Drew Stephenson

Listening to the full EP, the next couple of tracks provide a lot of the necessary release. A very mellow version of an old band track A Place To Lie In followed by the spoken word of The Norwegian.
It's rounded off with Fat Rolf, which had a difficult birth but got there eventually.
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It opens with, ditching all humility for a moment, what I consider to be a bit of a banger. Most songs balance periods of tension and release throughout the track as part of the narrative flow. For this track I wanted to try something that just had a single, ever-increasing rise in tension.
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A God for the Lost and Losing

Time for another back-catalogue introduction!
This time we're looking at A God For The Lost And Losing: open.spotify.com/album/3XTfFJ...
I released this whilst working on the next full length album because the songs were there and I needed to remind people I existed...
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Laurie was one of the billionaires I spoke to, who I was very grateful came on the record and basically talked about the world from her point of view. She said things like: It’s a very unfair world. It’s a very unequal world. This kind of power is unjust. She talked about when she thinks about how that family fortune was made, including cigarettes and other things, she feels sick to her stomach. Sometimes people thank her for her philanthropic gifts. She feels bad because, in that moment, she thinks about where the money came from. But she also said: Look, we are here now. The best I can do is give things away and try to be a good person. But it’s very striking that at the end of that section I had with her, she said: At the end of the day, it’s hard to convince someone like me to give up power. So I said: Then how do you change this kind of thing? How could this kind of thing ever change? And her words were: “Revolution, maybe.”

Great interview, best line:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

I think this might be the neologism of the decade.

A black-and-white photograph showing straight railroad tracks receding into the distance toward a small town or industrial area. To the right of the tracks, a tall, white water tower stands prominently with the words "NICHOLSON WATER AUTHORITY" printed vertically and horizontally on its surface. Bare winter trees and a low brick building are visible in the background under a pale, streaked sky.

#photography #photograph #photo
After I retired, from 2016 to 2021, I roamed rural #Georgia with my camera and took pictures. Here is image number 263 from the series.

📍 Nicholson, Georgia

Tube With Contrast Medium, by Ureterocele 15 track album

Today is the official re-release day for my second album, Tube With Contrast Medium, now on the Belgian label Off’s Bandcamp. The bonus track is exclusive to their Bandcamp and is not available on streaming services. I hope you enjoy it! I’m grateful for the chance to share this with you:)

NEW

How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

www.ft.com/content/5207...

The Last Damn Time is scheduled for release on Sunday 1st March.

Further spam nearer the time.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER

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Well being as randomly swearing at strangers seems to have run its course as a marketing strategy (it worked surprisingly well for a while) I shall have to try something novel like actually releasing new music.

Album is still in progress so I'll drop a couple of singles.
First to distro tomorrow.

A round black pin with a bird on it. It says "ASK ME ABOUT BIRDS".

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Ask Me About Birds pin. Most of you probably don't know this, but I have a PhD in Birdology. Ask me any bird-related question and I will be happy to share my extensive knowledge of beaks and feathers.
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Creature Concept: Northern Dragon A white dragon sits up on a snowy tundra plain. Black rocks litter the ground, and grey clouds cover the skies, which are grey with blizzard clouds. Beneath the dragon's front claw is a human skull. The dragon has folded pterodactyl-like wings with hairy claws for fingers. Its back legs are also fluffy, and look much like the talons of a snowy owl. 3 horns grow from the dragon's head; 2 short ones from the back, and 1 longer, forked one from the center. The tail ends in a triangular barb made from the same material as the horns, and sensory bristles stick out from the length of the tail like whiskers. Similar whiskers, only shorter, are found on the cheeks and the tips of the ears. Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social. [#FantasyArt #Fantasy #FantasyConceptArt #Dragon #dragonARt #CreatureArt #Creature #CreatureDesign #CreatureconceptArt #CreatureArtist #Monster #MonsterArt #CreatureDesigner #Art #Artist #DigitalArt #DigitalArtist #ClipStudio #clipStudioPaint]

Creature Concept: Starlight Dragon (gold version) Concept art of a gold-scaled dragon in flight, facing left relative to the POV. Its horns are curved and black, but short in length, and its eyes are deep purple. Viking-style rune scars are engraved on its knuckles, wings, and tail. Similar runes also make up the fading edges of its magical glowing wings and fins, which are pale cyan in color. Thin tendrils, the same color as the dragon's scales, sprout from multiple regions of its body, including the top of the head, chin, neck, elbows, tail, shoulders, and wing tips. Each tendril is tipped with a small jewel-like orb that matches the cyan wings in color. These also glow with a slight bioluminescence. Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

Creature Concept: Baldhart the Black Flame (fire dragon) A black dragon with a dull red head, neck, and chest faces left. It stands on a bluish mirror-like surface that is lit up with streaks of blue light. Its wings are a purplish tag color, and huge compared with the rest of its body. Its tail is also elongate, and is patterned with rows of spiky barbs that can also be found on its neck. 3 pairs of horns grow from its head, two on the top, and one that curves around like a tusk on the back of its jaw. A short beard of black fur grows from the bottom of its head, longest under the tip of the chin. Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social. [#Art #DigitalArt #Dragon #Dragons #DragonArt #DragonConcept #Concept #ConceptArt #DragonDesign #FantasyArt #Fantasy #Creature #CreatureArt #CreatureDesign #DragonArtist #DragonDesign]

Creature Concept: Swamp Dragon Concept art of a dull green dragon facing left relative to the viewer. It has dilophosaur-like frills with blue and purple patterns, and its mouth is armored by a jagged and spiked beak. Its horns are long and curved, with purple-pigmented gouges along the top side. The wings are folded, and torn on the edges, while the tail is mostly flat with a short spine on the top side. Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

Happy birthday, and thanks for the #artshare! 💚

I design a lot of dragons and other creatures, which I draw, as well as some other fantasy artworks. 🐉

This post says it all, the SAVE Act is nothing but more attempted voter suppression by Republicans…

🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️

The Secretary of Health and Human Services snorts cocaine off toilet seats. But my liberal neighbor scrapes leftover food into a smelly composting bin. I have never felt more politically homeless.

Wow.

Coffee time…choose wisely.

Whoah there! We don't want him here!

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

Trump Administration Secretly Deported Nine People To Cameroon, Despite Court Ruling!

”The Trump administration has secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite being protected by U.S. court orders. None of the deportees are from Cameroon.” (NYT)

Thread 1/10🧵

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.

👇👇

The criminal conspiracy and cover up will land this AG in prison

Maintain your own email list. Seriously. 30 years of internet evolution but this is still THE MOST important thing.
You can sign up to mine here: blinddrewsmusic.blogspot.com/2026/02/cele...
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2/2

After a sudden and unexplained rise in my #Spotify numbers, they have plateaued and will surely now drop.
What the algorithm giveth, the algorithm taketh away also.
Which is why, after about 30 years of e-commerce, the single most important thing you can do as an independent creator is...
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Because the sheer, mindless, ugly, stupidity of it all is the point.

That ^^^ was 3/3 by the way. Curse the lack of an edit button!

Overall I think it's my most coherent album to date, and probably my favourite as well. Not afraid of Danger is probably the stand-out track for me.

P.s. I was listening to a lot of The National and Public Service Broadcasting at the time, I think you can hear that too.

It's a bit of a concept album, with the first chunk following the protagonist as they fail to become an astronaut, join the forces and end up in some kind of secret service before finding a way out.
The last third picks up the story from their children's perspective.
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A Most Imperfect Machine

OK, next up on the casual wander through my back-catalogue is a biggie for me.
My first full length album following the demise of the label and my first use of things like a decent VST drum instrument.
open.spotify.com/album/6O3kzi...
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