J.E.M.

Multi-dimensional Motion Arts 〰 Mind-expanding Wiggly Magick 〰 Trippy Hippy 〰 Honorary Fellow 〰

[J.E.M. @jamesemarks]

"Making movies is an apprenticeship for life" #RobertWatts 🎬 A sneaky peep at dream #PsychFi & #LoopSpace day with legendary #Movie pioneer, friend & mentor #RogerRabbit #StarWars #indianajones5 @DoubleMeVR @ChrisSzkoda @VRScout @Live_for_Films @RavensbourneUK @philtidy #AIMix

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Good work this, we’ve been campaigning for the ‘end of factory farming’ for a decade or so - it’s vital we do this, to tackle the crises we face in human health, wildlife decline and climate - as well of course as vital for animal welfare, to end the inhumanity of factory farming.

Not dictating diet is right too, we’ve seen the affects of this approach at Forest Green Rovers where we couple information with great food - and let our fans chew on it...:)

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

British Left-Wing Media Outlet ‘The Canary’ Has Announced It Is Officially Closing After 11 Years Of Journalism

The platform was de-banked by Lloyds Bank & later announced a second account with Metro Bank was also frozen. A major attack was launched against the platform, which The Canary said made continuing to operate untenable.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) condemned the move by Lloyds Bank as a “disturbing precedent for UK press freedom”. Online commentators have warned that the ability of the establishment to cripple media organisations critical of them creates a hostile environment that will pressure other news outlets to fall into line or face similar potential backlash.

[John Carpenter @TheHorrorMaster]

For Your Grammy Consideration: John Carpenter’s Cathedral.

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Best Recording Package

Born from a nightmare, Cathedral summons listeners into a hallucinatory world of dread and darkness. Unfolding as a series of episodes tied to an abandoned church, Carpenter’s heaviest and most ominous work yet is the score to the movie in his mind.

#fyc @grammys

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

This is a big deal - The first time England has had a severe drought in modern history - 100 years. It’s another aspect of the failure of water privatisation - private companies, mostly foreign owned and based, are not capable of providing the water service (and sewage) that we need, that’s abundantly clear.

We need a change of approach.

Thatcher was wrong, the private sector does not do it best in all cases - defo not in a monopoly on a vital national service.

Time to take back control of our water. Not ownership necessarily (unless they fail) - just control.

https://t.co/yZt0cxDNrj

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Today's Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth.

[Computer ♥ Records @ComputerLove_]

Christopher Evans making the matte painting of Empire's stormtroopers for Return of the Jedi.

[Beyond Fest @BeyondFest]

Chicago, we’re coming back 🌭

Submissions are OPEN for Beyond Chicago 2027, March 24–28 at the legendary @musicboxchicago.

Seeking exceptional genre shorts and features. Send us your weirdest and wildest via @FilmFreeway.

Early deadline: Dec 10
https://t.co/AoH8yrVmvP

[Hot Chip @Hot_Chip]

Very excited to announce our new album ‘A Long Way From Kansas’ is out 8 January & we are going on tour in the UK and Europe in February and March! For ticket pre-sale access, pre-order our new album from https://t.co/O9h1MzSwjx before 23:59 BST tomorrow, Tuesday 20 October. Pre-sale opens Wednesday at 10am local. General sale opens Friday at 10am local.

The first single from the record ‘Random Violence’ is out today, alongside music video directed by Jack Cole, starring the fantastic Boss Morris. Listen/watch: https://t.co/TczGyI6NRL

Album artwork by @scottkingstudio

[Entertainment Film Distributors @EFDFilms]

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Discover the incredible true story behind ROCKY.
I PLAY ROCKY – in select cinemas 6 November and cinemas everywhere 11 November.

[FANGORIA @FANGORIA]

With only a few days remaining to see Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS in theaters, it seems like a great time to remind your pals why this release is so culturally significant.

https://t.co/DGNdkL9Ujk

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Hot Chip announce new album A Long Way From Kansas

https://t.co/g1XmezHWyf

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

“Through colour, I have sought to concentrate on beauty & happiness, rather than on man's inhumanity to man.” - Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
US painter #womensart #Monday

[Stereogum @stereogum]

Punk legends gathered at London’s Electric Brixton on Friday to celebrate 50 years of women in punk, paying tribute to the late Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. The night featured performances from members of X-Ray Spex, the Raincoats, the Slits and more https://t.co/f9nwuhAXWb

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The Left is often asked how it proposes to pay for programs like universal childcare, Medicare or All, and a green jobs program.

Here’s how: tax wealth and capital the same way we already tax wages, and slash our bloated and destructive military budget. https://t.co/eu8JWdCqcq

[Robert Fripp @frippofficial]

Come and join us at 15:30 on November 14 at the Polygon Portal in Soho for a fully immersive playback of the classic 1973 album, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic.

This isn’t a show you attend.
It’s a realm you enter, where music becomes the landscape.

Tickets: https://t.co/Nb08UGUoHp

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

On this day in 1965, the first edition of The Magic Roundabout was broadcast on BBC1. Using the animation from the French show Le Manège Enchanté, completely new scripts (which bore no resemblance to the originals) were written and narrated by Eric Thompson.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Elon Musk remains one of the more powerful and controversial figures in business, science, tech and politics.

A new documentary is chronicling Musk’s rise to power and embrace of right-wing politics. https://t.co/wNtrM3Y8w7

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

How Ken Russell's 'The Devils' was restored, rescued, and reclaimed as a brilliant take on sex, religion, and the politics of brainwashing https://t.co/iCAqFqKYiR

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

The Orb: Blue Room (1992). The longest single ever to reach the UK singles chart at 39m 57s; any longer and it would have been reclassified as an album. It still reached No. 8.

Top Of The Pops had no idea what to do with ambient music. Legs and Co would have been perfect for dancing along to it, but instead The Orb played chess on stage and the audience stood watching. It was sandwiched between Sophie B. Hawkins and Elton John, which probably added to the confusion.