“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ’The Beatles did.’” — Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake
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I intend to say something about the new Harry Styles record and that Manchester gig but I can't quite get my thoughts in order yet.
Thanks Gavin, it's good to be back!
Am doing gigs.
If any of you were thinking of seeing the Jeff Buckley film, just do it. Hearing those songs again with big cinema sound was wonderful. Plus the film is good. X
This was once someone's idea of the future.
I know that I am away from home, sleeping in a house without cats, as I got 8 hours sleep last night for the first time in a long time.
Experiment with mics triggering synths live using volume impulses from drums.
Question.
Is Substack the current version of what blogging used to be?
That's how it feels.
I don't mean this negatively.
I wonder if people feel comfortable being under the banner. That being under the branded (for want of a better word) banner makes it seem a little easier.
As I'm nice and there's some new stuff on the horizon, I've reduced the full discography on Bandcamp down 80% to just £20 for the next few days. So get 20 years(!) worth of stuff for £20. Bargain! worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com
The beginning of 2026 book pile. One down already.
Seconds after this there was a shooting star. Felt pretty epic.
2025 in books.
So long, 2025.
Feels wrong clicking that heart button but you know what I mean. Look after yourself Chris.
Seems like the right day to crack this on again:
"To Whom Ourselves We Owe" - Out Now
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"...Yet fomething, out of nothing, we will fhew.
To gaine your loues, to whome our felues we
owe."
Prologue to "No-Body and Some-Body", 1601
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#folk #morris #experimental
Morning.
My Christmas outfit? Yeah, it's jeans and a black top tastefully adorned with cat hairs. What about you?
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
