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Very disappointed in the remake of Fiddler On The Roof

A cormorant stands on a partially submerged log in calm, rippling water, wings outstretched to dry. Its sleek black feathers glisten with hints of blue and green, and its yellow beak is slightly open, pointed toward the sky. The water reflects soft hues of teal and silver.

This is the most gothy bird I've seen in a long time (and I've dated a few gothy birds in my time).
#photography

The weekend the Grateful Dead shook down San Francisco — one last time Dead & Company brought their farewell tour to Golden Gate Park for what many called the last real Dead show in the city.

Great read on Dead & Company and last weekend festivities…..

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Divided by a common language. What can you do?

So apparently, it may turn out that The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere wasn’t entirely made in AI and Google threw the VFX crew under the bus by claiming it was all done by artificial intelligence.

If true, then fucking yikes.

It does annoy me, it shouldn’t be “Venus in Furs”, it should be “Venus Implies”.

Another pretty much perfect joke from @mooseallain.bsky.social.

I’m pretty sure this is mentioned in the Book of Revelations.

This is everything that's wrong with this country in one small triangle shaped paper box

and the “Worst Fire Escape
In France” Award goes to…

During his long career Joe Boyd has had many jobs: Record Producer, Label Owner, Tour Manager & Production Manager, A&R Executive & Label Founder, Production Company Head Honcho, Former Head of Music for Warner Bros. Films, Documentary Filmmaker & Film Producer, Author, Club Owner. Boyd produced Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Nico, the Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, Fotheringay, R.E.M., and 10,000 Maniacs. Boyd was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut. He first became involved in music promoting blues artists while a student at Harvard University. After graduating, Boyd worked as a production and tour manager for music impresario George Wein, which took Boyd to Europe to organize concerts with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Boyd was responsible for the sound at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, when Bob Dylan played a controversial set backed by electric musicians. In 1964, Boyd paid his first visit to Britain, returning the following year to establish an overseas office of Elektra Records. In 1966, Boyd opened UFO Club, London’s first psychedelic ballroom. He worked with UFO regulars Pink Floyd, and produced their first single, "Arnold Layne", and recordings by Soft Machine. Boyd worked extensively with audio engineer John Wood at Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea. In this studio, Boyd and Wood made a succession of celebrated albums with British folk and folk rock artists, including the Incredible String Band, Martin Carthy, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson. Some of these were produced by Boyd's production company, Witchseason.

Boyd began his career in the 1960s, working as a tour manager for artists like Muddy Waters and Stan Getz. He also served as production manager for the 1965 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. He moved to London to open the UK office of Elektra Records and established the UFO Club, a key venue for the emerging psychedelic scene. Boyd founded his own production company, Witchseason, which played a significant role in shaping British folk and folk-rock music. Boyd also produced and co-directed the film documentary Jimi Hendrix (1973). In the States, Boyd produced albums by Maria Muldaur and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Boyd subsequently founded the Hannibal Records label in 1980 (later absorbed into Rykodisc), which released albums by Richard Thompson and many recordings of world music, including Hungarian band Muzsikás. Boyd also produced R.E.M.'s third album 'Fables of the Reconstruction' (1985), and records by Billy Bragg and 10,000 Maniacs. Boyd was executive producer for the 1988 feature film Scandal, starring John Hurt and Bridget Fonda about the Profumo Affair in UK politics in 1963. Boyd left Hannibal/Ryko in 2001 and his autobiography, White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s, was published in 2006 by Serpent's Tail in the UK. In 2008, Boyd was a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists. He formerly owned Witchseason production company and Hannibal Records. He launched Hannibal in 1979, which focused on bringing global artists to Western audiences. Boyd has played a crucial role in the recording careers of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, John and Beverley Martyn, Maria Muldaur, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Muzsikás.

Boyd in his white shirt and sunglasses and hat, taken at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival (when Dylan became "electrified"; this photo was used on the cover of his excellent book White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s. Boyd returned to the United States at the end of 1970 to work as a music producer for Warner Bros. with special input into films, where he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on the soundtrack release of A Clockwork Orange. Boyd also contributed to the soundtrack of Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, where he supervised the recording of "Dueling Banjos," which became a hit single for Eric Weissberg.

This book offers a unique and candid glimpse into the music business during the 1960s, featuring anecdotes and first-hand accounts of iconic events and musicians, particularly within the folk-rock and psychedelic scenes. Boyd's presence at crucial moments, such as Bob Dylan going electric at the Newport Folk Festival and the early days of Pink Floyd and the UFO Club, provides a vivid and authentic retelling of these experiences. Best of all may be this book's in-depth coverage of British folk rock, especially artists like Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and the Incredible String Band. Boyd's passages discussing his relationships with Nick Drake and Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention are especially poignant. The author's talent for bringing to life the famously elusive Nick Drake is also mentioned as a notable achievement.

Happy Birthday to Joe Boyd, born August 5, 1942, in Boston, MA! Boyd has an incredible resume of music and film jobs listed on his resume, and he was hugely important to the British folk rock scene, working w/ Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, the Incredible String Band, many others. More: alt text

And coming only weeks after a ‘Where is she now?’ piece in (I think) NME.

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The shock of buying & listening to ‘Reckoning’ having only ever heard ‘Live Dead’ still haunts me.

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Ha! Yes!

my dream job

YouTube video by Jane B Papernut Cambridge, Lisa Says, The Spice Of Life, London, 03/08/25

A video of me and Papernut Cambridge (with Jack Hayter) doing Lisa Says at the Velvet Underground night last night.

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Israel said it would halt aid drops if journos were allowed to film from planes. The Jordanians know as well as anyone that aid drops are ineffective, a last resort in the face of mass starvation in Gaza. Palestinians have been referring to the drops as "like Squid Games." Jordanians made a call.

“Danish zoo asks for unwanted relatives to feed its predators …”

Life has its trials, eh?

Fripp is very expert at separating me from my money.

New mix (2023), elemental mixes which are fascinating and … well here you go:

Met arrested woman after Facebook posts about ex-partner – a serving officer London force sent three officers at 4.45am, who put her in the back of a van and seized her phone and computer

I'd like to live in a city where the cops took bike theft as seriously as they take "being rude to your cop ex-boyfriend". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I thought the same, but then I bought LTIA, and so I am now committed.
Or perhaps should be committed.

@lennylaw.bsky.social

Also this on the way …

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‘Who was going to carry Elvis’s drugs and guns?’ How Colonel Tom Parker always looked out for the King For decades, Presley’s manager has been vilified as a money-grabbing huckster. But compelling new evidence suggests the colonel was actually devoted to the star

SELF-PROMOTION POST. I had a chat with Peter Guralnick about his new book on Tom Parker and why public perception of the “Colonel” has been wrong for decades.

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A reminder that the explicit version of Song 179: “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 is exclusively available to Patreon backers.

Also known as the one where Andrew says ‘fuck’ a lot.

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