@chrisherbert.bsky.social
Acceptable at a dance, invaluable in a shipwreck. Electronic abstractions. Organic drift. Birmingham, UK. http://chrisherbert.net
The Genius of Conny Plank - full documentary now available on YT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
RIP Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
Culloden, The War Game, and Punishment Park alone would cement him as one of the greatest British directors, but he delivered a virtually flawless run of films. A sad loss.
Distant rumbling....
www.chrisherbert.net/media/releas...
Found one of my favourite music clips again, which always feels like it has drifted in from another dimension. From the introduction, to the stage set, to the cast of characters, to the music itself, it all feels like a dream: Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar - 'Forever'
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Karlheinz Stockhausen, Henri Pousseur, Holger Czukay, Cologne, 1963.
18.05.2025 12:55 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I love you!
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As it's World Drummer Day...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzY...
Sun's out...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQM...
This is fantastic, such a zoned groove.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_dc...
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Its a massacre. Evol is, by far, their most mysterious album and the one I reach for most these days (even though I "technically" think Sister is stronger).
21.01.2025 11:17 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0TikTok was never going anywhere. The TikTok creator gave millions to Trump and they orchestrated this whole PR stunt just so Trump will be seen as a 'hero' to young people.
It was literally the Kidz Bop version of the Reichstag Fire
Wishing you all peace and happiness in the dying embers of the year. Here's to great things in 2025. 🌲
25.12.2024 18:35 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Black Eye Friday pick of things I've enjoyed listening to this year. Woefully incomplete, these are off the top of my noggin'. I'll dredge up some more as they occur to me.
20.12.2024 16:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27/1/1974
"From a Philips N1500 video tape found on ebay"
This doesn't exist in the BBC archives, an absolutely serendipitous find. Thank you whoever uploaded it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2w...
Grew up in semi-rural Lincs with my grandparents deep in the Wolds. A Proustian sight for sure.
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Just ventured into the loft space to retrieve festive decorations and was reminded that Tom Baker is alive and well up there.
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Forgive me.
15.12.2024 12:11 — 👍 25 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0Passover might be their technical masterpiece, that little bass hump. It sounds so minimal and imploded.
09.12.2024 14:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A fine choice. For reasons I can't explain I always break out Arthur Lyman's Taboo when the tree is being trimmed and have a gin & tonic to "Sea Breeze". Strangely festive.
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Always too early but a delight none the less.
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Jeremy Deller, 2017.
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If you're at a loose end for something to listen to, here's a great mix from Skee Mask via NTS Radio.
www.nts.live/shows/skee-m...
(sorry!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-C...
Here she is absolutely charming Arvo Pärt into the ground.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTx...
Calling Over Time is a deathless classic and an eternal favourite here. Wonderful news.
20.11.2024 13:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Boggles my mind how they never "made it" - the first two albums are more impressive than many of their contemporaries ever managed.
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