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Call for Chapters: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literature and Popular Music

This interdisciplinary volume from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (2027) explores where literature and popular music meet - how they shape, influence, and inspire one another.

More info: tinyurl.com/litpopcfc27

Quatermass! The rocket guy! Pew! Excellent, influential movie free on YouTube TONIGHT followed by Nigel Kneale documentary we made with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @drtauk.bsky.social @tommygorilla.bsky.social @eklectics.bsky.social

Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

An amazing story. Just a matter of time before it's made into a motion picture, I think. www.bbc.com/news/article...

David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items.

David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items.

The Fandom Fueling Netflix’s Most Popular Movie Ever KPop Demon Hunters transforms loving your favorite artist from a hobby into an act of creation itself.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

A job for an (under)graduate in publishing: www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticesh...

New Research Finds That ChatGPT Secretly Has a Deep Anti-Human Bias New research suggests that ChatGPT and other leading AI models display an alarming bias towards other AIs over humans.

This is not a surprise: AIs prefer other LLMs because it's not as bursty or perplexing as human text. Humans prefer LLMs for the same reason. This opens a space for humans to *be* bursty and perplexing, the things that delight us most, and that LLMs aren't very good at.

futurism.com/chatgpt-deep...

Field Music Defend Their Doors Covers Band, Say Making A Living From Their Own Music “Bordering On Impossible” In May Field Music performed their first show as a Doors tribute band. After some backlash from fans, the British art-rock duo shared a statement as to what inspired the new project called the Fire Do...

Field Music Defend Their Doors Covers Band, Say Making A Living From Their Own Music “Bordering On Impossible"

www.stereogum.com/2315170/fiel...

"Now I am become Reviewer 2, destroyer of worlds"

This really is worth a watch and has a lovely Michael Nyman score as a bonus.

The Gothic and the Doors with Victoria Roskams An Exploration of The Doors role in the evolution of the Gothic

in slightly different but not entirely unrelated news, my talk on The Doors as part of the Romancing the Gothic series is coming up, saturday 19th july at 10am and 7pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gothic...

Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through variou…

Our book was published by
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social today! Nice work @profkirsty.bsky.social ‬and #ChristianLloyd and ALL our amazing authors - some very experienced scholars, some brand new voices. Looking forward to our copies in the post. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...

Happy Times and Places 93.1 - The Keeper of Traken 1 Doctor Who: Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels · Episode

Talking about 1981 Dr Who story The Keeper of Traken with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social - out now on all good streaming platforms :-) open.spotify.com/episode/1jXa...

Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social 😀! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...

Quatermass 2 Limited Collector’s Edition Brand-new 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 makes its worldwide debut in this definitive 5 disc, limited edition boxset.

Back as a talking head discussing the Legend of Nigel Kneale - genre pioneer, social critic, and architect of British telefantasy - with @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on the Quatermass 2 boxed set for @hammerfilms.bsky.social! hammerfilms.com/products/qua...

YouTube video by Gareth Bonello - Topic Titrwm Tatrwm

Researching Welsh Language Pop has turned up this lovely thing: youtube.com/watch?v=1UCl... "Titrwm Tatrwm", the title of the song, is the phonetic sound of rain falling.

Calling all Pop Music fans and authors! A terrific opportunity to get involved with a new book series from @manchesterup.bsky.social

This is bleak reading

YouTube video by TheSundaysVEVO The Sundays - Can't Be Sure

Almost perfect pop music: The Sundays, from 1990. Amazing that this is nearly 40 years ago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARV...

Andrew O’Hagan · Diary: Whitney lives! I had come along in the course of my duties as a hopeless necromantic. I don’t think I have ever believed that pop...

"These are complex times for reality. You can’t move for people demanding your attention from beyond the grave." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Keep on keeping on.

Delighted to be part of The Legend of Nigel Kneale—a sharp, thoughtful piece connecting Quatermass with sociology, anthropology, & postwar visions of Britain’s future. A brilliant team and a beautifully made package. Pre-order the Quatermass Xperiment collector’s set: hammerfilms.com/products/the...

YouTube video by Top 2000 a gogo Sananda Maitreya - Wishing Well | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) in interview, *yesterday*. He still has THAT voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAm...

This is astonishing. It’s a joy to witness the extraordinary connection between these two women. The way their sentences flow—seamlessly passing from one voice to the other—is remarkable. At one moment, they appear almost as one body, each gesture distinct yet perfectly in sync.

Violinist Jascha Heifetz playing with a light attached to his bow to follow his movements. Photographs by Gjon Mili for Life Magazine, New York (1952).

How to Walk on Water, 1649 How to walke on the Water. For to doe this, take two little Timbrels…

The British: finest trolling & sarcasm since 1949

askthepast.net/how-to-walk-...

In Japan, Rethinking What It Means to Care for the Dead Facing an increasing aging population and other societal shifts, people are looking beyond traditional family-based mortuary practices.

Facing an increasing aging population and other societal shifts, people are looking beyond traditional family-based mortuary practices. www.sapiens.org/culture/japa...

Manchester University Press - Studio Electrophonique Studio Electrophonique - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Studio Electrophonique by Jamie Taylor

OUT NOW! 💚
‘Studio Electrophonique’ by Jamie Taylor is the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch British bands including The Human League, Pulp and others.

The second book in our British Pop Archive series on @manchesterup.bsky.social 📚😎

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183231/

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

Music streams hit nearly 5 trillion in 2024. Women pop performers lead the charge in the US Did you stream more music in 2024? You are not alone. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, setting a new single-year record.

Music streams hit nearly 5 trillion in 2024. Women pop performers lead the charge in the US apnews.com/article/tayl...