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Chilli tofu in the foreground. Rice and vegetables in the background.

Got the house to myself, so went liberal with the chillies.

Chilli tofu with rice and vegetables.
If you think tofu is bland, you're doing it wrong.

#whatveganseat
#soyboy
#spicy
#veganfta.

Pram, live on stage.

Up Coventry for Pram.

First time seeing them with the new line up.
Interesting evolution of their sound.

More theremin!!!

#musicsky
#gigsky
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#moretheremin

The title page of a PowerPoint presentation on Gothic Fiction & The Female Writer.

Out for a Seed Talk event.
Gothic Fiction & the Female Writer.
Very interesting. It's going to add a bunch of new books to my "must read" pile and will push up those Shirley Jackson books I've already got, closer to the top of the "read these next" pile.

#seedtalks
#booksky
#gothic
#lifeistooshort

Slow Crush live on stage - but invisible through a combination of bright pink back light and dry ice. Looks like the audience are being visited by aliens from planet Barbie.

Slow Crush live on stage with a psychedelic rainbow laser.

Hometown show (for me).

Out for the mighty Slow Crush at the Hare & Hounds.

Had an eye appointment and eye drops beforehand, so everything looks more #psychedelic.
Local Support, Terminals will be worth keeping an eye out...

#musicsky
#gigsky
#shoegaze
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#dilatedpupils

Slow Crush, live on stage in Nottingham.

I was out, bringing in the dark nights, up Nottingham with Belgium's premier guitar pedal abusers, Slow Crush.

It's a strong bill, in an evening also shared with Blanket and Som.

#musicsky
#gigsky
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#shoegaze
#thirst
#etherealasfuck

Poster for The Bacchae at the National Theatre.

Outside Wyndham's Theatre with an advertising hoarding for Born With Teeth.

Up London for theatre.

The Bacchae at the National. A very contemporary (and sweary) version.

Born with Teeth at Wyndham's. Kit Marlowe and Bill Shakes getting horny in grim Elizabethan times.
Ncuti Gatwa is a shining presence on stage.

#greektragedy
#dionysus
#atheist
#heretic

They're a lot more popular than I realised. The venue was much bigger than I expected.
Retained an essence d' former heavy engineering factory complex.

The Obssessed, live on stage in Milton Keynes. Dark edges, Wino under bright lights in the middle.

Up Milton Keynes for The Obssessed.
In the presence of Doom metal royalty.
Great gig.

#ilikebigriffs
#doom
#musicsky
#gigsky
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For people who struggle with the idea of "but what could I eat?".
Follow #whatveganseat on any social media site.
Great naturally vegan (or easily adapted) food choices in Ethiopia, Morocco, Lebanon, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, South India and good options with Korea, China, Nigeria, Turkey.
Have a go.

Igorrr, live on stage. Red background washes with white highlights.

Up Bristol for Igorrr.
The recorded insanity translates well to the live environment.
It is quite the melting pot of sound they've developed.
Unfortunately, got there a bit late and missed Imperial Triumphant.

#gigsky
#musicsky
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#operainnit

A still from Byzantium

Fuck the vampire patriarchy

Promo artwork from Lokah

Malayalam cinema. Kerala folklore vampire crossover.

Move still from only Lovers Left Alive

L'ennui of vampire existence

Goodbye Wolverhampton. An emotional send off from CMLL and RevPro performers.

On #NoKingsDay, it was great to enjoy a celebration of Mexican culture and lucha libre.
The Wolverhampton crowd signing along in Spanish to Mistico's entrance was pretty special.
The guys from CMLL looked like they really enjoyed the day with an emotional send off.

#weareallone
We are all one.

Michael Oku launches from the top rope towards Mistico.

Hechicero and Xelhua put on a technical masterclass.

Stayed over in Wolves for Fantasticamania part 2.
In a day full of highlights:
Lio Rush and Mascara Dorada had a great hi flyer.
Xelhua and Hechicero put on a technical masterclass.
Michael Oku and Mistico created a banger.

#wrestlesky
#cmll
#revpro
#somebodycall911
#itsstillrealtomedammit

Hechicero about to take Chris Ridgeway for a surfing lesson. A masked lucha libre wrestler in red and black, stands above a tattooed wrestler on his stomach.

A gathering of babyface wrestlers. Mascara Dorada, Mistico and Michael Oku.

Up Wolves for Fantastica Mania part 1.
Rev Pro Vs CMLL. It zipped along and sets up the evening session nicely with an expected showdown between Mistico and Michael Oku.

#wrestlesky
#fantasticamania
#revpro
#cmll
#itsstillrealtomedammit
#somebodycall911

Slow Crush live on stage. Combination of dry ice and backlight, make it look abstract and like blue blobs of various hues.

Up Milton Keynes for Slow Crush.

It's been a while since I've seen them but they're still great, obviously!

New LP is heartily recommended.

#gigsky
#musicsky
🎧
#shoegaze
#thirst

Sunn O))) from the cover of Eternity's Pillars. Two guys in monk's robes in a forest in black & white.

If you're in the market for some good news.

New Sunn O))) just dropped and we're digging it.

#eternityspillars
#musicsky
#drone
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#sunn

Paradise Lost, live on stage under yellow light.

Out in Nottingham for Paradise Lost and Messa.
It was good to see Messa live. Big vocals!
First time I've seen PL since the first LP came out.
Didn't expect #RottingMisery but did hope for #Gothic. Seems like they did a few sing-alongs in the 35 years since I saw them last.

#musicsky
#gigsky
🎧

John Grant, live on stage, sat at a piano, under a spotlight.

Got gifted a ticket for being a good boy, so, out in Coventry for John Grant.
Warm vocal stylings and chunky electronics.
Sit down gig. Comfy.

#gmf
#queenofdenmark
#musicsky
#gigsky
🎧

A word cloud of words contained in the songs in my digitised music collection.

News about Taylor Swift singing about love made me wonder how many love songs I have in my music library.
1124 songs with love in the title Vs 2988 with dub, 488 with acid, 3820 with remix.
More love than I expected, rocking in at 1.08% of my collection.

#musicsky
🎧
#powerbi
#indub

Want to leave the Common Market? Brexit before Brexit. 70's edition .

Prince Charming. Prince Charming. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of. Your author in Blitz kid makeover.

Mickey and Minnie share a moment via Vivienne Westwood.

Indian language script. Kohinoor design.

I did another tourism.

Enjoyed clean lines and efficient function at The Design Museum.

Got a proto new romantic makeover at the Blitz: Club exhibition.
Visage - Fade to Grey. Always a banger.

#blitzclub
#brexit
#remainer

A taxidermied angel in front of oral sadism and the vegetarian personality book.

City baby attacked by rats. A blue doll on a bed of blue rats.

Night creatures. Spooky forest coral.

I did a tourism.

Stayed over in London to museum.

Visited the Wynd Museum of Curiosities because #culture

Small but packed. I can tick seeing a jar of Russell Crowe's urine off my bucket list.

#museum
#atravellernotatourist
#viktorwynd

Blawan live on stage at the Village Underground - but it looks more like the surface of the sun.

Up London to find out... #WhyDoTheyHideTheirBodiesUnderMyGarage with Blawan.

There was bass, massive pounding kicks and mangled vocals...
But no answer about those bodies.

#musicsky
#gigsky
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#bass

That sets expectations nicely.

How did you find it?
Trailers look good, reviews have been patchy.
I'm not a fan of American football, does that have any impact on things?

Giving off Alien: Earth vibes.

My critique of the new version?

Ryan Bader is impressive as Mark Coleman.
Bas Ruten does a great job as Bas Ruten.

The Ricardo Morais build up / fight was undersold in the movie. He was an absolute fucken chute box monster.

An impressive reimagining of the documentary but not entirely necessary.

The cover for the Smashing Machine DVD featuring a close up of Mark Kerr head and shoulders.

It was fun to dust off my copy of the Smashing Machine documentary to compare with the new film version.

Now I've got a real hankering to go back and rewatch those early Pride events, they were so exciting.

#wrestlesky
#pridefc
#moviesky
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Richard Norris live on stage, red background with purple highlights

Out for Richard Norris off of The Grid and Mark van Hoen off of Locust for an evening of chunky electronics.

It's probably 30 years since I last saw Locust live. Doesn't time fly?

Another good evening curated by #TheSeventhWave

#musicsky
#gigsky
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#weatheredwell
#naturalcomposite