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In block capitals: WITHOUT MARKS THIS WOULD BE MINT

Spotted on an eBay listing for an LP:

I'm giving away this copy of For You by Tatsumo Yamashita. Arguably Japan's finest City Pop album.

Comment 'For Me?' and a random wheel thingy will choose a winner.

Giving this away as a thank you for joining me on my Tokyo trip. Trust me... you want this amazing LP.

More info below...

For Me?

John Cale - (I keep a) close watch (Brussels, 1992) YouTube video by fglmusic

Happy birthday John Cale. We’re glad you’re still with us ❤️
youtu.be/yjhEMGMf5_Y

A white and black cat, who knows that he is absolutely not allowed to stand on the turntable and accordingly is absolutely definitely standing on the turntable.

Monday. Become ungovernable.

A copy of President Yo La Tengo, at a not insubstantial price for a mino album.

Well, this was meant to be. One of those heartstopper flick-through moments that we all* live for.

*maybe not everyone

Really want to see this - seems to have had a smaller release than I might have expected.

Anyway, I’m managing to hit three record shops (one a first time visit), barely changing buses in the process, and finish in the cinema, so I’m having an excellent Sunday thanks for asking. Feels like the first *actually well* day I’ve had in too long. Bravo SE London, bravo.

Playing music out loud on public transport might be annoying, but gotta say that it’s infinitely preferable to the couple of Tommeh/‘legitimate concerns’ types opposite me on this tram, blasting what sounds like extremist RW propaganda, but is probably actually just GB News.

A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired

I'm calling Chekhov

I genuinely just took that off the turntable, and am now coveting that t-shirt.

A black and white cat, very zen, on a blue sofa.

Timeline cleanse: his little PAWS

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Holy heck, Fugazi just released the 1992 Albini sessions for Bandcamp Friday! Proceeds going to Letters Charity.

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BEEEEE

I’LL

Am now pretty much completely unable to listen to this without crying, and I’m absolutely fine with that. Music, eh? Wonderful stuff.

Ida Wenøe x Samantha Whates - Exquisite Corpse Go to Ida Wenøe x Samantha Whates - Exquisite Corpse.

Just going to flag this fab new song by a coupla excellent people here: lnk.to/ExquisiteCor... Give it a listen, perhaps? #noworriesifnot #NewMusicFriday

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

Ok this is brilliant

youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8?...

Far away, in time

A cuboid sponge cake on a plate, on a table, in a café, with a big cup of coffee and a bag of beans.

tl;dr is that I’m going to need more Lamingtons.

I have had four hours of stressed-out sleep, which is quite frankly unacceptable, and am currently fuelled only by coffee, an exceedingly sweet Aussie sponge cake that I’ve just tried for the first time, and two back-to-back listens to the new UK Eurovision song. Somehow, I am expected to work.

Reminded of the Hamnet correspondence to @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social: wrong bird of prey; wrong swimming stroke…

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Discovering @hiddenbritain.bsky.social, only to find that the Nuada cord cap is already sold out: entirely devastating.

hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com/product/nuad...

‘Hi, Equine Veterinarian here. Please don’t feed your horse spaghetti. Your average horse much prefers a fettuccine, with its more substantial bite, or perhaps occasionally a little bucatini, with the hole right through the middle, as a treat.’

Last RT: I didn’t notice that Barbarian had also not had a physical media release, but that’s probably because I think it should have had no release whatsoever.

‘Testament of Ann Lee’ Will Have No Physical Media Release — World of Reel I didn’t particularly like “Ann Lee,” which does have its fair share of fervent defenders, but there’s a concerning trend with Disney and their push to phase out physical media.

I am not a person who believes that it is the Criterion Collection’s job to fix all the movie industry’s failures, but this is a very specific one I would like them to fix.

Afraid that as soon as you mention ‘the radical Left’ in this construction, you go into the same tinfoil slopbucket as ‘MSM’. Pathetic.

Amanda Seyfried nails bits of the 1700s Manchester accent in The Testament of Ann Lee – a linguist explains how we know The accent has been distracting for some because it sounds different to modern Mancunians.

theconversation.com/amanda-seyfr...
A really good piece here from Danielle Turton on recreation of historical accents and why the choices of accents and features matter, especially when they're 'regional' rather than RP.

I can totally see that, particularly those painterly compositions (and general bonkers air)

Really special, isn’t it? Was lucky enough to catch it on 70 mm; looked incredible.