Jim Mortleman
@jimjar
Writer, parodist; punster; puzzler; potty-mouth; penner of odes; podcaster; free thinker; synth tinkerer; dad; hat fan. Also jimjar on Twitter
This is THE single most annoying thing about Android. Randomly turns volume to inaudible, meaning you have to get phone out of pocket and rewind whatever you're listening to. If I didn't need it at that level I wouldn't have it at that level! Impossible to turn off, even with developer options.
Just reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's latest, which - as usual - is the most pithy, witty, accurate, fair, essential and impeccably-argued piece of tech industry criticism you're likely to read this year. So do.
Marbled white butterfly. They're hard to snap on a phone because they flit about so much but managed to catch this one on a thistle.
New album from @boardsofcanada.bsky.social is absolutely amazing and well worth the 13-year wait! Absolutely f'kin outrageous that Trump nicked one of the tracks for a promo video yesterday though. Hope they sue him for a shitload: pitchfork.com/news/boards-...
Just spinning Robert Görl (+DJ Sylvie Marks)'s latest, "Dark Silver Moon Light". If you like classic D.A.F., it won't disappoint. Excellent stuff.
I've stuck up free lossless versions of a selection of my older (mostly satirical/humourous) numbers from 2003-2020 on new music co-op Subvert, until I get round to making some new stuff: Subvert.fm/jimjarmo
Separated at birth? Reform's Tim Montgomerie on Newsnight and Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester...
My daughter just sent me this video she filmed earlier of a magpie taking the piss out of a rabbit. (I added the music.)
Simon Fisher Turner's Record Store Day 2026 release "Stuff" is a beautiful collection of ambient soundscapes and eclectic field recordings, a wonderfully mesmeric antedote to the maelstrom of media and madness wearing us all down. A sonic bath for the soul. If you can still grab a copy, do.
Friday. Fish and chips night. Lovely bit of haddock on my plate. Nipped out to the garage to grab a beer. Came back in to find haddock on floor being eaten by thieving bastard cat. Grrr.
