The Woodlouse (John Butler)
@the-woodlouse.bsky.social
Half man half muppet. Late diagnosed Autistic oversharer.
'Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?' (a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through a zombie outbreak) and other creative things. ‘Othering’ people is bad. He/him.
https://thewoodlouse.co.uk/
'Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?' (a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through a zombie outbreak) and other creative things. ‘Othering’ people is bad. He/him.
https://thewoodlouse.co.uk/
Pinned
I may be in denial about Christmas but that doesn't mean you can't buy weird Zombie merch for someone (or yourself!)!
T-Shirts, Blood-red vinyl, and CD all available.
Soundtrack from the show described as "strangely upbeat given its angsty subject matter” - The Scotsman
shop.thewoodlouse.co.uk
T-Shirts, Blood-red vinyl, and CD all available.
Soundtrack from the show described as "strangely upbeat given its angsty subject matter” - The Scotsman
shop.thewoodlouse.co.uk
I really like this still from the end of the show, of me gesturing wildly at the real star of the show. This was four shows from the end of the Fringe, so there was increasing relief at the end of each one!
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I really like this still from the end of the show, of me gesturing wildly at the real star of the show. This was four shows from the end of the Fringe, so there was increasing relief at the end of each one!
I now need to make myself sit down and watch the whole thing, notebook and pen in hand. I watched it editing it, but that's a different kind of watching. Also, have a few months distance now which should help see things with fresher eyes. I'm not a fan of watching myself, but it's necessary!
Have finally cleaned up the audio from film of my show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Recording through the sound desk went wonky, but thankfully the videographer had a good quality room mic. It just needed a bit of attention to make it clearer and fuller, and I messed it up at first attempt. Better now!
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I now need to make myself sit down and watch the whole thing, notebook and pen in hand. I watched it editing it, but that's a different kind of watching. Also, have a few months distance now which should help see things with fresher eyes. I'm not a fan of watching myself, but it's necessary!
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Rest in peace, mighty Steve Cropper.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T. and the MGs
Episode 105 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Green Onions”, and how a company started by a Western Swing fiddle player ended up making the most important soul …
500songs.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Rest in peace, mighty Steve Cropper.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
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Very much underlines the point I was making yesterday about standing up to this shit regardless of the cost. When you capitulate, it doesn't make them happy, it doesn't even make them stop: they just ask why you didn't do it sooner, why you aren't being more full-throated in your cowardice.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Very much underlines the point I was making yesterday about standing up to this shit regardless of the cost. When you capitulate, it doesn't make them happy, it doesn't even make them stop: they just ask why you didn't do it sooner, why you aren't being more full-throated in your cowardice.
Started listening to the news. It led with Wes Streeting and his inquiry into possible over diagnosis, and I just don’t need to be swearing at the radio that much during my lunch break, so I’ve turned it off.
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Started listening to the news. It led with Wes Streeting and his inquiry into possible over diagnosis, and I just don’t need to be swearing at the radio that much during my lunch break, so I’ve turned it off.
Have finally cleaned up the audio from film of my show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Recording through the sound desk went wonky, but thankfully the videographer had a good quality room mic. It just needed a bit of attention to make it clearer and fuller, and I messed it up at first attempt. Better now!
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Have finally cleaned up the audio from film of my show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Recording through the sound desk went wonky, but thankfully the videographer had a good quality room mic. It just needed a bit of attention to make it clearer and fuller, and I messed it up at first attempt. Better now!
This is gorgeous
@andrewhickey.500songs.com a video of Booker T. and the MGs playing "Time Is Tight" in 1970 with an enraptured CCR offstage:
youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08
youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is gorgeous
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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Steve Cropper was an amazing guitarist. He knew when to play, when to groove. Much more of a lasting influence on me (and I'm sure many, many folk) than early obsessions with Hendrix, Clapton and the like.
I've done a mix highlighting his guitar on Johnnie Taylor's Who's Making Love (right channel)
I've done a mix highlighting his guitar on Johnnie Taylor's Who's Making Love (right channel)
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Steve Cropper was an amazing guitarist. He knew when to play, when to groove. Much more of a lasting influence on me (and I'm sure many, many folk) than early obsessions with Hendrix, Clapton and the like.
I've done a mix highlighting his guitar on Johnnie Taylor's Who's Making Love (right channel)
I've done a mix highlighting his guitar on Johnnie Taylor's Who's Making Love (right channel)
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The joke is, when it was ppl peer3peer downloading the crisis wasn't so bad. Ppl still paid for downloads or bought hard media. Piracy combined with ppl buying media is prob a better model for artists than 100% streaming for less than pennies
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The joke is, when it was ppl peer3peer downloading the crisis wasn't so bad. Ppl still paid for downloads or bought hard media. Piracy combined with ppl buying media is prob a better model for artists than 100% streaming for less than pennies
I’ve been meaning to rewatch The Blues Brothers, now have even more reason to do so, as there’s lots of Steve Cropper in it. The 4K disc version of it arrived in yesterday’s post, by coincidence.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’ve been meaning to rewatch The Blues Brothers, now have even more reason to do so, as there’s lots of Steve Cropper in it. The 4K disc version of it arrived in yesterday’s post, by coincidence.
I’ve always loved this song. RIP Steve Cropper.
youtu.be/7C-VscEQugk?...
youtu.be/7C-VscEQugk?...
[Sittin' On] the Dock of the Bay
YouTube video by Otis Redding - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’ve always loved this song. RIP Steve Cropper.
youtu.be/7C-VscEQugk?...
youtu.be/7C-VscEQugk?...
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I remember MOJO magazine doing a "top hundred guitarists of all time" list in the nineties and ranking Cropper as second after Hendrix, and I don't think there was a single reader who didn't think that was fair, even though he was the opposite of a shredder and mostly played rhythm.
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I remember MOJO magazine doing a "top hundred guitarists of all time" list in the nineties and ranking Cropper as second after Hendrix, and I don't think there was a single reader who didn't think that was fair, even though he was the opposite of a shredder and mostly played rhythm.
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Oh no, that's really terrible news. If you like soul music at all, you've loved something that Steve Cropper was intimately involved in at Stax
One of the all-time greats - guitarist, songwriter, producer, icon. Rest easy, Steve. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Oh no, that's really terrible news. If you like soul music at all, you've loved something that Steve Cropper was intimately involved in at Stax
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If several of you share an umbrella thats brollyamoury
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If several of you share an umbrella thats brollyamoury
We’re already so far over the line.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We’re already so far over the line.
Shocking behaviour at the local gym
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Shocking behaviour at the local gym
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Narration: "...a song accusing Chris Blackwell of being a vampire and killing Bob Marley, and his secretary of being a witch."
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
New bonus episode now live! 🎷
Released in 1969, Andrew delves into “Return of Django” by The Upsetters. It’s a 77-minute special on the greatest producer in reggae history, Lee "Scratch" Perry.
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Released in 1969, Andrew delves into “Return of Django” by The Upsetters. It’s a 77-minute special on the greatest producer in reggae history, Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Become a backer to listen.
Available exclusively on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/500-so...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Narration: "...a song accusing Chris Blackwell of being a vampire and killing Bob Marley, and his secretary of being a witch."
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
No real surprises here. Slightly concerned that my 7th most used word is 'myself' (though I think mostly in sentences starting with 'talking/singing to', 'shouting/despairing at' etc.) . My most used emoji is fittingly the facepalm.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
No real surprises here. Slightly concerned that my 7th most used word is 'myself' (though I think mostly in sentences starting with 'talking/singing to', 'shouting/despairing at' etc.) . My most used emoji is fittingly the facepalm.
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Legitimate reasons
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Legitimate reasons
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Cis folks: Speak the fuck up and open your wallets. Our trans friends can’t fight this alone. It’s our job to be both noisy and generous right now.
You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cis folks: Speak the fuck up and open your wallets. Our trans friends can’t fight this alone. It’s our job to be both noisy and generous right now.
Pick another group to scapegoat, round them up at gun point, and repeat. This is where the rhetoric about immigration leads and its terrifying.
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Pick another group to scapegoat, round them up at gun point, and repeat. This is where the rhetoric about immigration leads and its terrifying.
Been having the kind of dreams that feature much of my adult life and a bunch of alternate pasts and presents and some possible futures, and it was quite the ride and now I’m exhausted!
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Been having the kind of dreams that feature much of my adult life and a bunch of alternate pasts and presents and some possible futures, and it was quite the ride and now I’m exhausted!
Yet another week passes without the egg-house being called Richard Osman’s House of Eggs by anyone on the program. What is wrong with these people?
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Yet another week passes without the egg-house being called Richard Osman’s House of Eggs by anyone on the program. What is wrong with these people?
I often do my clearest thinking about life at this time of day, and revelations/realisations are obviously really helpful, but also it takes time thinking them through and writing them down while I remember them and I just want to make a hot drink and watch some trash TV and turn my brain off.
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I often do my clearest thinking about life at this time of day, and revelations/realisations are obviously really helpful, but also it takes time thinking them through and writing them down while I remember them and I just want to make a hot drink and watch some trash TV and turn my brain off.