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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · Sep 4

Having a tape stock sale, from now until end of #BandcampFriday.

I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20

Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Aug 25

Some waffle about the Yorke/Donwood exhibition, embracing a loose creative process, and why an album can be "good art". colly.com/journal/this...

This Is What You Get

Radiohead’s music and art are inseparable, and a constant source of inspiration for me. I couldn’t miss this exhibition at The Ashmolean in Oxford.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Aug 19

Some reflections on the big Goldsworthy show and why I think environmental art creates a necessary dialogue between humanity and nature, inviting us to participate in its cycles, understand its processes, and recognise our place within it. colly.com/journal/andy...

Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years

Ways of seeing and feeling that I first learned from land artists have remained invaluable. This extensive show offered a chance to reconnect with one of my favourites.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Aug 14

Everyone criticises this album but I've always loved it; lots of good Kid A/mnesiac shit still going on throughout and these performances illuminate loads of those details. Where I End's climax is definitely a standout here and also those weird string sounds on Sail To The Moon.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Aug 7

Thanks, Andy. Yeah, I think I love the north as much as you love the south; I need to spend more time in Devon, always inspired by your adventures.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Aug 5

Notes from another short trip: remote landscapes, outdoor experiments, the art of light and space, exploring our universe, meeting owls and eagles, queuing for pâtisserie, and supporting amateur sumo. colly.com/journal/a-fe...

A few more days up North

It’s becoming a habit that we head up North each Summer. This time we spent a few days in remote Northumberland, before heading to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Motherwell.

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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · Jul 21

Notes and audio clips from a recent field recording session with Dr. Marcus Headley — revealing the hidden electromagnetic soundscape and capturing the audible world with greater clarity and intention. colly.com/journal/deep...

Deep listening: an afternoon of advanced sound discovery

My recent session with a field recording expert was truly ear-opening. If you’re curious how Greenwich sounds through shotgun mics, hydrophones, electromagnets, anti-radios, bat detectors and binaural...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 16

‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts

National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Jul 17

The Major Oak means a lot to us in Notts, and it was upsetting to see such poor leaf coverage (due largely to extreme heat and drought) earlier this month. Huge gratitude to the people working hard to relieve its stress and protect what's left of Sherwood Forest. markavery.info/2025/07/17/r...

RSPB press release: Drought adding to challenge of caring for Sherwood Forest’s iconic Major Oak – Mark Avery

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Jul 15

Ah, wonderful! You'll love it.

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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · Jul 15

I ran into the CAMP residency (“a place to think/work/create/live”) via @colly.com's journal and, after mulling it over for a while, decided to sign up for a week of my own in November. I aim to dedicate it to writing. Really looking forward.

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Notes tagged 'camp france'

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RSPB Action @rspbaction.bsky.social · Jul 2

Protecting nature doesn’t stop us building.

The Planning Bill still threatens our most precious habitats. It’s now in the Lords - and it needs to change.

Read what happened in the debate 👇
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Simon Collison @colly.com · Jun 30

Another week in my favourite place. Wild weather, dizzying deep time, political landscapes, and soggy teens.
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Another week in Edale

We returned to the tiny cottage in Barber Booth we’d enjoyed for a few days last summer. I’d intended a week of field work, but the weather had other ideas.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Jun 29

Expanded here: colly.com/journal/ingl...

Inglorious

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Simon Collison @colly.com · Jun 29

Driven grouse shooting should be banned entirely and our uplands—drained and burned by the rich for grouse farming—returned to health. Decades of work have failed, so perhaps we should try licensing, but birds of prey will still be killed in appalling ways, and I'll likely never see a Hen Harrier.

RSPB Action @rspbaction.bsky.social · Jun 26

The illegal killing of our beautiful birds must stop.

It’s good to see MPs will be debating this urgent issue on Monday.

Thank you to everyone who's spoken up so far. We’re close to getting the change our upland wildlife needs.

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Jun 26

The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️

A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors.

A thread…

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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · Jun 3

Closing in on something.

Ten photos of various experimental arrangements on a green cutting mat. Most items are contained within a plain reel to reel box, and the item placeholders include reels, cassettes, unspooled tape, photos, notes, data sheets, and other things.

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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · May 12

My recent short residency at @campfr.bsky.social with other musicians and artists was a transformative experience, and the perfect start to this Summer's ACE-funded activity.

I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...

Monopoly of Bells play their first ever show in the main studio at Camp.

A cyclist tackles one of the many hairpins on Col d'Agnes.

Tascam DR-40 recording close to ferns and mosses.

Photo of a Saturday night improv jam in the main studio. The light is low so the four figures appear almost in silhouette. The nearest plays piano, one plays a wind instrument, others percussion.

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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · May 6

Seeing sound and feeling things: “Being at Camp has actually helped me shed any remaining feelings of inadequacy. I now feel like I too am a legitimate musician, with absolutely nothing to apologise for or doubt.” colly.com/journal/seei...

Monopoly of Bells plays their first ever show in the main studio at Camp.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · May 3

I’m walking it back to the village. At least eight hairpins like this. Wow.

A cyclist tackles a hairpin on the Col d’Agnes.

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Simon Collison @colly.com · May 3

One for my cycling pals: I just hiked (through the woods) to the top of the famed Col d’Agnes. So many here puffing their way up. Just look at those hairpins!