My latest Elborough's Eye books column in the new issue of @idlermagazine out now
www.idler.co.uk

Tonight on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra, @jjstannard.bsky.social hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, delivering a deluge of delights including tracks by 808 State vs Humanoid, Kristen Gallerneaux, Sunn O))) (pictured) and more.

Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule

📷 Charles Peterson

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

sorry--uk media bubble! (and sorry that that creep's page existed in the first place)

(if this story managed to stay contained within the UK and not spread any further, that's also good)

#BBCtrending: London ladies do lunch on the Tube to fight 'sexism' The protest on the Tube in London against a Facebook page which some regard as sexist.

ugh, this is sadly nothing new, remember the 'women eating on tubes' facebook page from 2014? www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...

Zola! last year this dude's novels kept me sane; rec. his R-M novel cycle for rhymes with/relief from the insanity of the present moment: super detailed/historically damning, humane, treats women as real people and there are racy/trashy pulp plots to boot, something for everyone ❤️

that looks good, will check it out, thanks!

Tonight on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by Albert Ayler Quintet, Black Nile, and Lucy Liyou (pictured) + a special tribute to Mania D/Malaria!’s singer/saxophonist, Bettina Koester.

Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule

some brain dead & misspelled ad text for an illiterate AI translation app

got this ad on the guardian website for some bs AI language learning app. (there was a larger image explaining it was AI, but the proportions were wrong to upload here) fluent in italian? this isn't even fluent in english. dis-apper indeed.

The Wire 507 is out now!

Featuring Sunn O))) on the cover in special Savage Pencil black and white editions, plus Delphine Dora, The Sleeves, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Brion Gysin, Irmin Schmidt’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

nine inch nails pretty freight machine

Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen

In Mario Kart Wii, crashing the game and activating the crash handler will eventually start playing back the contents of the Wii's RAM as sound. Since the data was never intended to be interpreted like this, it ends up sounding like experimental harsh noise music.

They are a total mystery to me too, and I take their bandcamp bio with a huge sprinkle of salt--but have sent them a message and will let you know what is revealed if they ever get back. Thanks for listening to AISM!

it has its moments!

Mickey 17? (but it was mostly played for comedy)

Concrete Atlantis with Travis Elborough and Luke Murray: Uncanny Landscapes S3E6 Writer Travis Elborough and musician Luke Murray (Stonecirclesampler) discuss London psychogeography, hauntology and a new take on the post-brutalist landscape aesthetic.

New episode up now - Concrete Atlantis with Travis Elborough and Stonecirclesampler uncannylandscapes.substack.com/p/concrete-a...

any animal print including these is 100% a neutral & goes with everything

90s Chloe sevigny sitting demurely in a one shoulder black minidress with a corsage, also wearing tiger striped orangey tights that are the inspiration for the elusive Swedish Stockings tiger tights of today

not sure how serious this is but buy them, they will go out of stock again in five minutes like the last batch of stock did and you might regret it. if there's enough will, anyone can wear anything! people can't get over this 90s pic of Chloe Sevigny and will fight you for them.

You sure this isn't just SUNO? There's no information at all about this guy anywhere beyond that upload dump on bandcamp...

The Wire 506 is out now!

Featuring Wendy Eisenberg on the cover, plus an Augustus Pablo primer, Mariá Portugal, KAVARI, Yellow Swans' Invisible Jukebox, and much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

saw this last weekend--totally agree & second this--so much fun & a lot smarter than it seemed like it would be 👍👍👍

this is streaming right now! 🎶

Is Kayleigh dressed like the North Korean propaganda lady on purpose or nah

The Wire 505 is out now!

Featuring dälek on the cover, plus an industrial hiphop primer, Vic Bang, Pascal Comelade, O Ghettaõ, Daniel Blumberg’s Jukebox, and much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

The Shards is so good. I hate to to even mention it because it's on spotify, but some guy there put together a playlist of all the songs that are mentioned in that book and it is a monster tribute & labour of love

Castle Rat - WIZARD YouTube video by CastleRatVEVO

The first comment on YouTube for this video is "This song sounds like it's airbrushed onto the side of a van" and there has perhaps never been a more apt assessment of a song than this

youtu.be/DyhYzRRMBSU

Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75

RIP WALTER STEDING
as a weird underground nyc violinist steding was always second (in my mind, anyway) to boris policeband, but that ain't hay.
no firewall

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

oh wow, i did not know that he went to burning man, but considering the kinds of losers who do go it tracks