Gareth A Hopkins

I imagine these games we play, Ruin A Song By Changing One Letter, Slightly Deminish A Band, Make An Album Title Worse, must provide great joy to the enemies of music.

The office of a wall Andrew & Steven. Watters. Skulls As Eggs. Doom Patrol. Herman's Hermits. This Happy Breed.

Issue #18 of our newsletter is out, ft. Doom Patrol, controversial partings, Tales From @500songspodcast.bsky.social, the Watters interview, fresh @grthink.bsky.social/ @seanazz.bsky.social art, This Happy Breed, and more!

If you're not already subscribed to the Mindless Ones today's a perfect day to check it out because it has three pages from 'Skulls As Eggs', part of the Jetwash Trampoline mess by me and @seanazz.bsky.social

your welcome

Happy birthday I suppose

Marc Maron is absolutely right here

Roadwork Rappin', by Aesop Rock 2 track album

Aesop Rock's new track is about how much he likes construction vehicles (becasue they move the dirt around) and I think it's wonderful aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/roadwo...

A sketchbook open with a capped pen redtingnon the right-hand page. About half of the paper is full of intricate, swirling, pointless linework or patches of blue watercolour

More Hollow Work

When you order a tape in person at the tape reserve, that comes with either a side pasta or a side salad. What you can't have is both, even like a small side pasta and a small side salad, just a few leaves. That's not something we do, so don't even ask because the answer is gonna be no.

Just saw the new Naked Gun and it’s terrific. Laser targeted at the culturally sophisticated and politically liberal/left 35-50ish demographic. Possibly therefore the first movie made for Bluesky users. See it in a cinema full of laughing weirdos just like you.

Yours is still by far my favourite Cthulu

That's incredible

This edition features guest art from @pauljonmilne.bsky.social, full image in the newsletter!

mindless-ones.ghost.io/heavy-and-un...

Saw The Naked Gun. Genuinely hilarious, loved it.

"Sorry, when you joined the call you probably say me with my head in my hands and heard me say 'for fuck's sake' - rest assured it wasn't because of you"
Customer: "Um, no, we didn't hear you say that but, um, thanks for letting us know"

I've had similar for almost my entire professional career. "We can't use it, it doesn't work." "In what way is it not working?" "WE TOLD YOU: IT DOESN'T WORK"

Wood Teeth, by doseone & Height Keech 6 track album

Oh, and check this out too, it's worth it. doseone.bandcamp.com/album/wood-t...

DIAL-UP INTERNET IS THE PUREST INTERNET / MALE PATTERN BALDNESS, by SLIME CITY 2 track album

I've had Dial Up Internet Is The Purest Internet in my Wishlist since 2019, ridiculously, but it gets more pertinent with every passing day. slime-city.bandcamp.com/album/dial-u...

Dirtbike 1, by Buck 65 2 track album

Of all of Buck 65's projects, Dirtbike is maybe my favourite (at least today). Have the original mp3s from its first release saved in about 8 different places but it's too good to not have on hand at all times buck65.bandcamp.com/album/dirtbi...

Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL 10 track album

An iteration on a side project by Matt from The Leaf Library which is quiet and light and dense and beautiful sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...

The Gateway Tape, by Phirnis 10 track album

The Gateway Tape scratches a very specific itch. Also: how good is that cover? strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ga...

It Will Be What It Will Be, by Mestizo 7 track album

It Will Be What It Will Be is getting really heavily slept on, seemingly at least in part because of Mestizo's modesty. handsmade.bandcamp.com/album/it-wil...

Bandcamp Friday innit.

A sketchbook open on a wooden table. The pages are mostly filled with busy, squiggly black linework

A sketchbook open on a wooden table. On one page are three blue watercolour rectangles with orange and brown shapes inside. Both pages have squiggly black linework.

More new hollow work

No worries, I 100% understand. I'll figure a workaround out :)

A screenshot of a Windows folder showing 15 numbered files named 'Archean Scan' Each file has two abstract comic pages in it, except for 01 which is a cover image featuring graduated grey/black geometric shapes on a yellow background

'The Hollow Work: Archean" has all been scanned, now I've just got to do all the boring jobs.

Indie comics ain't easy. Working very hard to make something as well as you possibly can that you know only a few people outside of yourself care about can be quite lonely, and often feels almost like a folly.

Please let indie creators know you enjoy their work, it really helps.

I can't get my head around 'not taking any equipment and pretending to be the bride'. Like, my brain is actually curling in on itself.

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, you know?

“Out for Delivery” is a new comic drawn by @egallagher.bsky.social and written by myself. You can read all of it below, or buy a high-res .pdf for a price of your choosing (process edition also available): hagaipalevsky.itch.io/out-for-deli...

Hi Daryl - in your newsletter I'm sure you'd said you'd figured out a way to get this book distributed internationally (i.e. I want one, and I'm in the UK) but I can't figure out a way from B&N which won't cost $$$$$$. Any suggestions?