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I’ve been putting on folk, psych, country, electronica, experimental & avant-rock bands in small venues for nearly 20 years, designing flyers, record sleeves, running the door, sound, DJing and barely making a penny but I’ll “never be DIY” because I don’t rip off Black Flag. 🛠️

Is soundsystem culture not DIY? Running a folk club? Putting out your own hip hop mixtape? Punk DIY gatekeeping is simply hip rockism.

Tonight’s listening courtesy of the man Bobby Lee

Just looked at Springsteen tickets for Manchester next year. If you don’t want to sit in the nose bleed seats, tickets are… £877.

These are great, firstly because they look cool AF, but also because it bursts the goretex mafia’s lie that you need £300 boots, waterproof but breathable tech wear and Nordic walking poles to even go outside.

Going down a Harlan Ellison rabbit hole. Only interested in SF writers that look like this.

Strong ‘ruinously expensive/long lost/recently reissued on Dark Entries 1981 Italo disco 12’’ energy from this picture of Assad swimming in Putins pool.

Half a lifetime ago, my old band Canyon Family, recorded a version of East 17’s Stay Another Day. We swapped the white puffa jackets and 90s pop sheen for plaid and slowcore. Tis the season. canyonfamily.bandcamp.com/track/stay-ano…

My last show of the year is at Crumpsall Folk Club, Manchester, this Thursday. Floor spots too!

Mark Fisher was always there first...

S3x bots liking tweets about Mark Fisher is the sort of boring dystopia he always dreamed of.

Pivoting to RateYorMusic and Good Reads in 2025.

We Call It Acieed (Folk)

I’ve been looking for an excuse to exit this place for a while & over the last couple of months it’s absolutely imploded. There used to be a community of weirdo music types that would happily deep dive my every whim but now it’s just bots and incels. Think I’m done. Thx & bye✌️

Having a psychedelic Sunday at Ramblin' Roots Revue with Bobby Lee . 🌀 ✌️