David Lance Callahan
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
English Primitive reinventor, Moonshake/Wolfhounds ranter, Swell Maps supply guitarist, nature writer. #MDANT
https://davidcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-marshes
https://davidcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-marshes
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The future reissue market is built on the current broken dreams of our peers
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The future reissue market is built on the current broken dreams of our peers
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I don’t know what to tell you: Britain is basically a gangster state where the press do the job that elsewhere is done by thugs breaking legs, or by secret police vanishing people off the street. It’s how it’s been for decades.
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I don’t know what to tell you: Britain is basically a gangster state where the press do the job that elsewhere is done by thugs breaking legs, or by secret police vanishing people off the street. It’s how it’s been for decades.
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French friends! I'm playing guitar with Swell Maps in Lorient, Brittany on Friday 5/11 and in Paris on Saturday 6/11 – both shows are opening for The Chameleons! Come along!
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
French friends! I'm playing guitar with Swell Maps in Lorient, Brittany on Friday 5/11 and in Paris on Saturday 6/11 – both shows are opening for The Chameleons! Come along!
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
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Ghosts of Dylan, Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and Richard and Mimi Farina haunt this excellent, thoroughly modern protest folk LP – highly recommended!
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
What of Our Nature, by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
10 track album
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ghosts of Dylan, Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and Richard and Mimi Farina haunt this excellent, thoroughly modern protest folk LP – highly recommended!
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
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Every year of this century has been uglier, dumber, meaner, more needlessly cruel, more exploitative and more insulting than the one that preceded it and nobody can explain why without pointing fingers at important people who cannot now be accused of culpability, without incurring painful costs.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Every year of this century has been uglier, dumber, meaner, more needlessly cruel, more exploitative and more insulting than the one that preceded it and nobody can explain why without pointing fingers at important people who cannot now be accused of culpability, without incurring painful costs.
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It was genuinely shocking to me to hear journos queuing up to dismiss that report as old news, a big nothing burger. Because all the horrific shenanigans in it *really was* old news, to them; they’d seen it first hand, knew all about it and at least just didn’t mention it. Clearly, many approved.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It was genuinely shocking to me to hear journos queuing up to dismiss that report as old news, a big nothing burger. Because all the horrific shenanigans in it *really was* old news, to them; they’d seen it first hand, knew all about it and at least just didn’t mention it. Clearly, many approved.
"... this climate of suppression produces a sterile, unadventurous and uncritical culture that will ultimately harm the arts sector ..."
novaramedia.com/2025/12/02/i...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/02/i...
If Even Sally Rooney Can’t Speak Freely About Palestine, What Hope Do Ordinary Culture Workers Have? | Novara Media
Lobby groups have targeted 54% of culture workers' organisations. Is it any wonder, asks Juliet Jacques, that even the most famous artists are being silenced on Palestine?
novaramedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"... this climate of suppression produces a sterile, unadventurous and uncritical culture that will ultimately harm the arts sector ..."
novaramedia.com/2025/12/02/i...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/02/i...
Ghosts of Dylan, Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and Richard and Mimi Farina haunt this excellent, thoroughly modern protest folk LP – highly recommended!
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
What of Our Nature, by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
10 track album
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ghosts of Dylan, Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and Richard and Mimi Farina haunt this excellent, thoroughly modern protest folk LP – highly recommended!
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
French friends! I'm playing guitar with Swell Maps in Lorient, Brittany on Friday 5/11 and in Paris on Saturday 6/11 – both shows are opening for The Chameleons! Come along!
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
French friends! I'm playing guitar with Swell Maps in Lorient, Brittany on Friday 5/11 and in Paris on Saturday 6/11 – both shows are opening for The Chameleons! Come along!
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
www.fnacspectacles.com/en/event/the...
www.songkick.com/concerts/426...
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Entertaining doc on imperfect or non-singing, that also makes me feel good about missing the odd note :)
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Entertaining doc on imperfect or non-singing, that also makes me feel good about missing the odd note :)
Entertaining doc on imperfect or non-singing, that also makes me feel good about missing the odd note :)
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Entertaining doc on imperfect or non-singing, that also makes me feel good about missing the odd note :)
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"The NHS will have to pay 25% more for new drugs"
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"The NHS will have to pay 25% more for new drugs"
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
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"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
None of the former officers accused by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
Twelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said.
However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired. Some, including Peter Wright, the chief constable of South Yorkshire police at the time of the 1989 disaster, have died. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
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The Led By Donkeys lads starting to look a bit terrorist groupy to me, maybe time for another proscription. MPs safety is the cornerstone of democracy etc and so on
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Led By Donkeys lads starting to look a bit terrorist groupy to me, maybe time for another proscription. MPs safety is the cornerstone of democracy etc and so on
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Robin Hood robbed from the rich to give to the poor, despite an exodus of barons to the Middle East. So obviously it can be done.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Robin Hood robbed from the rich to give to the poor, despite an exodus of barons to the Middle East. So obviously it can be done.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Fun fact: the first three songs to mention the internet are Virtual Valerie by Momus (released April 1995), Algeria Touchshriek by David Bowie (September 1995) and Internet Curtains by Denim (1996). "I patched my lust with Nicorette / Went surfing down the internet..." youtu.be/Y_yGtZNTkK8
Virtual Valerie
YouTube video by Momus - Topic
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Fun fact: the first three songs to mention the internet are Virtual Valerie by Momus (released April 1995), Algeria Touchshriek by David Bowie (September 1995) and Internet Curtains by Denim (1996). "I patched my lust with Nicorette / Went surfing down the internet..." youtu.be/Y_yGtZNTkK8
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John Lee Hooker- I Hated The Day I Was Born
YouTube video by TheJazzEscape
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
John Lee Hooker- I Hated The Day I Was Born
YouTube video by TheJazzEscape
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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All I can say is, if you're a working person earning less than £71k who honesly believes benefit claimants are earning that much, quit your job. Go on. What could go wrong?
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
All I can say is, if you're a working person earning less than £71k who honesly believes benefit claimants are earning that much, quit your job. Go on. What could go wrong?
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This doesn’t even pass the laugh test, let alone the smell one. If you’re taken in by this, then you’re the type of person whose work colleagues regularly sends you to the shop for a tin of tartan paint and a long stand.
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This doesn’t even pass the laugh test, let alone the smell one. If you’re taken in by this, then you’re the type of person whose work colleagues regularly sends you to the shop for a tin of tartan paint and a long stand.
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If you're old enough to remember a million people on the streets protesting Britain's rubber-stamping of Bush's illegal war, and Tony Blair's response - 'a million isn't that many, really' - you won't be surprised by anything happening in 2025.
As a now old man I recall my incredulity when the Serious People admitted that the Iraq war was based on a series of lies, but then went to “of course, there is no way we could have known at the time.”
Hundreds of thousands of people were in the street telling you so at the time. How did they know?
Hundreds of thousands of people were in the street telling you so at the time. How did they know?
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you're old enough to remember a million people on the streets protesting Britain's rubber-stamping of Bush's illegal war, and Tony Blair's response - 'a million isn't that many, really' - you won't be surprised by anything happening in 2025.
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For non-Brits: this is the former anti-corruption minister, now resigned.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For non-Brits: this is the former anti-corruption minister, now resigned.
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"When we look at opinion polls about what actually motivates voters and their choices at the ballot box, trans issues are often dead last. And it’s worth noting that much of that polling makes no distinction between positive or negative views of trans rights." www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"When we look at opinion polls about what actually motivates voters and their choices at the ballot box, trans issues are often dead last. And it’s worth noting that much of that polling makes no distinction between positive or negative views of trans rights." www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
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New #StrongMessageHere is here. Stewart Lee, Natalie Haynes and I pull apart the phrases ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New #StrongMessageHere is here. Stewart Lee, Natalie Haynes and I pull apart the phrases ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’.