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James Alone

@alonemusic.bsky.social
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Designer of things Maker of sounds Painter of toys Head of User Experience @ Smartbox <3 accessibility Alone-music.co.uk

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I assure you they ARE talking about it. I know because I had a post about it go viral elsewhere and there was a deluge of comments from men demanding I provide EVIDENCE that these seven fellas did ANYTHING wrong. Some of them call me a bitch and a cunt. #JustProtectingWomenStuff
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You know who isn't talking about the Cornell 7?
The same ones who wanted to
"protect" girls in sports and women in bathrooms.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oh man, I'm very hype for this
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Week 39: Half Gods Closing the quarter quietly. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/half-g...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tomorrow's track is in the bag and that is 3/4 of 2026 done. I wish I was more able to articulate thoughts such as: "holy shit I've written a lot of music" and "I also think its the best I've ever done." into effective statements. But that's about all you get.
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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 27/09/2026
happy birthday silent hill 2
silent hill 2 comic
pyramid head and mannequin engaged in antics
James: well THAT just happened
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🔄️ Rotating Cars 🚗 @rotatingcars.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🚀 Feisar 💿 Wipeout Fusion 🎮 PlayStation 2 🗓️ 2002
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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yoot Saito's The Tower box art by Mamoru Takahashi / 高橋衛. potteryarts.theshop.jp/p/00004
a painting of a skyscraper seen from above
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oops forgot to post yesterday due to driving real far... Week 38: Think Myths alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/think-... It's like, 2 tracks in one, and uses a lot of the Rumble of Ancient Times noise synth. Which I love.
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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 13/02/2026
Edited Silent Hill 2 screenshot. A faded letter rests against a black screen.

In front, blue text reads, "She's turned the weans against us."
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Shinra Middle Manager @shinramidmanager.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV receives "Ultima" materia
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/09/2026
lol Ed Sheeran's band quit
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Week 37: Modern Fables Lie A weird track full of noises, beats, shoegazey bits and even a solo. And some odd art too. Don't really know what's going on in brain. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/modern...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Week 37: Modern Fables Lie A weird track full of noises, beats, shoegazey bits and even a solo. And some odd art too. Don't really know what's going on in brain. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/modern...
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Nikes | AlexLeeDee @alexleedee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Enjoying a big cleanse of digital services and platforms right now. Did I just nuke my Notion? Yes. Did it feel good? Yes.
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Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com · 10/09/2026
Closing out the rally, @nershly.bsky.social beautifully speaks about her experience being fired by Rockstar and how they try to use fear.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 10/09/2026
Fired Rockstar Games workers rally as employment tribunal begins aftermath.site/fired-rockstar...
IWGB Game Workers
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Week 36: Mage of the Last Sun alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/mage-o... A quiet mix of guitar loops, chimes and chords. Enjoy.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Week 36: Mage of the Last Sun alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/mage-o... A quiet mix of guitar loops, chimes and chords. Enjoy.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Keeper is soooo prettttyyyy
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026
🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨  Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 www.dfaf2026.com
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Week 35: You Can Weight The Sky Fully out of my comfort zone and exploring doom-y doom sounds. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/you-ca...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Final Fantasy XV is a weird ass game. It's so lavish in places, animations for days, it had a movie! THE FOOD. Was weirdly drawn to start it again and there is so much to enjoy coming back to it.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That GTA VI reveal is the end result of just so much hard work and graft from so many, many people. Worth remembering that graft and those people as we enter September and see the union recognition discussions come to a head in the UK and of course, the employment tribunal finally gets underway 🌱
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Week 34: The Worst Way Back Home I return from vacation (or 'holiday') to bring back some fun noises. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-wo...
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
GRINDSET 1993
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Title:
GRINDSET 1993

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[The following is an Eddie Vedder-like GRUNGE ROCK GUY from 1993, but he’s doing a modern, grindsetty, LinkedIn-lunatic-style diary]

5am:
Sleep is for wimps - I get up at 4am and have a two hour session of Avoiding Selling Out.

[Show him sitting up in bed, staring intensely ahead and going HURRRR]

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9am:
I'm layering the moment the thrift store opens - ten minutes late is for losers.

[Show him putting plaid shirts over other shirts first thing in the morning in a charity shop]

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10am:
I'm *always on* - every interaction is a business opportunity.

[He's walking down the street and an OLD LADY approaches, gesturing to her little dog who is poking its head out of a roadside ditch]

OLD LADY: 
Excuse me - 

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OLD LADY: 
Please can you help me pull my dog out of this ditch?

[Grunge guy looks out camera - he’s had an idea]

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[Cut to a 90s-style music video with MTV-style titles below telling us what the song and band are called]:

DOG IN A DITCH by Ditchdog

[Grunge guy sings “Daaawg in a diiiitch….”]

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11am: 
Dog In A Ditch wins an MTV award so it’s time for another Avoiding Selling Out session

GRUNGE GUY [holding in MTV award]:
HUURRRR

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12pm 
Working lunch while I craft effortfully scratchy lyric sheets for the album inlay 

[Show him doing this]

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2pm: 
Hit the studio to make an extremely inaccessible third record 

[grunge guy in studio singing YOU’RE ALL GONNA HATE THIS while surrounded by white noise, accordions, etc]

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4pm: 
That's gone platinum (sad face) so it’s time to have another Avoiding Selling Out session

GRUNGE GUY:
HUUUURRRR

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8pm :
After dinner me and the band hit the Staring Intensely Out Of Shot Gym to work on our stares

[Show the band in a gym, just sitting on a weights bench staring intensely out of shot instead of exercising]

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9pm: 
One last Avoiding Selling Out session, Bovril, bed.

[He’s back in bed, holding his Bovril, looking intensely ahead, going HURRRR]

[Ends]
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This movie both banged and slapped.
Card standee for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
There is no greater driver of economic growth than good public transport links. Look at the boom of the Elizabeth Line. People who whinge about the costs of it are just short-sighted morons. Ignore them and build everything. HS2. HS3. Crossrail 2. Trams in every city. Just do it.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oops forgot to post this weeks track. Week 33: The Moon, Burned Out alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-mo... Genuinely, probably the prettiest thing I've written.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Do the good thing, buy a T-shirt and support workers seeking justice in the face of union busting jerks.
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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 16/08/2026
If you don't know the story about how this masterpiece of design came to ship as an official Windows theme:
pcgamer.com
Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story
Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You could tell me that people in Bristol were protesting how fascist the sun is and I'd believe you.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Week 32: Disc Infinity A big messy electronic rock thing. All hail physical media. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/disc-i...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I do love that No Man's Sky is one of the few games you can do an A/B of day one, and today. Popped the PS4 disc in and stopped the auto update and there is the very odd pre-a million patches version of the game. Then you can start the PS5 version...
Screenshot of No Man's Sky on PS4 without any patches. A smoking red ship sits on a rocky plainPS5 camera mode screenshot of a blue tinted ship skimming across very shiny water with purple skies
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Oh man, 10 years of No Man's Sky. What a game. I don't really get a chance to play for long periods, but its so much fun to just jump into and see whats changed. The ARG around the early updates was great too. Good ol' Citizen Scientists.
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Week 32: Disc Infinity A big messy electronic rock thing. All hail physical media. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/disc-i...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Week 31: At Fathoms Rest It's BIG GUITAR WEEK. so have a big guitar. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/at-fat...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Week 31: At Fathoms Rest It's BIG GUITAR WEEK. so have a big guitar. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/at-fat...
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Morgan GD @morgangd.com · 31/07/2026
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Garthmarenghi Darkplace
Alt: Garth marenghi Darkplace - a writer, with large frame glasses and a black jacket, saying "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"
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HEALTH @health.band · 29/07/2026
1975-2026
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Week 30: You're Lost and You're Out of Your Mind Oh my 30 weeks. 30. Weeks. Celebrate the entropy with some big drums and a guitar in a tuning I had no idea what to do with. alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/youre-...
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I still adore sim tower. Nothing quite hits the same.
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Blue Tapes @bluetapes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Futurama Saturdays @futuramasaturday.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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James Alone @alonemusic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Me: Why are my plays so low? Also me: I forgot to actually post the track Week 29: Bound to the Vast Shoegazing at the the end of time enjoy! alonemusic.bandcamp.com/track/bound-...
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Will 🌱 @willmesilane.com · 24/07/2026
In October last year I was fired by Rockstar Games in what we believe was a union busting move. We lost our home. We lost 2 jobs with my partner being forced to resign. We lost a community. Most importantly however we had to leave our two dogs behind, one of which will never return.
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