The state of Pete
I've been unwell, and will continue to be unwell for a while. This is an account of where that unwellness is at.
Pete's newsletter for the start of July
Got covid again, wrote some blog posts, watched some films, rabbit got ill, hedgehogs appeared in the garden, other stuff.
Reflections on the election
There was a general election in the UK. It was complicated.
Scanning the BugPowder zine archive
I have boxes containing thousands of zines. I've started scanning them. It's going to take a while. I have time.
Pete Ashton's new newsletter of news
Hello, The never ending task of figuring out how best to get my ideas onto the internet and send them to you continues, and this here is the first stab at the latest attempt. In short, it's a roundup of what I've put online in the
Thoughts on Furiosa
There's something nihilistic about George Miller's fifth Mad Max movie and it's got me thinking...
Peely, twenty years on
This autumn it'll be the twentieth anniversary of John Peel's death.
The Aerobic Digest 13: Stay out of the sun
A big move of the heaps into the shade begins, and a curious piece of plastic is found.
The Aerobic Digest 12: Thermo-messo-whatnow?
In this issue, understanding the thermic phases, recording the sounds made by the bugs in the compost heap, and three songs about worms.
Defining the weird
In which I revisit my obsession with the concept of Weird having found a useful working definition.
Blog posts I have not written
Given my burnout means I'm unable finish any writing I thought it might be useful to record the starts, if only to get them out of my head.
The Aerobic Digest 11: Building a heap from scratch
I made a timelapse video of the compost bay being filled, and ponder the best way to bring life back to some dead soil.