Daz
@dazwright.com
Here for video games, cats, and the popular music of the day. I live in Moseley in Birmingham. I make electronic music as Indolent Child.
https://indolentchild.bandcamp.com
https://indolentchild.bandcamp.com
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Nuts in May on BBC FOUR tonight.
January 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Nuts in May on BBC FOUR tonight.
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I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
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As we're into the first album release day of the year it looks like more artists are moving towards releases that can't be bought, at least digitally.
Artists can't get angry about remuneration for streaming and not provide a route to buy their products. Those positions are not compatible
Artists can't get angry about remuneration for streaming and not provide a route to buy their products. Those positions are not compatible
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As we're into the first album release day of the year it looks like more artists are moving towards releases that can't be bought, at least digitally.
Artists can't get angry about remuneration for streaming and not provide a route to buy their products. Those positions are not compatible
Artists can't get angry about remuneration for streaming and not provide a route to buy their products. Those positions are not compatible
I'd contend the biggest challenge we face in delivering change isn't regulation. It's centralisation.
Let people closest to problems solve those problems. We saw in the pandemic that if you let people get on with things we see innovation in policy & delivery.
Regulation should be the safety net
Let people closest to problems solve those problems. We saw in the pandemic that if you let people get on with things we see innovation in policy & delivery.
Regulation should be the safety net
Great @economist.com piece by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on state capacity. Am convinced next election winner will be who convinces people Government can actually just *do things* & politicians aren’t powerless to make good on promises. My reframe of Reagan maxim www.economist.com/britain/2026...
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I'd contend the biggest challenge we face in delivering change isn't regulation. It's centralisation.
Let people closest to problems solve those problems. We saw in the pandemic that if you let people get on with things we see innovation in policy & delivery.
Regulation should be the safety net
Let people closest to problems solve those problems. We saw in the pandemic that if you let people get on with things we see innovation in policy & delivery.
Regulation should be the safety net
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Me as the podcast host: so let me get this straight, you’re a rat from Japan who mutated, found these mutant turtle kids, raised them, named them after your love for Italian renaissance art and trained them in ninjitsu. Wow. Just saying that out loud, I’m like… how?
January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Me as the podcast host: so let me get this straight, you’re a rat from Japan who mutated, found these mutant turtle kids, raised them, named them after your love for Italian renaissance art and trained them in ninjitsu. Wow. Just saying that out loud, I’m like… how?
Nothing says we are a fundamentally conservative country better than the Rest is Entertainment's polling on who is considered a national treasure.
I'm surprised people could get to ten candidates. I really struggle ot think of anyone after Ian Wright
I'm surprised people could get to ten candidates. I really struggle ot think of anyone after Ian Wright
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nothing says we are a fundamentally conservative country better than the Rest is Entertainment's polling on who is considered a national treasure.
I'm surprised people could get to ten candidates. I really struggle ot think of anyone after Ian Wright
I'm surprised people could get to ten candidates. I really struggle ot think of anyone after Ian Wright
Birmingham Live giving a heavy snow warning is the perfect lived example of the boy that cried wolf
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Birmingham Live giving a heavy snow warning is the perfect lived example of the boy that cried wolf
Watching Simon Cowell try and invent a new boy band on Netlfix is a funny thing (not as in making you laugh)
He said it's in response to KPOP but he clearly doesn't understand how the industrialisation of music has changed.
It's like watching Arsene Wenger in his last few years of management
He said it's in response to KPOP but he clearly doesn't understand how the industrialisation of music has changed.
It's like watching Arsene Wenger in his last few years of management
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Watching Simon Cowell try and invent a new boy band on Netlfix is a funny thing (not as in making you laugh)
He said it's in response to KPOP but he clearly doesn't understand how the industrialisation of music has changed.
It's like watching Arsene Wenger in his last few years of management
He said it's in response to KPOP but he clearly doesn't understand how the industrialisation of music has changed.
It's like watching Arsene Wenger in his last few years of management
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Apart from everything else, invading a country for oil in 2026 is somewhat like doing so for horses in 1931.
“We can secure access to additional wealth and resources, allowing the country to unlock them without spilling American blood,” said U.S. Defense Secretary (Secretary of War) Pete Hegseth, highlighting the strategic and economic rationale behind the Venezuela operation.
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Apart from everything else, invading a country for oil in 2026 is somewhat like doing so for horses in 1931.
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Did this have the backing of FIFA?
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Did this have the backing of FIFA?
I don't think setting a precedent about borrowing presidents will end well
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I don't think setting a precedent about borrowing presidents will end well
Is anyone else finding Sonos down?
Downdetector has outages since 4pm and I can't get it to work
Downdetector has outages since 4pm and I can't get it to work
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is anyone else finding Sonos down?
Downdetector has outages since 4pm and I can't get it to work
Downdetector has outages since 4pm and I can't get it to work
My take from loads of Facebook posts that are being forced into my feed, pubs are cancelling New Year's parties at a ridiculous rate
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My take from loads of Facebook posts that are being forced into my feed, pubs are cancelling New Year's parties at a ridiculous rate
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It's that time of year where we're deep into making a new book of songs. It makes no sense that we do this at Christmas.
But, what do you think would be an interesting song for us to make work on the ukulele?
But, what do you think would be an interesting song for us to make work on the ukulele?
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's that time of year where we're deep into making a new book of songs. It makes no sense that we do this at Christmas.
But, what do you think would be an interesting song for us to make work on the ukulele?
But, what do you think would be an interesting song for us to make work on the ukulele?
I have to admit that I went a day early on the bins. I don't feel like I can sheepishly wheel it back in again and keep any sort of dignity
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I have to admit that I went a day early on the bins. I don't feel like I can sheepishly wheel it back in again and keep any sort of dignity
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Hard to disagree with anything Howard Oakley says here: Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/l...
Sad to see that last pic of an older macOS and see how far things have fallen. (And Howard didn’t even mention the absurd “hovering” buttons.)
Sad to see that last pic of an older macOS and see how far things have fallen. (And Howard didn’t even mention the absurd “hovering” buttons.)
Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief
If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn’t have believed them. Skipping swiftly past all the political, economic and social turmoil, I come to th…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hard to disagree with anything Howard Oakley says here: Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/l...
Sad to see that last pic of an older macOS and see how far things have fallen. (And Howard didn’t even mention the absurd “hovering” buttons.)
Sad to see that last pic of an older macOS and see how far things have fallen. (And Howard didn’t even mention the absurd “hovering” buttons.)
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Yes so true
Let’s go back to 2010!
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
December 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yes so true
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If you were too busy having festive fun yesterday you may have missed that #ChatoutofHell dropped an interview with the brilliant and very kind Rory Dodd. Why not force your family to enjoy it over cold turkey today?
open.spotify.com/show/7mvE0uk...
open.spotify.com/show/7mvE0uk...
Chat out of Hell's Rory Dodd Interview
open.spotify.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you were too busy having festive fun yesterday you may have missed that #ChatoutofHell dropped an interview with the brilliant and very kind Rory Dodd. Why not force your family to enjoy it over cold turkey today?
open.spotify.com/show/7mvE0uk...
open.spotify.com/show/7mvE0uk...
My 25th (and last song) of 2025 is They Came for My Head by The Black Dog
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
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#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
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They Came for My Head
YouTube video by The Black Dog - Topic
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December 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
My 25th (and last song) of 2025 is They Came for My Head by The Black Dog
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/sRUyCXQGV_g?...
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/sRUyCXQGV_g?...
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And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
My 24th song of 2025 is Billboard Heart by Deepsea Diver
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/dSJI7FveC-c?...
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/dSJI7FveC-c?...
Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Official Video)
YouTube video by Deep Sea Diver
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December 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My 24th song of 2025 is Billboard Heart by Deepsea Diver
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/dSJI7FveC-c?...
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/dSJI7FveC-c?...
Panda Bear - Defense (Official Video)
YouTube video by Animal Collective
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December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
girlpuppy - Windows (Official Video)
YouTube video by girlpuppyVEVO
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December 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My 21st song of the year is Riverside by Oracle Sisters
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/H27YzfVmWuY?...
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/H27YzfVmWuY?...
Oracle Sisters - Riverside (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Oracle Sisters
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December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My 21st song of the year is Riverside by Oracle Sisters
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/H27YzfVmWuY?...
#IsItAnAdventCalendar?
youtu.be/H27YzfVmWuY?...