Sam Trafford

First sun-drenched life drawing class of the year and long may it continue. #lifedrawing #art #illustration #wallesay

My wife's got all their singles, apart from this one, I expect it's the meat!

Those mangos were pretty sharp

Reform lawyers got there first

The 12 though

He's a bit of a tory in general

Gavin Williamson lol

I've generally given up weighing in on current events but I just need to say that Jim Ratcliffe is a greedy asset-stripping racist, who's put hundreds of British workers on the dole. Honestly get fucked.

I'm a big fan of this one and the B side

Tuesday meet up with my old friend Will. Subjects covered: The films of Larry Cohen, bad American folk music, disappointing British 60s films (Smashing Time), new towns in British film (Gregory's Girl, I Start Counting, The Offence), the lost purity of silicone valley (XEROX PARC).

Much better life drawing session this morning, despite having a sinus headache. #lifedrawing #artclasses #art #charcoal #Wallesay #wirral

It's good and does do the emotional stuff well, but the voice-over is lazy and cheapens the whole thing. The book's much better tbh.

YouTube video by Lande Hekt Lande Hekt - Lucky Now

Nice to see a good Indie Pop video shot in Scarborough: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C973... #scarborough #landehekt

If only you could open the eyes of the stubborn and incurious

I keep thinking it's Terrance Stamp. Like some awful AI reanimation.

Nicola Jennings in The Guardian today

Once again, my life drawing has been labelled as sexually suggestive. I mean, there's only a hint of bum-cheek. Get over yourself.

First life drawing class of the year at Wallesay Village Library, which was as lovely as ever, I was very rusty though. #lifedrawing #art #illustration #graphite

YouTube video by Sly & Robbie - Topic Channel 1 Rock Dub

A Friday portion of Sly Dunbar in the style known as Rockers #slyandrobbie #slydunbar #reggae #FridayNightDisco

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Peak Cluster is exactly what it sounds like, a pile of arse

I've read some of her stories in Black Tickets. Very dark and transgressive in places.

I didn't manage to finish On The Black Hill, but I've kept a bookmark in, just in case I fancy another try. I've read Train Dreams and found it very moving. The film did it justice.

Men Behind the Sausage

One of the best comments I’ve seen so far about the Melania documentary: ‘if they showed this film on a plane I’d still walk out’.

YouTube video by Juweeltjes Gregory Isaacs - Poor And Clean 12" 1980

Classic!

Another before bedtime, "A rich man's heaven is a poor man's hell!"

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YouTube video by RHFSoundsystem The Heptones Through The Fire

Here's another example (I'm sure there's loads), not sure who's playing on this but I absolutely love it www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIW_...

YouTube video by Distel45s Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Tamlins

I just heard that Sly Dunbar has left us. Rest in power! This type of bounce riddim is my favourite Sly & Robbie innovation. I've heard some call it steppers, but to me that's another style altogether. I heard someone else refer to it as basketball style! youtu.be/_wlcqBMAUcQ?...

Happy that Pee-wee Himmler's been vanquished from Minneapolis

"You can tell they're my reading glasses because they have 'Virgil' written on the arms."
"Were the Joe 90's out of stock?"

The Two Faces of Evil is my favourite. I saw it when I was a kid and it scared the living daylights out of me.