Tim J L
@amanoutoftim.bsky.social
my son is also named bort
words about the music and the arts in @vanmusicmag.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and @newsocialist.bsky.social
he/him
timjl.substack.com
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words about the music and the arts in @vanmusicmag.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and @newsocialist.bsky.social
he/him
timjl.substack.com
linktr.ee/TimJL
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Tim J L
@amanoutoftim.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Lastly, Tim Lutton makes a case for ambient music; tracking the insidious ways Wellness Culture™ and algorithmic music discovery have appropriated the genre for ✨healing✨, and arguing for its capacity to hold tension and offer alternative modes of listening: van-magazine.com/mag/unwind-a...
Unwind, Unwound
Taken to orchestral concerts as a child, I was restless. The complexity and vast architectures of a typical Romantic symphony made me think of the music as some fractal maze, wholly illegible in its e...
van-magazine.com
A new article of mine is out now in VAN Magazine! It's about BBC Radio 3 Unwind, ambient music, and the strange ideas imposed on it from the outside by both the wellness industry and the reactionaries of the classical music world.
Good organ times were had at QEH with @clairemsinger.bsky.social and the London Contemporary Orchestra
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Good organ times were had at QEH with @clairemsinger.bsky.social and the London Contemporary Orchestra
We were digging a new raised allotment bed and it turned out some frogs/toads were living underground lifestyles in hollow bricks beneath the dirt. We rescued them and relocated them to our pond!
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We were digging a new raised allotment bed and it turned out some frogs/toads were living underground lifestyles in hollow bricks beneath the dirt. We rescued them and relocated them to our pond!
And I dream of another
Soul dressed in different clothes:
It burns and runs across
From timidity to hope,
With fire that leaves the earth,
Like spirit without a shadow,
Leaving a bunch of lilac
On the table for remembrance.
Soul dressed in different clothes:
It burns and runs across
From timidity to hope,
With fire that leaves the earth,
Like spirit without a shadow,
Leaving a bunch of lilac
On the table for remembrance.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And I dream of another
Soul dressed in different clothes:
It burns and runs across
From timidity to hope,
With fire that leaves the earth,
Like spirit without a shadow,
Leaving a bunch of lilac
On the table for remembrance.
Soul dressed in different clothes:
It burns and runs across
From timidity to hope,
With fire that leaves the earth,
Like spirit without a shadow,
Leaving a bunch of lilac
On the table for remembrance.
The pace at which anti-trans segregation under Labour has been ramping up recently is really fucking grim.
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The pace at which anti-trans segregation under Labour has been ramping up recently is really fucking grim.
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This is where the shameless weaponisation of antisemitism in defence of Israel's war on Gaza has led us
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is where the shameless weaponisation of antisemitism in defence of Israel's war on Gaza has led us
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
they call me John Rutter's Christmas Bucket Bitch
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
they call me John Rutter's Christmas Bucket Bitch
I swear Tim Runs Around The Royal Albert Hall With Buckets Like A Headless Chicken Day comes earlier every year
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I swear Tim Runs Around The Royal Albert Hall With Buckets Like A Headless Chicken Day comes earlier every year
love to have a 12 hour workday today
kill meeeee
kill meeeee
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
love to have a 12 hour workday today
kill meeeee
kill meeeee
Awful. Solidarity with all those affected.
The Budget did absolutely fuck all for the arts and I fear we'll see more stories like this over the coming months.
The Budget did absolutely fuck all for the arts and I fear we'll see more stories like this over the coming months.
Bosses at the Royal Shakespeare Company are proposing to cut its number of employees by 11% and reduce the pay for some of those who remain.
Read more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/rsc-plans-to-reduce-headcount-by-11-and-merge-costume-departments
Read more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/rsc-plans-to-reduce-headcount-by-11-and-merge-costume-departments
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Awful. Solidarity with all those affected.
The Budget did absolutely fuck all for the arts and I fear we'll see more stories like this over the coming months.
The Budget did absolutely fuck all for the arts and I fear we'll see more stories like this over the coming months.
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you can just point your infinite lawfare hose at trans inclusive organisations now, that's the lesson they've learnt. something the labour government could fix in an afternoon with their super majority if they felt like it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
you can just point your infinite lawfare hose at trans inclusive organisations now, that's the lesson they've learnt. something the labour government could fix in an afternoon with their super majority if they felt like it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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If you're dating lots of people but you couldn't pick them out of a crowd, that's Wallyamory
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you're dating lots of people but you couldn't pick them out of a crowd, that's Wallyamory
Been listening to a podcast for a few months and I have only just figured out how to distinguish the names and the voices of the three white guy hosts (two of which are named Chris). pleaseclapdotgif
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Been listening to a podcast for a few months and I have only just figured out how to distinguish the names and the voices of the three white guy hosts (two of which are named Chris). pleaseclapdotgif
For Christmas would like one singular day where the Thameslink isn't delayed. I think that's not too much to ask for.
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For Christmas would like one singular day where the Thameslink isn't delayed. I think that's not too much to ask for.
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If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
icymi: I wrote about fascism as the political form of contemporary capitalism's production of desire and illusions of happiness
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
icymi: I wrote about fascism as the political form of contemporary capitalism's production of desire and illusions of happiness
saw Barry Lyndon last night at the Prince Charles and my god what a beautifully-shot film
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
saw Barry Lyndon last night at the Prince Charles and my god what a beautifully-shot film
A frog and a toad spotted hiding in old wooden pallets we were removing at the community allotment! They were relocated safely to the pond.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A frog and a toad spotted hiding in old wooden pallets we were removing at the community allotment! They were relocated safely to the pond.
been thinking about fascism quite a bit recently and I wrote down some thoughts about it
Fascism is Easy
Why a politics based on the easy and ecstatic is a fast ride on our society's short road to fascism
timjl.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
been thinking about fascism quite a bit recently and I wrote down some thoughts about it
rounded out my Arvo Pärt concerts this year with a 12 Ensemble concert of his works last night at LSO St Lukes.
Highlights included a fantastic new commission by Jasmine Morris and also the GBSR Duo percussionist catching a falling tubular bell before it hit the floor in the middle of a piece.
Highlights included a fantastic new commission by Jasmine Morris and also the GBSR Duo percussionist catching a falling tubular bell before it hit the floor in the middle of a piece.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
rounded out my Arvo Pärt concerts this year with a 12 Ensemble concert of his works last night at LSO St Lukes.
Highlights included a fantastic new commission by Jasmine Morris and also the GBSR Duo percussionist catching a falling tubular bell before it hit the floor in the middle of a piece.
Highlights included a fantastic new commission by Jasmine Morris and also the GBSR Duo percussionist catching a falling tubular bell before it hit the floor in the middle of a piece.
absolute joke that any trade unions are still affiliated with Labour
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
absolute joke that any trade unions are still affiliated with Labour
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This is unconscionable. We should all be makimg more of a fuss about this, it puts every one of us at the mercy of these evil bastards.
So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is unconscionable. We should all be makimg more of a fuss about this, it puts every one of us at the mercy of these evil bastards.
The location of where my new office has moved to may be a lot less pretty, much more commercial and more inconvenient to get to, but it does have a lot of pied wagtails hanging about, so it's impossible to say if it's good or not
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The location of where my new office has moved to may be a lot less pretty, much more commercial and more inconvenient to get to, but it does have a lot of pied wagtails hanging about, so it's impossible to say if it's good or not
this was specifically made for me
Made a stupid video, please waste your time watching it.
One Homer Simpson Scene For Each Disco Elysium Skill
youtu.be/EPVND6Qh-9k
One Homer Simpson Scene For Each Disco Elysium Skill
youtu.be/EPVND6Qh-9k
One Homer Simpson Scene For Each Disco Elysium Skill
YouTube video by The 41st Precinct
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November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
this was specifically made for me