newt j / copland (he/it) 🏙️✈️🌀

happy did awareness day (march 5th) . i got that dog in me 🚬

I do not thankfully

It’s my birthday! Nineteen baby!!

A brown lop-eared bunny lies down with a small yellow rubber duck toy on its head.

Black and white photo of a scruffy little longhaired tuxedo tabby kitten, it looks ginger to me. It is sitting close in front of an enormous old television set with its head turned back toward the camera as if waiting for someone to turn the tv on. This is taking place in a living room type setting, the kitten sitting on a throw rug on a wooden floor.

Somebody turn this dang thing on. Photo from my collection, 1956.

'tis true.

Not even name dropping it I'm too embarrassed.

Has anyone ever heard about this UK festival that ran for a few years (2006-2016 barring 2015 + 2017-2019 under a different name) and won a UK Festival Award in 2009. Because I have

I'm being autistic about things that no one else has been autistic about before

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

A digital poster inside the window of a dentistry practice, showing the staff merrily posing for a photo above the incredibly normal caption "JUST NORMAL PEOPLE WHO LOVE TEETH"

Hands up if you are normal and love teeth

Maybe there allgeric to tagoballs maybe there ageric to gagobears *Maybe they are allergic to taco bell

I like to use real life as a sort of internet

P&N archive now at prettyandnice.co.uk so go nuts. <3 And also band members applicable DO kill me if you think this is overstepping.

2. It's already In Use / Owned so I'd have to contact people and pay an exorbitant amount of money and it would be a whole mess... again I'm a shit student who lives at his parents so I'm not exactly

Q: Why do you keep using co[.]uk domains when you're not English
A: I like the way they look and they're like $5.66 for a year so it's cost effective while I'm a shit student. I can't exactly get pretty and nice dot com because 1. that used to be their website so I'd feel weird (see above)

[By the time he had finished writing this post, he had already bought the domain...]

Q: Have you actually been asked these things or are you just writing them down for fun because you want to talk about your passion project
A: Uh

c. so I would need band input on that which is... kind of a hassle. "Remember when you played in a band 12 years ago I won't shut up about? Tell me about every instrument you ever played"
I know a few things (like the Splattercaster, which is one of my fav guitars)

EXCEPT crucially the stuff Bobby Landry uploaded to Flickr which I can archive and put somewhere JIC... but while its still up I'm not gonna put it on the Website officially
Q: Would you make an instrument database?
A: God would I. I would. I so would. I don't know much about instruments though c.

c. or "band-approved" which seems to work fine for all parties involved. I don't want to make any rash assumptions so until a band member says otherwise that is the correct way of referring to it
Q: What's the stance on archiving photography?
A: UH. I DONT KNOW THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR THESE THINGS.

P&N Archive FAQ:
Q: Does it exist?
A: ...Technically?? While I'm working on figuring out a stable hosting solution, you'll have to email / DM me for specific things.
Q: Is it official?
A: Just some really passionate eccentric. I would love for it to be but for now I've called it "band-assisted" c.

[Imaginary problem incoming] I'm scared if I get a more official looking domain + website people will think I'm an official band info source which I'm Not lol I'm just some really passionate guy who's unafraid to ask around for the information I want

Debating buying another domain for the P&Nsite but I think maybe I should make it Not Shit first :-P

I always feel a bit guilty for paying like a dollar for Work/Sleep on Bandcamp considering it came with demos. But hey guys Work/Sleep? Is kind of a good album.

Might as well get the band back together @ Pretty & Nice

UNBELIEVABLE LEVELS OF SO BACK. But also that was so unexpected. THE APPRECIATION POST??????

I’m fucked up on that new Appreciation Post song currently. Genuinely sitting in a meeting/course thing having to not look at my phone seeing my best friend go “there’s a new The Appreciation Post song” LIKE. THE APPRECIATION POST????

When I say other bands are the “best band ever” it is generally hyperbole (though I believe they are fantastic) but when I say Pretty & Nice are the best band ever that is an objective truth. That’s real life. That is a belief I’ve held for three years. And it is the truth.

A black-and-white tuxedo cat sleeping inside a cardboard scratcher, his tongue slightly sticking out

I rubbed his tummy and he fell asleep with his tongue out. So cute