Jon Hicks
@hicks.design
Gentleman Graphic Designer/Artist who wears many hats. Shoegazer, Birder and over-eater of eggs. Works on the Troika music podcast and Supernatural Detective's Field Guide in his spare time.
https://hicks.design
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Yet to come down from last night’s Radiohead gig. We were lucky to get codes and decided we’d stump for vip tickets if that’s all there was, and got front row. I’ve seen them several times, including Glasto ‘97, but last night was perfect, the entire band giving everything. Just… wow. Here’s Jonny…
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Yet to come down from last night’s Radiohead gig. We were lucky to get codes and decided we’d stump for vip tickets if that’s all there was, and got front row. I’ve seen them several times, including Glasto ‘97, but last night was perfect, the entire band giving everything. Just… wow. Here’s Jonny…
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I love this so much. Jon's side project is a wonderful example of what it means to really love music and how rewarding it is to be a fan.
Side project launch time!
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
Home
Stars of the Lid Forever is a fan-led project to archive their live recordings from over the years, all compiled in one place for your listening pleasure.
starsofthelidforever.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I love this so much. Jon's side project is a wonderful example of what it means to really love music and how rewarding it is to be a fan.
On my journal, I've written up a short piece on how the site came to be:
hicks.design/journal/star...
hicks.design/journal/star...
Stars of the Lid Forever - Hicks.design
I have too many side-projects, but I'm easily tempted into new ones. Especially when it involves my favourite band.
hicks.design
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
On my journal, I've written up a short piece on how the site came to be:
hicks.design/journal/star...
hicks.design/journal/star...
Side project launch time!
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
Home
Stars of the Lid Forever is a fan-led project to archive their live recordings from over the years, all compiled in one place for your listening pleasure.
starsofthelidforever.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Side project launch time!
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
Oh wow, I've only just clocked this! Instant Purchase!
(Anyone remember Big K magazine?)
(Anyone remember Big K magazine?)
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oh wow, I've only just clocked this! Instant Purchase!
(Anyone remember Big K magazine?)
(Anyone remember Big K magazine?)
Wishing @malarkey a very happy birthday today, and it's not a special milestone at all. Just a normal every year birthday 😘 🎂
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wishing @malarkey a very happy birthday today, and it's not a special milestone at all. Just a normal every year birthday 😘 🎂
After watching this, I wanted to see an updated version of Logopolis, a bit like the remasters of TOS Star Trek. Realistic effects of Tom Baker hanging off the dish and then falling, but…still in a grainy 4:3 1980's telly style.
A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After watching this, I wanted to see an updated version of Logopolis, a bit like the remasters of TOS Star Trek. Realistic effects of Tom Baker hanging off the dish and then falling, but…still in a grainy 4:3 1980's telly style.
I've been rather absent from the socials recently, lots of life stuff happening, but also yet another side project (music related), which I'm looking forward to finally launching on Friday. Keen to launch that so I can get back to the neglected side projects!
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've been rather absent from the socials recently, lots of life stuff happening, but also yet another side project (music related), which I'm looking forward to finally launching on Friday. Keen to launch that so I can get back to the neglected side projects!
M&S Ho Ho Ho-Ney Mustard Ham Hock with cheesy Cornish Cove mayo
❄︎ 7/10
A new one from M&S to start Festive Sandwich Reviews 2025. Nice mustard & sharp cheddar flavours, but a posh cheese and ham is more of a festive support than a headliner.
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
❄︎ 7/10
A new one from M&S to start Festive Sandwich Reviews 2025. Nice mustard & sharp cheddar flavours, but a posh cheese and ham is more of a festive support than a headliner.
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
M&S Ho Ho Ho-Ney Mustard Ham Hock with cheesy Cornish Cove mayo
❄︎ 7/10
A new one from M&S to start Festive Sandwich Reviews 2025. Nice mustard & sharp cheddar flavours, but a posh cheese and ham is more of a festive support than a headliner.
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
❄︎ 7/10
A new one from M&S to start Festive Sandwich Reviews 2025. Nice mustard & sharp cheddar flavours, but a posh cheese and ham is more of a festive support than a headliner.
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Someone I worked with briefly long ago suggested putting “monkey love banana” in the middle of a document everyone’s supposed to give feedback on, if no one mentions the monkey you know they’ve either not read it or are too spineless to point it out
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Someone I worked with briefly long ago suggested putting “monkey love banana” in the middle of a document everyone’s supposed to give feedback on, if no one mentions the monkey you know they’ve either not read it or are too spineless to point it out
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Darwinian Christmas
November 23, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Darwinian Christmas
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A really good rundown, with a quite beautiful proposal for an immersive "now playing" screen, of how different music apps and services don't *quite* hit the mark hicks.design/journal/my-p... Thanks @hicks.design - something that @asti.ga could follow.
My perfect Music app doesn’t exist - Hicks.design
A long dive into the features that make my ideal music app, and why nothing currently fulfils the brief.
hicks.design
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A really good rundown, with a quite beautiful proposal for an immersive "now playing" screen, of how different music apps and services don't *quite* hit the mark hicks.design/journal/my-p... Thanks @hicks.design - something that @asti.ga could follow.
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Ooh great news for @rspbotmoor.bsky.social - one of the best wildlife reserves in the UK is getting bigger!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RSPB Otmoor wetlands reserve to expand with new habitat bank
A new 21-hectare site will be added to RSPB Otmoor, in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Get in!!
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Ah well, isn't that a shame for poor little Space Karen.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ah well, isn't that a shame for poor little Space Karen.
If you miss the band Curve, and wish they had decided to reform like all the other 90s bands, then you might be interested in the new Daniel Avery album: music.apple.com/gb/album/tre...
Tremor by Daniel Avery on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 13 Songs
music.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
If you miss the band Curve, and wish they had decided to reform like all the other 90s bands, then you might be interested in the new Daniel Avery album: music.apple.com/gb/album/tre...
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Private Eye nailing it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private Eye nailing it.
53.
In my twenties, it seemed that all the designers in their fifties had to give up the creative work and become managers. Now that I'm there, I'm relieved it’s still working out for me… I'm just not sure for how much longer!
In my twenties, it seemed that all the designers in their fifties had to give up the creative work and become managers. Now that I'm there, I'm relieved it’s still working out for me… I'm just not sure for how much longer!
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
53.
In my twenties, it seemed that all the designers in their fifties had to give up the creative work and become managers. Now that I'm there, I'm relieved it’s still working out for me… I'm just not sure for how much longer!
In my twenties, it seemed that all the designers in their fifties had to give up the creative work and become managers. Now that I'm there, I'm relieved it’s still working out for me… I'm just not sure for how much longer!
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"I do think stopping Nigel Farage has to be a huge mission in this country, but the biggest way we can stop Nigel Farage is by people joining the Green Party right now. We are creating the actual alternative to this Labour government ready to take on Reform."
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage might be polar opposites when it comes to politics - but they do have one thing in common.
news.sky.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"I do think stopping Nigel Farage has to be a huge mission in this country, but the biggest way we can stop Nigel Farage is by people joining the Green Party right now. We are creating the actual alternative to this Labour government ready to take on Reform."
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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please note. apple's excellent "the crate" music playlist is in halloween mode again.
if you're sick of the same-old spookus tunes, this is the place to be. music.apple.com/us/playlist/t...
if you're sick of the same-old spookus tunes, this is the place to be. music.apple.com/us/playlist/t...
The Crate (Halloween Edition) on Apple Music
Playlist · 51 Songs
music.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
please note. apple's excellent "the crate" music playlist is in halloween mode again.
if you're sick of the same-old spookus tunes, this is the place to be. music.apple.com/us/playlist/t...
if you're sick of the same-old spookus tunes, this is the place to be. music.apple.com/us/playlist/t...
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Calling any fans of Stars of the Lid out there: do you have any audio, video or photos from when you've seen them live? If so, please do get in touch!
This is for a side project I’m doing that’s kind of related to a recent blog post: hicks.design/journal/star....
This is for a side project I’m doing that’s kind of related to a recent blog post: hicks.design/journal/star....
Stars of the Lid Live - Hicks.design
Going down an internet rabbit hole of hunting unreleased Stars of the Lid material
hicks.design
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Calling any fans of Stars of the Lid out there: do you have any audio, video or photos from when you've seen them live? If so, please do get in touch!
This is for a side project I’m doing that’s kind of related to a recent blog post: hicks.design/journal/star....
This is for a side project I’m doing that’s kind of related to a recent blog post: hicks.design/journal/star....
Tame Impala’s “Piece of Heaven” has strong Orinoco flow vibes
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tame Impala’s “Piece of Heaven” has strong Orinoco flow vibes
I’m not sure I’m ready for 10 weeks of tasteless malted bread with smears of cranberry and poultry remnants. Going to have wait a few more weeks before I start #festivesandwichreviews
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I’m not sure I’m ready for 10 weeks of tasteless malted bread with smears of cranberry and poultry remnants. Going to have wait a few more weeks before I start #festivesandwichreviews
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If “AI” did the thing, organizations would be bragging about the outcomes instead of jawing endlessly about the tools.
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If “AI” did the thing, organizations would be bragging about the outcomes instead of jawing endlessly about the tools.