*painfully awkward reminder that my book would make the perfect Christmas gift for any fans of teenage hedonism*

Telstar Ponies were an obscure Glasgow band in the mid 1990s; and I discovered them for myself buying a secondhand CD in York of a Fire Records compilation. Here is a beautiful if but gothic-tinged Christmas lament from them: tidal.com/track/273003...

As promised, 2024 vinyl:
No-Soft Riot,
I’m Totally Fine…-Arab Strap,
In There Like Swimwear-The Martial Arts,
Extreme-Molly Nilsson,
High on Ripple-Dragged Up,
No Souvenirs-Fightmilk,
Sleep Now Forever-Sorrow,
Inside-Free Love,
Arseholes, Liars, And Electronic Pioneers-Paranoid London

My profile header image is a jpg I made to refer to Michael Donaghy’s poem about blossoms in reverse. A beautiful but brutal poem.

I’ve bought a lot of vinyl this year but haven’t been able to play it because my music setup isn’t sorted at home. It’s going to be fixed for 2025. I love music as much as literature. So, I’ll post pics of the vinyl I’ve bought — give me an hour ;-)

Usually, my music tastes are too bizarre to share. But I’ve made a very ridiculous electroclash playlist for myself for secret reasons, and I think some of you might enjoy it: tidal.com/playlist/84b...

Seeing as my first post was a book post, I’ll make my second post about books too. 2024 list:
(Titles in next post below the photo)

I’ve nearly finished All My Precious Madness, by @markabowles.bsky.social. I’ve laughed & cried, which a novel rarely rouses me to. I’ve eaten the narrator’s linguistic literary cornucopia while being towed under by exquisite irony into an abyss. The best novel I’ve read this year.