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Not everyone's cup of tea but definitely someone's single malt. Why, yes, I do like Yo La Tengo!

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 7h
More than half of all internet users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history.
A lonely country road with a large roadside billboard. Thrusting out of the billboard is a punching fist with bloody, spiked brass knuckles; it is surrounded by scabrous craters. The sky is a psychedelic roil of red-brown clouds, from behind which loom indistinct, vast tropical flowers.
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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 9h
Birthday beats for Alan.
A linocut illustration inspired by the novel ‘The Owl Service’.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 20h
Artists and musicians used to get the train to London (now £300) to live in a squat (now banned) go on the dole and learn their craft (now sanctions if you don’t job seek) maybe do some gigs (music venues have closed as rent was too high)
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 22h
Lovely to see you too! (Had a brilliant time at Rogue Trooper.)
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I have a theory there's an opportunity to spot song titles in #RogueTrooper but I will get back to you on that one as soon as I've seen it again. Works even if you aren't familiar with the source material, great voice casting and killer @bearmccreary.bsky.social soundtrack.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Probably not the time to mention I haven't read any Rogue Trooper.
A neon sign, orangey pink, saying Curzon Soho. The colour is reflected on the textured ceiling.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Morning all! I would be remiss if I didn't share this project and the associated Kickstarter. Superb project and also really useful for fashion historians.
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Cable and camera: selfies in 1970s Handsworth
Nearly 50 years ago in inner-city Birmingham, photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon set up an impromptu studio in the street and invited their neighbours along. With no camera phon...
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jane fae #facciamorete #antifa @janefae.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Last up, while it may be rhetorically impactful, don't go telling medical folks you'd "rather die" than be treated on x ward. There will be bad faith actors out there who see that as their cue to get you sectioned for 'suicidality,' and you will then have no rights to decide on your own treatment.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Absolutely! Curzon Soho 12 - 2.30, need to see the Jarman at the Fitzrovia, that's open till 6, train back at 6.40.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Merch! Homage to @davidwilloughby.bsky.social
The actress Tilda Swinton: a profile of a pale, screaming face against a black background. Eyes scrunched up, hair bone white.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Also known as Wayne Manor.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 14/10/2026
Should I do my Brutalist Christmas cards again this year?
Christmas cards with illustrations of brutalist buildings with Christmas trees and snow
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 13/10/2026
With Gazelle Twin currently blowing minds supporting Cabaret Voltaire, it's time to revisit her Baker's Dozen, featuring aliens, immortality, the early electronica of sci-fi films and the sublime, immersive harmonies of devotional music Gazelle Twin’s Favourite Albums: #ThePortal buff.ly/yQPLkGu
Black and white photograph of Gazelle Twin, wearing a hood and holding a microphone.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
OH! Honestly, I just wondered what was going on in the left corner of a page...
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Happy Birthday! (I discovered the flick book in Pea Green Boat, by the way!)
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
That reminds me: Rob's Records, Hurts Yard. Nothing quite like it.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Now that's what I call Alt Text!
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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
⭐️ woooshhh ⭐️ you have been blessed by the Having A Good Day pigeon! you will have a good day! and if you don't, they will sit with you and share some pastries x
a drawing of a brown pigeon in a purple wizard hat, decorated with yellow stars, and a purple cape accented with yellow. it holds a black and white magic wand with its left foot. the background is yellow and there is a dotted shadow effect around them, alongside three purple stars
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think I still have the poster from that Spiritualised single...
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@themerl.bsky.social
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good Lord.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A digital illustration depicting Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo in his signature rumpled raincoat, shown in profile looking to the right, nearly nose to nose with his basset hound, Dog, who is leaning out of the open window of a car looking back at the detective. A word balloon next to Columbo's head contains lettering reading 'Maybe it will happen today'
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema/king-... perhaps I'll see some of you at this? (Tuesday 20th October at the Mac, you're welcome.)
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King Rocker Expanded + Q&A | Mac Birmingham
Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming investigate a missing piece of punk history in this rarely seen Director’s Cut of King Rocker, expanded b
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#Halloween special edition of the @patrickhorvath.bsky.social series "Beneath The Trees" - had 2 to choose from and went for the Dia de Los Muertos.
The Halloween special of "Beneath The Trees" series. The cover featutes a Day Of The Dead painted skeleton: it is dressed in a check or plaid shirt and butcher's apron and is clutching a knife.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Whitby, with the bonus of added Dracula lore. Worth checking the current regulations, it appears you can collect but not dig.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the interior is even better.
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Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New edition of England’s Dreaming just in! A ‘new’ cover by Derek Jarman - originally created for first edition (1991) but never used (the Faber box design). Also features new intro by me that inter alia gets my thoughts down about Malcolm McLaren. In the shops and online early November
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good." 

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues  "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lovely place: I see your bar and raise you some corridor and door signs. (And see you Sunday.)
An illuminated sign showing that the darkroom is in use: yellow letters on a black background.A brass sign from Mather and Platt company guaranteeing that this metal door is in accordance with the fire office regulations.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Friday 16th at the Curzon for me.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 06/10/2026
#VanityFair
Vanity fair cover with Sam Altman stealing everything
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Sid Smith @sidsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Deep joy. Last night's concert featuring Music For 18 Musicians is available on The Glasshouse YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/live/qWvf9JL...
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians, Quartet and Music for Pieces of Wood | Live from The Glasshouse
YouTube video by The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
[Checking the submssion queue] Looks like it's Story Submission Sunday! Translunar Travelers Lounge is open for speculative fiction stories of 5000 words or under. Full details on our submission page; please check the guidelines before sending. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely to see you! Glorious night.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, it will be busy. Concert doesn't start till 8, not many here at the moment, guess it will be the usual CBSO audience rush 15 minutes before show starts.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also out for some live Steve Reich at the CBSO centre.
Five vibraphones in the entrance hall of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra centre.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 03/10/2026
The pope holding a baseball bat in front of a burning data centre with the text "I like the pope, the pope smokes (dope crossed out) data centres".

Because he said ai art is shit
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"A Cunning Plan" could be applied to a number of situations.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
zeitfuerbrot.co.uk/assets/zfb-a... Just a coffee for me thanks, and careful with those crumbs!
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.discogs.com/master/13523...
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Robyn Hitchcock - Invisible Hitchcock
Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Invisible Hitchcock by Robyn Hitchcock. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy Birthday!!
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ha! I guess someone in the Midlands will show Godzilla on an IMAX screen. My fixed plans for 2 weeks today (Fri 16th) are: go and see Rogue Trooper at Curzon Soho (midday) and train from Euston 18.40.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Unlikely revolutionary Mr Rogers will lead the uprising: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Where’s Fred Rogers when you need him?
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Godzilla Is Not Impressed Funny
Alt: This short clip zooms in on Godzilla's face: the kaiju looks at the very least peeved. The caption reads Godzilla Is Not Impressed and you know, the caption writer is correct.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-jo... Afternoon, all: bits of Birmingham will be less accessible than usual between 4th and 8th October so here's the public transport info. You're welcome.
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Conservative Party Conference | Transport for West Midlands
All bus services will be running; however buses that usually use Broad Street will be diverted to avoid the road closure between Oozells Way and Lyon Queensway.
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Fliss Kitson @flisskitson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔊Calling women of Birmingham who want to learn an instrument / form a band … Riotous Collective Birmingham has been formed!! I’m on board to help with drums 🥁 December 5th will be the first workshop held at Muthers Studio - full info & sign up : www.tickettailor.com/events/rioto...
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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LOS ANGELES! I’ll perform an evening of Syd Barrett’s songs on this unearthly genius’s 81st birthday at the Lodge Room Los Angeles on January 6th 2027. With full electric band & lights blazing. Once more unto the UFO, dear groovers - and don’t spare the overdrive… folkyeah.com#/robyn-hitch...
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ew, thanks.
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't remember seeing those badges at York and I was wearing the right glasses!
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frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social @frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Clears the nostrils for the next batch?
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