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Night Hookland.

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

A painting of a stone circle called the Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.

Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.

Night Hookland. Rest well.

A printed poem which reads: I hav for breakfast Weetabix I hav for lunch some meat I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat Peter Hazel, 5

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

Night Hookland. Sleep well.

Box art by Philip Castle. The image is dominated by the game's title, "ELITE," rendered in a bold, golden 3D font with large, stylized wings, resembling a prestigious pilot's insignia. The scene depicts key elements from the game: The Cobra Mk III: The sleek, saucer-shaped ship in the foreground is the player's starting vessel, the legendary Cobra Mk III. Coriolis Station: The massive, geometric structure is a Coriolis space station, the rotating hubs of trade and commerce where players would dock.

Elite was released (circa) 41 years ago today!

This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.

Night Hookland. Sleep well.

Night Hookland.

Tryfan, Eryri.
#art

Arbor Low, Last Sunday 24.08.25

Night Hookland.

A can of Red Willow beer, left in the freezer overnight and frozen solid.

Beer brick. Put a can of @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social's rather fine Keller Bier in the freezer to chill last night then promptly forgot about it until this morning. It's thawing now. Oops!

Night Hookland.

The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour.

The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour. A5.

Night Hookland.

Motherfucking wind farms…

The Bullstrang. Watercolour and graphite.

Great to have Moviedrome back on the TV tonight.

Night Hookland.

Night Hookland.

The Wicker Man A puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.

FYI A lovely top notch cleaned up version of The Wicker Man complete with establishing mainland scenes is on iPlayer now for the next month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Night Hookland.

Night Hookland.

Alex Cox on the legacy of Moviedrome, the BBC’s essential cult film slot Broadcasting a weekly diet of transgressive, iconoclastic cinema into British living rooms, the BBC’s Moviedrome series turned a generation of viewers into adventurous cinephiles. How did it come abou...

Great piece on Moviedrome, with interviews with Alex Cox and Nick Freand Jones. Such a brilliant series, much missed. Wish the BBC had shows like this on now.

www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...

Three stills from a motion piece by Stu Pond.

Listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social as I work. For a synesthete such as I, that means a head filled with colours and movement as synapses are fired in unique combinations. Her show is a gift. @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social talking so beautifully about White Rabbit brought a tear to my eye.

Night Hookland. Rest well.

Night Hookland.

Night Hookland. I love the voices in the ether, and want to listen to The Ghost Orchid having read this. Perhaps I’ll wait until morning though.