Cape of Irmin Schmidt's Sideburns
@thestain.bsky.social
Tries to write book. Reads book instead.
Loves unusual and obscure music, test cricket, retreating into history.
Not one to grouse.
Loves unusual and obscure music, test cricket, retreating into history.
Not one to grouse.
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This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
ACAB includes sleeping policemen
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACAB includes sleeping policemen
Think I might change everything with the power of thought
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Think I might change everything with the power of thought
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Bone is rather dusty, sir.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bone is rather dusty, sir.
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Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
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On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
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![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Ginger, though. I really recommend ginger.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ginger, though. I really recommend ginger.
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Lea Bertucci's excellent new LP 'The Oracle' is here - a suite of deep & mysterious voice studies, synth symphonies and woodwind experiments, tipped if you're on the line from Sarah Davachi to Martyna Basta, early Grouper to Christina Vantzou
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Lea Bertucci's excellent new LP 'The Oracle' is here - a suite of deep & mysterious voice studies, synth symphonies and woodwind experiments, tipped if you're on the line from Sarah Davachi to Martyna Basta, early Grouper to Christina Vantzou
boomkat.com/products/the...
boomkat.com/products/the...
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It hurts and I want to die and I'd welcome a couple of nice things
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It hurts and I want to die and I'd welcome a couple of nice things
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I've drawn a vein diagram
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I've drawn a vein diagram
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i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary
YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
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Orcutt Shelley Miller played a session at Seattle's KEXP and there be video! Here's a short excerpt, check out the full thing on their youtube
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Orcutt Shelley Miller played a session at Seattle's KEXP and there be video! Here's a short excerpt, check out the full thing on their youtube
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Might finally be able to upgrade on my old wax foreskin
Better grab a hoodie it's starting to get cold outside
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Might finally be able to upgrade on my old wax foreskin
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM