Mister Fusty

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

Eye-opening. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Super Furry Animals announce 30th anniversary tour The Supacabra tour comprises six dates in May 2026

Great news! I’m all over this. 30 years!? Holy shit. www.uncut.co.uk/news/super-f...

Man about the House! youtu.be/tQRgBYsmAMQ

Kraftwerk demonstrate Autobahn's “machinemusik" on Tomorrow's World in 1975, the band's first British TV appearance. *In Loving Memory Of Florian Schneider* Stream Autobahn (Single Edit):… Kraftwerk on BBC's Tomorrow's World 1975

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Kraftwerk make their sole British TV personal appearance on Tomorrow's World. Shame about the musical lapels never happening, unless as we suspect that was Ralf and/or Florian taking the piss.

I honestly think closing all the news channels would do the country a favour. We don’t need that much news. There’s not enough happening. So many correspondents are paid to basically speculate and gossip to fill time. Take the news channel money and give it to Light Entertainment.

Imagine watching Rutland Weekend Television - Eric Idle's low budget regional broadcasting spoof/surreal music-hall half-hour - on sleepy old BBC2 and Actual Beatle George Fucking Harrison turns up in his Bangladesh Concert suit, plays the intro to My Sweet Lord, and then...

thank you sir

YouTube video by TheMisterFusty Look Around - Mister Fusty

Here’s a video a made a couple of years ago for one of my tracks. Posting for no other reason than it popped into my head! youtu.be/2wafDnUHCIk

YouTube video by twinnedwitherlangen HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)

Something for the weekend: The Light At The End of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train) #HMHB youtu.be/fvn4CeaJp_s?...

This is one of the best radio jingles of all time.

The Strange World Of… Saint Etienne | The Quietus In the April 1993 issue of Select (a key text in the run-up to Britpop) the first band interviewed in its famous ‘Yanks Go Home’ feature wasn’t its cover stars, Suede. It was Saint Etienne, a trio nam...

“Britpop’s best foundational band. From day one – in the post-perestroika summer of Italia 90 – their approach to music, lyrics, and films has always crossed borders, been open-minded, and kept time-travelling.” Thank you Jude Rogers. thequietus.com/interviews/s...

'AI slop': Musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name Artists on the mystery of being targeted by fraudsters releasing

Crazy! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Beatles nerd here. These new Anthologies seem to be a bit of a cash grab to me. Looking forward to seeing a spruced up version of the documentary series though. www.thebeatles.com/anthology-mu...

They’re among the best in British indie. So why have Field Music become a Doors cover band? Faced with ‘catastrophic financial doom’ in a difficult industry, the Sunderland outfit explain why imitating Jim Morrison is their way to survive

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Train leaving Newcastle upon Tyne station, 1937, photo by Bill Brandt.

I think journalism means listening to the story, , questioning it and relating that experience in words.

Much of what passes for journalism in 2025 does nothing of the sort. Clickbait opinionism is not journalism. Neither is striding around with a set agenda and an iPhone.

Reporter: Here’s that article, chief!

Editor: Great! We’re gonna slap a clickbait headline on this baby that is *insane.* People are gonna want to *kill* you!

Reporter: (sigh) Well, I guess it’s worth it if they read it.

Editor: Haha, don’t worry, they won’t. Here, let me throw that away for you.

‘I broke down in the studio from all the raw emotion’: Richard Hawley on making The Ocean ‘I’d quit heavy drugs, got married and started a solo career … then my label dropped me. This felt like the last roll of the dice for me as a musician’

I saw Richard perform this live once and it blew me away, one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.

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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us? Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

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28 Years Later (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Young Fathers on Apple Music Album · 2025 · 24 Songs

I saw 28 Years Later at the cinema yesterday. Great film and the soundtrack by Young Fathers is brilliant music.apple.com/gb/album/28-...

YouTube video by Bee Gees - Topic Birdie Told Me

I’ve just finished @rockingbob.bsky.social ‘s brilliant book on the Bee Gees. Of course, I’m listening to all the albums again. The 60s Bee Gees period is really great and a bit slept-on I feel. youtu.be/4Ybl_axssRw?...

YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit - Record Store Day [Official Art Track]

“Record Store Day” is on the money. youtu.be/NH6YiXL1IYc?...

Chess, prank calls and murder: who really killed Julia Wallace? Trying to solve the case Raymond Chandler called ‘the impossible murder’

The new Half Man Half Biscuit album is great, of course, but I also love the fact their own label name, “R. M. Qualtrough”, is a reference to a mysterious Liverpool murder case.

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Happy 50th birthday, Jaws! One of the best films ever made, and it gave us two of the most terrifying images ever... ;)

YouTube video by Producing The Beatles Penny Lane - solo piano and vocal mix

If you need a short break from current events, here's a preview of the next season of the podcast: Penny Lane stripped down to its essence: youtu.be/dyXXAhLSe6I

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YouTube video by MIXAGE100 BRIAN WILSON - Wonderful + Song For Children + Child Is Father Of The Man

The best concert I’ve seen (so far) was Brian Wilson at Birmingham Symphony Hall, probably about 2005 when he performed “Smile” with his amazing band. Was near the front as well! youtu.be/vYtchSWfxuk?...

YouTube video by Glen Campbell - Topic Guess I'm Dumb

“Guess I’m Dumb”, written and produced by Brian Wilson for Glen Campbell (who was the Beach Boys touring guitarist for a while). Wonderful. youtu.be/a83wrXtcgqE?...

YouTube video by Guimoonz Busy Doin' Nothing - The Beach Boys

Only Brian Wilson could write a song about directions to his house and make it sound beautiful. youtu.be/saQBsEROkFM?...