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• Post #4483545

  Late entry for #ThursdayFiveList #LetsGoRetro as it came out on Friday and they finally put a video up this morning... The Mirror Trap - Cdr https://musiccloud.io/E_5uS1_B

• Post #4482649

  Today's my stop on the Ghost Notes blog tour! Read my review of this big-hearted and thought-provoking addition to the Skelfs series: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-ghost-notes/ #bookstodon #BookMastodon

• Post #4434495

  It always takes me a moment to remember Kylie could mean Minogue or Jenner. To my 90s-child mind, there can only be one.

• Post #4432621

  #BandcampFriday haul. I am, once again, supporting the arts. Not spending frivolously. SUPPORTING THE ARTS. Soft Palms - In Echo Spell - Wretched Heart Twin Tribes - Pendulum Mouth Ulcers - Silent Pictures (EP) She's Green - Swallowtail (EP)

• Post #4410305

  (Who's running #ThursdayFiveList today? I have a theme idea if nothing's been organised)

• Post #4398549

  Alright, which of yehs turned up the brightness of the moon?

• Post #4354066

  #MondayRandom10 VLC, 7,990 tracks. Really good this week :ablobcatmusic: 1. Jack's Mannequin - Annie Use Your Telescope 2. Blaqk Audio - Curious Friends 3. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Coil 4. HIM - In the Arms of Rain 5. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box 6. Joy Division - Exercise One [John Peel Show 31 Jan 79] 7. Steve Forrest - If I Had It All 8. Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On 9. Nation of Language - Whatever You Want 10. Wolf Alice - St Purple & Green

• Post #4350939

  July round-up is here! See what I read last month, and what I hope to read this month: https://www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-july-2026/ (Publishing a blog post on a Sunday night probably isn't very "strategic", but ehhh.) #bookstodon #BookMastodon

• Post #4350480

  Hearing that the 'smart' fridges on a fancy Cambridge research campus aren't opening this morning, and the workers are on the edge of revolt because they can't access the milk.

• Post #4328226

  #TheSundayStarter Spell - Dark Inertia https://musiccloud.io/OGSnU Trying some new-to-me music this morning and this is the first thing that's really grabbed me. Thanks, whoever was tooting about them the other day!

• Post #4325777

  Went to Saaaaarfend for the day with le boyfriend, got the train to the end of the pier, had lunch, then walked back, and acquired three books (me) and a board game (him).

• Post #4275214

  Migraine hangover, want to do all the things because I'm no longer in pain, but also want to do very little because I feel kinda washed-out 🙃

• Post #4271963

  #FortnightFridayMusic #breakup not just the best break-up song of all time, but the best song of all time imo. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart https://youtu.be/zuuObGsB0No

• Post #4270243

  #JukeboxFridayNight #waiting AFI - Endlessly, She Said https://youtu.be/_-h_khKeJB0 Appropriate, as I've got 20 days to wait until I *finally* see them live.

• Post #4270192

  #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Waiting for the Man https://youtu.be/k5bQ9BL5NTc

• Post #4270161

  #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Fex - Waiting Song (Live in Uelzen) https://youtu.be/m1cVb6B0-2I

• Post #4269515

  TZAG fedi! Today's my stop on the blog tour for Wasteland Girls. Read my review of this vivid, engaging, and often surprising short story collectiom: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-wasteland-girls/ #bookstodon #BookMastodon

• Post #4245850

  *logs in to Github for the first time in 10 months, using the same device as ever* Github: the fuck is this device?!

• Post #4236640

  #ThursdayFiveList #SeeYouPeople The Cure - I Can Never Say Goodbye https://musiccloud.io/qlFD1 Silversun Pickups - Au Revoir Reservoir https://musiccloud.io/KQKyN Tears For Fears - Memories Fade (🎵 Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again? 🎵) https://musiccloud.io/Qo2wJ AFI - Of Greetings and Goodbyes https://musiccloud.io/hw6Ld Nation of Language - A New Goodbye https://musiccloud.io/oXLuH

• Post #4232576

  Most of the primary sources for my PhD (2013-18) were old books I bought online and oral history interviews (some digitised, some on tape) which I accessed at the British Library. I feel like I did it at the right time 🫠

• Post #4212257

  🎵 I just died in your arms tonight It must've been something I ate 🎵

• Post #4188455

  #MusicWomenWednesday Parastatic - With Intent (feat. Late Girl) https://musiccloud.io/-HACe I keep seeing the phrase 'discovery with purpose' at work right now, and this song pops into my head every time. 🎵 Sculpture with function Sculpture with social purpose Sculpture with service Sculpture with intent Sculpture with unity Sculpture of the sublime 🎵

• Post #4186971

  🎵 Another day, another abyss 🎵

• Post #4167340

  Ah, the persistent temptation to reply 'how does that even work, they can't lift their head to look through the viewfinder?!' whenever someone asks for recommendations for a 'newborn photographer'.

• Post #4161400

  *removing fluff from clothes* My brain (to the tune of Doomscroller by Metric): 🎵 'cause I'm a lint, lint roller... 🎵 🫠

• Post #4157302

  #TuneTuesday #JumpUpAndDown Halestorm - Jump The Gun https://musiccloud.io/-tKnX

• Post #4132150

  #MondayRandom10 VLC, 7,990 tracks. Certainly varied this week! 1. Depeche Mode - Alone 2. David Bowie - Blue Jean 3. LostAlone - Elysium 4. Alvvays - Adult Diversion 5. Sun Shines Cold - Sundowning 6. Lush - Tralala 7. Steve Forrest - City By the Bay 8. Poisonblack - The Glow of the Flames 9. Butcher Babies - Blood Soaked Hero 10. Far - Nestle

• Post #4083487

  Had an epic dream with lots of well-known people in it that culminated in burning a Harry Potter book, then I dreamt I was trying to toot about it, but couldn't get my thoughts in order/type coherently, in the way of dreams 😅

• Post #4057521

  There's an annual new short play showcase on next week, for which everyone involved seems to get paid apart from the playwrights. There is much consternation in my writing group's chat about this. Good. (I was feeling bad about not planning to go for other reasons: spoon distribution as I'm already going to another showcase on the Friday that the writers *do* get paid for; Tuesday and Wednesday not being ideal days of the week for me; it's outside and I don't own a camping...

• Post #4056807

  #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold I am... not a fan of heatwaves. Or summer in general. But it's nice when I can moan about it with other people who feel the same. Modern English - I Melt With You https://youtu.be/LuN6gs0AJls