Reposted by Tim Rutherford-Johnsonhcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 6hWhat does it mean to perform vulnerability and who controls the gaze? Kari Watson & Rosie Middleton’s 'A Grammar of Distance' explores masking, identity and agency through voice, electronics and theatrical intervention. Read the full profile: hcmf.co.uk/mask-on-mask-off-rosie-middleton/ 111
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 6hLondon-based fans of Jo Kondo, Japanese music and experimental music in general will want to catch this, GSMD next Tuesday (free!): www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/sat...gsmd.ac.ukSatoko Inoue ResidencyRenowned Japanese pianist Satoko Inoue joins Guildhall School for a special residency linked to our Composition department. 020
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I type the word 'music' all the time. Yesterday, I had to type the word 'museum' a few times and my fingers just wouldn't do it. 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My profile of Caassandra Miller, for @hcmfuk.bsky.social, is online too. This one was really fun to write hcmf.co.uk/all-in-the-f...hcmf.co.uk 031
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not the weirdest of many weird things here; nevertheless, I was surprised to see The Corinthian make an appearance 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Now online: my short profile of Michael Finnissy, whose 80th birthday will be celebrated at hcmf// this year, by way of the ten Political Agendas for piano: hcmf.co.uk/timeless-age...hcmf.co.uk 020
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm pleased to announce I am taking up a new role: official match reporter for my son's U15 football team. Just as soon as I can figure out Pitchero ... 130
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We can’t magically unwind centuries of human devastation, but if we really try to make the Earth healthier nature itself will do most of the work and it will happen faster than we think. We just have to decide to prioritize the well-being of the planet we live on. 17715
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BTW, do any of my musicologist friends recognise of these characters; I feel like I should know. (I recognise the style of debate, for sure.) 110
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I spent 10 mins hoping the revolving sign would just once spin round to spell out 'CHEESE' but it didn't happen. Like most of the 15,000 I gave up after that. 011
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Such a pleasure over the weekend to have been part of the first (and only) audience to have heard this Pulp classic live #EOTR #endoftheroad www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9z...youtube.comDeep Fried In KelvinYouTube video by Pulp - Topic 120
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Our 13th #EOTR and last for a while, what a way to finish the streak. Pulp imperial; best show I've seen there in all that time. Angine de Poitrine, Just Mustard, BCUC, GHOSTWOMAN, Colossal Squid, Folk Bitch Trio and caroline among the other highlights. #endoftheroad 041
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-Johnsonhcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026From rock guitar to Bach, Beethoven + Birtwistle, Anselm McDonnell thrives on contradiction. His music explores politics, landscape + climate change, including hcmf// commission Retrogressive Thaw Slump. Read more + get tickets: hcmf.co.uk/landscapes-and-lyrics-anselm-mcdonnell/ 141
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238655776
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Flags at half mast. Jolene at 33rpm. youtu.be/doz1QJ7LwjAyoutu.beJolene at 33 rpmYouTube video by Tom Berry 2756
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 100268206331
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Curry Shed have retired? Absolutely devasted #EOTR endoftheroadfestival.com/food/endoftheroadfestival.comFood| End Of The Road FestivalEnd Of The Road Festival 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Latest newsletter contains a long review of GBSR/MacLennan's Feldman trios recording, plus thoughts on brambles and music at the end of the world. purlis.substack.com/p/purposeful...purlis.substack.comPurposeful Listening 20A review of the GBSR/MacLennan recording of Feldman's trios for flute, piano and percussion. Also: blackberries. 041
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026- parcel is delivered to wrong address - post delivery driver's photo of my parcel being delivered to local Facebook group, asking if anyone recognises the door - one reply - "can you take a better photo?" 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just treated myself to some propah laptop speakers (pair of Onkyo GX-30ARCs). I'm now 10 mins into my usual test record (Massive Attack/Mad Professor: No Protection) and OHMYGOD WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING WITH MY LIFE 021
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-Johnsonboomkat.com @boomkat.com · 03/08/2026Eliane Radigue Electronic Works (1971-2000) the 14 CD motherlode, back in print boomkat.com/products/ele... 04612
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It’s for a thing, but I’ve listened to Bruckner 9 many more times over the last 48 hours than is healthy, surely? 100
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Baffling that this has only 7.8k signatures; please consider signing: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training dataWe ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e... 030
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026*taps the sign* www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInst...lse.ac.ukThe Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environmentThe Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (2006) assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs. 000
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Answer to every search request is an elaborate ploy involving Honoria Glossop and an antique cow creamer 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Fully on board with this, though the perfect martini served with every request might become heavy going after a while 010
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026#nowlistening Pieces for multi-tracked instruments by Canadian composer Robert Humber. New name to me; rather lovely pastoral quality to the music. Esp. liking murmurations for 6 pianos 000
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Excited for this too velocitypress.uk/product/afte...velocitypress.ukAftershock: The Seismic Impact of Dubstep by Lauren MartinIn the book, Aftershock: The Seismic Impact of Dubstep, music writer Lauren Martin charts the origins of dubstep in an oral-history format. 120
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Latest newsletter is up, with chunky reviews of discs of Valentin Silvestrov and Michael Finnissy/Cassandra Miller, plus notes on Tim Parkinson, Samuel Vriezens and Alex Ross: purlis.substack.com/p/purposeful...purlis.substack.comPurposeful Listening 18Reviews of music by Silvestrov, Finnissy/Miller, Parkinson and Vriezen 010
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonPhilip Thomas @philipthomas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comChristian Wolff Keyboard Miscellany - YouTube 052
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026One of these stations is not like the others 162
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Today is Jude Bellingham's face rushing out and knowing he's not in time to make that block, on a loop, endlessly and forever 101
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I got cross with it the other day over colotomic, but tbf this is worse. 020
Reposted by Tim Rutherford-JohnsonChris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Are there any UK politicians with the courage to say that these were 2700 deaths caused by fossil fuel companies who knew it was going to happen? Why are we even considering giving them access to new oil and gas fields to make it worse? 011
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026That it has an Edition Peters cover is very nice. 042
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Thing is, a love of football is made of what-ifs. Maradona's hand, Beckham's flick, Lampard off the bar, Kane's 2nd pen vs France... By skipping timelines (whether pushed or jumped), USMNT killed the mythology that wd have sustained fans for yrs. They peeked, and found they got absolutely spanked. 110
Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026With all those overhit crosses and players running out of steam in the last 20 minutes, maybe it was Mexico who needed to acclimatise to the altitude 000