@duncanbatey
is allegedly a gracefully ageing rocker whose life was demolished in a freak meditation accident back when he was a computer scientist but also very definitely a singer-songwriter and t'ai-chi enthusiast based in Glastonbury, UK duncanbatey.bandcamp.com
No. I remember in my teens, around the time of Raymond Briggs' When The Wind Blows and Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, feeling rather doom laden about the whole situation, but this seems like exactly the kind of thing everyone was on the whole successfully trying to avoid back then.
Although granted, the current situation does seem particularly mad, possibly madder than I can remember.
'Twas ever thus.
What a bleeping mess.
The book has a red cloth spine. The cover shows a retrofuturist city with airships and cablecars. A single woman appears in a door high in the towers.Far below, male figures spill out of underground tunnels and climb stairs towards her
A retrofuturist city with airships and cablecars. A single woman appears in a door high in the towers. Far below, male figures spill out of underground tunnels and climb stairs towards her.
A page of ink drawings of stick figures and strange architecture.
I drew the cover for a new edition of lost sci-fi classic 'Woman Alive' by Susan Ertz. It is out now from @manderleypress.bsky.social
1. The book / 2. A close up of the artwork / 3. Some notebook doodles
www.manderleypress.com/shop/p/womanalive
MAIDENHEAD!
THE LEHRER EFFECT, my most acclaimed Edinburgh show ever, comes to Norden Farm on April 2nd…
mitchbenn.com/lehrer-effect
Deckchairs, meet Titanic.
Sounds like fun.
"Harkaway's experimental novel grasps the nettle of incomprehensibility and never lets go..."
Honestly I just type badly when I'm really in the zone...
Right.
My memory of moving frequently was that the stereo was always the last thing to be packed and the first thing to be unpacked - I mean, otherwise it would mean packing and unpacking without music. Inconceivable. And of course placement of the hi-fi is paramount - all else is arranged around it. Obvs.
Via @sassytealady.bsky.social a thread of joy celebrating the amazing Tim Curry. He would have been so damn creepy as Lector.
So the electrician seemed to have turned up early. I still in bed. Turned out my bedside clock was 2 hours behind - I *had* woken earlier at what I'd thought was 5am, briefly wondered at how light it was so early before turning over and going back to sleep. Hopefully the day can only get better.
Definitely a #5. Electrician turned up early, or so I thought - I was still in bed. Turned out my bedside clock was 2 hours behind. I had woken earlier at what I'd thought was 5am and briefly wondered at how light it was so early before turning over and going back to sleep... Oops.
Whetting the appetite for The Great Flood
@alasdairstuart.com
scifibulletin.com/film-reviews...
Priorities 👍
Right?
Ah. It's Superbug o'clock. YES. This is a trans-national level problem. It's not something the free market will fix. Government needs to do its bloody job and always back-burners it. Get your finger out, this one isn't optional!
Sadly, this is not an unfamiliar experience for me with rail travel, although not that frequent a one, fortunately. So annoying though.
Facepalm doesn't really cover it, does it.
Just signed this petition.
"It’s time for Keir Starmer to pick a side. From protecting our right to peaceful protest, to getting us off dangerous fossil fuels, the UK can be the alternative to everything that’s wrong with Trump."
Nobody told us there'd be days like these, etc. etc. Most peculiar, mama!
Book cover image, title in block capital red at the top on dun background, author name in small block capital white on black at the bottom. Main image of a silhouetted water tower and trees with birds flying around them against a red and white background
Enjoying Leepus: Dizzy by @jamiedelano.bsky.social of Hellblazer fame. In the ever-present tense of 'Inglund', and the dystopian aftermath of The Reduction, our hero fields unexpected challenges from nearly all remaining powers that be - to his friends, his home, possibly to his own identity...
Cannot recommend.
Book cover image, title in block capital red at the top on dun background, author name in small block capital white on black at the bottom. Main image of a silhouetted water tower and trees with birds flying around them against a red and white background
Enjoying Leepus: Dizzy by @jamiedelano.bsky.social of Hellblazer fame. In the ever-present tense of 'Inglund', and the dystopian aftermath of The Reduction, our hero fields unexpected challenges from nearly all remaining powers that be - to his friends, his home, possibly to his own identity...
Every time I go to a show, especially a place like Emerald City where the fans were INCREDIBLY kind and welcoming, I'm reminded that online behaviors and real life behaviors are two different things and I need to stay offline and meet people face to face more often.
Where would we all be without Japanese paper?
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Water, Japanese paper and a vacuum cleaner — the secrets of restoring Michelangelo’s Last Judgment
Life goals.
Seriously, in the best possible way, there are some people who are just one weird science accident off fighting Spider-Man.
Adorable and silly, great combo 🦆
