listening with my one good ear* to Ligeti’s Requiem while filling out my Year End Conversation. It fits perfectly.
*Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, another physical breakage thrown on the pile, eh
*Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, another physical breakage thrown on the pile, eh
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
listening with my one good ear* to Ligeti’s Requiem while filling out my Year End Conversation. It fits perfectly.
*Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, another physical breakage thrown on the pile, eh
*Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, another physical breakage thrown on the pile, eh
Cracked.
Heel.
Balm.
Just another waypoint on the road to turning-into-my-mother.
Heel.
Balm.
Just another waypoint on the road to turning-into-my-mother.
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Cracked.
Heel.
Balm.
Just another waypoint on the road to turning-into-my-mother.
Heel.
Balm.
Just another waypoint on the road to turning-into-my-mother.
sick-of-my-shit #3385 is a Christmas cake and this year it’s 1] lighter than the Slater I’ve been doing since year dot and 2] probably too late but heck: fruitcake.
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
sick-of-my-shit #3385 is a Christmas cake and this year it’s 1] lighter than the Slater I’ve been doing since year dot and 2] probably too late but heck: fruitcake.
steeped ingredients for a Christmas pudding and now A. NAP.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
steeped ingredients for a Christmas pudding and now A. NAP.
I’ve been watching The New Pope a thousand years after everyone else. I didn’t know it was Sorrentino/Bigazzi!
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve been watching The New Pope a thousand years after everyone else. I didn’t know it was Sorrentino/Bigazzi!
A third cheese shop is opening in Crouch End.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A third cheese shop is opening in Crouch End.
As I cannot get drawn into On_The_Calculation_Of… I turned to Shadow Ticket - but there’s a haze over it while my fogged brain attunes. Quite a lot of “*sigh* let me read that again” going on. This used to be easy.
tl;dr OAITW
tl;dr OAITW
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As I cannot get drawn into On_The_Calculation_Of… I turned to Shadow Ticket - but there’s a haze over it while my fogged brain attunes. Quite a lot of “*sigh* let me read that again” going on. This used to be easy.
tl;dr OAITW
tl;dr OAITW
read the Ryan Lizza thing about how he discovered Olivia Nuzzi‘s affairs and count the number of times you ask yourself “did Craig Brown write this?”. I hate that I know about these people.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
read the Ryan Lizza thing about how he discovered Olivia Nuzzi‘s affairs and count the number of times you ask yourself “did Craig Brown write this?”. I hate that I know about these people.
fitba eh? bloody hell.
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
fitba eh? bloody hell.
the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition is a really good reveal of a painter who had worked in a commercial artist/illustrator environment. Lots of ‘knocked out marker rough’ energy here.
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition is a really good reveal of a painter who had worked in a commercial artist/illustrator environment. Lots of ‘knocked out marker rough’ energy here.
tryna oxalic acid the stains out of a pair of old Tannoys and sort of losing my nerve.
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
tryna oxalic acid the stains out of a pair of old Tannoys and sort of losing my nerve.
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Today’s restoration serving strong Virago Modern Classic energy
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today’s restoration serving strong Virago Modern Classic energy
What a thread. I was idly kicking around Florence for an ‘ignore my 60th’ in March anyway, but the Beato Angelico ends in Jan. Sooo…
Some art, then, and lots of details, as the details are exquisite.
Lorenzo Monaco, detail of the annunciation, Bartolini Salimbeni Altarpiece, c. 1420
Lorenzo Monaco, detail of the annunciation, Bartolini Salimbeni Altarpiece, c. 1420
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What a thread. I was idly kicking around Florence for an ‘ignore my 60th’ in March anyway, but the Beato Angelico ends in Jan. Sooo…
and nothing will happen.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
and nothing will happen.
ah crap, I just discovered that Barry McIlhenny died this year. RIP Barney Tabasco : /
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
ah crap, I just discovered that Barry McIlhenny died this year. RIP Barney Tabasco : /
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I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
Almost done with 2025 and so The Gentle People’s ‘Journey’ must be THIRTY YEARS OLD by now. Link is 41000 views in ten years, mostly by me.
TW: persistent use of Mancini’s Blue Mantilla
youtu.be/l0uEbTlmqFw
TW: persistent use of Mancini’s Blue Mantilla
youtu.be/l0uEbTlmqFw
The Gentle People - Journey
YouTube video by sirtak skg
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Almost done with 2025 and so The Gentle People’s ‘Journey’ must be THIRTY YEARS OLD by now. Link is 41000 views in ten years, mostly by me.
TW: persistent use of Mancini’s Blue Mantilla
youtu.be/l0uEbTlmqFw
TW: persistent use of Mancini’s Blue Mantilla
youtu.be/l0uEbTlmqFw