Goodbye to our cat Alfie, who left us last night far too soon and suddenly.

Garbage's Shirley Manson on the terrible new reality facing up and coming bands, which turns out to be my standard experience of touring over the years.

Source: Chart-topping band can't afford to tour anymore due to 'thievery of the record industry' | Metro News metro.co.uk/2025/09/22/c...

Fashion plate.

After way too long (over 3 years!) I finally have new music almost ready for release. The album Ballyhoodunnit will be done next year, heralded soon with a 5 track EP. Here's the draft artwork for the EP - still working on the concept, but I seem to have developed a taste for punny titles.

Having downloaded my archive from the House that Elon Wrecked I've been going through the media folder finding random stuff I'd posted completely out of context.

Apparently at some point this was called for.

Maybe you could describe it as "Like Chicken, Apparently"

Post you from a different era 🤓🤘🏽

Same energy?

I didn't even know that was a thing, but you seem to be unlocking achievements. First tetchy flounce guy, now this.

I know French political history can touch nerves, though. I lost a singing student over my translation of La Chanson de Croane.

Percy looks familiar.
'Ave you seen it?

His second career was more successful.

Google lens translate reveals a Gamera haiku.