Newsflash! In a couple of weeks I’m launching Bob Stanley’s Record Room with Patreon, a place to read my writing on pop music in all its hues. I’ll delve into my collection, pull out plums, give them a spin, rifle through old copies of Disc, Smash Hits and the like. Come on down!

japanese horror: the house is makes you kill yourself
american horror: the house kills you if you have sex
french horror: the house kills you by having sex with you
uk horror: Reece Shearsmith lives in the house and is weird

It's publication day so I'm going to share some nice words throughout the day. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered. It's out in the wild now. Picador Books

Satisfying photos for perfectionists - thread 🧵

1. Crescent Moon bridge by Yier Wang

The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm, Wednesday 17 April for upcoming May elections.

Postal votes are a convenient way of casting your votes if you're too busy to head down to a polling station on polling day!

You'll need your National Insurance number to apply 👇

oh god - this story is a tiny, hard pain

As of April 1st, Spotify has demonetized any track on the platform that receives less than 1000 streams per year. That’s an estimated 86% of tracks on the platform. This new policy will impact small artists the most — the same artists that Spotify claims to support.

Every now and then I remember this Lavinia Greenlaw poem about dementia and I have to stop and collect myself for a bit.

After I tweeted this thread, the Home Office phoned me up and said I was lying.

Just texted with a 15 year old girl who’s heading into London with her girl pals. Would you like them to chaperone you, buddy?

This popped up on Facebook and I thought it deserved a run out here on Twixter.

Can't recommend Dorian's new book - Everything Must Go - enough: we keep having conversations these days about how it feels like the End Times ... turns out, we've ALWAYS felt it's the End Times. For a book about Armageddon, it's very uplifting.

How does he think it feels to live here? I don't even dare wear clothes in case I get mugged. I just wander round nude with my Oyster card jammed up my arse.

It's International Dolly's First Gig Day! In which she doesn't know what 'moshing' is, loses her hat, kisses a boy and has her life changed BY THE POWER OF ROCK.

You may support a woman’s right to choose, but unless we get ahead of those who don’t changing law could give them chance to restrict access. Ask your MP to back NC40 to criminal justice bill to lock in our human right to safe and legal abortion care. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good morning. I'll be back on Soho Radio this evening. In the meantime, you can stream the last one, on which I was joined by Liam Bailey . His company was uproarious; his selections were exquisite & his new album continues to garnish our days with magic. mixcloud.com/sohoradio/pete…

The corporate communications nerd in me really hopes this claim is verified regularly. #Sheringham

Alien 3 (1992, Dir: David Fincher)

Been following this guy for years - how nice to be able to donate to someone doing a lovely thing.

Under Magnolia Clumber Park, National Trust National Trust