Thomas O'Mahony

TikTok absolutely loves the new Scythian tattoos that have been surfaced recently, but almost every single person is wrong about everything they say about them

I asked the weed man why he put up his prices and he said “cost of living innit bro”

This is what it’s like living in Starmer’s Britain

I'm barely here any more but when I'm here maybe I should do something like this, let's bring social media back to 2010 vibes, let's go

At the end of the day meaningful art should not be made on the basis of future perceived value, if you want high value focus grouped art go stare at a box of cornflakes.

Similar to the ever growing length of films, there’s this weird centring of the audience as the primary concern for making art, and worrying about whether THEIR time is worth spending on YOUR art.

But the memetic nature of music isn’t something new and this new obsession with how TikTok is changing music, to me, is borne out of our concerns for how digital platforms create and manipulate attention economies.

The Lady Gaga anecdote at the start is absolutely spot on, a song should last as long as the artist wants it.

Intellectually we have become obsessed with the memetic nature of music because of TikTok rather than what the music as a piece of art is expressing.

Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News Pop songs got drastically shorter in the streaming era. But new BBC research shows that trend is over

I find this article really fascinating because it’s a really good example of a kind of nervous handwringing over the perceived value of art based on “how long can I experience this?”, at a point in time when the cost of entry to experience music is at an all time low.

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Need some OSINT help finding someone who's using a possibly fake (and extremely well made) passport to scam people in London.

Tap in to help and any reposts are appreciated.

While it is hard coming up with 80 new questions each week, getting to see someone nearly jump out of their chair to answer number 5 tonight is what makes it fun

An absolute 1,2,3 punch for the Art & Literature round at tonight’s quiz

If your studio is taking Klarna payments I’m not following you back, you’re not the type of people I want to associate with

That’s a hell yeah brother from me, good to see good people booked and busy

YouTube video by Royal Headache - Topic High

While on the early to mid 2010s buzz, try getting this chorus out of your head once you’ve heard it youtu.be/uhjo9hIm8IU?...

Merchandise - Children of Desire - YouTube

The album Children of Desire is full of heaters youtube.com/playlist?lis...

In my professional opinion her stuff absolutely whips ass

YouTube video by Nate H. Merchandise - Time

Merchandise deserved to be so much bigger than they ended up, this song sounds so perfectly timeless. It crushed in nearly 15 years ago when I heard it first and it still slaps now youtu.be/A-tFixmh-wo?...

Take a look at my kettle, ain’t we the guvnas

Lots of people have been kind enough over the years to give me pieces of their art and for the past while I’ve been collecting vintage frames to hang it all up in my house.

Today I spent the whole afternoon finally framing it all up and reflecting on the kindness others have shown me

The UK government’s plan to make it easier to open cafes and bars in unused shopfronts is going to lead to the highest level of tax fraud and the world’s smallest plates.

I’ve a lot of thoughts about this but I’ve had some fathers ruin so will come back in the morning

I quote this at least once a day

You need to buy some, top tip is adding two spoonfuls to instant ramen

You need to import yourself a tub of McDonnells curry sauce powder

To state the obvious: this is genocide denial.

Move over Baby Shoes

I unfortunately am stuck in here too

As an outsider I find it fascinating how steadfast Labour supporters are for the party despite the party literally not delivering on any ideological or policy promises

Is this about Michael Hutchence or the Pompeii guy?