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House of Harley
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Purveyors of comics to amuse and confuse since 1987. Home of the annual anthology UGLY MUG, along with a growing range of art books. Member of Mystery Dick and Pestrepeller bands. Tried and failed to join The Fall. https://houseofharley.net
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Free Jazz - “A music both liberated and yet wholly indebted to the learned techniques of its tradition.”

Thurston Moore’s new book attempts to give people a way into one of music’s most forbidding genres. All power to his elbow!
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#music #jazz #freejazz
‘I almost always play it in hiding, alone’: can anyone get into free jazz, history’s most maligned music?
Even though he’s partial to hideous noise, free jazz is mostly unknown to the Guardian’s pop critic. A new guidebook from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore may change his mind
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November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Bewitched and bothered: see the link below for a full page of facial expression studies in pencil. Inspired by a certain beloved '60s sitcom actress... although not in any sort of accurate-likeness-type way.
houseofharley.net/bewitched-an...
#art #drawing #people #faces #women #elizabethmontgomery
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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'In the video, the pair discuss the disastrous 1998 tour of America: "“All any of us were asking of Mark was to stand on that stage for an hour, and sing the songs. That was all we asked of him."'

Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall’s Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook

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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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How High the Moon - nothing has the unearthly sound of Les Paul & Mary Ford's hit. All the same, I hadn't appreciated that LP was such a Da Vinci-like innovator. He invented overdubbing, sketched out an idea for a synthesiser years before the Moog, + lots more...
500songs.com/podcast/how-... #music
Episode 9: “How High The Moon” by Les Paul and Mary Ford
A look at changes in music technology in the forties and fifties.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The Bugle features comic strips in a vintage northern British vein. The creation of small-press artists John Bagnall and Phil Bartle, with guests Ed Pinsent, Marc Baines & a new HoH character, Lady Backenforth. Don’t be frugal, buy the Bugle!
houseofharley.net/dont-be-frug...
#comics #Britishcomics
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Thoughtful #battlefest discussion about 'woke art'. Yes, there has always been political art but many in the art world today say they see art as a means to a political end. With that attitude, chances are you'll make bad art that alienates people
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What does post-woke art look like?
How will a post-woke age affect the output of the contemporary art world? What role should artists take in the ‘vibe shift’? Will new styles emerge to greet this new political landscape – or did the r...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Yes, I've got a table at Thought Bubble this coming weekend, but you'll NEVER FIND ME!
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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This week on Oh! Brother, we are delighted to welcome Ian Broudie to the show. The Lightning Seeds frontman and renowned producer talks us through his early days in Big in Japan, and his production work with the Bunnymen, The Coral, The Zutons and The Fall (1/2)
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Take out: a tribute to all those who have their food delivered. See our latest blog post: houseofharley.net/take-out/
#art #figuredrawing #food #takeaways #movement #nudes #elegance
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Don't be frugle, buy The Bugle! Chuffed to have a story in 'Slackdale's Super Comic for Grown-Up Boys and Girls'. It will be available at Thought Bubble and launches with live music and original art next Friday (14th Nov) at Consett Heart Heritage & Arts Centre.
#britishcomics #comics #thebugle
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Some intriguing electronic music and a great acoustic Greek tune are amongst the mixtape choices of Eleni Poulou, who has been very busy and productive since leaving The Fall...
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Arts First Podcast live at the Battle of Ideas: artists talk from personal experience about modern-day censorship and the different forms it takes - often coming from within the arts sector itself.
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#art #freespeech #politics #battlefest
Arts First live at the Battle of Ideas - 'Are the arts too politicised?'
Listen now | Live edition in which we explore the crisis of freedom of expression in the arts and ask how artists survive – and even prosper – in an age when political activism has proliferated within...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Playing the field: the House of Harley will be back in 2026 with a new issue of Ugly Mug and lots more art goodies. In the meantime, enjoy a kickabout. Full view of the pitch at...
houseofharley.net/playing-the-...
#art #drawing #sketchbooks #football #sport #action #movement #men
September 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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That cat won't jump: a portrait from a recent train journey in London. See the full set on the blog.
houseofharley.net/that-cat-won...
#art #drawing #people #urbansketching #faces #LondonUnderground #travel #commuters
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Stretching a point: I filled 3 pages with pen & ink studies of Mia Valentine posing for a life drawing session. Each 2-3 inches high. Here's two from the last page.
See houseofharley.net/stretching-a... for the whole set. #art #drawing #figuredrawing #nudes #women #penandink #movement #poses
September 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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TODAY (Sunday 21st Sept) - don't miss out, it's your last chance to order our comics UGLY MUG and NAKED KNOWLEDGE before our Etsy shop shuts down for a few months.
www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOf...
#comics #comix #independentcomics #Britishcomics #undergroundcomics #humour #satire #UglyMug
September 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Happy to say I'll be tabling at Winchester Comics Fair again this year. Saturday 1st November 2025. #WCF25
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September 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Midnight this Sunday (21st Sept) is your last chance to order these eye-bending, pulse-raising art books from our Etsy shop before we head off to roam the interstellar highways for who knows how long. Don't miss out!
www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOf...
#art #artists #artbooks #lifedrawing #forsale
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Turnaround: the catwalk is curved in our latest fashion-inspired sketchbook update.
houseofharley.net/turnaround/
#art #drawing #sketchbooks #fashion #clothes #fashionillustration #women
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Life drawings and other original House of Harley art - last chance for a while to purchase these. Get your orders in before our Etsy shop closes its shutters at midnight this Sunday (21st Sept).
www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOf... #art #artforsale #artists #lifedrawings #originalart #drawing
September 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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A brand-new Windy Wilberforce 32pp comic from me is imminent...been working on it since May this year...should be back from the printers very soon! Watch this space:
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September 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Unstamped: excerpt from a very old sketchbook spread... for the full spread, see...
houseofharley.net/unstamped/
#art #drawing #sketchbooks #artists #people
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Last chance for a while to purchase our eminently affordable art booklets, packed with highlights from the HoH sketchbook archive. Get your orders in by **MIDNIGHT SUNDAY** 21st Sept.
www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOf...
#art #forsale #artbooks #artists
September 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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When I pick two random films from my 'to watch' list, it's surprising how often they turn out to share a theme... here it was "what happens when you rat on a love rat?". Surprisingly it's the Loren, not the Rohmer, film where the answer is really grim. Both are excellent. #movies
September 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I've been fascinated by @rewindtv.bsky.social's reruns of The Cut Price Comedy Show, feat. Roger Ruskin Spear (Bonzo Dog Band) and Stephanie Marrian (the first Page 3 girl). It's kinda terrible but also endearing. Mini-review here: houseofharley.net/the-cut-pric...
#1980s #television #tv #comedy
September 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM