clouds of blackthorn blossom everywhere
10.03.2026 13:40
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clouds of blackthorn blossom everywhere
there was a minor dispute over what to get for dinner tonight so i had to pull rank by saying βitβs international womenβs day and i want china dragonβ
I used to hate International Women's Day until I spent the day in Tijuana where it was a riot against the patriarchy. Where race and imperialism was at its core.
Happy International Women's Day to the women who fight.
wearing my women in stem t-shirt on international womenβs day to celebrate the fact that i was given that and a reusable water bottle instead of equal pay
In recognition of Γliane Radigue's death, the recent themed double issue in Contemporary Music Review is now available in free access. (It says 'variable access', but that's because some articles are open essays anyway.) www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcmr20/4...
Well, look at that. My BBC documentary on the science of sound from years ago has just popped up on the BBC Earth Science channel. If you fancy some cool sound science in your day, here you go:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_u...
Another instalment of the Live Compendium EP has arrived on streaming services! βAnecdocheβ live in Bristol last year.
A fake ai prompt where i have written draw a capybara having a relaxing bath and am waiting on a human pretending to be an ai to respond
The response to the prompt, a basic drawing (from a human) of a capybara in water with a little heart above him
Oh my god
Lmao
youraislopbores.me
This week's Cottage Studio newsletter begins the process of delving into this ideaπ mailchi.mp/loulayorke/w... (category thought experiment to be abandoned quickly if my investigations start to suck the joy out of actually playing π«)
A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg
Rivers are living beings.
Itβs still Bandcamp Friday so get on the bus
and and AND the new Barbieri x Giske!! this one just builds and builds DIVINE <3
oooft!! new detroit thunder from Der Zyklus!! get this on the big speakers, u will not regret it.
There is an extraordinarily rich experimental music scene in Iran, and this is one of the best compilations featuring many of the key artists (who I hope are safe)
unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...
(because theyβre both βdrawing on plates and shining light on them to get soundsβ synths! This article is super illuminating on the different approaches to this idea π‘)
Immediately thought of Daphne Oramβs βOramics Machineβ
Lovely interview with @loulayorke.bsky.social over at Tonearm where she chats about many things including her album 'Hydrology' (DiN94) released on the DiN label in November.
www.thetonearm.com/wildflowers-...
no pets, Β£1200pcm
Sat down with Carolyn aka 'Tangent Universes' for a long read in the @thetonearm.com it was such a pleasure!! Thank you so much β¨π« to all indie music writers out there keeping it going π
βOh it can be a miserable machine in the context of certainty.β π©·π©·π©·
π©·π©· it was great to talk to you! Thank you so much π
Oh hey everyone-- trying to be here more. :) Thank you so much @loulayorke.bsky.social I really enjoyed your record.
new live version of The Hidden Messages in Water is now streaming π«
She's one of the best β @tangentuniverses.bsky.social β¨
and by "it" I mean "critical engagement with music purely for the love" π, so many mags have gone under, it's lovely to see writing collectives like @thetonearm.com thriving :)
Sat down with Carolyn aka 'Tangent Universes' for a long read in the @thetonearm.com it was such a pleasure!! Thank you so much β¨π« to all indie music writers out there keeping it going π
From squat parties to a cottage on a wildflower common, Loula Yorke has built a practice around beauty, ecological dread, and the feminist history that 'Hydrology' quietly carries forward. The Tonearm's Carolyn Zaldivar Snow digs into the soil.
Loula Yorke's Electric Commons:
β¨ Loula Yorke on Bluesky β @loulayorke.bsky.social
new live version of The Hidden Messages in Water is now streaming π«
βiβm still punkβ i whisper to myself as i turn down the music in my car so i can see better