Ah, love that song 💛

okay

This is how I discovered there were two distinctly different versions of Sulk.
My copy is also the European one *sulks*

Murray and Pierre return to the lab after an evening out to find a blue glow emanating from the aparatus

On this day, 20th April 1902 Marie Skłodowska Curie and husband Pierre successfully isolated one tenth of a gram of Radium, the first sample of a radioactive element, from 8 tons of pitchblende.
Artist: Frank Hampson
‘Madam Curie’ (1970)

Hard to see how she could resist

nice

Yes, quite an achievement 🙂

‘Swan Silvertones, who were based in Knoxville in the 1940s, bore the name of their early radio sponsor, Swan’s Bakery. For decades, Swan’s carried on a rivalry with Kern’s as this city’s leading baker of bread.’

I sometimes wondered, the Silvertones is already such a great name, why *Swan* Silvertones? TIL: knoxvillehistoryproject.org/2023/02/24/t...

Apostrophe crime

oh no

Decent metal lyricist too 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

My ability to dredge from my subconscious the likes of Eustreptospondylus, Iberimosornis, Stygimoloch and Dromaeosaurus is entirely down to these two:

Ha, that’s so good

Gene Clark - No Other (Full Album) YouTube video by Radio Casal

#NowPlaying Gene Clark – No Other (Asylum, 1974)

Unch Crossword Magazine Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

hence: unchcrosswords.com 😉

Beside Myself, by dj haram 14 track album

#NowPlaying DJ Haram – Beside Myself (Hyperdub, 2025)
djharam.bandcamp.com/album/beside...

#NowPlaying Shabaka – Of the Earth (Shabaka, 2026)
shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the...

My small and imperfectly formed cd single collection

Mike Westbrook - Metropolis (Part IX) YouTube video by Rhythm andlife

RIP Mike Westbrook

detail of Unch magazine spread, featuring puzzles by setters Liari and Light

detail of Unch magazine spread, featuring puzzles by setters Madcap and Major

um

Maar Dalega Dard-E-Jigar - Classic Sensuous Hindi Song - Nanda, Mehmood, Mumtaz - Pati Patni YouTube video by Rajshri

RIP Asha Bhosle

Double LP cover perched on the lid of a record player

#NowPlaying Pet Shop Boys – Discography: The complete singles collection (EMI, 1991) #vinyl

Wonderful 💛

Fun fact: I used to make breakaways for a living. Whether this is related to the fact they’ve been taken off the market and the factory’s shut down I couldn’t say

Dog tired