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Reading Habits for 2025

It’s December, so obviously, I’m in reflection mode—looking back on the year, spotting the wins, and acknowledging where there’s room to improve. One area that I failed at this year was reading more.

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🎵Now Playing: Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing EP (2024)

My Spotify algorithm came good suggesting this to me. Absolutely loved it. Sharp, clever, heartfelt lyrics with great production. I see he’s playing Manchester in April, might have to grab a ticket.

Best Tracks:

  • Mum Does The Washing
  • Could Be Forever
  • Tactics for Survival
  • Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads cover)

Last Week's Links 2

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Couple poems, a video, and a few interesting articles. Good for a toilet break or two.

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Cultural Diet - November 2024

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month.

November has been busy. I’ve overdone it and December is supposed to be the month of excess. It has, however, also been fun. And that’s important too.

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Manchester United 4 - 0 Everton.

What a great day to have a ticket. We definitely need a new stadium but there’s still something special about Old Trafford in the sun. Diallo was superb.

🎵Now Playing: Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (2024)

A dream collaboration between The Foals singer and the legendary drummer Tony Allen. Result is a Foals-y sound with the groove turned up to 11.

Best tracks:

  • Rain Can’t Reach Us
  • Clementine

🎵Now Playing: Chemical Brothers - Planet Dust (1995)

They didn’t make this album for listening to at work, they made it for dancing.

Best tracks:

  • Leave Home
  • Chemical Beats
  • One Too Many Mornings

🎵Now Playing: Kendrick Lamar - GNX (2024)

Had to give this a chance after all the hype. Not my fave of his back catalog, but it could be a grower.

Best tracks:

  • squabble up
  • reincarnation
  • tv off (aka MUSSSTTTAAARRRDDD)
  • heart pt.6

Last Week's Links 1

Here’s some things I found on the internet last week. Video: Can you take a photo of us? Video: Mad isn’t it Article: Household Surrealism: Clothesline Animals Finally, a piece of writing that could be about me. Project Mayhem

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I’ve been thinking about giving up the booze for a while. Wasting days hungover just isn’t the one anymore.

I thought January 1st would be a good marker but that’s just an excuse to push it down the road, rather than to make the improvement immediately. Especially with Dec being a month of excess.

I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so I can do my laundry and dishes. 

Joanna Maciejewska

Hello World!

Hello, this post means danielsavage.uk is back online! Yes, I’m going to be blogging again like I’m on geocities (yes, I’ve been writing on the web before Tumblr). Now it’s being hosted on micro.blog (thanks @manton.org), which feels likes everything I ever wanted from the internet. I’ve added some pages for my culture tracking (books, gigs, vinyl collection) and I’ll keep adding over this week. And blogging my thoughts more regularly.

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