bsky.social instead…
#NowPlaying OST "Terrore nello Spazio" (Gino Marinuzzi jr.) Enthralling mixture of orchestral music and electronica. Like Bava's film, it's years ahead of its time.
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#NowPlaying OST "Terrore nello Spazio" (Gino Marinuzzi jr.) Enthralling mixture of orchestral music and electronica. Like Bava's film, it's years ahead of its time.
#NowListening Steely Dan, "Everything Must Go". This one doesn't have a great rep, but I rather like it. Laid back, bluesy, Sunday afternoon listening; and the title track is a fitting, elegiac end to it all. Thanks Walter. Thanks Donald.
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#NowListening Steely Dan, "Everything Must Go". This one doesn't have a great rep, but I rather like it. Laid back, bluesy, Sunday afternoon listening; and the title track is a fitting, elegiac end to it all. Thanks Walter. Thanks Donald.
#NowPlaying Steely Dan, "Two Against Nature". Twenty years have passed and yet you really wouldn't know it. The Dan, as fine, laid-back, and modestly funky as ever. A good one!
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#NowPlaying Steely Dan, "Two Against Nature". Twenty years have passed and yet you really wouldn't know it. The Dan, as fine, laid-back, and modestly funky as ever. A good one!
“Venetian Gothic”
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Venetian Gothic”