No. 17: Get a big dog and be a better person... Be careful my pretty readers for age creeps up on one, bringing with it rigidness, boundaries, fear and confinement. Before you know it you may have constructed a little fortress for yourself that nob...

Next up from the Claudia's Column archives on the #Gamine site is an essay on the advantages of having a big dog, as those of you with big dogs must surely know...
@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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Stammerwort, by Claudia Barton + gHost editions 12 track album

My #Gamine co-conspirator @claudiabarton.bsky.social has put her new album on Bandcamp, so if you're up for something a bit off the beaten track, or if you're a fan of #cinnabar moths, go and listen: claudiabartonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/stamme...
#fieldrecordings #soundscapes #spokenword

No. 16: Unearthly birth - Part Two I hope you will excuse me, dear readers, for the delay in continuing with my tale, but I wanted to be sure the facts were straight, which meant some considerable time spent in the British Museum, not ...

And Unearthly Birth: Part 2

#Gamine #torchsongs #musicsky #pianosky

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No. 15: Unearthly birth - Part One Dear sweet darling angel-heart readers,Summer really ought to have dropped the curtain by now, but, just as we think it's over, out she comes for another encore. My summer wardrobe has been up and dow...

I know how much you are all enjoying the reruns of #Gamine 's Claudia's Column, so here's a special double bill all about Gamine's mythical origins: Unearthly Birth: Part 1.

#Gamine #torchsongs #musicsky #pianosky

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A Good Hand, by Gamine from the album Sabotage

Music for Sunday afternoon - an epic Jimmy Webb / Nick Cave style #pianoballad from my #Gamine years with @claudiabarton.bsky.social, with gorgeous trumpet playing from @johneacott.bsky.social . From the album Sabotage - A Good Hand. gamine.bandcamp.com/track/a-good...

#piano #torchsong #ballad

No. 14: England's exotic islands Somewhere happened to me recently that restored my faith in the English people. I had started using my Italian or Russian passport since the war, so embarrassed was I of my British citizenship when tr...

England is full of tropical islands, and #Gamine have explored them all. Read #ClaudiasColumn for the full rundown...

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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#musicsky #torchsongs #lullabies #scillyisles

stammerwort, by claudia barton + gHost editions 12 track album

Happy to hear that my #Gamine partner @claudiabarton.bsky.social has launched her lovely new album, with a special hand-made limited CD edition. Give it a listen (then buy it, obviously) here: claudiabarton.bandcamp.com/album/stamme...

#soundscapes #fieldrecording #poetry #hauntology #ethereal

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#TheAnemoiaSociety have one of their periodic, other-worldly radio shows this afternoon, at 4pm Irish time, on eist.radio

featuring my #Gamine collaborator @claudiabarton.bsky.social

#hauntology #soundscape

It's time for my annual 'Make #Gamine Christmas No.1' campaign. I reckon this time we have an excellent chance... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs5J...

#ChristmasCarol #ChristmasSong #Christmas #DidwementionChristmasyet #epic #cinematic #spectoresque #betterthanphilspectorthoughandhewasamurdereranyway

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlefolk (The Spectre of Archangelus), by Gamine 3 track album

And one more #bandcampfriday recommendation - one of my other projects, #Gamine - our wonderful #christmassingle gamine.bandcamp.com/album/god-re...

There's plenty more too, #piano #torchsongs, #lullabies, #surfpop, #frenchdisco

Do have a listen - there's nobody quite like Gamine...

No. 14: England's exotic islands Somewhere happened to me recently that restored my faith in the English people. I had started using my Italian or Russian passport since the war, so embarrassed was I of my British citizenship when tr...

How are we enjoying the little trip down memory lane from the world of #Gamine? Read this #ClaudiasColumn from 2003 to find out more about England's exotic islands from our intrepid explorer... @claudiabarton.bsky.social

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#musicsky #torchsongs #lullabies #ScillyIsles

No. 13: The Gamine regime Whatever next? The American army have invaded my palace in Baghdad and are, as we speak, traipsing their muddy boots all over my shiny marble floors. It seems the American military are under the impre...

Remember when America invaded Iraq (helped by UK et al)? #Gamine do. Read #ClaudiasColumn for more on this topic, as the latest lunatic in the White House is mulling over the joys of invading Nigeria...

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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#musicsky #torchsongs #lullabies

It’s a drawing of Trump sleeping with a dream bubble of Epstein holding two children and it says “everybody knows what we did, Donnie “

Here’s a gross Halloween haunting cartoon for you. We know. #epstein #epsteinfiles #enigma #anagram #gamine #trymp #trumpmemes #newyorkercartoons #politicalcartoons

But he makes her feel #Gamine #MAGAFeminine I feel pretty, oh so pretty!

No. 12: Cars are coffins After much deliberation, and intense negotiation, Gamine have come up with a cunning plan to subvert the impending war.Although neither the government here in Britain, nor the one in America is behavi...

#Gamine have come up with the fashions needed for cyclists to retain a sense of style and sophistication. Read #ClaudiasColumn for more on this hot topic.

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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#cyclesky #bikefashion #cycling #cyclingfashion #musicsky #torchsongs #lullabies

No. 11: Policing the clinically mundane I've been in trouble with the police again. Sometimes in the middle of the night I will go to Hyde Park to ride Nelson. I take him at night to avoid the embarrassment that ensues when Nelson tramples ...

It turns out that in the 11th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives, Claudia correctly forecasts the rise of the police state...

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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No. 10: Bilious beastly bailiffs What, you may well ask, am I doing in London now that August is here? I am inclined to create an incredible and glamorous tale rather then speak the truth. But Truth, when you are so famous, is always...

Bailiffs are the subject of the 10th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives; in this instalment, Claudia highlights their lack of popularity, especially with her...

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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No. 9: On french fashionism Old hat, I know, but Gamine really ought to voice its opinion on that recent spree of fascism in France. (It is widely known that Gamine has connections with France, but I would have it known right aw...

Topical stuff as we see the collapse of another French government - the 9th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives; in this instalment, Claudia asks "Are they fascist, and what is the connection with poodles?"

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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#gamers #gamine #GoddessofVictoryNIKKE

No. 8: The point of femininity At last, the dresses you have been waiting for. For faultless style and impeccable taste you can now buy your frocks from Gamine. The first garment in the collection is this fifties-inspired shirt-wai...

Start the weekend with the 8th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives; in this instalment, Claudia talks about life as a #fashion designer, and fashion's relationship to #femininity...

@claudiabarton.bsky.social

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A Good Hand, by Gamine from the album Sabotage

Time for a #Gamine Sunday #piano #ballad, probably the best song ever written to feature the word 'malcontentedness'. It's a bit #TomWaits, a bit #JimmyWebb, a bit #jazz, a bit #countrymusic and entirely gorgeous. Featuring trumpet maestro @johneacott.bsky.social

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CREVETTE RECORDS – 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY | Illegaal | Tickets | SESH.sx Nestled in the heart of Belgium, Illegaal has established itself as a vital node in the underground electronic music scene, and the CREVETTE RECORDS – 9 Year An

CREVETTE RECORDS – 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ Illegaal - 11 Oct feat. DJ Rino, EliseThere, Gamine + more

#SESH #DJRino #EliseThere #Gamine

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Zero days since no story about a #GOPedo was published
#Epstein
#Gamine #TheirSecret #EpsteinCoverUp

No. 7: The present Have you ever wondered why it is that people drive around in such boring cars? If you are a boring person then that is fair enough, that is obviously the statement you would like to make about yoursel...

Another chancer to catch up with the 7th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives; in this instalment, Claudia unexpectedly reveals her interest in automobiles. #TopGear? Not exactly...
@claudiabarton.bsky.social
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No. 6: Piste off Hello, I have been skiing. I was invited and so I accepted. If I had known it would be so terrifying I would have gone long ago. Why everybody insists on skiing standing up I do not know. This, I felt...

Here's the 6th #ClaudiasColumn from the #Gamine archives; in this instalment, Claudia makes some pertinent observations on #skiing.
@claudiabarton.bsky.social
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PIECE IS FUN It has some inside scoops but mostly relays Trumps usual lies … even projecting that he dropped Epstein from MarALago for contact w a young woman?! Eg a #Gamine that they both liked as his 2003 card emphasized.

#Enigma is an anagram of #gamine
#GOPedo #TACOpedo #FUCKtrmp

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#EpsteinFiles #GOPedos #TrumpIsGodless #Enigma #Gamine @aoc.bsky.social @dncstaffunion.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @repstaceyplaskett.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @repstansbury.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @tedlieu.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social

From the thebulwark community on Reddit: Trump’s Enigma Explore this post and more from the thebulwark community

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#GOPedos
#Enigma #Gamine #EpsteinFiles
#TrumpIsGODLESS
@aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @repstaceyplaskett.bsky.social @womenvspatriarchy.bsky.social @paulapoundstone.bsky.social @titusnation.bsky.social @coribush.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk

enigma is #gamine