Tracing Footsteps: Walking as a Way of Writing, Remembering, and Returning to Ourselves
Hosted by Victoria Bennett, in conversation with guest authors Kerri Andrews, Debbie North, Linda Cracknell, and Ursula Martin.
Online event, Thursday 30 April at 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?
ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
Perhaps not.
Case in point: being referred to as 'pal' in Glasgow.
(For non-weedgies: if you find yourself being referred to as such, this may not be suggestive of friendship; maybe apologise profusely and back away).
This is surprising. I'm assuming that the results have taken into account the predominance of weedgies opening a sentence with 'fuckin' (a la Dee Dee in The Limmy Show) and the use of the c-bomb as a term of endearment.
I cannot believe that Sheffield people swear more than Glaswegians. (Source: am Glaswegian in Sheffield who has already sworn more than 23 times at my desk this morning.)
You have to make shitty art to have a chance at making good art. There is no other way. Make shitty art.
It's fun. Lean into the shit. Smirk and show it to people anyway. It's cliche to say it's a process, but it is. Ignore your critic. You inherited it from the world anyhow. Play like a kid.
Breaking news: motorcyclist wins Tour de France
NOT A TOKEN But of course 🙂 This show happened at exactly the moment I needed it to youtu.be/5BeG2EKn324?...
Clockwise from top left: Paul Robeson: Sanders Of The River 7" Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears: The Foggy Foggy Dew 7" Francoise Sagan: Bonjour Tristesse paperback JA Hatfield: Childhood & Adolescence paperback Stanislaw Lem: Solaris paperback
Charity shop haul
Mini-Klein used to request this in the car when she was a toddler. "Play the beef man!"
Token 2 for the (big) cats
DJ Rolando - Knights Of The Jaguar youtu.be/ZcC3vVh3cOE?...
Good morning Michael, good morning Kitty!
Token 1 for the birds
Shellac - Crow youtu.be/Q069AifFlYI?...
Happy birthday!
If you're looking for some early evening reading, @joemuggs.bsky.social's brilliant KLF piece has been unlocked from behind the Disco Pogo paywall for a little while.
He added: "I believe very strongly that women's wards should be for biological women. What do we do about tha biological female who is a trans man, looks, sounds, presents, lives, his life as a man is biologically female? We wouldn't put him on a women's ward. That would be degrading for him and humiliating And cruel.
Wes streeting admits what he is doing is "humilating and cruel".
But only for trans men (that look and sound man enough).
Perfectly happy to inflict cruelty and humiliation on trans women.
Source. LBC
Lyfe ys a movye
Make thyne owene endinge
Keepe believinge
Keep pretendinge
Felt a bit incongruous to have 'Lose Yourself' at such high volume. Unless someone's about to have a punch-up or rap battle with the doctor.
Blaring out Eminem in the GPs waiting room. Doesn't feel right, somehow.
Cartoon of man exasperatedly throwing his hands up and saying "I guess"
Millions of lapsed Catholics realizing that they have become realigned with the Pope against their will
A Galaxy incorporated film would be cosmic.
I've submitted a 'dark ambient' version of this youtu.be/fMgyz6fPxLY?...
A prototype cassette cover for Ed's Skate Rock compilation, reminiscent of the Thrasher stylings of the original series. A cartoon drawing of a spiky haired guitar player.
Musicians! Skateboarders!
My buddy @edsyder.bsky.social is putting a compilation together of covers of the quasi-legendary Skate Rock compilations released by Thrasher magazine back in the day and is looking for submissions. More details on his IG account www.instagram.com/edsyder?igsh...
Wonderful album. They were terrific live too.
RIP Moya Brennan, a wonderful singer, composer, harpist, sister of Enya, and gave - with Clannad - the first ever performance in Irish on Top of the Pops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHT...
The Bishop
A papal representative on his way to meet the US president
Daphuq
"Proof-of-concept" insofar as ingestion of said plant will allow the presentation of all concepts as true. And also false. And also transcendent of such binary, human imposed values #OhMyGoodnessTheStarsAreGettingPrettyClose
screenshot of google doc that says the following: Trans Metal Comp; Hi!! We're putting together a compilation album comprised of metal tracks composed by trans musicians and are currently seeking submissions! The album will be released on Bandcamp on June 26th and all sales will go directly towards individual trans folks' fundraising campaigns. We had initially planned on donating to an organization, but the fact of the matter is that right now, trans people need money, and the best way to help is by giving directly. We will be as transparent as possible with where the money goes and boost who we can. If that sounds good to you, read the guidelines below and come headbang along with us! \m/ ALL subgenres of metal permitted. Power metal, deathcore, crossover thrash; as long as it's some flavor of metal or has clear metal crossover influence to it, we'll likely accept it. Whether or not specific submissions are accepted is at the sole discretion of the organizers. If we end up not using your work for any reason, don't feel discouraged! It likely just didn't fit the vibe we're going for. NO tracks made with or containing anything regurgitated by "generative" AI NO Nazi shit. If you're trans and also a Nazi for some fuckass reason, look elsewhere. And get your damn life together. NO cis-led solo acts. If your band or project has cis people involved, that's fine!! As long as at least one member is trans and plays an active role in the performance and/or songwriting, feel free to submit. Up to TWO tracks per artist; up to two songs under the same name will be accepted. If you have or are involved with multiple projects, as long as they're distinct from each other and under different names, feel free to submit up to two tracks for each. You must own the rights to the music you submit; any tracks submitted must be owned by you or with the permission of whoever does, and you must personally be involved in the track in either its composition, performance on the recording, or…
are you:
trans?
a metal musician?
want to contribute to a compilation album that will raise money directly for trans people in need?
then what the fuck are you waiting for?? get in the pit!!
forms.gle/dhtLGhurrwQs...
The next cigarette I smoke will be accompanied with a very dry gin martini as I watch the world burn and sing "Is That All There Is" in the most nonchalant manner I can muster