Mute Branches / James

A landscape in silhouette - black against an inky blue sky. We see the outline of a church tower in front of a river, with trees and a few houses. Overhead in the starry sky there is a meteor shower

The Night Sky, 1965
The #Perseids
Artist: Robert Ayton

Also some very good memories of going "OH! BICENTENNIAL MAN!" around the old student house

You're right, it is too hot today

Testes match

Absolutely, I just think people talk about The Last Jedi as some subversive masterpiece sometimes instead of being a slightly more sophisticated homage to Empire Strikes Back than the previous one had been to A New Hope

And people way overstate how good the second one is because the worst people in the world overstated how much they disliked it. Just a messy, messy set of films

Olly Murs loves post war cinema

Choosing to interpret it as a reference to the influential film noir Detour (dir Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)

A screenshot of a news article from the verge. It reads “With Gemini, Williams says, you can just give the details of the message and a tone. Maybe you're running late, so you say, "Tell my spouse I'm 15 minutes late and send it in a jokey tone." Instead of having to think of what to say, the bot will write it for you.”

Grounds for divorce imo

I've been feeling this a lot lately too honestly, having a less burnouty job and being able to go out and do stuff more, I've felt more consistently energised this year than I have in ages

the scene from midsommar of a path with swedish women dressed in white with flower crowns and the duolingo owl saying “this is your last swedish lesson!”

gm bsky

My return to work after a week off was almost temporarily scuppered by the fact that I had two curries during said week

Love that Rod Stewart's tour visuals appear to have been edited on some software that comes free with Windows Vista

it boggles the mind

There's an odd thing lately - I've worked in marketing / content roles for my day job for nearly a decade now, and when I think about how stringently you'll be asked to amend work based on granular branding details, etc. vs. some of the absolute shite that instantly gets sign off because AI made it

I did take a recording of the lifts the other day

you see this basic dynamic all over, where the right identifies a real issue and exploits it in bad faith, and then dupes in media and politics take them at their word, as if they are sincerely concerned about the problem and offering solutions.

YouTube video by Mute Branches Mute Branches Live at EMOM Birmingham, 31.07.25

I played live last night! First time since 2019 - it's unlisted for now, but here's a video of the first seven mins or so as filmed by my dad:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtIM...

Did you hear that Fabrina Capello resigned as manager of the Lionesses

Can confirm!

When I remember to descale the kettle

SHEVA!

"debating" right wing assholes accomplishes nothing except validate and elevate their awful beliefs and opinions, the idea you're accomplishing anything else is pure delusion

The fact that not even America has fully privatised water is the one that sends my rage into overdrive

Immediately

chicken jockey

I’ve gone from ‘this version of Labour wouldn’t have repealed Section 28’ to ‘this version of Labour would have enthusiastically introduced Section 28’

well I for one hope that whoever is responsible gets life in prison with no chance of parole

EMOM - Birmingham - Electronic Music Open Mic - 31/7/2025 EMOM is a night when people can bring synths, electronics and music machines and perform live to an appreciative audience. Come and join us.

I'll be playing a little live set (my first since 2019!) at the next Electronic Music Open Mic Birmingham event at Centrala, Digbeth on the 31st of July.

Deets here, if you dare: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emom-birmi...

the epstein footage is missing a minute because jeffrey started singing hey jude in his cell. justice dept doesn’t want to pay for the licensing. somewhat understandable