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Santana Abraxas @slime-golem.biz · 22/08/2025
Did I ever post this collage I made of Death from "The Seventh Seal" standing in front of a huge modular synthesizer
Yes, I am quite a skillful player.
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Isolated Community @isolatedcommunity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Avocado 1970 Issue 02 available Tuesday Sept 29. Included with the zine PDF download is the 20-minute track 'Assemblage 02,' with audio contributions of many of the interviewees. Bandcamp listening party on Wednesday the 30th...
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More XNAME from @cafeotodalston.bsky.social This time in colour..
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hexagon crisp packet wheel... #crisppacketart #triangles #monstermunch #hexagon
Hexagon crisp packet wheel... 3 triangulated monster munch packets and 3 real crisps packets with assorted faces.
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
XNAME delivering an astonishing sound/light performance at day 2 of the David Tudor 100 celebration @cafeotodalston.bsky.social
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The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Psychick Garms www.duststore.com/collections/...
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Keiiji Haino & Steve Noble - Cafe Oto CD Cold Spring 2026 Recorded by @inventingzero.net in 2019. So new I haven’t opened it yet! Picked up last night @cafeotodalston.bsky.social #CDFriday #KeijiHaino #SteveNoble
Front cover of CD digipak. Orange and black ‘action’ shot of Haino with a black block sticker on front that reads: 

Legendary Japanese experimentalist
KEIJI HAINO (Fushitsusha) and fearless drummer STEVE NOBLE
(Ethenor)'s monumental concert at
London's Cafe OTO.
Extreme electric guitar treatments and feedback, with graceful percussion... bleak and uninhibited paranoia... a veritable thunderstorm of raucous sound.
CSR370CD 
WWW.COLDSPRING.CO.UKBack of CD digipak. Orange and black ‘action’ shot of Steve Noble’s hand hitting a cymbal. Black block on left with orange text that reads: 

RECORDED BY
JOHN CHANTLER,
28 FEBRUARY 2019
AT CAFE OTO.
MIXED BY JOHN
CHANTLER. INITIAL MASTERING BY JAMES DUNN.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDY NEWCOMBE MASTERED FOR COLD SPRING BY MARTIN BOWES
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY ABBY HELASDOTTIR
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De Selby @deselbysgold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remembering the great man on the fourth anniversary of his passing... #NowSpinning #JazzSky Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs (1973)
Black vinyl LP playing with album sleeve behind
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Lukas @lukasdrawsart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
muppet hodgepodge for jim henson day
Muppet illustrations
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remembering Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders) (October 13, 1940 💖 September 24, 2022) an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound". Pharoah Sanders, November 1966 📷 Chuck Stewart
Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, and later through his solo work. He released over thirty albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with vocalist Leon Thomas and pianist Alice Coltrane, among many others. Fellow saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world".
Sanders' take on "spiritual jazz" was rooted in his inspiration from religious concepts such as Karma and Tawhid, and his rich, meditative performance aesthetic. This style was seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as A Love Supreme. As a result, Sanders was considered to have been a disciple of Coltrane or, as Albert Ayler said, "Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost".
Pharoah Sanders, November 1966 photographed by Chuck Stewart.
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Jeremy Allen @jeres.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think I'm just dreaming most of the time now
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can finally upgrade my £3 CD copy picked up in the 90’s… 🤠
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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excellent short film from the early 80s looking at sound systems around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill including Daddy Vego's People's Sound... #reggae #reggaesky
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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OUT NOW: Eddie Gale "Black Rhythm Happening" AAA 180g Classic Vinyl Edition store.bluenote.com/products/edd... Following his striking debut "Ghetto Music," the trumpeter presented an extension of that vision on his 1969 follow-up, an extraordinary album of evocative originals.
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spaces how Vmd™ @vmdtm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The “Woo! Alright!” came from soul singer Cheryl Lynn, while further snippets were drawn from ’60s rockers The Troggs, dub reggae producer Mikey Dread and a bleep from a NASA astronaut communication.” djmag.com/features/how...
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How Meat Beat Manifesto’s ‘Radio Babylon’ became breakbeat hardcore’s accidental anthem
Ben Murphy catches up producer Jack Dangers to learn the story of how he accidentally produced the track that would become a benchmark of breakbeat hardcore
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trapdoor! An absolute classic…
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening LP 2026 Blue Note reissue. Where had this record been all my life? Wow! #jazzsky #nowplaying
Blue and purple patterned cover with artist and album title in yellow uppercase text. Eddie and the band looking cool in the colour photo in the middle.
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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Christiane Barrier
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wolf Eyes - Fuck The Old Miami 3” CDr edition of 222 Chondritic Sound 2003 #CDFriday #wolfeyes
Image of a red spider on a black background. Abstract red and black artwork
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Giant Tank / Aldo The Chob @gianttank.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
SOUND THE BELL! SCHOOL’S IN, SUCKERS!!! Sonic Bothy won the Grand Prix at the International Sound Awards in Hamburg yesterday. Congrats to the whole crew on this recognition of our essential work. Up the Bothy! #ExperimentalMusic #FreeImprov #Noise #InclusiveEnsemble #AccessForAll
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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here is the full packaging for the upcoming Mr Benn dvd release. All the cartoons have been restored & look Fabulous. There are loads of extras, including a cd of Mr Benn - The Music. We hope you love it!! Please pass the word...
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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The crazy wonderful people at Presspop in Tokyo have made an excellent Sun Ra figurine! 😻 www.presspop.toys/products/456...
Celebrating 110 years of Sun Ra

Figurine in blue robe with Saturn on it, a synthesizer on stand, and an Egyptian headdress
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cowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
columbo episodes that give off jean rollin vibes that i wish were jean rollin joints
Columbo ransom for a dead man starring Peter Falk, lee grant (who is currently one hundred years old) and judee sill played by pattye mattickColumbo ransom for a dead man, lee grant and pattye mattick locked in some psychosexual drama Columbo ransom for a dead man, pattye mattick playing someone very specifically of my 'my type'Columbo ransom for a dead man, lee grant a soft stern beauty, here eyes are shining splayed demonic reflections
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing..... Turns 30
Contemplating the classic instrumental hip-hop album
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HBD Peter Falk 💗
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara & John Cassavetes in Cassavetes's 1969 film Husbands 📷 Marvin Lichtner for Life, May 9, 1969
Cover photo for Life magazine, with Falk, Cassavettes & Gazarra dressed in suits & topcoats, sitting in front of a brick wall.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Starving Weirdos - Live @ Valentines 3”CDr 2008 Self released edition of 58 numbered copies with individual hand drawn covers. This is number 28 #CDFriday
Black background. A drawing in gold ink of 6 figures sitting round a long table.Black background with white sticker at top, it reads: STARVING WEIRDOS
BRIAN-STEVE-MERRICK -GREG
W Ryan Carlisle & Spencer doran
LIVE @VALENTINE'S
Portland, Oregon - May 3rd, 2008
As part of Pete Swanson’s challenge night. 
Cover Art by - Sierra Martin
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Monkey @monkeypicks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy retirement Adel Taarabt. Seen pretty much every QPR home game for 45 years and he’s the player I’ve most enjoyed watching. 🐐
Adel celebrates another goal at Loftus Road
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
2 more cassettes from Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders… Live at Tubby’s and Snailhook Tapes Vol.4 #cassunday @lidders.bsky.social
2 cassettes, one with a green and purple cover showing an amplifier in front of some trees, the other shows a dinosaur (sorry don’t know what kind) in front of a palm tree with a blue sky in the background. Purple cassette in green/purple cover and a yellow cassette in the other.
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Jon Amadeus Markley @xjamarkleyx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Double Leopards The Blind Destroyer 3” CDr Chondritic Sound 2005 numbered edition of 217 #CDFriday
Front cover of CD 
DOUBLE LEOPARDS written in yellow dissolving//exploding letters on a coloured background.Gold 3” CD with orange splatters in a small black CD case
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John Chantler @inventingzero.net · 02/09/2026
New release ! 'London Concert' by Space (@lisaullen.bsky.social / Elsa Bergman / Anna Lund) Out 9 October. Recorded at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social by Billy Steiger. Mixed by me and mastered by LUPO. Photography by Märta Thisner. edition-festival.com/en/shop/lond...
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London Concert
A space is often described by its dimensions. The height of the ceiling, the expanse between walls. Division into functional elements of varying density follows. We have ideas of how such dimensions s...
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ᴀʟ ᴅᴏʀᴀᴅᴏ @aldorado.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Soft Cell x Foetus jgthirlwell.bandcamp.com/album/soft-c...
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Soft Cell x JG Thirlwell: Ghost Rider (The JG Thirlwell Remixes), by Soft Cell x JG Thirlwell
5 track album
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Beastie Boys - Body Movin’ CD single Capitol Records/Grand Royal 1998 #CDFriday
Front cover of CD. 3 skeletons in different degrees of motion in the background.  A figure in green shorts and vest (also in motion) in the foreground. 
Upper case text reads: 
The Grand Royal Research Series 
A Beastie Boys Experience:
The Body Movin’ CD inner sleeve.
White text on black background reads:
A BEASTIE BOYS EXPERIENCE
1.    Body Movin' (Album Version)
2.    Body Movin' (Movin' in Kent Mix)+
3.    Dr. Lee PhD (Dub Mix) *
Written by Beastie Boys / Mario Caldato, Jr. and published by Brooklyn Dust Music /
Polygram International Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
*Written by Beastie Boys / Lee "Scratch" Perry / Mark Nishita and published by Brooklyn Dust Music / Polygram International Publishing, Ino. (ASCAP) / Ariwa Music and Pido Speaks Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato, Jr. Engineered by Mario Caldato, Jr.
Recorded at Soho Music Studios, Dessau Studios, The Treehouse and RPM Studios (New York, NY)
Second Engineers: Steve Revitte and Sue Dyer at RPM Studios
Mixed at RPM Studios (New York, NY). All songs mastered by Howie Weinberg and Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
+Remixed by Mickey Pinn and Special K for Urban Takeover
"Features Lee "Scratch" Perry on Vocals and Money Mark Nishita on Keyboards
Mark Nishita appears courtesy of Mo Wax Recordings/A&M Records, Ltd. (London)
Art Direction: Cey Adams. Design. Bill McMullen for the Drawing Board
Body Movin' contains elements from "Oye Come Va" written by Tito Puente, published by Full Keel Music (ASCAP); and samples from "Modern Dynamic Physical Fitness Activities" performed by Ed Durlacher, courtesy of Educational Activities, Inc., Preeport New York, 11620.
1998 Capitol Records Inc. © 1998 The Copyright in this Sound Recordir owned by Capitol Records Inc. This label copy information is the subjec of copyright protection. All rights reserved © 1998 Capitol Records Inc.
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nine Dreams of Birds.
Nine collages of bird dreams made with paper, crayon and pastel, ink and paint, found scraps. Displayed on a wooden staircase
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AMERICAN RAIN @americanrain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#CasSunday 🎵🎬🖤
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Thom Beaterson @tbeaterson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Giving 'The Big Five' by Usurper (Singing Knives, 2016) a listen for #CasSunday which was described in Product magazine as falling "somewhere between Samuel Beckett, The Goons and Tex Avery by way of John Hurt’s experimental sound designer in Jerzy Skolimowski’s neglected 1978 film, The Shout"
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Money Mark - Third Version EP Mo Wax CD 1996 #CDFriday
Front cover of CD
Cardboard sleeve with a mock up of an astronaut playing a keyboard. 
MONEY MARK 
THIRD VERSION E.P.
In red text above
Mo Wax logo in red below.Back cover of CD
Cardboard sleeve with red text that reads:
MONEY MARK
THIRD VERSION E.P.
1. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA MAKE IT ALONE (1996 VERSION)
2. REVOLT OF THE OCTOPI
3. SLOW FLAMES
4. HARD ASS
5. FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END
6. FUNCTION
7. WORLD LESSON PT II
8. INNER LAVGH 
9. THE GRADE
10. MARK'S KEYBOARD REPAIR.
*1996 PINTO RECORDS LICENSED EXCLUSIVELY ZA
WORLDWIDE TO MO WAX/A&M RECOROS LTD.
O1996 MOWAX/A&M RECOROS LTD.
ALL TRACKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY
MARK RAMOS NISHITA
PUBLISHED BY FIDO SPEAKS MUSICCD inner sleeve 
An image of viewfinder/viewmaster with a photo reel. The CD itself done as a viewfinder/viewmaster photo reel.
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It finally rained in Tottenham! A double rainbow to celebrate… 🌈 🌈 #rainbows
A picture of a double rainbow in a grey sky with houses in the foreground.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Bauhaus Milhaus
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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Darius Jones & Ototmo Yoshihide Quintet. This clip doesn’t do the bass justice at all, as it was literally shaking the venue, but blimey that was a special gig, and this tune one of the highlights.
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Portishead - Numb CD single Go! Beat 1994 #CDFriday
Front cover of CD. White background with a colour strip in the middle showing an arm with a drip attached. PORTISHEAD in black upper case lettering. NUMB in white upper case lettering. CD inner sleeve: small ’To Kill A Dead Man’ film poster top left. white background with black text which reads music PORTISHEAD 

PORTISHEAD "NUMB"
1.   Numb
2.   Numbed in Moscow
3.   Revenge of the Number
4.   Earth - Linger
5.   A Tribute to Monk & Canatella**

GO BEAT logo and credits below Black CD with track listing in white text.
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John Coulthart @johncoulthart.com · 10/08/2026
New blog post: "A Love Vision": Kenneth Anger in 1967
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“A Love Vision”: Kenneth Anger in 1967
San Francisco Oracle, Vol. 1 No. 7, February 1967. In his later years Kenneth Anger often seemed to spend more time giving interviews than making films, even though he was keeping busy when out of the public eye. Most of the discussions cover familiar ground, recycling anecdotes about the creation of the Magick Lantern Cycle, and the people who contributed to the films.
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Listening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Habibi Funk has a new sister label called Audible Beauty and they've announced their debut with the release of 2 albums. The first is a swinging jazz number from a Malaysian composer and band leader Alfonso Soliano. Really good stuff. #jazzsky habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/audibl...
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Audible Beauty 001 (New Habibi Funk sister label): Tiga Trombone, by Alfonso Soliano
11 track album
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#cassunday Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - Spacious Minds cassette
Lime green cassette with j-card painted in bright psychedelic colours. A 3 eyed figure projecting rainbow colours from their right eye, holding a microphone with various other instruments floating around. 
Text reads JEFFREY ALEXANDER + THE HEAVY LIDDERS - SPACIOUS MINDS
A- DARK STAR
B- CORDIAL OHMS
SEQUOIA SEED ESCAPE POD
HIDDEN TREASURE 
SPACIOUS MINDS
Lime green cassette with j-card inner 
Dark blue upper case text on sky blue background reads:

JEFFREY ALEXANDER • LEFT GUITAR. VOCAL. MOOG SYNTHESIZER. FIFE
DREW GARDNER • RIGHT
GUITAR
JESSE SHEPPARD • BASS
SCOTT
VERRASTRO • DRUM KIT. PERCUSSION
WITH ASHLEY PAUL • SAXOPHONE ON B3
Al. B2.
B4 RECORDED BY JESSE SHEPPARD AT RECORD CRATES UNITED
HQ. CRANFORD NJ 9•10•2022
BI RECORDED BY JESSE
DEROSA
BAKED TAPES HQ. EAST ROCKAWAY NY 7•3•2021
RECORDED
FRED NICOLOIS AT DEEP IN THE VALLEY FEST. RED HOOK NY 8•20•2022
ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND MIXING BY JEFFREY ALEXANDER AT
WEST ELLET FADEAWAY IN MT AIRY PA SEPTEMBER 2022
SILKSCREEN ART BY BRIAN CHIPPENDALE

OPEN YOUR EYES TO A LIGHT SO BRIGHT ALL AT ONCE SURROUNDED BY COLOURS
HOW DOES THE EARTH LOOK FROM THE MOON ?
DISSONANCE. CONFUSION. AND WORRY
DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOOK AHEAD THERE WILL BE SO MANY MEMORIES
LUMINOUS STARS SING LIKE WAVES NO MORE PAIN. TEARS. OR SORROW
SPACIOUS MINDS. ALWAYS IN TUNE
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like CD single in limited edition folded card sleeve Mo Wax 1994 (released March 1995 according to Discogs) #CDFriday
Unfolded card sleeve: Black and white photo of a door frame with an open door leading into a room with a wooden chair, window and curtains. There is a painting/photo of a person on bottom left of the room the photo was taken in. Unfolded card sleeve: black CD in top half of picture. Grey sleeve with white text that reads DJ SHADOW ‘WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE’
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John Hawthorn @mrjohn23.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Jimi Tenor back at Oto in November! 🙌
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Fabio Lugaro @fabiolugaro.com · 02/08/2026
10 years ago: David Toop & Evan Parker, Sharpen Your Needles 5 @ Cafe Oto, London, 2nd August 2016
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nina theda black @ninathedablack.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
paper collage on an old lp cover
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