Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
just discovered Justin Robertson’s Soho Radio show The Rotating Institute – love it
https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/the-rotating-institute-with-justin-robertson-060925/
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
i have been speaking to the artist shardcore recently. I love this music/video he has produced. Which he describes as having a creepy influencer vibe. What i think makes it great is the creepiness is understated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDaK70l0ZA&t=244s
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
also read Robert Harris’s Archangel. Terrible book. We stayed in Collioure, a large village just over the Spanish border into France. Wonderful place – Air B and B had the the most incredible collection of books – Henry Miller to Deborah Levy and all points inbetween. Though sadly, for me, all in French.…
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
And finally i have just got round to the reading The Swimmer Patrick Barkham’s biog of Roger Deakin. He wrote it as a conventional biography, tore it up and started again writing in Roger’s voice. Brilliant…
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
Nash from Much Ado About Books recommended this novel about the art collector Peggy Guggenhiem. Also a great read about a figure i had heard of but knew…
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
also loved this book about fraud, friendship and deceit in the art world. Gives a wonderful insight into the shady way the art world works.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-That-Glitters-Story-Friendship/dp/1788169964
Rcommendr posted an update 11 months ago
Back from hols, read some great books…
Loved this book about the battle between Open AI and Google’s Deep Mind for AI supremacy. Reminded me of Shoe Dog that great books…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
this made me laugh. Jah Wooble!
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
All round great guy and the ideas man’s ideas man, Robin Turner has a new Substack detailing his brain tumour.
https://acloudablossom.substack.com/about
acloudablossom.substack.com
Writings about a brain tumour and all the places that that diagnosis ends up taking you. Click to…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
always a joy to listen to John Niven, very funny man.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VI2LyrFWpWGKyPASIV5Ln?si=e3802d9c0d4744d4
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
thought this was very interesting
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jul/10/cosy-video-games-non-violent-cooking-farming-cozy
theguardian.com
Cosy video games are on an unstoppable rise. Will they unleash a darker side?
Non-violent games about cooking, farming or tidying now rival the more traditional…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
Loved this off-cuts interview with Mixmaster Morris
https://banbantonton.com/2025/07/10/interview-mixmaster-morris-the-irresistible-force/
banbantonton.com
Interview / Mixmaster Morris / The Irresistible Force
Back in February I spent a couple of hours with Mixmaster Morris, on Zoom. This resulted in…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
newyorker.com
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
My friend Carl got me interested in the Tour de France a few years ago when i went to stay with him. I then binged the Unchained series on Netflix, and now listen to cycling podcasts and am planning a trip to watch the Tour IRL. The Tour is being broadcast on ITV4, live during the day and then a…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
Kneecap performance was great and all everyone was talking about. They are in hot water for suggesting people come and riot at their next court appearance. My friend Emma Warren pointed out later that day, that just after he said that she saw he was beckoned off stage and presumably the manager told him to…
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Loved this performance by Anohni and the Johnsons about ecological grief and the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef. They had a half crescent of amazing musicians behind them (including strings) and they stood in this pale blue light. In between every other song there was a short filmed sequence shown…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
My Glastonbury faves were… Joshua Idehen. Saw him in the Crow’s Nest, very charismatic, great performer – an original. Just signed to Heavenly – kind of uplifting poetry about contemporary life with soulful background music. His brand of positivity comes across as being smart rather than stupid. I think…
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
Love this – Venga Room is a pisstake of the Boiler Room with all the music replaced by Venga Boys tracks. This episode is devoted to two very serious Scottish djs talking about the music they play in their club…
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This is a trailer for a film someone was telling me about this weekend about a campaign in a street in East London to put solar panels on every house in the street. Looks great. As part of the campaign to reaise money the two organisers slept on their roof.
Rcommendr posted an update a year ago
http://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2019/9/…
pelliclemag.com
A Diamond in the Rough — Meeting Cider Legend Roger Wilkins — Pellicle
Wilkins Cider Farm sits unassumingly amongst the hills of Somerset, at the end of the twisting country road into the village of Mudgley. It’s one of many winding roads I’ve had…