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He/Him Into Left wing politics, ttrpgs, Tai Chi, Qigong, speculative fiction, folklore & horror, paganism and blues guitar playing. Trans rights are human rights.
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Fuuuuuucking helllll

This should terrify everyone.

There's a lot of justified worry at the moment. I think - against this backdrop - that it's important to share what people are actually doing: statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod...

There is still beauty in this world

“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”

Very interesting dive into the world of cunning folk and the historical traditions of folk magic in the UK

In Memoriam. open.spotify.com/track/4gj5Wv...

Marianne Faithfull co-wrote Sister Morphine with Mick Jagger & released her version 2 years before Sticky Fingers. I prefer her take to the Stones version despite how good Jagger's delivery was. #music #MarianneFaithfull 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wA...

Here's Marianne Faithfull's classic end-of-Sixties track With You in Mind. This track has echoes of the folk song Silver Dagger - sung by Joan Baez a few years earlier. Both have a similar haunting feel. #music #MarianneFaithfull 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wA...

Here's Marianne Faithfull's version of Pirate Jenny - she delivers the dreams of a oppressed maid with a caustic bitterness. 🎧 #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqK...

RIP Marianne Faithfull. I saw her perform songs from Twentieth Century Blues - An Evening in the Weimar Republic many years ago. It was a genuinely amazing performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzX... 🎧 #music Marianne Faithfull - Don't Forget Me

This is a really well performed version of one of the truly classic blues tunes.

abhorrent cultural vandalism.

Huddie Ledbetter turns 137 today, or 136, or 136 in a couple days all depending on which source you choose - The Lead Belly Foundation, his gravestone or the draft board. Nevertheless, Happy Birthday Huddie. Thx to John & Alan Lomax for the recordings. #nightmusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-O...

Richard Manue 1943-1986 Rick Danko 1943-1999 Levon Helm 1940-2012 Robbie Robertson 1943-2023 Eric Hudson 1937–January 21, 2025 The Band recorded from 1957 to 1999 in various forms. That's a pretty good run. Rest In Peace to all of them. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFA...

Very much feeling like some blues today - 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmHG... #music #blues

RIP David Lynch "You know about death, that it's just a change, not an end. Hawk, it's time. There's some fear, some fear in letting go. Remember what I told you. I can't say more over the phone, but you know what I mean from our talks, when we were able to speak face to face"

He must have played the Lion King game.

Mel Gibson’s $14.5m house burned down whilst he was denying climate change exists on the Joe Rogan podcast. Oh dear.

It's time for the final volume, and we are back with Will's siblings. #SilverOnTheTree

I never would have guessed.

This is Mance Lipscomb playing the classic Jack O' Diamonds with a pocket-knife for a slide. I think this is vestapol tuning with what's almost a steady picking bassline. Really beautiful playing here. 🎧 #music #blues #guitar www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQUu...

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

“When the dark comes rising, six shall turn it back…” It’s 20 Dec—Winter Solstice Eve—& the day Susan Cooper’s great, cult novel The Dark Is Rising opens. Simon McBurney & I co-adapted a 12-part audio-drama of Susan’s novel. You can listen along, an ep a day, here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Sonny Boy Williamson(not II)- Honey Bee Blues youtu.be/SvnkKMjv4Tk?... 1938 single for Bluebird records

Been waiting for this all year. Don’t miss this amazingly well done performance. One short listen each day, perfect for walkies in the evening (or morning).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Oh... First time a mixed breed has won at Westminster ever. When the presenters have to say "that's not sped up video" you know something impressive is going on. Plus it's so obviously enjoying itself that it's a delight to watch.

I pretty much agree with this - it's easily the streaming service I watch most often & the only one that makes truly unexpected moves. www.slashfilm.com/1739679/drop...

Finally the literature this moment called out for Chuck Tingle is a national treasure That is all

That's very suspicious.

John Lee Hooker - We Might As Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married To Your Two-Timing Mother) youtu.be/rIzASITLm94 From his 1971 album Endless Boogie

Exciting news out of DC Studios today as #Clayface, a DCU story from a script by Mike Flanagan, has been OFFICIALLY greenlit. Clayface premieres in 2026.

Friday night blues - this is a version of Brownsville Blues by Memphis Willie Borum. It's my favorite take of this song - a very expressive version using vestapol tuning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0L... #blues #music

Smart.

Two weeks ago I mixed Christmas pudding, put it in a steamer for 4 hours, looked over the workspace and found the little pot I'd filled with all the spices. Brain fog sucks. This guide is actually really useful. www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/06...