Flame Folclòre, by Cocanha 12 track album

cocanha.bandcamp.com/album/flame-...

Yeah!

Remenanuèch YouTube video by Cocanha - Topic

New banger from Occitan folk duo Cocanha from the splendid Flame Folclòre album, out in May youtu.be/0hSoNeThWfM?...

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov will have his book on Zionism and genocide translated into 9-10 languages, but not Hebrew. He even offered to translate it himself, but not a single Israeli publisher would go near it. Not even the ‘leftwing’ ones.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The solution for Mandelson was not appointing him to the role, or even considering him for it. Because he's Peter Mandelson.

Yeah well, we can’t have an inquiry into that because it’ll swiftly become apparent it was just Peter hooking Morgan up with undeclared millionaire bungs and Steve Reed drafting smeary dossiers on colleagues and passing them to Peter’s friends at the Times. And that’s just for starters, in 2018.

YES

'I know it sounds like I'm lying' is an extraordinary way to go.

Imagine being taught by John Rentoul. Impossible to take seriously!

And a bit of the dreamy opening set from Christina Petrie w/ William Kraemer

Some Myriad Myriads

Incredible stuff from Wassim Halal at New River Studios yesterday, and worked so well before a blinding @bassclef.bsky.social set. These two should do all the Acid Horses, Supersonics & Supernormals together next year.

It's this afternoon!

*Plateforme

Platforme by Michel Houellebecq was published in 2001

Faiza Shaheen: "This just sends a message.. that this is a group of elites that support each other, that help each other regardless of the types of behaviour.. this really stinks & I think many people wont understand the particulars but what they will hear is this is corruption"

Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz standing in front of a photo of himself

This still is giving

French actress Nathalie Baye in Chabrol's La fleur du mal

RIP Nathalie Baye

Wassim HALAL // Darbuka & fx // TEASER #2 YouTube video by Wassim Halal

And here's a little teaser for Wassim's set youtu.be/P9Ch0l90qNE?...

Show times for tomorrow

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social I'm shocked, *shocked* that once again the Greens are opposing renewables Mark O'Neill@radiobeartime.com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.. The Greens are an embarrassment BBC NEWS 'Industrial scale' solar farms attacked by Norfolk's Green The county council's Green leader says solar panels should be locally owned and put on ro... www.bbc.co.uk 9:33 AM: Apr 18, 2026 Everybody can reply

Except they're not opposing renewables. They're opposing us flogging off still more of our natural resources to rent seeking overseas capital. And we can all click on the article to read this

Process Theatre Vol 1, by Various Artists 13 track album

The compilation is here processtheatre.bandcamp.com/album/proces...

Late Junction - Cabaret Voltaire’s Mixtape - BBC Sounds Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a mixtape from legendary Sheffield act Cabaret Voltaire.

Chuffed that Jennifer Lucy Allan opened Late Junction last night with Elien De Schryver's 'doobie doo'. It's from a compilation that I put together featuring experimental artists associated with the Under The Concrete Gazebo improv events in and around Cambridge.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'm definitely more into the first tracks they've released from this one

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet.

(cool. as. fuck.)

In its favour, it's still often the best option in pubs with a basic cider, cat's piss PA and Camden lager offering

I think "I am God, and I bring you an instant picnic" would also work here

"Haven't made love for a while
it's the best way to make a child,"
said Jesus to the disciples. And then he said, "if you can't shift this crate of brillo pads by Friday, vengeance will be mine."

Mandelson wasn't a "washed up old spinner", he made millions selling his political contacts to represent firms like Palantir, a career path Team Starmer admire and want to copy ,and he helped design Team Starmer's devious route to leadership. This wasn't a 'mistake', its is who Starmer's group are

The labour lies and corruption like the previous tory lies and corruption, were basically cheered on or ignored by the press when they liked it (in both cases basically crushing/neutering the left in some way) and so it always seems to surprise them when they suddenly can’t get away with it anymore