BEN KELLY

Wow, yeah. I assume it’s long since out of print? This one is, too: benkellydesign.co.uk/product/haci...

FAC 191: the official Factory Records feline/mouser. Photo: Joe Stevens

1983: The Making of THE HACIENDA | Riverside | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

One more Haçienda history clip. Designer Ben Kelly outlines the making of the visual design language he used throughout the club, pulling elements from outside of club design to create something uniquely Manchester: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRq...

1983: The Making of THE HACIENDA | Riverside | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

One more Haçienda history clip. Designer Ben Kelly outlines the making of the visual design language he used throughout the club, pulling elements from outside of club design to create something uniquely Manchester: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRq...

Beautiful work with a strong point of view finds its audience, slowly but surely!

Yesterday I went looking for a Throwing Muses love review I wrote for @sfweekly.bsky.social in 2004 (the only time I’ve written for them), and it’s gone. I’m hoping it’s in my email somewhere. Grrr!

"The first album we did. It sounds like Manchester looks"

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The Haçienda: The Club That Shook Britain YouTube video by ManOnTheMars

Tonight’s watch, apropos of the recent announcement that New Order and Joy Division will be inducted into the 2026 Rock Hall, a 2024 doc about the origins of the Haçienda: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ybF...

Getting ready for OTC Pill Day? Celebrate, but be vigilant, as the minority patriarchy is working to take this away.

Flowers in full bloom.

Breathe. Breathe. The world is greater than evil people.

If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations Resigned, We’d Have No One Left to Govern the Country “These congressmen worked hard to get to the top of a competitive field of notably rape-y politicians. Voters have made their voices heard by choosing the ve...

"Those who don’t want sexual predators as lawmakers probably imagine someone else could run for Congress. But the United States has spent centuries developing a leadership pipeline that favors maximal male sliminess."

Goose hanging out on a patch of green grass in downtown Providence.

It’s been a massively stressful week. But yesterday I met this sweet buddy meandering near the train station. I was worried he was alone, but then when I looked back, he was loitering with two BFF geese.

The photo contains a graphic of a laptop with Earth Day & climate protesters, animals, plants, and the Earth emerging from the screen. The photo reads: "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! VIRTUAL & ACCESSIBLE EARTH DAY 2026 RALLY, ORGANIZED BY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE, Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 8PM ET. LINK IN BIO" The photo also contains the Stand Up for Science and EARTHDAY.ORG logos.

Stand Up for Science is organizing a Virtual & Accessible Earth Day 2026 Rally!
Wednesday, April 22, 8PM ET.

Hear from lawmakers, scientists, advocates, activists, and diverse intersectional voices as we fight to defend our planet and save our science.

Register at zurl.co/PLSj5
#EarthDay

A white and buff cat lounging on his back with a group of colorful fuzzy toys

Weak on crime

Apparently the headline has been changed since this iteration, but let’s enjoy this comedy gold while we can:

Profoundly influential and we were there as babies opening for them in the early 80’s, Go4 return with this banger 💪✊👊

Holy shit, people are clapping for this? 🤯🤬😬🤪

This is very true! And as the research on the issue shows and as the Hungarian example confirms, and the Polish one before that, the key to large turnout is long-term, grass-roots organizational labor that helps people understand how their single vote is a dignified part of a larger transformation.

Charles Bullen of This Heat involved here too. As with all their records, the free-ranging insular chaos creates an atmosphere unlike anyone else.

Cover art of “Watch,” the 2026 release by Dial (Jacqui Ham • Rob Smith • Dom Weeks)

If you’re a fan of Ut, Jacqui Ham, Rob Smith & Dom Weeks (Furious Pig) have a new Dial record, “Watch,” that’s compelling & discomfiting in the best ways. Their Bandcamp has all their excellent past releases, too: dial.bandcamp.com/album/watch

Deee-Lite "Groove Is In the Heart" Live May 1990 NYC YouTube video by PreFab International Cine

36 (!) years of “Groove Is in the Heart”! Watch Deee-lite premiere the track at Webster Hall, as part of a benefit for art critic Carlo McCormick: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hL...

JD Vance should swing by the Vatican on the way home and get wrecked by the Pope to make it a hat trick of historical ownage.

I just reached out to their distro to see if there are any screenings outside of NYC!

And Christine Vachon was the sound editor!

Looks like the director is the co-founder of Two Boots Pizza. I need to know more about this film asap!

Holy cow.

Time is Part of the Work | An Interview with Agnès Varda | Bright Wall/Dark Room “All images are questions. if you look at everything, a painting, an image, you can question. The way you look at it, what it brings to your mind, if it reminds you of something." - Agnès Varda

As a primer to @filmforumnyc.bsky.social’s Agnès Varda retrospective: my profile & interview with her on one of her last trips to NYC in 2017. I dug deep on this one. tried to tell the story in English of how exactly she became a filmmaker. www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/04/10/t...

How have I never heard of this?!?!! 🤯

Yuccckkkkkk.

I still haven’t (yet), but I’m determined that it will happen soon.