Derek Walmsley
derekwalmsley.bsky.social
Derek Walmsley
@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog
much better ending than last year. brilliant, unexpected stuff
January 24, 2026 at 1:01 AM
That's great! I couldn't be happier. Once you notice noise on public transport, you become aware it's actually really noisy. And TFL are thankfully now encouraging people to use headphones with personal conversations and the like
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Excellent work this morning. Give yourself the rest of the day off.
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
ha. sorry. I think I remember a while back you comparing Callum Mcmanaman to Alan Partridge’s Colossal Velocity. And now this new name. They’re all fun to say! No more than that
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Genuinely one of the prime social opportunities of the pandemic
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“You mean the AI porn place?”
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
delighted to be introduced to something even harder than Finnish.
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
And it looks like it must relate to this, which I don’t think I’d ever even heard of before. Maybe we can forgive the bookstore guy…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauma_d...
Rauma dialect - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The idea of no-go areas in London is entirely unsupported by evidence
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
the youtube clips online 🔥
January 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM