DJ Punctum
@djpunctum.bsky.social
"Modern medicine is not a line where you left your fossils." Married to an American so watch it. Co-author of the now completed Then Play Long blog (https://nobilliards.blogspot.com).
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Really enjoyed this interview and it's refreshing that the journalist says she doesn't agree with all of my politics but still engages with the ideas.
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski: I thought what Keir Starmer said about me was vile
Green leader Zack Polanski is taking the fight to Labour with his brand of eco-populism — but while he’s riding high in the polls, do his economic policies really stack up?
www.standard.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Really enjoyed this interview and it's refreshing that the journalist says she doesn't agree with all of my politics but still engages with the ideas.
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Nothing wrong with cheese! I'd much rather be thought of as cheesy than evil...good piece (btw I am not the "Marcello" quoted in the piece; by the description he certainly looks nothing like me and I certainly don't live anywhere near Hackney)!
From Heaven to Palantir HQ, from Yorkshire to our Bold Politics studio - great to have legendary journalist Simon Hattenstone follow me around.
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub
With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revo...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Nothing wrong with cheese! I'd much rather be thought of as cheesy than evil...good piece (btw I am not the "Marcello" quoted in the piece; by the description he certainly looks nothing like me and I certainly don't live anywhere near Hackney)!
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BBC News - Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate'
Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
BBC News - Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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tag yrself im a formidable mediocrity
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
tag yrself im a formidable mediocrity
Britain, eh? Stop wasting what remains of your lives watching shitty old pop shows that you know you hate and watch some real music being played instead (I'm an old fart now, deal with it).
Germany in the 70s had Beat Club, France had Pop 2 (ou Pop Deux), while we were stuck with the shitty old Whistle Test. Look at this lot:
archive.org/details/pop-...
archive.org/details/pop-...
Pop 2 ou Pop Deux ☆ 1970-1974 : Patrice Blanc-Francard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Pop 2 ou Pop Deux ☆ 1970-1974 Bonjour c'est Pop 2 : Patrice Blanc-Francard présente ce magazine musical audacieux, rendez-vous incontournable de la...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Britain, eh? Stop wasting what remains of your lives watching shitty old pop shows that you know you hate and watch some real music being played instead (I'm an old fart now, deal with it).
Saturday morning repost. The conclusion to Young Punctum, complete with things you didn't previously know abt me, two polemics and, most importantly, all the music that hit me at the time as well as the actual hits. Plus a bit of point-proving time-travelling:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
APRIL-6 MAY 1978
Well, here it is – the closing chapter of Young Punctum . There is no more because I stopped writing it after 6 May 1978. In the follo...
funthirty.blogspot.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Saturday morning repost. The conclusion to Young Punctum, complete with things you didn't previously know abt me, two polemics and, most importantly, all the music that hit me at the time as well as the actual hits. Plus a bit of point-proving time-travelling:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
One of the greatest sequences in cinema. If only I could write like Welles directs.
"...be of good heart, cry the dead artists out of the living past, our songs will all be silenced, but what of it, go on singing..." youtu.be/VGPPUY40Y7k?...
F For Fake: Chartres
YouTube video by captvanhalen
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February 7, 2026 at 7:36 AM
One of the greatest sequences in cinema. If only I could write like Welles directs.
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A million things to love about "Marquee Moon" of course, but the little drop Smith adds when everything breaks down into a million pieces is genius — like a boat going over Niagara Falls
February 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A million things to love about "Marquee Moon" of course, but the little drop Smith adds when everything breaks down into a million pieces is genius — like a boat going over Niagara Falls
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Thank you for all your labours on this fantastic blog; I shall greatly miss it.
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Thank you for all your labours on this fantastic blog; I shall greatly miss it.
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The closing chapter of Young Punctum; April and the first week of May 1978. Featuring a lengthy prelude with personal revelations and a bit of a rant inspired by the "Non-Competitive Sports" section of @scribblerrob.bsky.social's Drum. And a LOT of music:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
APRIL-6 MAY 1978
Well, here it is – the closing chapter of Young Punctum . There is no more because I stopped writing it after 6 May 1978. In the follo...
funthirty.blogspot.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The closing chapter of Young Punctum; April and the first week of May 1978. Featuring a lengthy prelude with personal revelations and a bit of a rant inspired by the "Non-Competitive Sports" section of @scribblerrob.bsky.social's Drum. And a LOT of music:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
Oh, we're not going to leave you alone, pal.
Absolutely unbelievable that he is attempting to use legislation that was put in place to protect grieving families and celebs in crisis from the tabloids to avoid answering questions about the treason and the noncing and all the other heinous shit he’s been caught doing. Despicable creature tbh
🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Oh, we're not going to leave you alone, pal.
The closing chapter of Young Punctum; April and the first week of May 1978. Featuring a lengthy prelude with personal revelations and a bit of a rant inspired by the "Non-Competitive Sports" section of @scribblerrob.bsky.social's Drum. And a LOT of music:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
APRIL-6 MAY 1978
Well, here it is – the closing chapter of Young Punctum . There is no more because I stopped writing it after 6 May 1978. In the follo...
funthirty.blogspot.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The closing chapter of Young Punctum; April and the first week of May 1978. Featuring a lengthy prelude with personal revelations and a bit of a rant inspired by the "Non-Competitive Sports" section of @scribblerrob.bsky.social's Drum. And a LOT of music:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
funthirty.blogspot.com/2026/02/apri...
Looks like we wouldn't have had to write about My Husband's A Bastard on TPL after all. Held off the top by Olivia Streaming Grammy, which is good. Meanwhile, Streets Of Minneapolis is number one on the singles sales chart, which is very good.
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Looks like we wouldn't have had to write about My Husband's A Bastard on TPL after all. Held off the top by Olivia Streaming Grammy, which is good. Meanwhile, Streets Of Minneapolis is number one on the singles sales chart, which is very good.
And when people like DD put out albums, "newspapers" routinely refer to their group as "bonkers." It's an electrified aesthetic fence; keep out, privileged cowards.
Drew Daniels sobre crear arte bajo la sombra del fascismo thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
And when people like DD put out albums, "newspapers" routinely refer to their group as "bonkers." It's an electrified aesthetic fence; keep out, privileged cowards.
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Happy birthday in the great beyond to June Tyson; one of Sun Ra's favorite astral travelers arrived 90 years ago today & departed in 1992.
youtu.be/khYT5_8u5Uc?...
youtu.be/khYT5_8u5Uc?...
Outer Spaceways Incorporated
YouTube video by June Tyson - Topic
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Happy birthday in the great beyond to June Tyson; one of Sun Ra's favorite astral travelers arrived 90 years ago today & departed in 1992.
youtu.be/khYT5_8u5Uc?...
youtu.be/khYT5_8u5Uc?...
Listening to FIP while having our lunch this afternoon we heard some old groaner whose main vocal influence sounded like the guy in "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet." Turned out to be Geese. Christ, is that who you want to do the hucklebuck with, modern humanity?
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Listening to FIP while having our lunch this afternoon we heard some old groaner whose main vocal influence sounded like the guy in "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet." Turned out to be Geese. Christ, is that who you want to do the hucklebuck with, modern humanity?
Once again, I can't argue with any of this:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Once again, I can't argue with any of this:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Put in a day's shift on the work PC; mifi 1 runs out of juice, so change to mifi 2 + password = yes but no internet => can't do my job. So I can put in seven hours but it has to be on mifi 1 only i.e. work IT wake up & sort their updates out = 12th of never OH WELL certainly don't miss the commute.
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Put in a day's shift on the work PC; mifi 1 runs out of juice, so change to mifi 2 + password = yes but no internet => can't do my job. So I can put in seven hours but it has to be on mifi 1 only i.e. work IT wake up & sort their updates out = 12th of never OH WELL certainly don't miss the commute.
"Why did you guys stop Then Play Long?"
On critics. "Tynan sensibly left the job when his virulent enthusiasm had done its work. To sit uninterruptedly through 20 years of theatre or cinema is a sign not of passion but torpor. To walk out is a mark of involvement. To sit it out is merely to join the doleful company of zombie scribblers".
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"Why did you guys stop Then Play Long?"
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Via a Postcard Records fanpage on FB, you might be interested in this - downloads from the unreleased Green Jacket Grey album by Aztec Camera. Only available for another six days, so listen when you can:
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February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Via a Postcard Records fanpage on FB, you might be interested in this - downloads from the unreleased Green Jacket Grey album by Aztec Camera. Only available for another six days, so listen when you can:
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
Via a Postcard Records fanpage on FB, you might be interested in this - downloads from the unreleased Green Jacket Grey album by Aztec Camera. Only available for another six days, so listen when you can:
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
Secure Swiss File Transfer & Decentralized Storage | WeSendit
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February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Via a Postcard Records fanpage on FB, you might be interested in this - downloads from the unreleased Green Jacket Grey album by Aztec Camera. Only available for another six days, so listen when you can:
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
www.wesendit.com/dl/nQaTn7hvu...
Robert Wyatt in 1985: "Chomsky got it right." No he didn't, did he Bob?
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Robert Wyatt in 1985: "Chomsky got it right." No he didn't, did he Bob?
One of the greatest pieces of recorded music in the eighties (or indeed any decade you like); involves Jennifer Warnes so it's the link between "I've Had The Time Of My Life" and "Born Slippy":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY6n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY6n...
Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination
YouTube video by Audika Records
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February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
One of the greatest pieces of recorded music in the eighties (or indeed any decade you like); involves Jennifer Warnes so it's the link between "I've Had The Time Of My Life" and "Born Slippy":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY6n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY6n...
"The Day Before You Came" would probably be your favourite ABBA song if you were an eighteen-year-old Joy Division fan, but let's face it, it's an album track really, isn't it? It isn't THAT great or even "great." Wanders along for five-and-a-half minutes with no real hooks.
February 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"The Day Before You Came" would probably be your favourite ABBA song if you were an eighteen-year-old Joy Division fan, but let's face it, it's an album track really, isn't it? It isn't THAT great or even "great." Wanders along for five-and-a-half minutes with no real hooks.
I can identify.
Finley Rice, seven, reportedly ceases to do anything remotely interesting the second mum Karen Rice, 38, starts filming, thwarting his family’s efforts to monetise his autism.
Useless child with autism refuses to be monetised
A child with autism has selfishly refused to cooperate with his parents’ social media aspirations, according to them. Finley Rice, seven, reportedly ceases to do anything remotely interesting the…
thedailytism.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I can identify.