Chris Herbert

Wonderful review of Grisaille via Igloo Magazine.

New album via Room40. Preorder available now. room40.bandcamp.com/album/grisai...

Near-mythical footage that has been locked away in the WDR vaults for over 55 years www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Gs...

The Genius of Conny Plank - full documentary now available on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...

RIP Peter Watkins (1935–2025) Culloden, The War Game, and Punishment Park alone would cement him as one of the greatest British directors, but he delivered a virtually flawless run of films. A sad loss.

Distant rumbling.... www.chrisherbert.net/media/releas...

Found one of my favourite music clips again, which always feels like it has drifted in from another dimension. From the introduction, to the stage set, to the cast of characters, to the music itself, it all feels like a dream: Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar - 'Forever'

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Henri Pousseur, Holger Czukay, Cologne, 1963.

As it's World Drummer Day... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzY...

Sun's out... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQM...

This is fantastic, such a zoned groove. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_dc...

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TikTok was never going anywhere. The TikTok creator gave millions to Trump and they orchestrated this whole PR stunt just so Trump will be seen as a 'hero' to young people. It was literally the Kidz Bop version of the Reichstag Fire

Wishing you all peace and happiness in the dying embers of the year. Here's to great things in 2025. 🌲

My Black Eye Friday pick of things I've enjoyed listening to this year. Woefully incomplete, these are off the top of my noggin'. I'll dredge up some more as they occur to me.

Can live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27/1/1974 "From a Philips N1500 video tape found on ebay" This doesn't exist in the BBC archives, an absolutely serendipitous find. Thank you whoever uploaded it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2w...

Just ventured into the loft space to retrieve festive decorations and was reminded that Tom Baker is alive and well up there.

Forgive me.

Jeremy Deller, 2017.

If you're at a loose end for something to listen to, here's a great mix from Skee Mask via NTS Radio. www.nts.live/shows/skee-m...

JG Ballard. Photo: Chris Clunn, 1992.

Snowy Morning, Settai Komura c.1924.

The only reason anti-vax attitudes were able to take root in the modern era is because vaccines are so fucking good at their job people forgot why we need them

Jaki Liebezeit at Conny Plank's studio. Wolperath, 1976.

Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger, rehearsing in squalor. Ratingen, Germany, 1972. Photo: Peter Lindbergh.

Hamburg, 1971.

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