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Avery Hill Publishing @averyhill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'Orlando' creator @julesscheele.bsky.social was on the Once Upon a VHS podcast talking about Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Paul Reubens has a tiny cameo in Jules's adaptation of Orlando! open.spotify.com/episode/1UY7...

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i too have fun watching eg Keanu reeves play with puppies in an instagram clip but this should be complemented by actual journalism. actors used to be allowed to be smart!!! journalists used to be allowed to be critical without fear of access being taken away!!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

agree with every single thing hannah says here —i know i go on about it but shutting out real journalists in favour of content slop and influencers is bad for absolutely everyone

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 07/10/2026

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Tara Clerkin takes Claire Biddles through 13 records that have defined her life, from sing-along favourites old and new via jazz, ambient, dub and more buff.ly/kFlWosv

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We have some very special guests joining us for Halloween bangers on the podcast this month! @robwillb.bsky.social - An American Werewolf in London @msclairebiddles.bsky.social - Interview with the Vampire @misterjoeblack.bsky.social - Bram Stoker’s Dracula Follow us: linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

Movie posters for Elvira Mistress of the Dark, An American Werewolf in London, Interview with the Vampire and Bram Stoker’s Dracula with a caption in the middle: “This year’s new additions”

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

your commitment to sticking with joker after they took it off the tap is legendary

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026

sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

new wire! i rly enjoyed talking to tiiva about imbuing sampled vocals with emotion, sound-making as stimming, and their excellent new album on @bluetapes.bsky.social! i also reviewed releases by julia holter, dina maccabee + sarah belle reid! buy a magazine!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

love is the king of the beasts! and when it gets hungry!!! it must kill to eat!!!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

think the guy sat next to me just clocked me checking the availability of will young tickets while we wait for this suzanne ciani performance to start

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

performed by the always brilliant paraorchestra at tramway for steve reich’s 90th bday! the players were spaced out around the room so you could walk around them and it was so revelatory to hear new things in a piece I know so well!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

now that’s what I call music for 18 musicians

music score on a piano reading ‘Steve Reich’

person in white playing a large marimba with two people in white playing cellos in the background

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

disliked this film a lot (I find jane schoenbrun‘s mannered style extremely cloying and Not For Me) but I loved getting into it with gav!! have a listen

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

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Reissue of the Week: Elastica's Debut Album is "Untouchable Louche Perfection" | The Quietus

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I generally think it’s bad when writers are obviously pleased with themselves for a line, but I AM pleased with myself for my description of ‘car song’ as ‘carry on david cronenberg’s crash’

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i reviewed the new reissue of elastica by elastica, re-situating it in our present era of short attention spans and brat-coded smokers’ area glamour —have a read!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

people do NOT know how to behave!!!!!!!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i just don't want to be spooooilllled i feel like it's going to get memed to death before we even get a release date :(

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

just remembered celebrity traitors is back on tonight

composite of two pictures of nicole kidman with eyes closed and arms stretched out in joy

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eminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here is an interview with Daphne and Celeste following the legendary performance at Reading Festival where they got pelted off stage by Slipknot fans

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

also not at all patronising to be deemed 'regional' bc i live outside the m25 lmao

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

third time this year that i have been denied a press ticket to review something for a major uk newspaper bc the pr is not allocating tickets for 'regional' dates.....music industry becoming more london-centric again in context of shuttering outlets/pr favouring influencers over critics feels bad!

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sam both of these things are iconic and also you KNOW I zoomed in immediately to my beloved bi icon nolan ross who has not aged a day

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

thank u for sending!!! 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

beautiful record!!!! got my cd yday and it is blasting as we speak bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...

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Steve E. Tricks @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

happy bi visibility day from the nobody believes you hand sofa

bisexual visibility couch with many disturbing hands reading "when you change or to and nobody believes you"

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it’s bruce springsteen’s birthday gotta hit em with the pic

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol now that macbook os thinks that ipod is obsolete I also have to have a baroque way to make it work……I think any version of this process unifies the true heads

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

recently i have noticed more people being jealous of my ipod and i'm like GET ONE!!!

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 21/09/2026

film friends - i'd love to update my ongoing guide to getting started in film journalism. if you have anything to add or that you think needs updating please give me a shout!! (esp for paying outlets to add to the list....) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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So You Want To Be A Film Writer...

So, You Want To Be A Film Writer… An Introductory Guide to Making it in Film Journalism Based on largely anecdotal experience Written by Hannah Strong Who you can tip here :) CONTENTS ...

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

old house with long driveway and the people inside it have Secrets

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My longread on the cult of Mussolini and Italy’s far right for anyone with the time and inclination of a Saturday morning. Last punt - it’s the first biggish piece I’ve had published from Italy.

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Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

remembering the grindcore goat

crowd at the grindcore show watching the singer of wormrot (iirc). there's a goat in the audience. she's having a nice time

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my new @lwlies.com column is out! i wrote about the relationship between concert films and the audience – when to replicate an experience and when to create one that is singular – featuring pulp, ryuichi sakamoto, r.e.m., david byrne &c. read and subscribe!! mailchi.mp/tcolondon/al...

pale yellow graphic overlaid with a picture of four sillouettes against a red-orange sun projected on the back of a dark stage. the header reads 'THE LETTER BY CLAIRE BIDDLES'.

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Many of these films aim to re-articulate the feeling of being an audience member at the show. But what if watching a concert film was its own original experience, rather than a recreation? In December 2022, I tuned into Playing the Piano, a livestreamed performance by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Shot in black and white by his son, Neo Sora (director of Happyend), the recording shows no live audience, no accompanying musicians, no other visible people in the room. Although billed as Sakamoto’s final performance – he died of cancer just three months later – it was actually a constructed film edited together from footage shot over the course of a week, as Sakamoto was too weak to perform for an uninterrupted hour.

Although stemming from necessity, the decision to assemble Sakamoto’s ‘performance’ from several separate performances actually adds to the poetry of the final film, which was released in a slightly altered cut as Opus in 2023. This is an audience experience that can’t be recreated, because it never happened in the first place.

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 16/09/2026

I am not asking for much I just want to know when the UK will get You Can See Everything

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i stg if they tour the uk........or even just play one show here.......that will be my oasis reunion tour

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

new shudder to think ep out today, feeling blessed shuddertothink.bandcamp.com/album/who-se...

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Who Sent You?, by Shudder To Think

3 track album

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moonie 🌻🌾⛅ @moonix.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

ao3 e-mails are the only e-mails that find me well

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

tbh i would say any of the ballads on his first two albums would fit this bill but this on is THE one

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