Reposted by Rich HughesIan Walker @fenlandgent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Prediction for the Fulham/Man Utd game. A Fulham defender will fall in love with a Utd attacker. At half-time they stop competing. They walk along the Thames. They are captivated by a grey heron. They discuss whether the Thames here is estuarine. They are thrilled by how strange change can be. 182
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Always a fascinating set of reading material. Get a brew and settle in. 001
Reposted by Rich Hughescwkjoynes.bsky.social @cwkjoynes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026**TONIGHT** Sun 6th Sept: The Dominic Lash Cambridge Unit The Junction, Cambridge CB1 7GX Very excited to be playing out with Dom Lash's spontaneous composition/free jazz/improv octet. For fans of Cecil Taylor, AACM, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Julius Hemphill etc. www.junction.co.uk/events/sound...junction.co.ukSoundhunt: Dominic Lash’s Cambridge Unit | Cambridge JunctionBook tickets for Soundhunt: Dominic Lash’s Cambridge Unit at J3 at Cambridge Junction. An exploration of free improvisation combined with various strategies of composition and conduction. Inspired par... 011
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The feature article with Space Afrika is fantastic. Really looking forward to “Quiet Storm”. 010
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026@johnmulvey.bsky.social I’m off to Natural Information Society on Sunday, not sure if you’re heading there… 100
Reposted by Rich HughesBeth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Wind from the Sea by Edward Gordon 171488188
Reposted by Rich HughesToby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I’ve been standing stock still in this wood for about 10 minutes while I mess about with a photo on my phone. I look up, notice the shape, and slowly crouch down to film This has made me so happy I feel I could cry. It’s as close to magic as I hope to get. 1834491756
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Cycled back through some Fen droves after a beer. Beautiful evening. The skies out here are something else this time of year. 040
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Love this band. Saw them live when they were over earlier in the year. Highly recommended. 070
Reposted by Rich Hughescwkjoynes.bsky.social @cwkjoynes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Thurs 11th June: BURY ST EDMUNDS Vinyl Hunter, 56 St John's St, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 1SQ 7pm-10pm £5 OTD Just a couple of days until this one, a one-off show with Linden Pomeroy at Vinyl Hunter, Bury St Edmunds: 021
Reposted by Rich HughesAquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · 06/06/2026Aquarium Drunkard Guide To ECM Records: Second Installment aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/11/05/a... Welcome to the second installment of the Aquarium Drunkard guide to ECM Records. Marked by an attention to sonic space and a distinct visual aesthetic, since 1969 ECM has released a wide... 0264
Reposted by Rich HughesWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026time.com/6337835/ai-m... Ray Naylor on AItime.comAI and the Rise of Mediocrity'AI thrives when our need for originality is low and our demand for mediocrity is high,' writes Ray Nayler. 13410107
Reposted by Rich HughesMarc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My first monthly roundup of good experimental music releases is up over at goodexperimentalmusic.com. If you liked my Bandcamp Daily column, you will hopefully like this too! It's free for anyone to read so pass it around if you'd like. Thanks! www.goodexperimentalmusic.com/good-experim...goodexperimentalmusic.comGood Experimental Music: May 2026Welcome to the first-ever monthly roundup of Good Experimental Music! I hope you'll like this one and stick around for more. This time around we have some head-clearing solo sax, improvisations on a p... 316965
Reposted by Rich HughesGraphic Garbage @graphic-garbage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026TEE (Trans Europ Express) posters of the 1960s 19831
Reposted by Rich HughesMarc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Hey, I started a site/newsletter to continue the work of my recently-cancelled column. I features a monthly (free) rundown of good experimental releases, plus a bonus (paid-sub) post on a single release from the month. Check out goodexperimentalmusic.com and thanks to everyone who encouraged this! 12370147
Reposted by Rich HughesSimon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026"'You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet,' he said; 'perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion...He is a little queer in his ideas-an enthusiast in some branches of science. As far as I know he is a decent fellow enough.'" Happy birthday Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 0278
Reposted by Rich HughesDerek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The brand new Wire is out! A tonne of good stuff as ever, amid which, I wrote about sound system culture finding new venues in London, and two new Keith Jarrett films 1173
Reposted by Rich HughesAndrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 04/05/2026There is no end to the horrors of Australian fauna. “Venomous processionary caterpillars” isn’t even the most terrifying triumvirate of words in this article. 3265
Reposted by Rich HughesIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The Sunday dozen The General Strike and Walt Disney, Alexander Kluge and Edith Piaf, Canterbury and the Habsburg International, Richard Dawkins and Anton Jäger, All the President's Men and the art of the Obama presidential center, Henry Moore and more... www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...illuminationsmedia.co.ukThe Sunday dozen - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: I have started a nearly month-long holiday in France, and after three days’ driving have arrived at the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the Luberon. Which is glorious, and which... 052
Reposted by Rich HughesLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/05/2026‘During the extended periods when the UK has been under Conservative rule, Welsh Labour has made much of its political integrity and electoral success. Such one-party dominance is rare in democracies and is now coming to an end.’ @richardhywelking.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRichard King · Labour in WalesSince 1922, the Labour Party has won in Wales at every general election, and has been the largest party in all of the... 024
Reposted by Rich HughesSolaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚 Inc @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @kerstinhall.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @neuvel.net @csecooney.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & drop a🌟in the comments! Ends 24/4 447258
Reposted by Rich HughesBritish Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I AM A LITTER BASKET (1959) | player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-i… 0193
Reposted by Rich HughesSonemic / Rate Your Music @sonemic.com · 27/02/2026Sonemic Interview: Jim O'Rourke (@steamroom.bsky.social) Prolific producer, performer, and improviser Jim O'Rourke speaks with insight and affection on music, noise, films, and frogs in this interview with @calcash.in. rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone... 29234
Reposted by Rich Hughessteamroom moikai @steamroom.bsky.social · 27/02/2026mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/track/gvoon-...mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.comGvoon - Version 10 (Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei), by HOLGER CZUKAY / Oren Ambarchi, crys cole & Jim O’Rourkefrom the album Gvoon - Version 2-11 0194
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Worth it just for @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social’s dulcet tones in your lug holes… but also educational! 000
Reposted by Rich HughesBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 17/02/2026Functioning almost as a tribute to departed Editions Mego head Peter Rehberg, KMRU's latest pairs dissonance with resonance. It's our Album of the Day.daily.bandcamp.comKMRU, “Kin”Functioning almost as a tribute to departed Editions Mego head Peter Rehberg, “Kin” pairs dissonance with resonance. 0185
Reposted by Rich HughesIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The Sunday dozen for Monday morning. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...illuminationsmedia.co.ukThe Sunday dozen - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: The usual weekending miscellany of articles and videos that have engaged and interested me over the past week. The header image is Robert MacBryde’s Still Life with Fish Head, 1947,... 002
Reposted by Rich HughesChris Power @chrispower.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I spent a couple of hours walking around the Prado with Mathias Énard observer.co.uk/culture/book...observer.co.ukMathias Énard: ‘I write with a bastard tongue’The Prix Goncourt-winning novelist on the myths of the Middle East, the horrors and wonders of history, and life at a Madrid museum 0299
Reposted by Rich HughesRichard King @richardhywelking.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I made a documentary about The Kitchen, New Music and SoHo during the 1970s. People I spoke with include Steve Reich, Sharon Zukin, George Lewis, Thurston Moore & Robyn Farrell. It's the Sunday Feature this weekend on Radio 3 - 7.15pm and on BBC Sounds thereafter: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, New Music New YorkRichard King explores the conditions for musical creativity in New York City in the 1970s. 0198
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Early start to drop eldest daughter off was turned to my advantage as a coffee, cookie and vinyl in Bury St. Edmund’s (youngest daughter says the cookie was very good). 010
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 12/01/2026@andrewmale.bsky.social Was “Evil” something I saw you recommend over at the other place? Noticed all seasons now on Sky… 120
Reposted by Rich Hughescwkjoynes.bsky.social @cwkjoynes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Throwing this out to the weirdo Hive Mind: does anyone have a copy of the Godz’ Third Testament on LP or CD? Is there any chance you could share a hi-res scan or photo of the front and rear sleeves? Need them for a thing… 033
Reposted by Rich HughesIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Start the new year with my first Sunday dozen inc Michael Brooke, The Night Manager, Real Housewives, the Bayeux Tapestry, New Order, an unsolved Cezanne heist, Joan Lowell, Bari Weiss, Aretha Franklin, Nvidia, a critique of cricket, Lucy Dacus and more www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...illuminationsmedia.co.ukThe Sunday dozen - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: My weekly round-up of stuff that has engaged me over the past seven days begins with a selection with rather less film and television than usual, although both feature, and a perhap... 033
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Tenby looking resplendent on the final day of 2025 000
Reposted by Rich HughesRichard Hayes @rmhayes.bsky.social · 23/12/2025my recording of Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ches Smith in the front room of the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on July 6, 2025 is now on the Milwaukee Taper blog, freely available for downloading in both lossless FLAC and high quality mp3 file formats: www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/nate...milwaukeetaper.comNate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ches Smith at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on July 6, 2025Nate Wooley brought his improvising trio called Folk Music to the front room of the Sugar Maple in July as part of a short tour which incl... 3245
Reposted by Rich HughesIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 28/12/2025The Sunday dozen A modest but rewarding holiday selection this week, somewhat dominated by the culture of the United States. The image is my photo of Berwick Church on the Sussex Downs, with murals by Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and her son Quentin Bell. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...illuminationsmedia.co.ukThe Sunday dozen - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: a modest but I hope rewarding holiday selection this week, somewhat dominated by the culture of the United States. The image above is my photo of the interior of St Michael & All An... 022
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social · 28/12/2025I stayed up way past my bedtime to watch this last night. It’s up on iPlayer. A fantastic film that might make even more sense as you grow older… 010
Reposted by Rich Hughesfrozen reeds @frozenreeds.com · 23/12/2025thebluemoment.com/2025/12/22/t...thebluemoment.comThe man with the blue guitarsThe thing about Chris Rea — who has just died, aged 74 — was that he didn’t fit anywhere, except with the people who loved his music. And sometimes they didn’t fit him, whic… 3183