S P Burton
@spburton.bsky.social
Some guy in Scotland trying to write strange stuff. Ex scientist. Current nothing. Occasional maker of dusty musical rambles. First novel coming soon...
The problem with making electronic music is that all basslines sound ridiculous after hearing them a thousand times.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The problem with making electronic music is that all basslines sound ridiculous after hearing them a thousand times.
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REACHING THE SUN VOL. 2
34 more minutes of consciousness, art, astronomy and magic!
Listen on MW Music:
music.markuswidegren.se/album-reaching-the-sun-vol-2
Listen (and buy?) on Bandcamp:
markuswidegren.bandcamp.com/album/reaching-the-sun-vol-2
34 more minutes of consciousness, art, astronomy and magic!
Listen on MW Music:
music.markuswidegren.se/album-reaching-the-sun-vol-2
Listen (and buy?) on Bandcamp:
markuswidegren.bandcamp.com/album/reaching-the-sun-vol-2
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
REACHING THE SUN VOL. 2
34 more minutes of consciousness, art, astronomy and magic!
Listen on MW Music:
music.markuswidegren.se/album-reaching-the-sun-vol-2
Listen (and buy?) on Bandcamp:
markuswidegren.bandcamp.com/album/reaching-the-sun-vol-2
34 more minutes of consciousness, art, astronomy and magic!
Listen on MW Music:
music.markuswidegren.se/album-reaching-the-sun-vol-2
Listen (and buy?) on Bandcamp:
markuswidegren.bandcamp.com/album/reaching-the-sun-vol-2
We will know the Kali Yuga is over when the saxophone retakes its natural place at the heart of pop music.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We will know the Kali Yuga is over when the saxophone retakes its natural place at the heart of pop music.
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Submissions are open for November’s theme and guest editor @ccohanlon.bsky.social awaits your contributions::
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NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
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November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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I managed to make tofu that was too rich.
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I managed to make tofu that was too rich.
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Book mail. Next month look for an excellent essay about this, Ava Kavan's first collection under her chosen pen name, at @minorliteratures.bsky.social Three pages into reading the submission I had to stop and search out a copy for myself!
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Book mail. Next month look for an excellent essay about this, Ava Kavan's first collection under her chosen pen name, at @minorliteratures.bsky.social Three pages into reading the submission I had to stop and search out a copy for myself!
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Every path of knowledge traced back to its route dissolves into mystery.
October 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Every path of knowledge traced back to its route dissolves into mystery.
I've finally started to write my paranormal non-fiction book. I would very much like this project to completely devour me.
October 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I've finally started to write my paranormal non-fiction book. I would very much like this project to completely devour me.
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A free book. Because we were moved to make it. A confederacy of weirdos. An homage to Ligotti. An encrimsoning.
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A free book. Because we were moved to make it. A confederacy of weirdos. An homage to Ligotti. An encrimsoning.
Philosophers make some wild leaps with their comparisons. Just read JJC Smart saying that the existence of self-flying airplanes means teleology contains no mystery. I often wonder if I'm missing something.
October 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Philosophers make some wild leaps with their comparisons. Just read JJC Smart saying that the existence of self-flying airplanes means teleology contains no mystery. I often wonder if I'm missing something.
Alien Earth should have been a limited series. He should have followed the Fargo model basically.
October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Alien Earth should have been a limited series. He should have followed the Fargo model basically.
I bloody love Chewier by Ozric Tentacles. More is more. It's an incredible production job too, to mix eight million parts together like that.
cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/chewier
cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/chewier
Chewier, by Ozric Tentacles
from the album Spirals In Hyperspace
cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I bloody love Chewier by Ozric Tentacles. More is more. It's an incredible production job too, to mix eight million parts together like that.
cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/chewier
cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/chewier
It's Bandcamp Friday so here's a dreamy thing from what is apparently nearly ten years ago.
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Early Flight, by TimeDog
from the album Another's Solitude
timedog.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's Bandcamp Friday so here's a dreamy thing from what is apparently nearly ten years ago.
timedog.bandcamp.com/track/early-...
timedog.bandcamp.com/track/early-...
There was a cat on here playing ambient the other day, so I thought I'd showcase a short part of Mooncat's new Works for Organ.
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
There was a cat on here playing ambient the other day, so I thought I'd showcase a short part of Mooncat's new Works for Organ.
What an incredible resource. Robert Kuhn has collated a comprehensive and up-to-date list of the theories of consciousness. Over 300. The expansion of theories, rather than a reduction occurring in the light of scientific progress, is interesting in itself.
loc.closertotruth.com
loc.closertotruth.com
Explore consciousness theories and implications
A global hub for theories of consciousness—authenticated by leading theorists, designed for professional consciousness communities, and open to all
loc.closertotruth.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What an incredible resource. Robert Kuhn has collated a comprehensive and up-to-date list of the theories of consciousness. Over 300. The expansion of theories, rather than a reduction occurring in the light of scientific progress, is interesting in itself.
loc.closertotruth.com
loc.closertotruth.com
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“The hand of an over-electrified person, placed on a plate gives a very remarkable impression of the electrified cutaneous surface” — one of the many remarkable attempts to capture “vital cosmic force” in Dr. Hippolyte Baraduc's The Human Soul (1896): publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The hand of an over-electrified person, placed on a plate gives a very remarkable impression of the electrified cutaneous surface” — one of the many remarkable attempts to capture “vital cosmic force” in Dr. Hippolyte Baraduc's The Human Soul (1896): publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...
Vegan oat bite thingies. Palatable. Exactly what you'd expect from someone with cats named Moon and Maya. Me, that is.
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Vegan oat bite thingies. Palatable. Exactly what you'd expect from someone with cats named Moon and Maya. Me, that is.
Strange experiences could be seen as a personal, living and evolving Tarot deck.
September 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Strange experiences could be seen as a personal, living and evolving Tarot deck.
The Trickster is the ontological primitive of the paranormal.
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Trickster is the ontological primitive of the paranormal.
The best optical illusion is a typo appearing in a paragraph you've read a thousand times.
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The best optical illusion is a typo appearing in a paragraph you've read a thousand times.
Old hotel biscuits for breakfast in the park.
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Old hotel biscuits for breakfast in the park.
There should be announcement-free carriages on trains.
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
There should be announcement-free carriages on trains.
Thinking about that telly I once had, with a button on its remote to throw you to a random teletext page and how I should have used it for divinatory purposes.
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thinking about that telly I once had, with a button on its remote to throw you to a random teletext page and how I should have used it for divinatory purposes.
Hegel's Science of Logic, in German, at the local Tesco's book drop.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hegel's Science of Logic, in German, at the local Tesco's book drop.