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amateur executant: usually too busy organising music to make any. https://linktr.ee/davidmcg

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[Go+, 1978]

11.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Harry Hill Show - Amanda Lamb
The Harry Hill Show - Amanda Lamb YouTube video by HARRY HILL

easily the finest piece of art produced this year is Harry Hill's reading of a Shopify ad, 20'48 into this. Perfection. youtu.be/mMKSnQTY5Vs?...

10.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

We've got until the end of Monday to respond to the Green Paper on BBC Charter Review. You can bet your arse that the people who want rid of the BBC will be filling it in, so if you value the BBC, please do it too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

07.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Empty offices and child β€˜directors’: How to augment reality and avoid tax in the process We’ve got to the bottom of that giant banner on the M8 office block

Great work by @glasgowbell.bsky.social
A recommended read, particularly for Glasgow’s residents. It’s about your money:

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/humanitarian...

28.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't think of a better film about being a musician, all of the time... there's even a bit where Fred's coughing is music.

Black and [off-]white version:
youtu.be/XEVJUJz2AuY

02.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Step Across the Border (1990) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_Ac...

01.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

oh no! I’ve confused it with another one. Don’t have time to go to the attic to doublecheck, but I’m happy to bow to Discogs knowledge rather than my memory. It’s definitely transparent green rather than dark green, and the first section unlistenably noisy! Thanks for putting me right :)

01.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had the red vinyl 7" so most of the long version was drowned out by crackles and pops

01.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Skids,`Into The Valley`Maxell advert
The Skids,`Into The Valley`Maxell advert YouTube video by rob jukes

Had a flashback to this one, just now, watching The Skids on #TOTP

youtu.be/Gib916jJW1o?...

27.02.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i particularly enjoyed the brilliant, difficult, pointlessness of Stellub, it was glorious

19.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

singing exactly that along with TMBG in SWG3 with my daughter and some ex-students was one of my highlights of 2024 ( ... and Dr Worm of course)

19.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Vic resting his hands unconvincingly on the keys in a half-hearted attempt to please with an action pose is lovely

18.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.

66 years old going 66 mph.

16.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 13349 πŸ” 2013 πŸ’¬ 452 πŸ“Œ 445
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

do yourself a favour and set aside half an hour to marvel at this from the astonishing Angine de Poitrine. microtonal looping in silly costumes at its absolute best youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

08.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small Finds #7 Andy Goldsworthy

Interesting piece on Andy Goldsworthy's Gravetstones art work on the BBC website. It's an "exclusive first look" apparently. I offered it to a national newspaper last year but they turned it down. I ended up writing it for my Substack. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...

06.02.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I can never understand why so much classical music programming revolves around anniversaries, it's so arbitrary (and often lacking in imagination)

02.02.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

but is that interpretation an equally valid one?

01.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Richard Curtis's greatest achievement

29.01.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t forget to listen to Go+ at 33rpm ;)

28.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there are a couple of live Panixsphere covers of Cross Wires on YouTube with Tim Smith on bass (but you probably know that already!)

28.01.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pam Gilmour on Instagram: "Okay so real talk.... When I said last week that the @fisheranddonaldson fudge doughnut was the best cake in Scotland I meant it. But I have a lot of love for people who thr... glasgowfoodgeek on June 9, 2025: "Okay so real talk.... When I said last week that the @fisheranddonaldson fudge doughnut was the best cake in Scotland I meant it. But I have a lot of love for people ...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKrv58SoPJ8/

22.01.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh, I thought you’d sneaked off to Dundee for a moment there

22.01.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

but did you resist the coffee tower?

22.01.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, but playing the piss-easy organ part is a whole fuckton o’ fun

21.01.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

anyone advocated a cultural boycott of the US yet?

19.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Which brings us to the House of Lords Digital Committee, which is looking at the government’s brilliant idea of giving away everyone’s copyright to American artificial intelligence giants, in return for a bag of magic beans that can only be seen by the very wisest ministers. A consultation on this last year found it was supported by just three percent of respondents, which must be some kind of record. That’s even smaller than the number of people who believe that the Loch Ness monster is real, or that Keir Starmer is doing a good job.

On Tuesday, the committee was treated to a joint appearance from Technology Secretary Liz Kendall and Claims-To-Be-Culture-Secretary Lisa Nandy. Two secretaries of state at once! Or one-and-a-half, anyway. β€œI don’t think our secretaries of state need much introduction,” Committee Chair Baroness Keeley said. Other opinions are available. 

They had come, it turned out, not to defend their own proposals, but to bury them. β€œWe are having a genuine reset mom

Which brings us to the House of Lords Digital Committee, which is looking at the government’s brilliant idea of giving away everyone’s copyright to American artificial intelligence giants, in return for a bag of magic beans that can only be seen by the very wisest ministers. A consultation on this last year found it was supported by just three percent of respondents, which must be some kind of record. That’s even smaller than the number of people who believe that the Loch Ness monster is real, or that Keir Starmer is doing a good job. On Tuesday, the committee was treated to a joint appearance from Technology Secretary Liz Kendall and Claims-To-Be-Culture-Secretary Lisa Nandy. Two secretaries of state at once! Or one-and-a-half, anyway. β€œI don’t think our secretaries of state need much introduction,” Committee Chair Baroness Keeley said. Other opinions are available. They had come, it turned out, not to defend their own proposals, but to bury them. β€œWe are having a genuine reset mom

Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...

13.01.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 388 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12

this is absolutely amazing - an anonymous person has spent two years mapping the state of every public path in Glasgow "with the movement of high support mobility device users as priority" πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ glasgowaudit.wordpress.com/about/

12.01.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ski Sunday!
Ski Sunday! YouTube video by TheJeremyLion

amazingly, Ski Sunday is still running as a TV programme, and it still has the same sig tune, but they drown it out with crap sound FX. better to subtitle it so we can all sing along https://youtu.be/hCIWyKey0BI?si=xJJbkIIwTacgBtMg

11.01.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

one of the first singles i bought and still a banger. think I got the Tails of Illusion album for my birthday, which is quite weird for a 9 year old looking back on it

09.01.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0