David Byrne has been uploading a themed playlist of music on the 1st of every month for over ten years now, and it's grown into a pretty incredible archive. www.davidbyrne.com/radio#filter...

“To me, ‘Driver 8’ is probably the quintessential R.E.M. song of that particular period.” - Peter Buck. Guitar School interview, 1993

“Driver 8” was released as a single on this day in 1985–the second single from Fables Of The Reconstruction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFI...

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It’s ‘Left of west and coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck

Driving on motorways is becoming hard work what with having to flick the v's at both Teslas *and* flags on bridges.

Just finished rewriting the overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on empathy, inclusion and diversity. It's still a work in progress but please feel free to use and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

The ‘Salt Path’ couple have ruined my chances of ever getting my heart-rending true story published about me walking all the way to Morrisons to secure a Meal Deal in the face of a sore throat.

Nobody needs a revived version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Buffy is fine left just as it was after seven seasons. What we need is a 1970s-set prequel centred around the mysterious misspent youth of Rupert Giles.

Some more background to the book here: tomcox.substack.com/p/a-great-sc...

Nobody needs a Buffy reboot. Buffy is perfect left just as it was after seven seasons. What we need is a 1970s-set prequel centred around the mysterious misspent youth of Rupert Giles.

I love that Michael Shannon is fronting a tribute band to REM

m.youtube.com/watch?v=qV1Y...

“Contains Giblets”

First cocktail of Christmas. Cosmopolitan. Grown up but quite citrus/summery with the lime juice and triple sec. Good start though

Since we have a lot of new people here, I'm going to shamelessly self-promote anew. Here are some recommendations for great folk horror from the current decade!

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