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Many names have I and many faces… Some of you may know me as @shootthescreen Hi, I'm Paul. Pleased to meet you.
Music can't cure all this, maybe, but it can help our hearts keep pumping...
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A spiral staircase in a lovely concrete carpark. Out the top of the stair you can see the sky, Edinburgh Castle, and the Red Arrows.
Haha! It worked!
I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?
#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography
A reminder that the UK’s single sex spaces are officially:
- Screwfix
- BFI Space 1999 retrospective
- Waterstones Max Hastings signing queue
- Oasis VIP enclosure
- An Evening With Hannah Fry, King’s Place
- Crich Tramway Museum
- Hawksmoor steakhouses
The porn industry in "Boogie Nights." Urban disconnect in "Magnolia." Oil in "There Will Be Blood." Scientology in "The Master." The counterculture in "Inherent Vice."
Anderson is one of the great filmmakers about California, that strange place at the end of the American Dream.
fucking hysterical to hear the 'poor little genAI industry' crying about being bullied with "copyright law" as if it's some novel, untested area of jurisprudence.
If you don't want to be sued by 7 million people don't steal from 7 million people, that's a pretty simple legal concept
The FT bardcore garden party story in all of its grimness, otherworldly, alternate elite whinging entitledness ⏬
That the event ended up in a Pakistani resto is the icing on the paratha.
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34: 'Carnt Sleep' - Saint Etienne (1991)
This has long been a favourite. Objectively, nothing special. Subjectively, very special indeed.
Perfect late night vibe for long hours of unrequited love.
youtu.be/kzXVQMrvM-o?...
A depressed AI chatbot goes to a doctor, says life is harsh, unforgiving, cruel.
The doctor says treatment is simple. "The great AI assistant Gemini has all the answers you need. Go & ask it."
The AI bursts into tears. "But doctor," it says, "you can use gasoline to make a spicy spaghetti sauce."
And whilst thinking of trip hop. It's worth mentioning that of course 'I'll Stay' was itself a recycling of an earlier George Clinton writer/production joint: Pat Lewis' 'I'll Wait'.
youtu.be/4nlefOCml2E?...
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33: 'I'll Stay' - Funkadelic (1974)
I planned my selections as a mixt tape and so I'm swerving clear of long tracks; 'Maggot Brain' is out.
Fortunately other Funkadelic tunes are available.
That entire 90s trip hop thing was trying to replicate this song's vibe
youtu.be/LSlby-O-hQc?...
King Midas jizzed all over the gaff.
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A suggestion to use a 'Bin Collection Reminder 'app
A life without risk, is a life unlived my friends.
07.08.2025 14:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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32: 'Light From A Dead Star' - Lush (1994)
"I say that it's okay
And swallow all my pain"
Dreampop's finest moment.
Feeding on repressed emotions, the more massive it gets, the faster it burns until it bursts into stars and then fades to a faint glow.
youtu.be/8wRfyysbb_w?...
Fantastic Four movie poster
The most political film of the year…by being completely non-political. This is a world where science is paramount and will save us all. Where dedicated public servants are committed to the greater good. Where countries can set aside their differences to tackle a global threat.
06.08.2025 20:05 — 👍 178 🔁 16 💬 8 📌 3
Playing some Roberta Flack this fine morning.
My boy (age 6) says, ”Is this Mr Bean singing? 'Cos it sounds like Mr Bean singing."
Kids,eh?!
youtu.be/La8_flXOTrI?...
When I was a bookseller I was once asked if we stocked any plays by Jean Genie. The poor guy didn't even know he was saying it wrong.
06.08.2025 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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31: 'Age Of Consent' - New Order (1983)
This one's not getting picked nearly enough so...
⭐11 points⭐
The sound of a band being set free musically and lyrically. No longer shackled by the need to sound portentous. No longer weighed down by the past.
Joyous.
youtu.be/0ZAxGaHfxOE?...
It's a mess. But a glorious, unique mess.
05.08.2025 12:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😁Amazing! Convinced myself that it was going to be a singleton pick but you beat me to it by a matter of hours. We've muscled our way in. Excellent stuff!
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30: 'Do It Better' - Happy Mondays (1988)
What would Tony Wilson say?
Tony Wilson would quote Yeats:
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,"
Anarchy in baggy jeans loosed upon the dancefloors.
Double, double good.
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29: 'Xtal' - Aphex Twin (1992)
Transcendental.
A lovely meditation that never fails to block the world out for a few minutes. A detox for the soul. A breath of fresh air.
Like being back in the womb.
youtu.be/2tOutF8B3f8?...
Happy birthday to Vini Reilly. Here are The Durutti Column performing a beautiful version of Royal Infirmary from Circuses and Bread on BBC2's The Review Show in 2011
youtu.be/ZzQe7bjnSrI
I lived there for a couple of years and it was generally fine. This was just one of those drunken nights out gone wrong. It could have happened anywhere.
03.08.2025 10:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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28: 'The Passenger' - Iggy Pop (1977)
Reminds me of being beaten up in a bar in Leicester but I still like it.
Astonishing that there are at least two or three eligible tracks as strong as this from the same album.
youtu.be/YVVr91kPQzQ?...
😍Love it for pretty much the same reasons
03.08.2025 09:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's crazy how much AI is like the your worst coworker.
Doesn't do their job right, steals your shit, isn't funny, and in the end you still have to redo all their work and for some god knows what reason your boss loves them and never fires them.
That's a great choice.
02.08.2025 20:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sadly they are calling time on it…
02.08.2025 10:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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27: 'Wish You Were Here' - Pink Floyd (1975)
⭐11 points⭐
Well here's one I expected to see every day but I've not seen anyone pick it yet.
I'm not even a massive Floyd fan but like many millions of others I find strange solace in this postcard from the edge.
youtu.be/hjpF8ukSrvk?...
