nickinko
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By the wild sea-wall I wandered
Blinded by the salting sun,
While the sulky Channel thundered
Like an old Trafalgar gun.
Blinded by the salting sun,
While the sulky Channel thundered
Like an old Trafalgar gun.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
By the wild sea-wall I wandered
Blinded by the salting sun,
While the sulky Channel thundered
Like an old Trafalgar gun.
Blinded by the salting sun,
While the sulky Channel thundered
Like an old Trafalgar gun.
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Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
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The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, by Hilma af Klint, 1907 (rotated), 📸 by @WeversAndrew
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, by Hilma af Klint, 1907 (rotated), 📸 by @WeversAndrew
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"When he glanced at the tape, he saw the iron oxide flaking off, that he was catalyzing the very process he hoped to pre-empt. He let it happen for nearly an hour, then repeated the process with five more loops."
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life
The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"When he glanced at the tape, he saw the iron oxide flaking off, that he was catalyzing the very process he hoped to pre-empt. He let it happen for nearly an hour, then repeated the process with five more loops."
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
And the ambient album I've played the most this year is The Glass Curtain by Billow Orchestra, perfect for background or headphone listening. billowobservatory.bandcamp.com/album/the-gl...
The Glass Curtain, by Billow Observatory
9 track album
billowobservatory.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And the ambient album I've played the most this year is The Glass Curtain by Billow Orchestra, perfect for background or headphone listening. billowobservatory.bandcamp.com/album/the-gl...
The clow burn grower of 2025 for me has been Abul Mogard's excellent Quiet Pieces album, the record of his I've most enjoyed since he first appeared with Works a few years ago
abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-...
abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-...
Quiet Pieces, by Abul Mogard
5 track album
abulmogard.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The clow burn grower of 2025 for me has been Abul Mogard's excellent Quiet Pieces album, the record of his I've most enjoyed since he first appeared with Works a few years ago
abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-...
abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-...
Just read Alexander Baron's The Human Kind, the 3rd in his war trilogy ( shop.iwm.org.uk/collections/... ), all of which I've read this year after discovering him through his later London novel, The Lowlife. Very affecting and gripping writing. #books #alexanderbaron #iwm
Wartime Classics | War Novels | IWM Shop
This collection offers some of the most compelling war novels ever written. Don't miss our exclusive offer: buy two books and get a third one free.
shop.iwm.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just read Alexander Baron's The Human Kind, the 3rd in his war trilogy ( shop.iwm.org.uk/collections/... ), all of which I've read this year after discovering him through his later London novel, The Lowlife. Very affecting and gripping writing. #books #alexanderbaron #iwm
Just finished my fifth László Krasznahorkai (Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming). Such a brilliant writer.
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just finished my fifth László Krasznahorkai (Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming). Such a brilliant writer.
Terible news about Dave Ball. It's difficult to overstate the effect Soft Cell had on me as a kid. Thanks for the brilliant music, Dave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ER...
Soft Cell - Soul Inside (TOTP 1983)
YouTube video by Top Of The Pops Redubbed
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Terible news about Dave Ball. It's difficult to overstate the effect Soft Cell had on me as a kid. Thanks for the brilliant music, Dave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ER...
Thinking of messaging Fesshole to say how scared I am about the upcoming Autechre show.
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thinking of messaging Fesshole to say how scared I am about the upcoming Autechre show.
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Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
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Counterpoint: Yes it fucking does
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Chancellor backs Keir Starmer’s statement that policy to end indefinite leave to remain is racist, but says many Reform supporters would be ‘horrified’ by it
Q: You are saying you don’t call supporters of Reform racist. But it looks as if you don’t understand people’s concerns.
Reeves says the government should call out policies that are wrong. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Counterpoint: Yes it fucking does
RIP Tony Harrison. Long Distance II by Tony Harrison - Poems | Academy of American Poets share.google/AkL2ygh5rIAS...
Long Distance II
Though my mother was already two years dead
share.google
September 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
RIP Tony Harrison. Long Distance II by Tony Harrison - Poems | Academy of American Poets share.google/AkL2ygh5rIAS...
For #WorldCassowaryDay :
Two #cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)
L: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
R: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu www.catawiki.com/en/c/1261-ja...
#BirdsInArt
Two #cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)
L: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
R: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu www.catawiki.com/en/c/1261-ja...
#BirdsInArt
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Animal Collective
Throwing Muses
Autechre
Throwing Muses
Autechre
If you were allowed to only listen to three bands for the rest of your days who would they be?
For me….
The Beatles
The Style Council
Oasis.
For me….
The Beatles
The Style Council
Oasis.
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Animal Collective
Throwing Muses
Autechre
Throwing Muses
Autechre
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14 ICED BEARS AUTUMN TOUR
Oct 2 London The Victoria, Dalston
Oct 3 Brighton The Hope and Ruin
Oct 4 Southend. Craftwerk Beers (free entry)
Oct 10 Preston The Continental
Oct 11 Exeter Cavern
Oct 12 Coventry Just Dropped In
Oct 2 London The Victoria, Dalston
Oct 3 Brighton The Hope and Ruin
Oct 4 Southend. Craftwerk Beers (free entry)
Oct 10 Preston The Continental
Oct 11 Exeter Cavern
Oct 12 Coventry Just Dropped In
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
14 ICED BEARS AUTUMN TOUR
Oct 2 London The Victoria, Dalston
Oct 3 Brighton The Hope and Ruin
Oct 4 Southend. Craftwerk Beers (free entry)
Oct 10 Preston The Continental
Oct 11 Exeter Cavern
Oct 12 Coventry Just Dropped In
Oct 2 London The Victoria, Dalston
Oct 3 Brighton The Hope and Ruin
Oct 4 Southend. Craftwerk Beers (free entry)
Oct 10 Preston The Continental
Oct 11 Exeter Cavern
Oct 12 Coventry Just Dropped In
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'eau', my album with Mariska Baars (soccer Committee) is now available to download for any price you see fit, on my Bandcamp.
Here's a Substack post I wrote about it:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
And here's the album:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
Here's a Substack post I wrote about it:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
And here's the album:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
eau, with Mariska Baars
Nowadays I regularly put albums on Bandcamp as a free (if you wish*) download.
machinefabriek.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
'eau', my album with Mariska Baars (soccer Committee) is now available to download for any price you see fit, on my Bandcamp.
Here's a Substack post I wrote about it:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
And here's the album:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
Here's a Substack post I wrote about it:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
And here's the album:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/eau-with-mariska-baars
I'm not Stewart Lee, but I also absolutely recommend the mighty 14 Iced Bears in London (and Brighton!)
Cheers to the legendary Stewart Lee for his recommendation about our upcoming gig in London
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
www.stewartlee.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I'm not Stewart Lee, but I also absolutely recommend the mighty 14 Iced Bears in London (and Brighton!)
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Cheers to the legendary Stewart Lee for his recommendation about our upcoming gig in London
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
www.stewartlee.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Cheers to the legendary Stewart Lee for his recommendation about our upcoming gig in London
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
www.stewartlee.co.uk/2025/09/from...
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
Family are away so had a quiet weekend with the cat, reading/drawing music: Marsen Jules ~ Les Fleurs, Stars Of The Lid ~ Music For Nitrous Oxide, Tape Loop Orchestra ~ The Burnley Brass Band Plays On In My Heart, Keith Fullerton Whitman ~ Playthroughs, Billow Observatory ~ The Glass Curtain
July 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Family are away so had a quiet weekend with the cat, reading/drawing music: Marsen Jules ~ Les Fleurs, Stars Of The Lid ~ Music For Nitrous Oxide, Tape Loop Orchestra ~ The Burnley Brass Band Plays On In My Heart, Keith Fullerton Whitman ~ Playthroughs, Billow Observatory ~ The Glass Curtain
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I literally live on a council estate in Archway. I have a mezuzah on my door, my next-door neighbours are Iranian.
It's totally completely fine? Sorry, actually, it's nice. We have little chats. Take in each other's parcels. They bring me delicious iftar during Ramadan. I lend them my garden hose.
It's totally completely fine? Sorry, actually, it's nice. We have little chats. Take in each other's parcels. They bring me delicious iftar during Ramadan. I lend them my garden hose.
"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
July 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I literally live on a council estate in Archway. I have a mezuzah on my door, my next-door neighbours are Iranian.
It's totally completely fine? Sorry, actually, it's nice. We have little chats. Take in each other's parcels. They bring me delicious iftar during Ramadan. I lend them my garden hose.
It's totally completely fine? Sorry, actually, it's nice. We have little chats. Take in each other's parcels. They bring me delicious iftar during Ramadan. I lend them my garden hose.
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Descent into Hell, by Duccio, 1308-11, 📸 by Noe Llamas
July 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Descent into Hell, by Duccio, 1308-11, 📸 by Noe Llamas