Jamie

Hope it helped you feel a little better

Is that our beach in Altona?

I have a deep longstanding ambition to be in the North East again one Christmas for Cornshed annual shindigs ⛄️

No

Good idea to bring your own biscuit, you can’t trust the catering.

A copy of Who Wants Normal? (with its orange and yellow striped cover) stands upright on a small table. Next to it is a small snow globe with a Santa inside.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY.

If you’d like to gift a copy of Who Wants Normal? to someone who needs it this Christmas (but can’t afford it), I’m giving away my last author copy I just found. I’ll sign and dedicate it.

RT and I’ll pick an account at random. Ends Wednesday 3rd December 8pm. U.K. only.

The front cover of the album Live At the Social Volume 1 mixed by the Chemical Brothers

I’m not saying *every* album should get a 30 year anniversary re-release but if I was @thesociallondon.bsky.social and the @chemicalbrothers.bsky.social I’d be on the blower to the vinyl factory.

PBS FM PBS amplifies under-represented music and supports the local music community

Some truly beautiful music on Jazz on Saturday with Andrew Young on Melbourne’s PBS FM. The wireless really bringing it today 📻 www.pbsfm.org.au

No Merrick or Terry Lee?

a man wearing glasses and a purple jacket has the name eranu on his shirt Alt: Vic Reeves on shooting stars saying Eranu and Uvavu

👇🏼

Bloody Amazon ads everywhere. Please don’t buy stuff off Amazon unless you have to. They are big bastards who really don’t give a fuck about you.

Less than a month to go and not a hint of Christmas going on in Australia. Still on for Whamageddon and Wonderful Christmas Time.

Agreed. Fuck celery.

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

How did I miss that Jimmy Cliff died? Another legend gone. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

I really hope Origin Energy are paying Architecture in Helsinki an appropriate amount of money for stealing their song for that advert.

Right you lot, I have a few spaces for Xmas commissions. They make great, bespoke pressies at all price points. I can stitch up & frame any of my designs, or create something new- a portrait of the pets, or granny’s favourite serial killers. Your shout. DM or email at 8bitnorthxstitch@gmail.com

Just backed from here in Australia. Your art and efforts have been a huge part of my online life for the past decade Chris. I remember the 2016 Sgt Pepper so vividly as my Grandma died that year amongst all the big celebs and I wanted to add her into your montage. Love what you do, all power to you.

From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.

Raising a Toby Jug to Mani tonight.

Absolutely devastated to hear of the passing of Mani. It’s hard to overstate what a massive impact the Roses had on my formative years and beyond. I could talk about it for hours, but this isn’t the time or place. Rest in peace Mani.

Stuff By Mark (@stuffbymark.bsky.social) Mediocre Artist. Putz. https://www.stuffbymark.co.uk/shop

Image credit to @stuffbymark.bsky.social

A drawing of Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield by Drawn by @stuff_by_mark

The news about Mani’s passing made me think of that quote that “people will never forget how you made them feel.” Mani’s bass made us all feel so much so often. (Drawing from Stuff_by_Mark) #RIPMani

Imagine losing most of your belongings in a house fire and just managing to keep a few valuables and having those confiscated to pay for fire service and rebuild. Your last few possessions. No choice.

There is no insurance for having to flee your home and your country for your life.

summary of the NDIS reform advisory committee meeting is up (which I co-chair with @dougieherd.bsky.social)

www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

The Beta Band are coming to Australia! The Beta Band are coming to Australia! The Beta Band are coming to Australia! The Beta Band are coming to Australia!

Ah, you too? Good! That’s helpful.

Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.

Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.

Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’ The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi

"I insist on resisting with joy and finding pleasure where I can such as with my friends and two cats, Bert and Ernie. Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." — Alice Wong, January 2025: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Borken keybeard. Wheatever!