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I'd like to reassure you, but I'm not that kind of guy. Memorial Device ANT.
November books.
A fair mix again; pleased to have read the Reed biography. Enjoyed the Winter Fens. Will re-read the Sinclair.
A fair mix again; pleased to have read the Reed biography. Enjoyed the Winter Fens. Will re-read the Sinclair.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
November books.
A fair mix again; pleased to have read the Reed biography. Enjoyed the Winter Fens. Will re-read the Sinclair.
A fair mix again; pleased to have read the Reed biography. Enjoyed the Winter Fens. Will re-read the Sinclair.
Unrequested Oblique Strategy.
Being November, Ghosts of the past or from the future?
It's hard to know.
Being November, Ghosts of the past or from the future?
It's hard to know.
November 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Unrequested Oblique Strategy.
Being November, Ghosts of the past or from the future?
It's hard to know.
Being November, Ghosts of the past or from the future?
It's hard to know.
Books finished in October, some started in July, August and September...
From Parisian pavements to the Land of Fire; from between-the-wars Czech brewery life to abandoned islands. Deep space and deep jungle. But is the Pyramid Egyptian or Albanian?
From Parisian pavements to the Land of Fire; from between-the-wars Czech brewery life to abandoned islands. Deep space and deep jungle. But is the Pyramid Egyptian or Albanian?
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Books finished in October, some started in July, August and September...
From Parisian pavements to the Land of Fire; from between-the-wars Czech brewery life to abandoned islands. Deep space and deep jungle. But is the Pyramid Egyptian or Albanian?
From Parisian pavements to the Land of Fire; from between-the-wars Czech brewery life to abandoned islands. Deep space and deep jungle. But is the Pyramid Egyptian or Albanian?
September's done so here's it's books read pile. I appear to have been rereading certain favourites over recent months; can you spot this months?
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
September's done so here's it's books read pile. I appear to have been rereading certain favourites over recent months; can you spot this months?
Last September sunlight lands like a blow, golden, against the late green and turning tree leaves; the tree recalls the distant spring when the light bright-lit fresh growth even as it withdraws inside itself all it will reveal when winter's over.
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Last September sunlight lands like a blow, golden, against the late green and turning tree leaves; the tree recalls the distant spring when the light bright-lit fresh growth even as it withdraws inside itself all it will reveal when winter's over.
Coffee and company.
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Coffee and company.
Silent Land Time Machine's 2008 album, '&hopestill'.
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Silent Land Time Machine's 2008 album, '&hopestill'.
August books... or rather, more or less august books.
Some escapist, some informative, some enjoyable, some very necessary.
Some escapist, some informative, some enjoyable, some very necessary.
September 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
August books... or rather, more or less august books.
Some escapist, some informative, some enjoyable, some very necessary.
Some escapist, some informative, some enjoyable, some very necessary.
Norwich: a city of flint-filled walls. Rude not to go visit Sir Thomas Browne; harder to get a picture of his statue without a seagull perched on his head.
What words would he have had for our modern age? What would he have made of his own tomb?
What words would he have had for our modern age? What would he have made of his own tomb?
August 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Norwich: a city of flint-filled walls. Rude not to go visit Sir Thomas Browne; harder to get a picture of his statue without a seagull perched on his head.
What words would he have had for our modern age? What would he have made of his own tomb?
What words would he have had for our modern age? What would he have made of his own tomb?
The July read book pile, caught out in the garden where much has been read of late.
Some old favourites - authors and books - and some new ones, too. @stonelands.bsky.social is a stand-out for the megalithic accounts & emotional honesty; always a joy to read Lister-Kaye. And the brothers Reid...
Some old favourites - authors and books - and some new ones, too. @stonelands.bsky.social is a stand-out for the megalithic accounts & emotional honesty; always a joy to read Lister-Kaye. And the brothers Reid...
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The July read book pile, caught out in the garden where much has been read of late.
Some old favourites - authors and books - and some new ones, too. @stonelands.bsky.social is a stand-out for the megalithic accounts & emotional honesty; always a joy to read Lister-Kaye. And the brothers Reid...
Some old favourites - authors and books - and some new ones, too. @stonelands.bsky.social is a stand-out for the megalithic accounts & emotional honesty; always a joy to read Lister-Kaye. And the brothers Reid...
Preston: within earshot of the Japanese Garden waterfall, Avenham Park. I'm seeing damselflies, a dragonfly; my eye and attention are aligned. I realise the secret to watching them is to stop looking & start seeing.
Swifts & swallows swoop low follow the bowlcurve of the lawn.
Swifts & swallows swoop low follow the bowlcurve of the lawn.
July 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Preston: within earshot of the Japanese Garden waterfall, Avenham Park. I'm seeing damselflies, a dragonfly; my eye and attention are aligned. I realise the secret to watching them is to stop looking & start seeing.
Swifts & swallows swoop low follow the bowlcurve of the lawn.
Swifts & swallows swoop low follow the bowlcurve of the lawn.
The June book pile; on reflection, that's quite a heavy month given the presence of some of those books, not a lot of lightness there.
Thanks to @geoffprad1.bsky.social for the loan of one of them; others may be available to good homes if you ask quickly enough.
Thanks to @geoffprad1.bsky.social for the loan of one of them; others may be available to good homes if you ask quickly enough.
July 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The June book pile; on reflection, that's quite a heavy month given the presence of some of those books, not a lot of lightness there.
Thanks to @geoffprad1.bsky.social for the loan of one of them; others may be available to good homes if you ask quickly enough.
Thanks to @geoffprad1.bsky.social for the loan of one of them; others may be available to good homes if you ask quickly enough.
If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from your device without explanation,
June 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from your device without explanation,
Today's charter made me wonder if my grandad ever worked on any of these coaches in his dining car days.
A coach was called 'Balmoral', part of his final addres. As it left, I saw the diesel loco was named 'Scarborough Castle'; my grandparents lived in the town. Connections.
A coach was called 'Balmoral', part of his final addres. As it left, I saw the diesel loco was named 'Scarborough Castle'; my grandparents lived in the town. Connections.
June 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today's charter made me wonder if my grandad ever worked on any of these coaches in his dining car days.
A coach was called 'Balmoral', part of his final addres. As it left, I saw the diesel loco was named 'Scarborough Castle'; my grandparents lived in the town. Connections.
A coach was called 'Balmoral', part of his final addres. As it left, I saw the diesel loco was named 'Scarborough Castle'; my grandparents lived in the town. Connections.
Beg, borrow or just plain run to try and get to see #RemainInLight with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew.
It ain't no Mudd Club, it ain't no CBGBs, just but it's probably the best night out you could imagine I'd you're a Talking Heads fan.
It ain't no Mudd Club, it ain't no CBGBs, just but it's probably the best night out you could imagine I'd you're a Talking Heads fan.
June 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Beg, borrow or just plain run to try and get to see #RemainInLight with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew.
It ain't no Mudd Club, it ain't no CBGBs, just but it's probably the best night out you could imagine I'd you're a Talking Heads fan.
It ain't no Mudd Club, it ain't no CBGBs, just but it's probably the best night out you could imagine I'd you're a Talking Heads fan.
May book pile: two rereads (well... sixth time for the Sebald) two I'll venture into again.
Alexei Sayle's childhood autobiography was deeply amusing and intriguing - he must have come across my grandad once or twice! And 'The Ministry of Time' is both inventive and (...ahem) ...timely.
Alexei Sayle's childhood autobiography was deeply amusing and intriguing - he must have come across my grandad once or twice! And 'The Ministry of Time' is both inventive and (...ahem) ...timely.
June 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
May book pile: two rereads (well... sixth time for the Sebald) two I'll venture into again.
Alexei Sayle's childhood autobiography was deeply amusing and intriguing - he must have come across my grandad once or twice! And 'The Ministry of Time' is both inventive and (...ahem) ...timely.
Alexei Sayle's childhood autobiography was deeply amusing and intriguing - he must have come across my grandad once or twice! And 'The Ministry of Time' is both inventive and (...ahem) ...timely.
Delighted to hear @reversediorama.bsky.social talk tonight in Manchester about his book 'Volcanic Tongue', and show off the @weare1of100.bsky.social t-shirt.
Much needed, deeply appreciated and great to finally meet the legend that is @geoffprad1.bsky.social!
#memorialdevice
Much needed, deeply appreciated and great to finally meet the legend that is @geoffprad1.bsky.social!
#memorialdevice
May 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Delighted to hear @reversediorama.bsky.social talk tonight in Manchester about his book 'Volcanic Tongue', and show off the @weare1of100.bsky.social t-shirt.
Much needed, deeply appreciated and great to finally meet the legend that is @geoffprad1.bsky.social!
#memorialdevice
Much needed, deeply appreciated and great to finally meet the legend that is @geoffprad1.bsky.social!
#memorialdevice
I'd go with D: vibes of soundsystem culture, or Tom Waits turned up to 11
May 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'd go with D: vibes of soundsystem culture, or Tom Waits turned up to 11
Fifth re-read; this time, I'm making notes.
May 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fifth re-read; this time, I'm making notes.
In the area, rude not to call in.
May 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In the area, rude not to call in.
April's Reading. A good mix: dirty deed & derring do; mirrors, doubles and singularness; sea life and artists. Really enjoyed some of these, esp Hauntology, Kadare and Gray.
May 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
April's Reading. A good mix: dirty deed & derring do; mirrors, doubles and singularness; sea life and artists. Really enjoyed some of these, esp Hauntology, Kadare and Gray.
It's probably a tad late, but if you can get to the Hepworth in Wakefield before Tuesday, you'll catch the Forbidden Territories exhibition of surrealist art.
April 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's probably a tad late, but if you can get to the Hepworth in Wakefield before Tuesday, you'll catch the Forbidden Territories exhibition of surrealist art.
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)
April 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)
Reading pile for March; pleased that all fiction was in translation. Lem & Kang question deeply identity and what makes us who we are. Good to return to Bolano again and Tram 83 was a fair riot!
Elsewhere, John Cale's autobiography (I'm nearly the age he wrote it); Weird & Eerie mindfood.
Elsewhere, John Cale's autobiography (I'm nearly the age he wrote it); Weird & Eerie mindfood.
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reading pile for March; pleased that all fiction was in translation. Lem & Kang question deeply identity and what makes us who we are. Good to return to Bolano again and Tram 83 was a fair riot!
Elsewhere, John Cale's autobiography (I'm nearly the age he wrote it); Weird & Eerie mindfood.
Elsewhere, John Cale's autobiography (I'm nearly the age he wrote it); Weird & Eerie mindfood.