Illustration of frogs embracing looking to camera Text reads: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU* * our dual income is the only way we can survive financially Jaunty Art 26

Can’t Live Without You*

Threatened with cancellation to the point the show runners ended it. Then renewed. Then cancelled. Then the story lines were hastily wrapped up in an x-files episode. Amazing. Also, have to give mention to Eerie Indiana, and Nowhere Man.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t as dull a choice as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

Front cover artwork for a fictional album titled NOW Yearbook ’25. Bold retro typography reading ‘NOW Yearbook ’25’ in teal and cream, set against a multicoloured radial burst background in pink, orange, green and blue.

Back cover design for a fictional compilation album, NOW Yearbook 2025. Yellow and green radial sunburst background with four columns labelled CD One to CD Four, each listing 20/21 tracks by artists including Alex Warren, Taylor Swift, Olivia Dean, Lana Del Rey, Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Doechii, Charli XCX and Kylie Minogue. Mock Sony Music and EMI logos appear at the bottom.

Mock-up photo of a fictional album cover titled ‘NOW Yearbook ’25’, placed on a round wooden table. The cover features bold retro lettering in teal and cream over a multicoloured radial burst background. Mid-century style chairs and a grey floor are visible around the table.

'I cannot think, in 20 years, that the current chart will have as many memorable hits...'

Let's see. Here’s a fictional NOW Yearbook 2025 (with playlists for whichever service you're having yourself).

Inspired by a comment on @super-deluxe.bsky.social.

www.tunemymusic.com/share/hcIabO...

NOT replying to this is an ADMISSION that your politics are Bad and your taste in music is Also Bad

Oh my god.

So much to unpack here.
Not least the fact that they felt compelled to reference the ethnicity of the poor science teacher, while spoiling the entire film.

the coop this evening with possibly the most baffling musical choice i have ever experienced in a supermarket

Just the tip of the iceberg

God what an amazing career Udo Kier had.

Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81 Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday

Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81

DAVID BOWIE GOLDEN YEARS

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BBC ARENA - YouTube A Playlist of BBC Arena Docs all in one place. Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC since 1 October 1975. Voted by...

Big up Ben Wheatley, who has been creating and building a giant YouTube playlist of all the various BBC Arena documentaries from back in the day. It’s now featuring over 100 films. Loads of gold in here. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Lily Allen Album Decoded The Eye tries to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music. Who is Lily Allen making coded references to in her new album 'My Ex-Husband is a Bastard'? Track 1: Beardy Bastard This first track has got the whole world guessing. Could it possibly be a reference to David Harbour? Or is it a more obtuse reference to Jeremy Corbyn or possibly Brian Blessed? Track 2: Harbour is a Bastard Lily often talks about auto-fiction in her own work, which makes it difficult to fathom the exact meaning of her lyrics. This could be a reference to David Harbour, her ex-husband, but it could equally be about an unhappy childhood trip to Portsmouth. Perhaps we will never know. Track 3: The Bastard from 'Stranger Things' is a Bastard 'Strange Things' is a song in 'Toy Story', sung when Woody realises he is no longer Andy's favourite toy and has been replaced by Buzz Lightyear. So this track may well refer to Lily's failed relationship with an absurdly optimistic astronaut, who had promised to love her "to infinity and beyond". Or could it be about 'Stranger Things' actor and Lily's ex, David Harbour? Track 4: My Ex-Husband is a Bastard who had an Affair with a Costume Designer who is a Bitch Don't be fooled by the jaunty reggae backbeat, this is a profoundly negative song, and it's possible that Lily is referring to recent events in her own life. The ex-husband could be a reference to her actual ex-husband David Harbour, but more likely this is an astute political allegory about Boris Johnson or possibly Matt Hancock, with 'costume designer' being code for PPE supplier. Track 5: I'm Going to Get my Revenge on my Beardy Bastard Ex-Husband David Harbour from 'Stranger Things' by Writing an Album Telling the World What a Beardy Bastard He Is This is perhaps the most obtuse and impenetrable of all Lily's complex and nuanced lyrics on this puzzling enigma of an album, but it seems to be a bittersweet reflection on love, monogamy, polyamory...

From @privateeyenews.bsky.social:

Calvin & Hobbes walking along a tree trunk laid across a river as a bridge.

40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.

PET SHOP BOYS DISCO FUCK YES

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100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #96 Stakker Humanoid – Humanoid Released : 1988 It’s arguable that one way or another, the members of Future Sound of London have been responsible for two of rave’s most potent and material diversions into the mainstr…

Per @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social Released on this date in 1988, Humanoid by Stakker Humanoid #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2020/01/23/1...

Robyn Shares New Single "Dopamine": Watch The Video Robyn has been sending us warning shots suggesting the follow-up to 2018’s Honey is imminent, and now she’s given us what seems to be that new album’s lead single. We don’t know anything yet about the...

Robyn is back. Hear "Dopamine," her excellent new single:

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Streets like a jungle…

Sound ON!!

She is risen.

Oh… slightly lower in the uk, but it has begun… good luck everyone.

PSB are excited to announce “Obscure Pet Shop Boys”, a special run of five intimate shows in April 
2026 at London’s Electric Ballroom. The concerts will feature a setlist of non-single album tracks, b-sides and fan favourites. Full details to be revealed here this Wednesday, 12th November.

YouTube video by Dave Menache Kelly Watch The Stars - Special Ricky Edition

Fantastic record. Also an excuse to mention the 12” which had the best remix of all time on it (maybe). Also also an excuse to mention that remixes fan made video which is also brilliant if folks haven’t seen it:

AIR ALL I NEED

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Quote with an album you’d rate 10/10

There’s a sweet spot to be had with the cover of this and the track listing for their 2nd (?) best of ‘midlife’. That one’s a serious WAFR.

If anyone is in touch with Bill & Jimmy, a KLF version of this would top up their pension fund.

PET SHOP BOYS WEST END GIRLS

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YouTube video by Michael Kane Soft Cell - Memorabilia - Offical Video Featuring Cindy Ecstasy

PLAY LOUD