Andrew Howie

Be kind to each other

People listen to Radiohead and think "yeah, this actually sounds pretty good for something that they made just using an OK computer." But if they'd called the album something like High Performance Gaming PC, there's no way it would live up to people's expectations.

Appeal for help for Keith (JD Twitch)

F1 (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL F1: The Movie***½/****starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardemscreenplay by Ehren Krugerdirected by Joseph Kosinski by Walter Chaw The first movie I saw in a theatre was Star Wars...

FFC review: F1, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/f1-2...

Sign at the Glasgow Science Centre. Pic: paul4jags

Kneecap performing at Glastonbury 'not appropriate', PM says

Actually I think Sir Keir Starmer should oversee and indeed personally choose every act that plays Glastonbury. This will be a flawless way to run both a democracy and a music festival.

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney has heard it 🙏

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Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976 In 1976 and 1977 an inspired music teacher in the small school district of Langley Township, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver, recorded his elementary school students singing popular songs in a...

Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976

How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction In his lifetime, Jackson Pollock had only one successful art show.

How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction

When people ask why there are no crossover protest songs anymore I say streaming closed the door to all kinds of things and turned the Top 40 into a narrow elite. Currently: 4 songs by Tate McRae, 3 each by Alex Warren & Benson Boone, 2 each by Ed Sheeran, Sombr & Lola Young. No room for oddities

Amazing writing, as always. You've helped me gain a better understanding of why I love this film so much. Thank you.

Screen-print of 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis' by Iain Morrison.

My friend & collaborator Iain Morrison has started making visual art. This is a screen-print of his work 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis', now hanging on the wall of my studio. I love it. Making/selling art is hard. Support us where and when you can. And fuck AI.

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Screen-print of 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis' by Iain Morrison.

My friend & collaborator Iain Morrison has started making visual art. This is a screen-print of his work 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis', now hanging on the wall of my studio. I love it. Making/selling art is hard. Support us where and when you can. And fuck AI.

iainmorrison.bigcartel.com

“What is music anyway? said Ek.”

The fiction being that the music made with the pedal/instrument will be better because Lynch once owned it.

The latter, methinks 🙂

At half the price, I'll take my pedals un-sprinkled by Lynchian fairy dust, thank you very much.

And how high the bids are already. Apparently a $250 bid for a guitar pedal will actually cost $325 because of extra fees. Uh, no thanks.

It's crazy how much stuff is on the full list.

The David Lynch Collection David Lynch, the visionary director behind Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks, redefined modern cinema with his surreal, haunting, and u...

*remortgages house*

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When choosing a tape deck, make sure you get one that has both wow AND flutter. "Wow" is basically how cool the deck looks and "flutter" means your heart starts beating fast when you think about it. So you really want both of those features.

Now *that* I would watch.

Eurovision but every country does 4'33

Susan Alcorn’s Revolutionary Pedal Steel Celebrating the life of a true musical pioneer, who proved that the pedal steel could be adapted to suit any style of music.

Celebrating the life of Susan Alcorn, a true musical pioneer who proved that the pedal steel could be adapted to suit any style of music.

advice from the future:

hard disk storage, in your personal possession and control

tech companies will ditch us in a heartbeat – or trap us in ever more onerous and usatory t&c contracts – whenever it suits them. what we consider 'ours' is vulnerable and exploitable under contract. take it back

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Not to put too fine a point on it but I really hope all of these new robber barons die. www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

My cultural awakening: a punk band told me quit drinking. So I did As a teen, I was surrounded by binge culture. But then a band called Minor Threat taught me it was radical to be sober – and it changed my life

"In Finland the phrase straight edge, or streittari, is well known to describe the lifestyle of those who don’t drink or do drugs, but not many people know its roots – an 80s hardcore punk band."

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grey clay radio - DRONE DAY 2025 DRONE DAY 2025 on grey clay radio

Chuffed to have my slow_the_tape track 'The Tree-Lined Path' included on Grey Clay Radio's DRONE DAY 2025 playlist this weekend: www.greyclayradio.com/drone-day-2025