Cape of Irmin Schmidt's Sideburns
@thestain.bsky.social
Tries to write book. Reads book instead.
Loves unusual and obscure music, test cricket, retreating into history.
Not one to grouse.
Loves unusual and obscure music, test cricket, retreating into history.
Not one to grouse.
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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Yeah, the quietus albums of the year list is great an' all, but have you seen my favourite new albums I listened to in November? 😉
Last day of November tomorrow so time to drop this month's #TurntableTurnOns...
Ten of my favourite new albums I've been spinning through November
#November10 #NewMusic #2025Albums #MostListened
Ten of my favourite new albums I've been spinning through November
#November10 #NewMusic #2025Albums #MostListened
![#TurntableTurnOns
Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound
[ahmed]: Sana'a (Audition)
Cyrus Pireh: Thank You, Guitar
Mark Fell: Psychic Resynthesis
Yara Asmar: Everyone I Love Is Sleeping And I Love Them So So Much
EarthBall: Outside Over There
Kinlaw & Franco Franco: Faith Elsewhere
Rat Heart: Dancin' In The Streets
So Savoeun: The Golden Voice Of Phnom Penh
Fred Frith/Maria Portugal: Matter
#November10](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of7djxg7k4bde7qyeba6lwqr/bafkreihzaxdnuxg26dx255z45yl23gtkdlkcbzhtpdbhrjh4lqoiu63y54@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yeah, the quietus albums of the year list is great an' all, but have you seen my favourite new albums I listened to in November? 😉
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ACID HORSE 26 is launched!
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
ACID HORSE 26 is launched!
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
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Not rude things, a thread:
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not rude things, a thread:
Knock knock
Who's there?
Dunap
And like a child you fall in to it, every time. Like a child.
Who's there?
Dunap
And like a child you fall in to it, every time. Like a child.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Knock knock
Who's there?
Dunap
And like a child you fall in to it, every time. Like a child.
Who's there?
Dunap
And like a child you fall in to it, every time. Like a child.
Being confused is fine x
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Being confused is fine x
Cover band that plays endlessly elaborated versions of half-remembered prog rock songs, called Proustian Rush
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Cover band that plays endlessly elaborated versions of half-remembered prog rock songs, called Proustian Rush
#NowPlaying
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#NowPlaying
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
This is a glorious tangle of plucks and plonks and dancing sax
ACAB includes sleeping policemen
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACAB includes sleeping policemen
Think I might change everything with the power of thought
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Think I might change everything with the power of thought
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Bone is rather dusty, sir.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bone is rather dusty, sir.
#NowPlaying
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#NowPlaying
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
Rediscovering a wonderful old friend. Top drawer ambient dub gubs.
#NowPlaying
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#NowPlaying
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
On my third listen to this today. It's like the drug ecstasy. I want to kiss you all. And cadge a smoke.
Aether - The Necks
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![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Ginger, though. I really recommend ginger.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ginger, though. I really recommend ginger.
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Lea Bertucci's excellent new LP 'The Oracle' is here - a suite of deep & mysterious voice studies, synth symphonies and woodwind experiments, tipped if you're on the line from Sarah Davachi to Martyna Basta, early Grouper to Christina Vantzou
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Lea Bertucci's excellent new LP 'The Oracle' is here - a suite of deep & mysterious voice studies, synth symphonies and woodwind experiments, tipped if you're on the line from Sarah Davachi to Martyna Basta, early Grouper to Christina Vantzou
boomkat.com/products/the...
boomkat.com/products/the...
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It hurts and I want to die and I'd welcome a couple of nice things
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It hurts and I want to die and I'd welcome a couple of nice things
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I've drawn a vein diagram
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I've drawn a vein diagram