Richard_Littler

Richard_Littler, 11 days ago to random

I entered random words/phrases from a load of #LinkedIn posts into an online text shuffler, clicked shuffle a couple of times, then picked a random office image from a free image library. And now I'm pretty sure that many of the sponsored posts must be bots. Either that or I should go into business consultancy myself.

Richard_Littler, 12 days ago to music

#NowPlaying Laurie Spiegel's amazing 1980 album The Expanding Universe.
So many female pioneers in electronic music & musique concrète: Carlos, Derbyshire, Barron, Oram, Oliveros, Radigue, Pade, Ferreyra, Beyer, Jones (Glynis), Ciani, Rockmore, Amacher, Fagandini, Bokanowski, Nova, Toyama, Beat...
#electronica #musiqueconcrète #music #electronic

Richard_Littler, 13 days ago to music

🧵 Punk vs Prog

Another cultural pundit on TV last night dragging out the threadbare 'Punk was a response to Prog Rock' chestnut. When TV documentaries repeat this punk/prog cliche they always cherrypick Prog's most ludicrous moments (that many prog fans don't like either) to support the claim...
At the time, John Lydon, wore a 'I hate Pink Floyd' t-shirt. Punks also wore swastikas but were far from nazis. Lydon says it was a performative gesture...

#music #1970s #punk #progrock

Richard_Littler, 13 days ago to Cinema

New drawing. A cinema I frequently visited as a child. It's pictured here as I remember it, circa December 1977/January 1978. It has long since been demolished.

If you'd like to read a little more about the cinema, here's a link:
https://www.richardlittler.com/post/altrincham-hippodrome-studio-1-cannon

#altrincham #cinema #architecture #illustration

Richard_Littler, 16 days ago to random

I'm pretty sure the #MAGA crowd will vehemently oppose Trump's convictions, just as as soon as someone has helped them get dressed and they've figured out how to contruct sentences.

#Trump

Richard_Littler, 18 days ago to ai

#LinkedIn
"Learn how you can use #AI to give your projects that personal, human touch"

"My new AI meditation app does all my meditating for me, freeing me up to work as many hours as I can"

"I used AI to write my CV/resume and got the first job I applied for. And although I don't possess any of the skills/qualifications on my CV, AI has give me the confidence to believe that anything is possible if you put your mind to it."

Richard_Littler, 23 days ago to Typography

I've been hunting for this specific typeface/font for ages, but can never find it. It was used for cinema light box/marquees in the UK in the 1960s-1980s. It's close to some of the usual suspects (Gill Sans, Human521, Futura, DIN, Century, etc ), but no cigar. Any ideas?

#typography #fonts

Cinema light box marquee
Cinema light box marquee
Cinema light box marquee

Richard_Littler, 24 days ago to Facebook

Really sick of these big tech companies.
Absolute parasites.
"You have the right to object to Meta using your personal info to train AI..."
[BUT]
"...We may still process information about you to develop and improve AI at Meta, even if you object or don’t use our Products and services"

#facebook #meta

We may still process information about you to develop and improve AI at Meta, even if you object or don’t use our Products and services. For example, this could happen if you or your information:

Richard_Littler, 24 days ago to vinyl

Ear worm.
I can't shift 'See Saw' by #PinkFloyd.
#NowPlaying it again.

#vinyl

Harvest Records label: Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair, side 4.

Richard_Littler, 25 days ago to sport

I still find it utterly absurd that #sport is a mandatory part of all news broadcasts. For someone with zero interest in sport, it has sounded like this to me for 50+ years: "Those were the main news headlines... Now, rodent news: Manchester Zoo has loaned Señor Fluffi, a Spanish gerbil, from Zoo Aquarium de Madrid for £20 million. They have also expressed interest in acquiring a squirrel..."

Richard_Littler, 27 days ago to random

Reading about how the toxic American eugenics movement of the 1920s inspired Hitler et al, to put their recommendations into action. And I also realise that some twittering billionaires are again repeating (long debunked) statements made by the blatantly racist, ableist eugenics movement.

Richard_Littler, 29 days ago to graphics

A while back, I re-created a graphic that featured in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was a very minor graphic in the film's cornucopia of special effects but I've always liked it. My original version of the BBC 12 logo contained a couple of errors (including the typeface), so I thought it was time to update it...

#graphics #movies #kubrick

My re-creation of the BBC 12 logo/screen as seen in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey

Richard_Littler, 29 days ago to history

I've had to take a break from reading a dense volume about the #history of the Roman Empire. More accurate chapter titles might be: Chap. 1: Men Being Dicks. Chap 2: More From Those Men Being Dicks. Chap 3: The Dick Men Fight Other Dick Men. Chap 4: Women's Roles in... Nope. More Men Being Dicks.

Richard_Littler, 30 days ago to illustration

I've been thinking about the King Charles portrait for a few days, but I still can't decide whether the painting style reminds me more of old Puffin, Pan Horror, or Mills & Boon cover illustrations.
#illustration #art #KingCharles

Richard_Littler, 30 days ago to asd

If you've ever wondered what it's like being autistic with ADHD, it's a bit like this for me. (I always assumed everybody thought like this).

#ASD #ADHD #AuDHD #Autism
@actuallyautistic

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to jazz

#NowPlaying Wayne Shorter's precocious Blue Note debut, ably accompanied by Lee Morgan and Coltrane group alumni McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Reggie Workman. No wonder Miles Davis snapped up Shorter for his legendary 2nd Great Quintet, which not only adopted his style, but also seemed to "communicate by mental telepathy" after his arrival.
#jazz #vinyl #hardbop #modaljazz

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to history

Shakespeare, you coward; Hollywood, you timorous poltroon. Keep your Julius Caesar, your Coriolanus, your Titus Andronicus, your Spartacus and Gladiators. I want to hear stories about TARQUIN SUPERBUS. What a name!

#History #rome

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to ai

"Although I'm no longer with you in person, my darling, I love you so much. I remember the day we met as clearly as if... You can now make purchases in Bitcoin; visit our storefront now... it were yesterday. The yellow dress you wore was so... Get 10% off the new Apple iPad. Say 'PADOFFER' after this memory..."
#AI #dystopia

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to DoctorWho

That Beatles #doctorwho episode: A flamboyant supervillain in boots steals the power of music from the world leaving it devastated, and silences the band that could save it. Fortunately,
#TheBeatles eventually manage to play the right music that can defeat the villain and... hold on

#yellowsubmarine

Frame from Yellow Submarine
Frame from Yellow Submarine
Frame from Yellow Submarine

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to bluesky

Jack Dorsey is furious that #Bluesky has attracted "very very common" people. He also doesn't like the idea of moderation tools facilitating the banning of racists.

All these tech billionaires are like a version of the movie Big, in which a pre-adolescent boy wakes up in the body of an aging Howard Hughes. Or Colonel Kurtz. Or a sardine.
#JackDorsey

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to Autism

Spring, ffs. There are songs, even symphonies, glorifying birdsong written by everyone from Paul McCartney & Fleetwood Mac to Frederick Delius, Vaughan Williams, & Messiaen. But, I swear to god, if you're neurodivergent/misophonic, some bird 'song' is the aural equivalent of being waterboarded.

#autism #misophonia

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to music

I'm revisiting early-mid 1980s albums by prog rock (& related) artists, when they decided to try new, more stripped down, approaches, many of which provoked vilification & even decades-long grudges among older fans who accused their favourite bands of selling out (see also: Queen's Hot Space album).

#music #1980s #progrock

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to apple

One of the most depressing ads I've seen, and yet it perfectly captures the presumptuousness and obliviousness of 21st C 'tech bro' culture, which seems hellbent on running roughshod over, well, any kind of creativity that it can't exploit financially. https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1787864325258162239
#apple

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to random

If you want to know how seriously Europeans take the UK nowadays: I'm watching a German TV quiz show. The host presented a photo of Stonehenge and asked the contestant to name it. They joked that the answer was "Liverpool after Brexit"

Richard_Littler, 1 month ago to ai

"Mike, my beloved husband of 40 years died two weeks ago and I used #AI to write his eulogy. I inputted a few biographical details, which were then transformed into a lengthy, heartfelt tribute. I had no idea, however, that he'd also been an electrical device for amplifying sound. He'd kept that to himself. A humble man. I'm so proud."