Allister Thompson
@allistert.bsky.social
"Amateur" musician, "Professional" editor/author from “Canada.”
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com
http://www.allisterthompson.com
https://editorattheendoftheworld.wordpress.com/
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com
http://www.allisterthompson.com
https://editorattheendoftheworld.wordpress.com/
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Allister Thompson
@allistert.bsky.social
· May 29
‘Birch and Jay’ is not just another post apocalyptic adventure novel. It’s also about how we can heal instead of destroy, which is all modern human beings have ever done. We created this situation that will cause so much suffering, but do we have the courage and honesty to learn from our mistakes?
A perfect example of a emotional post-rock/indie ballad. The kind that makes you think, this should have been a massive hit somewhere. Nice video too.
youtu.be/fuNodqzzpj0?...
youtu.be/fuNodqzzpj0?...
Immanu El - Voices (Official Video)
YouTube video by immanuelband
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A perfect example of a emotional post-rock/indie ballad. The kind that makes you think, this should have been a massive hit somewhere. Nice video too.
youtu.be/fuNodqzzpj0?...
youtu.be/fuNodqzzpj0?...
The conflict between me and the library’s ebook service when browsing the nonfiction history category is I just want to learn things, not read ‘a gripping account of’ or ‘the true story of a man who.’
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The conflict between me and the library’s ebook service when browsing the nonfiction history category is I just want to learn things, not read ‘a gripping account of’ or ‘the true story of a man who.’
If you have Criterion Channel, watch this before it leaves Dec 31. One of the best films I’ve seen in a long time.
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/plan-75
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/plan-75
Plan 75
Directed by Chie Hayakawa • 2022 • Japan, Philippines
Starring Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne
In a dystopian future, Japan’s government launches Plan 75, a program encouraging the el...
www.criterionchannel.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you have Criterion Channel, watch this before it leaves Dec 31. One of the best films I’ve seen in a long time.
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/plan-75
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/plan-75
If big news sites - in this case Canada’s public broadcaster via the AP - could be a touch less complicit in covering for Spotify’s robbery of musicians, that would be nice.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If big news sites - in this case Canada’s public broadcaster via the AP - could be a touch less complicit in covering for Spotify’s robbery of musicians, that would be nice.
Spent time tonight thinking about how silly humans derive our self-esteem - or lack thereof - from our occupation or our creative pursuits. Like, it’s important to me that I know I’m a good editor/writer/musician. Why? A cat doesn’t care whether it’s good at anything. It’s just a cat and that’s it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Spent time tonight thinking about how silly humans derive our self-esteem - or lack thereof - from our occupation or our creative pursuits. Like, it’s important to me that I know I’m a good editor/writer/musician. Why? A cat doesn’t care whether it’s good at anything. It’s just a cat and that’s it.
If a piece THIS far-out and psychedelic was by some long-forgotten group from Düsseldorf in 1971, original vinyl copies would be selling for 500 bucks. Since most Lovecraft adaptations onscreen and in music are terrible, I think mine compares favorably.
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/track/at-the...
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/track/at-the...
At the Mountains of Madness a) Arrival in Antarctica b) The disturbing scene at Lake’s camp c) The flight over the mountains d) In the aeon-dead Cyclopean city e) Fleeing from the horror, by Khan Teng...
from the album Aeons
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If a piece THIS far-out and psychedelic was by some long-forgotten group from Düsseldorf in 1971, original vinyl copies would be selling for 500 bucks. Since most Lovecraft adaptations onscreen and in music are terrible, I think mine compares favorably.
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/track/at-the...
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/track/at-the...
Reposted by Allister Thompson
Authors beware of the book club scam. See my brief exchange with the AI that responded to my request to @#% off.
Here's a good blog post to check out for more details:
www.insidehook.com/books/ai-sca...
#bookclubscam
#authors
#emailscams
#AI
@allistert.bsky.social
@lisemayneauthor.bsky.social
Here's a good blog post to check out for more details:
www.insidehook.com/books/ai-sca...
#bookclubscam
#authors
#emailscams
#AI
@allistert.bsky.social
@lisemayneauthor.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Authors beware of the book club scam. See my brief exchange with the AI that responded to my request to @#% off.
Here's a good blog post to check out for more details:
www.insidehook.com/books/ai-sca...
#bookclubscam
#authors
#emailscams
#AI
@allistert.bsky.social
@lisemayneauthor.bsky.social
Here's a good blog post to check out for more details:
www.insidehook.com/books/ai-sca...
#bookclubscam
#authors
#emailscams
#AI
@allistert.bsky.social
@lisemayneauthor.bsky.social
Editing an encyclopedia entry on mercantilism. It says of the Canadian economy in the 18th/19th c., "Canada became overly dependent on exporting certain key resources — or staples — rather than developing a more diversified economy or developing local industry. " So...how is it any different now?
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Editing an encyclopedia entry on mercantilism. It says of the Canadian economy in the 18th/19th c., "Canada became overly dependent on exporting certain key resources — or staples — rather than developing a more diversified economy or developing local industry. " So...how is it any different now?
Editorial pet peeve #1275: Seemingly ALL authors, the short form of "honey" used as a term of endearment is "hon," not "hun." Attila was a Hun, your character's boyfriend is "hon," ok?
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Editorial pet peeve #1275: Seemingly ALL authors, the short form of "honey" used as a term of endearment is "hon," not "hun." Attila was a Hun, your character's boyfriend is "hon," ok?
I’m one of those people that rails every December against the value of best-of-the-year lists in books and music. Sadly, no one listens to me.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m one of those people that rails every December against the value of best-of-the-year lists in books and music. Sadly, no one listens to me.
I believe creating this jpeg is one of my greatest achievements in my sad little life.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I believe creating this jpeg is one of my greatest achievements in my sad little life.
Sunday morning listening. No one has done ‘early music ambient’ better than Alio Die.
aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/quot-d...
aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/quot-d...
Quot dies resurgo, by ALIO DIE ~
5 track album
aliodie.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sunday morning listening. No one has done ‘early music ambient’ better than Alio Die.
aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/quot-d...
aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/quot-d...
‘Stranger Things’ may have run a couple of seasons too long, but knocking a simple good vs. evil premise out of the park to conclude a series that once was good fun should have been simple. These first four episodes are unbelievably convoluted. Hope it gets better.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
‘Stranger Things’ may have run a couple of seasons too long, but knocking a simple good vs. evil premise out of the park to conclude a series that once was good fun should have been simple. These first four episodes are unbelievably convoluted. Hope it gets better.
Italians have given the world so many great things, including food and drink. Panettone is not among them.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Italians have given the world so many great things, including food and drink. Panettone is not among them.
Leading analysts tell us constantly that US foreign policy, particularly pertaining to Ukraine, is being directed entirely by Moscow, and yet media and politicians seem unable to state this openly.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Leading analysts tell us constantly that US foreign policy, particularly pertaining to Ukraine, is being directed entirely by Moscow, and yet media and politicians seem unable to state this openly.
Yet another beautiful, inspirational release by Mono. The pieces sound even better live.
monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
Forever Home: Live in Tokyo with Orchestra PITREZA, by MONO
11 track album
monoofjapan.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yet another beautiful, inspirational release by Mono. The pieces sound even better live.
monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
I had no idea Mike Oldfield is a Trump fan. He seems to have a fanbase with washed elderly male rock stars. I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I had no idea Mike Oldfield is a Trump fan. He seems to have a fanbase with washed elderly male rock stars. I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise.
I remember sprinting to the store to get this 1996 reissue. I was REALLY into Hawkwind at that time. No matter how dubious the release, I would buy it. Of course, ‘Space Ritual’ is the original codex.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I remember sprinting to the store to get this 1996 reissue. I was REALLY into Hawkwind at that time. No matter how dubious the release, I would buy it. Of course, ‘Space Ritual’ is the original codex.
Yes! Once again Indigenous people have to lead where we inevitably fail. There’s a nice cold cell awaiting Carney in Purgatory after this betrayal of future generations.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream
The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff opposition
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes! Once again Indigenous people have to lead where we inevitably fail. There’s a nice cold cell awaiting Carney in Purgatory after this betrayal of future generations.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
You know those silly little social media games that are all like ‘name the best five-album run of all time’? I’m like, the Hilliard Ensemble has a thirty-album run, bro.
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
You know those silly little social media games that are all like ‘name the best five-album run of all time’? I’m like, the Hilliard Ensemble has a thirty-album run, bro.
137 people have enjoyed the video for my version of the Aussie classic, the Go-Betweens' "Cattle and Cane." You can be the 138th........
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Quw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Quw...
Allister Thompson - Cattle and Cane (originally by The Go-Betweens)
YouTube video by Allister Thompson
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November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
137 people have enjoyed the video for my version of the Aussie classic, the Go-Betweens' "Cattle and Cane." You can be the 138th........
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Quw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Quw...
You have to wonder what the psychology was, before they even had a chance to materially benefit from it, that made the likes of King, Latimer, Turpel-Lafond, Bourassa, and Sainte-Marie cling to the idea they were Indigenous people and make it their entire identity. It's a curious phenomenon.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You have to wonder what the psychology was, before they even had a chance to materially benefit from it, that made the likes of King, Latimer, Turpel-Lafond, Bourassa, and Sainte-Marie cling to the idea they were Indigenous people and make it their entire identity. It's a curious phenomenon.
Not surprised that Canadian ‘celebs’ are taking advantage of tariff-driven nationalism to write vapid books about how great Canada is, and publishers are happy to waste trees on them.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not surprised that Canadian ‘celebs’ are taking advantage of tariff-driven nationalism to write vapid books about how great Canada is, and publishers are happy to waste trees on them.
The people of Ontario voting in Doug Ford’s criminal gang - and they will again and again - is like walking up to your schoolyard bully and asking him to punch you then hold you down and scoop dirt in your mouth. People of this era are beyond messed up.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The people of Ontario voting in Doug Ford’s criminal gang - and they will again and again - is like walking up to your schoolyard bully and asking him to punch you then hold you down and scoop dirt in your mouth. People of this era are beyond messed up.
Just start the Christmas season in June and get it over with. Clearly you want to.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just start the Christmas season in June and get it over with. Clearly you want to.