Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief)

Two Englishman are in a restaurant in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. One says to the waitress “can you very slowly tell me the name of the place we’re in?” to which the waitress replies “ BUUUURRRRGGGGERRRR KIIIINNNNGGGG”.

We've reached the midpoint. Rufus Hound is among the suspicious characters in this one. Horne last week. Two week break now so, again, an optimal time to investigate it. I'm quite proud of it; it's unlike the rest of my work in certain ways. Of course, that might be good news or bad.

Tim Lovejoy just said to a guest “I hear you’re very big in the Netherlands…and in Holland as well? That must be exciting” and I don’t know if he was joking or not.

@darrenpjones.bsky.social what is wrong with your party? You should be competing with the Greens to increase your progressive vote, not repeatedly legitimising Reform’s position and mischaracterising the working class.

Lead. Don’t follow.

Govern. Don’t grovel.

Incredible.

Hands up who else read this to the tune of a Harry Hill’s TV Burp jingle?

I’m taking “my wife” in the spirit of “person I love and share a lot of interests whose tastes diverge from mine at certain key points” instead of the fesshole/anonapin “the wife” style insult.

Screenshot of YouTube comment for Angine de Poitrine’s KEXP session. The top displayed comment is “my wife isn’t going to appreciate a single second of this”

One of the highest compliments a band can receive:

Step count app screenshot: 18,458 on Friday

Biggest step count in a while, a sizeable chunk of which was skanking along to Less Than Jake

It’d be a great time to go to your podcast provider of choice and subscribe to Superego.

Stay frosty.

Ooooooh

A really fukken big music venue in an old warehouse or something.

Buddy (trombone) and Roger (bass guitar) from Less Than Jake playing on stage. It’s not a bad picture considering I’ve used zoom.

Roger from less than Jake again. He’s a white guy with dreadlocks that somehow hasn’t been cancelled. Maybe if you’re the bassist in a ska punk band from the 90s you’re still allowed? Tbf he would look so weird without them at this point.

Ok I’m posting another picture of Roger from Less Than Jake. I definitely took other photos at the gig, but these are the ones that look the best as I walk back from my friend’s house.

7. Less Than Jake @ Prospect Building, Bristol

Fucking hell that venue is big.

BIIIIG

They were great though, I danced a lot. My legs are going to fall off tomorrow.

The line up for ArcTanGent 2026 is officially complete, with new additions just dropped.

Next stop: summer... 🌤️

Back cover of the double cd “Hello Rockview/Losing Streak” with both album’s track lists.

121. Less Than Jake - Losing Streak

Skipped to an older one that isn’t quite as in my bones as Anthem/Borders & Boundaries/Hello Rockview.

This two CD package they released in the UK made me an instant fan for life though. Two albums for £12 or whatever, back then? Insane bargain.

hahahaha, today is a good day

Had 3 mutuals in my mentions wondering whether this might be the time to watch Ghosts and honestly
a, I'm so jealous of anyone getting to watch it new from the start
b, I'd rec it to pretty much anyone, it's a gorgeous thing. A big, laugh out loud ensemble comedy, but it's about love & grief.

120. Less Than Jake - B Is For B-Sides

There are some songs on here that are better than the ones that made it onto Anthem. HEY NINE-ONE-ONE-TO-ANYONE

119. Angine de Poitrine - Vol.1

I mean, I'm excited to see them based on the two (2) videos I've seen of them playing so far but just realised I haven't actually listened to them on record yet.

a black and white tile floor with circles on it Alt: Angine de Poitrine (two weird polka dotted masked musicians with big hats standing against a polka dotted background) making weird gestures at each other.

Reform got smashed, there’s going to be a Ghosts movie, A just released a new single, I’m off to see Less Than Jake tonight and I managed to get Angine de Poitrine tickets earlier.

Strong Friday, keep going:

Production/mix is a bit tryhardmajorlabel, there a few crap songs on there (Overrated and The Rest of My Life had me hovering over the skip button) and the horns are weirdly muted to the point that they seem like midi a lot of the time.

BUT overall? It's still Less Than Jake.

Good News Friday just keeps giving!

Matt Goodwin? More like Twat Shitbin.

118. Less Than Jake - In With The Out Crowd

Genuinely remember thinking this was dogshit when it came out, but had a good time the night they played it on their 6 album residency thing in 2007.

117. David Bowie - Young Americans

Fucking hell, this is jarring after listening to Station To Station yesterday. Fun though.

116. Less Than Jake - GNV FLA

The most recent album of theirs that I properly loved when it came out. There’s a slight darkness to this that I think is at the heart of all their best stuff.

If they could make a skin of this so it looks like 2004 MSN Messenger, that would also be excellent.

Matt Badloss, more like

Matt "Good win"? More like Matt Cunt

bsky.app/profile/swee...

I wrote up a script for people unsure what to say or who have anxiety about calling. fellow cis people, you have no excuse to not put your lives on the line for trans people. we are past the point of simply hoping things improve.