David

screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

The Norman Rockwell guy standing up to give a speech at a town hall meeting. He looks like a youngish Abe Lincoln.

A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

A Venn diagram with two circles featuring YOU which intersect unsurprisingly with YOU

You're so Venn.
You probably think this diagram is about you

YouTube video by Kinolibrary 1960s Texas, Black Americana, Blues, Outdoor Party, Dancing

Few things are as life affirming as this glorious minute or so of footage of a party in Texas in the 1960s with Lightnin’ Hopkins playing guitar and two girls dancing away. (Ta to Alexis Petridis who stumbled across it)

youtu.be/dQ4wExg_TBs?...

Are you driving to Glastonbury this week on the A303? As you pass the awesome ancient enigma of Stonehenge on your left, please take time to ponder its timeless message. The message is that you’re going the wrong way. Stonehenge should be on your right.

If only the Number 222 bus went to Tooting.

Then the onboard announcement would be:

"Two two two ... To ... Too-ting"

( These are the sorts of things i sometimes think about when travelling on the bus )

#AllTheTwos

Pop stars doing their bit.

Tame not take. And I suppose Bus not train.

Enjoying the bus stations track a lot. Do you have a Spotify playlist of all the tracks you’ve been involved in? I’m losing track of the pseudonyms, and I’m trying to train/take the algorithm.

Spent too much time on this

Carol Lee Scott - Available for Cabaret, Radio, TV and Roadblocks

Presently chatting with a few friends and wondering why Carol Lee Scott wasnt a bigger star. She's genuinely brilliant and this Stage ad clipping from early 1972 actually made me splutter laughing.

That looks a good option next time before the Leeds Arena.

"Doctor doctor, I keep thinking I'm in the wrong joke!"
"Who's there?"
"What?"
"What who?"
"What do you mean 'What who"?"
"Edward Woodward"

I have a crappy old hi fi system and cheap turntable. The sound quality on the Golden Shoulders album is possibly the best in my collection. It sounds glorious. The fact it’s a great album helps, but it’s great: the sound, the packaging. You can tell the love that went in.

Year Two: A Retrospective - Unspun Heroes 24 months. Sounds grand, almost impressive. Certainly for someone who hasn’t held a full-time job, ever, that exceeds this time frame or – if I’m honest – even comes close to getting there. I’m congra...

Two years, eh?

unspunheroes.com/2025/04/01/y...

Well that’s today’s morning listen sorted. #nowplaying

And also the entire 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s are also closer.

Tony Banks is further away from Genesis than Dire Straits?

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Mike Rutherford live at Leicester De Montford hall on March 26th 2025.

Despite a broken hip, Mike Rutherford still going strong on the latest Mike+The Mechanics tour, last night at Leicester De Montford Hall @genesisnews.bsky.social

Heathrow substation fire culprit found.

@cheeseford.bsky.social I ran into the controller of BBC Radio 3 last night and the BPG Awards, and we had a lovely long chat, during which I pressed the urgent need for a TV themes Prom.

Just so you know, pressure is building.

If everyone thinks he is, it’s probably easier if he just was.

If anything, it looks too tidy.

Slow Roads Endless driving zen

My lovely mate @bagpuss71.bsky.social sent me this because he knew I was feeling homesick for 🇬🇧. 😂 Enjoy!

slowroads.io

Absolutely fantastic: great album and the vinyl package from @unspunheroes.com is excellent.

Have been repeatedly playing it over the weekend.

I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...