We were outside Parliament today, calling out the betrayal of the terminally ill people by a few members of the House of Lords who have blocked the Assisted Dying Bill.

Jo-ann Rosen, author of 'Unshakable: Trauma-Informed Mindfulness for Collective Awakening', supported us to create the ‘Trauma Informed Practice’ folder on the app – meditations & exercises to support a regulated nervous system. 🙏🏽

Read the interview on our blog 👉🏽 plumvillage.app/an-interview...

This grubby, morally bankrupt clique must be driven from British politics.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 The third in a series of six episodes recorded during the In the Footsteps of the Buddha pilgrimage, this instalment was made in Rajgir, India, in February 2026.

On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/IlkZ
More: plumvillage.org/podcast/in-t...

#mindfulness #Buddha

#NowPlaying: ‘In Portmanteau’ by @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social (feat. @fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/04/now-...

Taken from the album 'Irreparable Parables' (@claypipemusic.bsky.social).

Andrew plays a very special show at our Elmley Nature Reserve event next month.

Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’ Ten years after his debut novel, the poet and musician has written a follow-up exploring self-discovery and a life lived on the edge. He talks about sexuality, pronouns and drawing strength from the l...

"When I’ve been most lost, I’ve felt myself realigned by encounters with novels. It’s been so profound for me what books have done to me in my life, this electric sense of reconnection that I’ve encountered when I’ve been at my most disconnected."

NEW ON SALE

BASEMENT live in Mono

BASEMENT
Wired INSTORE
Monday 11th May 2026

Doors 7:30pm
Mono Cafe Bar
12 King Street,
G1 5RB

FULL LIVE SET + SIGNING

We are so excited to welcome Basement back to Glasgow for this intimate performance.

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RSD 2026: Monorail Music Customer List

you can browse our RSD stocklist here, via our handy PDF file. Please note - we only have limited copies on most of these titles (and prices may change) but anything remaining will be uploaded to our site at 8pm on Monday! any questions, just ask.

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SOLD OUT:
Robert Plant - Saving Grace
Joe Strummer - Global A-Go Go
Nas - Gods Son
Public - Service Broadcasting - Race for Space remixes

Prince spotted shopping at his favourite record shop Electri Fetus in Minneapolis on Record Store Day in 2016. He bought 6 CDs... Joni Mitchell – Hejira Santana – Santana IV The Chambers Brothers – The Time Has Come a Swan Silvertones gospel comp Missing Persons – The Best of Missing Persons Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (which he listened to on the drive back to Paisley Park)

Happy Record Store Day to those who observe.

Here's Prince shopping at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis on RSD 2016 (find out what he bought in the alt text)

If you could please help spread the word about this one, I would greatly appreciate it 💜

Photo of the South of Scotland regional ballot paper for the Scottish election on 7th May 2026. Added text identifies the "INDEPENDENT GREEN VOICE" as "NOT the Green Party" and "SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY" as "The actual Green Party".

Anyone who received their postal ballot today in the South of Scotland region, please be aware that "Independent Green Voice", which appears second on the list on the peach regional ballot paper, is NOT the Scottish Green Party. This is in fact a deliberate vote spoiling attempt by right-wingers.

This actually gets worse. They've replaced me with a repeat of my mate's show.

I have been sacked from an unpaid job making content for a company who I'd have to repeatedly hassle to put my shows up on Mixcloud, and then they've replaced me with a repeat of a show by my mate who guested on mine 🤯

How Not to Die (Too Soon) Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening e...

Hey- my paperback is out tomorrow! Publishing a book, finishing a research project or article- it can all feel anticlimactic. Years of work, it comes out and then...
I'm celebrating with a cup of tea and walk. www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...

🚨 Reform confirmed it on live TV tonight - Labour have already approached them about working together in Scotland!

To stop that nightmare scenario and maximise the number of pro-independence MSPs instead, vote @scottishgreens.org on your regional (peach) ballot paper 💚🗳️

The Labour Party have shown us all that they do not believe in democracy

Jeez. Labour MP’s have just voted to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state.

No protest movement has ever brought about change through one single march or action. How did it come to this?

An' I hate modern music
Disco boogie pop
They go on an' on an' on an' on an' on
How I wish they would stop

Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978).

Absolute game-changer. #5DebutAlbums7579

At Scottish Labour Conference in Feb 2025, a leadership-backed motion to adopt a transphobic policy on single-sex spaces in schools was defeated. Party members and affiliates voted it down.

Today Scottish Labour's leadership put that transphobic policy into its manifesto for May's election anyway.

#5debutalbums7579
#musicsky

Amanaz - "Africa"
1975

I only know about this because of the Now Again re-release, but yeah, some great funky music from Zambia.

#5debutalbums7579 The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana (1976) Cool, smooth vocal roots reggae harmonies that genuinely warm the heart. I'm a latecomer to this but am making up for lost time. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums7579 Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1977) Sublime roots reggae from one of the best vocal groups of the era. Ten perfect songs of devotion, self exploration, justice and love. I'd be stunned if this doesn't make the cut in a strong field. #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

Is 1977 the greatest year for debut albums ever? I think so. These are just some of the great ones... #5DebutAlbums7579

50 albums that I think qualify for this poll.

I have been swotting up for this one for the last hour. Such a great era. This is my 'short' list. I'm convinced that I've missed at least 20 others.

Hi folks, the next round of our debut albums competition will feature albums released between 1975 - 79, voting will commence on Friday 1st May. In the meantime please use the hashtag #5DebutAlbums7579 to post recommendations and listening suggestions. See you all in 3 weeks 👍

Iconic Indian playback singer and two-time Grammy nominee Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at 92 in Mumbai.

Her family announced she passed away on Sunday at Breach Candy Hospital following "extreme exhaustion" and a chest infection.

Probably one of my top ten favourite albums, though I’d be hard pressed to explain why. Suppose it comes down to raw expression - words, vocals, keyboards, guitars. Rock n roll but not as we know it

#5debutalbums7579 Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) Essential uneasy listening music. It passed me by in the '70s - I guess I wasn't ready. Now, though? Wow! If ever a band was making a record entirely on their own terms.... this was it. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

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