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Alistair Fruish @fruishfruish.bsky.social · 5d

Shardcore giving you a sneak preview of some if our Oblique Strategy tribute cards from Alan Moore, Thurston Moore and @leahmoore.bsky.social as well as from
@andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social
Steve Albini,
@robinince.bsky.social
And others...

shardcore @shardcore.org · 5d

delighted to receive my set of Ambagious Tactics cards from @fruishfruish.bsky.social and the good people of Northampton Arts Lab.

my card is in excellent company!

(also, the cat approves)

Ambagious Tactics: an Oblique Tribute Act a choir of over
100 versatile enigmas

2025 marks the 50-year anniversary of the first appearance of Oblique Strategies by Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno. Northampton Arts Lab decided to mark this by creating a deck made up of many Ambagious Tactics from over one hundred different people. Some of them are connected to Eno and Schmidt, and some are folk who regularly used the decks. Others we asked for different reasons.

a card which reads:

Steal carefully

- shardcore

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Will Salmon @evilrobotbill.bsky.social · 11d

Thrilled to have an interview with counter culture national treasure @johnhiggs.bsky.social in the latest issue of the goddamn gorgeous @wyrdscience.bsky.social.

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Alasdair Satchel @alsatch.bsky.social · 11d

Delighted to get the new edition of this classic by @johnhiggs.bsky.social from @resident-music.com If you’ve not read it I can’t recommend it strongly enough.

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoy!

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 16d

I'm doing two events at the brand new Whitby Lit Fest in November -- talking David Lynch with @johnhiggs.bsky.social on Thursday November 6 and chatting to the fabulous Yvette Fielding on Friday November 7.

Event and ticket details: whitbylitfest.org.uk

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Alistair Fruish @fruishfruish.bsky.social · 18d

Finally, our Northampton ArtsLab Oblique Strategies tribute act, Ambagious Tactics has arrived!

Celebrating 50 years of Eno and Schmidt's deck.

Will start getting them out to contributors over the next few days.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19d

This (via @johnhiggs.bsky.social and his excellent newsletter) looks like it will be an amazing and completely authentic telling of a moment in music history www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2eb...

EBONY & IVORY | Official Red Band Trailer | Drafthouse Films

YouTube video by Drafthouse Films

www.youtube.com

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 21d

JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is out in the wild.

"Like Susan Sontag's diaries, but times dirtier and ten times angrier..."

www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 23d

62 years ago today, the very first filming for Doctor Who took place at Ealing Studios. Read about the show's origins and early months in Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who, available now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

Cover design for Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 26d

Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after.. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks pilgrim!

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 30

Heh, it was such a good title, I had to read it!

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Resident Music @resident-music.com · Aug 21

JOHN HIGGS
Lynchian : The Spell of David Lynch
Signed Book
Preorder : www.resident-music.com/product/higg...

We can think of few more qualified than @johnhiggs.bsky.social to explore the cinematic and cultural appeal of Lynch's eccentricity and unique path.

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · Aug 19

Stock up on triple As for your sonic screwdriver as @johnhiggs.bsky.social makes an appearance (materialises, if you will) at this year's @liverpooluni.bsky.social Liverpool Literary Festival. He'll be discussing the hidden history behind Doctor Who on 18 Oct www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes...

a man in a top hat stands in the doorway of a police telephone box

ALT: a man in a top hat stands in the doorway of a police telephone box

media.tenor.com

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Robert Anton Wilson @rawilson23.bsky.social · Aug 18

RAWIllumination.net: Twin Peaks and Discordianism via @johnhiggs.bsky.social www.rawillumination.net/2025/08/twin...

Twin Peaks and Discordianism

As I recently reported, the next John Higgs book will be about David Lynch . In an email, John mentions a connection between the world of Tw...

www.rawillumination.net

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 1

New book announcement! LYNCHIAN: THE SPELL OF DAVID LYNCH, an exploration into why his work has such a profound impact on us. Out in November, pre-order link in bio, some details in my newsletter... It is happening again!

Cover of Lynchian: The Spell of David Lynch by John Higgs

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 2

Cheers maestro!

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 2

You star! Hope you enjoy

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 2

oh interesting - yes my book is a very different beast

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ha! No I was being truthful back then, this only became a thing in May - it's been quite an intense few months...

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 1

New book announcement! LYNCHIAN: THE SPELL OF DAVID LYNCH, an exploration into why his work has such a profound impact on us. Out in November, pre-order link in bio, some details in my newsletter... It is happening again!

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Jul 17

Out today!! Surely this is its final form?

John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Jul 9

Next week - the KLF book returns to its natural form as a yellow paperback, but it now includes the 'author's commentary' from the 10th anniversary hardback edition. Out July 17th! #KLF

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Jul 9

Next week - the KLF book returns to its natural form as a yellow paperback, but it now includes the 'author's commentary' from the 10th anniversary hardback edition. Out July 17th! #KLF

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · Jul 11

1971. Berlin. Germany's most controversial actor returns with a performance about Jesus Christ. As the crowd turn on him, it's very nearly his last.

Meanwhile 50 years later a housebound writer becomes fixated with footage of Klaus Kinski at his most manic.

October 2025.

tinyurl.com/45jss3hs

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Jul 9

Next week - the KLF book returns to its natural form as a yellow paperback, but it now includes the 'author's commentary' from the 10th anniversary hardback edition. Out July 17th! #KLF

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