Charlie McCabe
@pairedfluorescent.bsky.social
Currently up to something...
"Elegant, bit mysterious, has the vibe of someone who could kill a man with one glance." - @harecomedy.bsky.social
"Elegant, bit mysterious, has the vibe of someone who could kill a man with one glance." - @harecomedy.bsky.social
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A BANANA ANALYSIS (Help!):
There are many things that could be said about Will Sharpe's Flowers but, years later, I still can't get the bananas out of my head. I'm hoping someone has an idea. (They don't)
I'll elaborate (thread):
There are many things that could be said about Will Sharpe's Flowers but, years later, I still can't get the bananas out of my head. I'm hoping someone has an idea. (They don't)
I'll elaborate (thread):
Me, a moment ago: "Can I play Miles Davis' On The Buses?"
@danmckee.bsky.social I am holding you entirely responsible for this.
@danmckee.bsky.social I am holding you entirely responsible for this.
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Me, a moment ago: "Can I play Miles Davis' On The Buses?"
@danmckee.bsky.social I am holding you entirely responsible for this.
@danmckee.bsky.social I am holding you entirely responsible for this.
Sorry, what?
@chrisjack.bsky.social have you seen this?
@chrisjack.bsky.social have you seen this?
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sorry, what?
@chrisjack.bsky.social have you seen this?
@chrisjack.bsky.social have you seen this?
Reposted by Charlie McCabe
Don’t say it… 😂🦃🎄🎅🏻☃️
#RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #BottomFluff #CountdownToChristmas #AdventCalendar #RememberingRik
#RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #BottomFluff #CountdownToChristmas #AdventCalendar #RememberingRik
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Don’t say it… 😂🦃🎄🎅🏻☃️
#RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #BottomFluff #CountdownToChristmas #AdventCalendar #RememberingRik
#RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #BottomFluff #CountdownToChristmas #AdventCalendar #RememberingRik
Rewatch of Jason and the Argonauts and I had completely forgotten this film is metal af.
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rewatch of Jason and the Argonauts and I had completely forgotten this film is metal af.
Seasonal depression but it's caused by a lack of advent calendars
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Seasonal depression but it's caused by a lack of advent calendars
"Harry Bumphries"
-Spike Milligan
-Spike Milligan
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Harry Bumphries"
-Spike Milligan
-Spike Milligan
Just out loud screamed "Oh for fuckssake NO!"
I stand by it
I stand by it
Rozencrantz & Guildernstern & Tom Stoppard Are Dead
Rest in peace to a postmodern genius.
Rest in peace to a postmodern genius.
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just out loud screamed "Oh for fuckssake NO!"
I stand by it
I stand by it
Switched over to see what was happening in the other match and someone's been absolutely ANNIHILATED. Snooker is like if you told a tennis player they couldn't return a serve for the rest of the set if they make an error - unless, of course, your opponent misses a serve. Good luck! What a sport
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Switched over to see what was happening in the other match and someone's been absolutely ANNIHILATED. Snooker is like if you told a tennis player they couldn't return a serve for the rest of the set if they make an error - unless, of course, your opponent misses a serve. Good luck! What a sport
"Wow, Charlie, that line could be brilliant if it wasn't the line you've actually written."
Thanks, voice in my head, very helpful feedback 👍
Thanks, voice in my head, very helpful feedback 👍
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Wow, Charlie, that line could be brilliant if it wasn't the line you've actually written."
Thanks, voice in my head, very helpful feedback 👍
Thanks, voice in my head, very helpful feedback 👍
Imagine if all the money that was invested into LLMs was instead put into a big grant fund and handed out to pay the living expenses of writers so they could actually sit down for a few months and focus on writing the thing they've been wanting to write without exhausting themselves in the process
I think this sums up perfectly why authors are so anti- ‘AI’. It’s a rubbish solution to a non-existent problem.
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Imagine if all the money that was invested into LLMs was instead put into a big grant fund and handed out to pay the living expenses of writers so they could actually sit down for a few months and focus on writing the thing they've been wanting to write without exhausting themselves in the process
OH HELL YES!
Warning to all my followers - get ready to mute me
Warning to all my followers - get ready to mute me
Just seen an advert on BBC for The Snooker. Saturday at 1pm. Ahhhhh cannot wait. Gentle clacking noises followed by approving murmuring. 😍
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OH HELL YES!
Warning to all my followers - get ready to mute me
Warning to all my followers - get ready to mute me
Jodorowsky's Dune. Will require multiple people to be resurrected.
...or, you know, just a proper recut of De Palma's Get To Know Your Rabbit?
...or, you know, just a proper recut of De Palma's Get To Know Your Rabbit?
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Jodorowsky's Dune. Will require multiple people to be resurrected.
...or, you know, just a proper recut of De Palma's Get To Know Your Rabbit?
...or, you know, just a proper recut of De Palma's Get To Know Your Rabbit?
Oh for fuckssake NO! 😭
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oh for fuckssake NO! 😭
On an overwhelming urge
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On an overwhelming urge
Wait... What? It's not even The Onion or anything.
I read the article. The whole thing literally is "Parmigianino Reggiano has been signed by the United Talent Agency."
Can someone else please look at this and confirm it says that and I haven't gone mad?
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I read the article. The whole thing literally is "Parmigianino Reggiano has been signed by the United Talent Agency."
Can someone else please look at this and confirm it says that and I haven't gone mad?
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Hollywood’s Cheesiest New Star? Parmigiano Reggiano Reportedly Signed By UTA for Film and TV Placement
The agency will reportedly work with the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium to get "the king of cheeses" product placement in Hollywood projects.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Wait... What? It's not even The Onion or anything.
I read the article. The whole thing literally is "Parmigianino Reggiano has been signed by the United Talent Agency."
Can someone else please look at this and confirm it says that and I haven't gone mad?
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I read the article. The whole thing literally is "Parmigianino Reggiano has been signed by the United Talent Agency."
Can someone else please look at this and confirm it says that and I haven't gone mad?
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Sometimes you stumble upon a cultural artifact and it makes you wonder if the universe you have found yourself in is the same one you went to sleep in the day before.
Which is another way of saying, what the fuck do you mean Frank Zappa starred in Miami Vice?
Which is another way of saying, what the fuck do you mean Frank Zappa starred in Miami Vice?
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Sometimes you stumble upon a cultural artifact and it makes you wonder if the universe you have found yourself in is the same one you went to sleep in the day before.
Which is another way of saying, what the fuck do you mean Frank Zappa starred in Miami Vice?
Which is another way of saying, what the fuck do you mean Frank Zappa starred in Miami Vice?
Hehehehehe oh what a time to be alive!
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hehehehehe oh what a time to be alive!
Just putting the thought out into the world that someone at Warner Bros really needs to steal the print of Bill Gunn's Stop! and put it on Internet Archive.
Please.
Please.
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just putting the thought out into the world that someone at Warner Bros really needs to steal the print of Bill Gunn's Stop! and put it on Internet Archive.
Please.
Please.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
My love language
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
My love language
Just too cool
The Rolling Stones Introduce Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf on US TV, One of the “Greatest Cultural Moments of the 20th Century” (1965)
The Rolling Stones Introduce Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf on US TV, One of the “Greatest Cultural Moments of the 20th Century” (1965)
Howlin’ Wolf may well have been the greatest blues singer of the 20th century. Certainly many people have said so, but there are other measurements than mere opinion, though it’s one I happen to share...
www.openculture.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Just too cool
Does this count as a life update?
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Does this count as a life update?
My turn now.
Does this function as a public apology @danmckee.bsky.social ?
Does this function as a public apology @danmckee.bsky.social ?
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My turn now.
Does this function as a public apology @danmckee.bsky.social ?
Does this function as a public apology @danmckee.bsky.social ?
What happens when @danmckee.bsky.social and I are still taking at midnight
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What happens when @danmckee.bsky.social and I are still taking at midnight