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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Steve Hillage brings out the best in everyone
Rovo and System 7 - phoenix rising album
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Requiem For A Village, Personal Shopper, Dreams Of A Life - we have established beyond doubt that @stevenwilsonhq.bsky.social has a BFI subscription
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Enormously sad to hear Keith Da Bass Bailey has shuffled off this mortal coil. Here And Now played everywhere in the eighties, saw them so many times, always a good night
Here and Now - Fantasy Shift EP - Nothing wrong with using 
all your flash technology
Having raps with dolphins 
while you mange anchovies
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Equally, I remember flicking through 4000 LPs on my bedroom floor and thinking, man, I’ve got nothing good to play
typebarmagazine.com
Streaming Music, The Illusion of Choice, and You
Maybe it’s time to change our relationships to music streaming services.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Careless people, eh?
xn--gckvb8fzb.com
The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark
A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Exactly what it says
fabiensanglard.net
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“If on the other hand you spend any amount of time each day scrolling your phone while Netflix plays something you’re half-watching on a screen across the room, you do have time!”
marginalia.nu
Maybe you should learn something
You can learn new things. Pixel art, touch typing, 3d modelling, music, calligraphy, wood working, knitting, a language. Whatever is practical and calls to you, you can learn. In the long term, learni...
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Choice is overrated
phenomenalworld.org
Benjamin Fong | The Anti-Amazon
Costco's model and the future of retail
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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 28/04/2026
have your <del>people</del> markdown files talk to my <del>people</del> markdown files
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
louderthanwar.com/the-bevis-fr... To say Nick Salomon is a national treasure is absolutely right. Banging out perfect power pop after all these years.
louderthanwar.com
The Bevis Frond: Horrorful Heights – Album Review
Cult hero Nick Salomon returns with the 27th Bevis Frond album in 30 years. Horrorful Heights is crammed with neo-psych rock and insightful songs.
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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.eurosky.social · 24/03/2026
The guy apologizes like an AI: immediately, insincerely, with no plans to do anything different next time.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
King Crimson - Red
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#nowspinning - Natalia Lafourcade's debut album for a throw-the-windows-open sunny KL morning
Natalia Lafourcade is the debut studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, released on 8 July 2002. The album features songs primarily written by Lafourcade and was produced by Áureo Baqueiro and Loris Ceroni. Musically, it incorporates a blend of Latin rock, Latin pop, and bossa nova elements
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
An outstanding album, wonderful tip-off, thanks
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
And the next volume of Mark Lewisohn’s Beatles trilogy will be published….when I’m 64
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Currently astounded that Apple managed to render Spotlight Search unusable in Tahoe. Absolute masterclass in how to make a killer feature useless
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Now spinning
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
For list folks, I'd put Sirat in my top ten films of the 21st century
affenstunde.com
Sirāt - Movie Review - Affenstunde
A review of Oliver Laxe's Cannes Jury Prize winner Sirat - a punishing, beautiful desert road movie powered by Kangding Ray's astonishing techno score.
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Gong? Magma? Moving Gelatine Plates? I’m sold
theguardian.com
Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968
Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Ai...
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Alex Harvey's failed audition for the role of the Fourth Doctor is lost in the time streams - only this image remains
Alex Harvey Burnt Out Police Box
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I ❤️ RSS reedybear.bearblog.dev/ive-been-adv...
reedybear.bearblog.dev
I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too
I've been using Feeder to keep up with the news for awhile now. For a long time, I just checked AllSides. But then I found out NPR in my state supports R...
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James Barnes @affenstunde.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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