Barnaby Harsent
@jahshabby.bsky.social
Writer and occasional DJ. Supplying poetry and music to rooms of largely indifferent drunks.
https://linktr.ee/jahshabby
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Yeah - I've been getting that a lot lately!
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yeah - I've been getting that a lot lately!
Yes! (I have all her books).
She writes in a way I could never, which is partly why I love her stuff I think. I love the way she reads too. She has flashes of absurdist stand-up brilliance, but with an incredible emotional sucker punch.
Lat night she was on fire - proper greatest hits gear!
She writes in a way I could never, which is partly why I love her stuff I think. I love the way she reads too. She has flashes of absurdist stand-up brilliance, but with an incredible emotional sucker punch.
Lat night she was on fire - proper greatest hits gear!
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Yes! (I have all her books).
She writes in a way I could never, which is partly why I love her stuff I think. I love the way she reads too. She has flashes of absurdist stand-up brilliance, but with an incredible emotional sucker punch.
Lat night she was on fire - proper greatest hits gear!
She writes in a way I could never, which is partly why I love her stuff I think. I love the way she reads too. She has flashes of absurdist stand-up brilliance, but with an incredible emotional sucker punch.
Lat night she was on fire - proper greatest hits gear!
Soho Poly Poetry - organised by Hannah Copely. Line up was Caroline Bird (whose poetry is wonderfully singular and funny and affecting), Will Harris (who I'd not read before - now on my must-buy list), and Joelle Taylor (who I'd not heard read before - live she's something else, just incredible).
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Soho Poly Poetry - organised by Hannah Copely. Line up was Caroline Bird (whose poetry is wonderfully singular and funny and affecting), Will Harris (who I'd not read before - now on my must-buy list), and Joelle Taylor (who I'd not heard read before - live she's something else, just incredible).
Oh wow...
I mean... Christ. This is phenomenal.
Incredible timing, too. I'm on a train heading home after an incredible triple bill of poetry, having literally just put down Soi-même to take a breather after being knocked sideways by "Brain as radula".
The whole pamphlet is a joy. As is this.
I mean... Christ. This is phenomenal.
Incredible timing, too. I'm on a train heading home after an incredible triple bill of poetry, having literally just put down Soi-même to take a breather after being knocked sideways by "Brain as radula".
The whole pamphlet is a joy. As is this.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Oh wow...
I mean... Christ. This is phenomenal.
Incredible timing, too. I'm on a train heading home after an incredible triple bill of poetry, having literally just put down Soi-même to take a breather after being knocked sideways by "Brain as radula".
The whole pamphlet is a joy. As is this.
I mean... Christ. This is phenomenal.
Incredible timing, too. I'm on a train heading home after an incredible triple bill of poetry, having literally just put down Soi-même to take a breather after being knocked sideways by "Brain as radula".
The whole pamphlet is a joy. As is this.
Was playing Bloodsport just last night as it goes - superb lp that.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Was playing Bloodsport just last night as it goes - superb lp that.
😂😂😂 I've deleted it - although I was replying to you, I was also in the midst of sorting a work issue. Managed to get mynwires crossed, meaning I put his name in the reply to you!
I may need to concentrate on one thing at a time! Apologies.
I may need to concentrate on one thing at a time! Apologies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
😂😂😂 I've deleted it - although I was replying to you, I was also in the midst of sorting a work issue. Managed to get mynwires crossed, meaning I put his name in the reply to you!
I may need to concentrate on one thing at a time! Apologies.
I may need to concentrate on one thing at a time! Apologies.
Hard to pick a "best" Dinosaur Jr LP, but this puts in a very good case for it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hard to pick a "best" Dinosaur Jr LP, but this puts in a very good case for it.
Seen the clips, looking forward to a longer watch. Really good to see you getting your mug(gs) out there. X
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Seen the clips, looking forward to a longer watch. Really good to see you getting your mug(gs) out there. X
There's a beautiful narrative simplicity to this that's really impressive Matt and, in my experience at least, very hard to pull off this successfully.
There's an honesty to it that we're sorely missing in most political discourse atm.
There's an honesty to it that we're sorely missing in most political discourse atm.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There's a beautiful narrative simplicity to this that's really impressive Matt and, in my experience at least, very hard to pull off this successfully.
There's an honesty to it that we're sorely missing in most political discourse atm.
There's an honesty to it that we're sorely missing in most political discourse atm.
I certainly didn't take it as that! 😂
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I certainly didn't take it as that! 😂
Wish I could - especially after missing last Sunday, but Wednesdays are reserved for karate. Always a great turn-out and such a fantastic camaraderie at Black Bough open mics.
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Wish I could - especially after missing last Sunday, but Wednesdays are reserved for karate. Always a great turn-out and such a fantastic camaraderie at Black Bough open mics.
The sub and the chief sub who let it through...
It's a genuinely ballsy move.
It's a genuinely ballsy move.
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The sub and the chief sub who let it through...
It's a genuinely ballsy move.
It's a genuinely ballsy move.
Oh wow! I'm so glad you like it. I spent some of the day editing and looking back at old work.
The prompt helped me see an old piece in a new light, so I salvaged a couple of lines and used them as a starter.
Not sure it's as on-brief as your wonderful piece, but it's close enough. :)
The prompt helped me see an old piece in a new light, so I salvaged a couple of lines and used them as a starter.
Not sure it's as on-brief as your wonderful piece, but it's close enough. :)
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh wow! I'm so glad you like it. I spent some of the day editing and looking back at old work.
The prompt helped me see an old piece in a new light, so I salvaged a couple of lines and used them as a starter.
Not sure it's as on-brief as your wonderful piece, but it's close enough. :)
The prompt helped me see an old piece in a new light, so I salvaged a couple of lines and used them as a starter.
Not sure it's as on-brief as your wonderful piece, but it's close enough. :)