Celebrating the release of Blade Runner way back in 1982 by soundtracking dystopia with Tyrell approved tunes, Roy Batty beats and synthetic samples. And yes, before you ask Blade Runner is probably one of THE most Autistic coded movies ever ( I even tried to explain why once upon a time ) so this post is justified! Anyway, enjoy....   

  Seeing as it's Father's Day I thought I'd reshare the top Autism dad chat (featuring a fair few Actually Autistic peeps) we did for Scottish Autism a few years back....   Enjoy.     

  Bizarrely it's exactly 5 years today since my Sedgley UFO tweet went a wee bit mental, amassing over 2 million hits on Twitter and culminating in TV coverage, newspaper headlines and death threats from fringe religious groups worldwide. Which was nice. So to celebrate the only time I've ever been popular here's a link to the post explaining the full sorry tale . Plus as a special treat here's myself and Rho excitedly discussing it on the Ashrology podcast .  I can safely say I'll never achieve this level of infamy again:         Enjoy. And remember, the truth is out there. Probably.  

Today isn't just young Master Cassidy's 20th birthday but also the 20th anniversary of the premiere of THE greatest animated film ever too!       So this is a good excuse to listen to the podcast I did with Autism Through Cinema regarding it.   It's Disney/Pixar's Cars if you didn't know by the way. You can listen to the podcast  here if you haven't already. Go on, I'll still be here when you get back.  To be honest, most folk don't expect it to be in my top ten film list (then spend way too much time figuring out where it sits in relation to Suspiria, The Wizard of Oz, Times Square, La Cabina, A New Hope and Bride of Frankenstein...as you can tell I never did get invited to parties as a teen). "But why Cars?" I hear them cry. Well, the Autie-ness of the movie permeates thru' every part of it - from a design point of view the 'faces' of the characters are reminiscent of Thomas The Tank Engine (a huge Autistic favourite...

 Happy World Goth Day one and all!   And to help you celebrate here's mine and Rho's podcast on all things Goth from a few years back.

  To give you all a break from our housing woes and to add a wee bit of cheer to the proceedings (because let's be honest we need it right now) why not prepare yourself for Eurovision 2026 by giving mine and Ro's Eurovision best bits podcast from a few years back a re-listen? You can find it here (but please don't give us nil points). 

  Here for your listening pleasure is the frankly fantastic Blue Azure's rather marvelous monthly music show this time around featuring (around the halfway mark) the spiritual successor to Colour Me Giallo , my tuneful tribute to the cult sounds of American horror cinema soundtracks.  Ladies and gentlemen I present...     And for anyone interested, here's the tracklist: 1. Goblin - L'Alba Dei Morti Viventi (alternate take). 2. Jay Chattaway - Cry for Mother. 3. Fred Myrow – Phantasm (theme). 4. John Carpenter – The Fog (main theme). 5. Ennio Morricone - Regan's Theme/ Seduction and Magic. 6. Donovan – Season Of The Witch. 7. Rick Wakeman – The Burning (theme). 8. Electric Banana - Cause I'm A Man. 9. John Harrison – The Dead Walk. 10. Pino Donaggio – Telescope. 11. David Hess - Wait for the Rain. 12. Don Gere – Werewolves On Wheels (theme). 13. Goblin - La Caccia. 14. Gus Russo – Basket Case (end theme). 15. John Harrison - The World Inside Your Eyes.  

   Another blatant self publicity alert! Just to let you know that I'll be re-teaming with Blue Azure on Totally Wired Radio on Saturday 14th March (8pm till 10pm) where I'll be unveiling the spiritual successor to Colour Me Giallo , this time featuring the cult sounds of American horror cinema soundtracks.  Ladies and gentlemen prepare for...  

 Here for your listening pleasure is Blue Azure's rather marvelous monthly music show featuring (around the halfway mark) my  weird and wonderful mix of Euro-centric cinema soundtracks.   Was a pleasure to do and bizarrely the first time we've ever collaborated on something (outside stop-motion movies as kids) in 48 (!) years of friendship. And yes he's correct when he says I probably know the exact date we met.     And for anyone interested, here's the tracklist 1. G. Lolli – Chiaroscuro (Chiaroscuro) 2. Riz Ortolani - Shake The Disco (Cosi Dolce...Cosi Perversa) 3. Sigi Schwab, Manfred Hübler - The Lions And The Cucumber (Vampyros Lesbos) 4. Stelvio Cipriani - La Polizia Sta A Guardare (Theme) 5. Bruno Nicolai - La Coda Dello Scorpione (Seq. 1) 6. Goblin - Profondo Rosso Theme 7. Riz Ortolani - Beat Fuga Shake (Tiffany Memorandum) 8. Giuliano Sorgini - Manchester M2 GLD (The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue) 9. Stelvio Cipriani – Bay of Blood (Theme...

  Been listening to Michael Blastland's Autism Curve series on Radio 4 and not sure how I feel, partly cos I don't like being talked about whilst trying to sleep. Full review to follow.  As an aside when it comes to podcasts in an Autism vein, I've noticed that those hosted by Autistic people (for example Robyn Steward and Jamie Knight's brilliant 1800 Seconds on Autism ) are deemed to be of niche interest and only for us whereas those podcasts aimed at 'the general public' or those with Autistic kids/relatives etc. (as The Autism Curve seems to be) are all hosted by neurotypical parents - usually dads - almost as if their 'Autism journey' makes them more suitable - or worthy - to talk about Autism to the 'not we'.    Hopefully someone will prove me wrong. 

   To lighten the mood around here and to celebrate the release of Superman (and in a fortnight the Fantastic Four which will hopefully herald a fun four colour renaissance) I present a selection of mixes (of a comic book nature obviously) from our legendary Glasgow-based pre-club The Man With No Suitcase from back in the day for your ear-based pleasure to download here . You lucky people!     

For these unsure times, a lovingly crafted collection of all things freakish in tribute to Stuart Maconie's 6Music masterclass..... And for those interested here's the tracklist:  1 Dear Mary/Negativland 2 Great Train Robbery/Funki Porcini 3 March/David Cain 4 Sinfonia To Cantata/Wendy Carlos 5 Manhattan Research Inc./Raymond Scott 6 Lullaby/Krzysztof Komeda 7 Chelsea Girls/Warhola 8 Konkubination/Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab 9 Μάγισσες/Lena Platonos 11 Nursery Chymes/Homosexuals 12 Cannibal Holocaust CostCutters Mix/Dissolved 13 Beth yw-r haf i mi/Llio Rhydderch 14 White Horses/Jackie Lee 15 How Do/The Sneaker Pimps 16 Stridulum (The Visitor)/Franco Micalizzi 17 La Polizia Sta A Guardare/Stelvio Cipriani 18 Maneche/Jacques Lasry 19 Hausu Theme/Godiego 20 Russian Lullaby/Unknown 21 Phone Girl/Unknown 22ビラゴンデブラヘラヘララ/菊池俊輔 23 Midnight Sleighride (from The Lieutenant Kije Suite)/Sergei Prokofiev 24 The Lightning Tree/The Settlers 25 Kachakuchane (Edit...

So, it's 4 years today since my Sedgley UFO tweet went a wee bit mental so to celebrate the only time I've ever been popular here's a link to the post explaining the full sorry tale .  Plus as a special treat here's myself and Rho excitedly discussing it on the Ashrology podcast .  I can safely say I'll never achieve this level of infamy again:         Enjoy. And remember, the truth is out there. Probably.  

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be invited on Glasgow Kelvin College's Campus Conversations podcast to talk about working as an illustrator especially the work I'd done related to film-making.   Big thanks to the team - Shawn, Morgan, James, Sam, Lewis, Jack, Stacey, Cian, Erin, Chloe, Dylan and Daniel - for having me and managing to put up with my incessant chatting!

Celebrating the genius of Gerry Anderson on his birthday with 60 minutes of Spectrum Sounds and Terrahawk tunes in one mighty Mysteron mix.....    

  A blast from the past for Autism Acceptance Week 2025, Stuart Cosgrove, Jonny Drury, Scott McIntyre and myself engage in some top Autism dad chat for Scottish Autism from a few years back. Oh yeah and I'm still available for more chats, podcasts etc....and more importantly I'm cheap.  Enjoy!      

It's the annual Frightfest weekend (and yes all the artwork is done ) so here's a wee tuneful treat for those traveling up to Glasgow over the next few days.   A couple of mysterious and macabre mixes of deep red disco, sinister samples and bizarro beats to help your journey into darkness...    

  Our little Autism Through Cinema podcast gets a mention in this months Doctor Who Magazine.  

Well that's me back home and (mostly) recovered from the UK premiere of AUTISM PLAYS ITSELF at the Edinburgh Film Festival yesterday and what a day it was.     Yes it was great to finally meet my fellow contributors in the flesh (and yes, they were very lovely) and catch up with the director Janet Harbord after what seems like an age but more importantly (and scarily) it was brilliant - and daunting - to watch the film with an actual audience. Obviously I made merch. And I'm happy to say it seemed to go down fantastically, the audience members I spoke to appeared to just 'get it'....much chat, laughs and excited social interaction ensued.   Team Autism Assemble!   To be honest I'm still processing the whole thing here so no doubt I'll come back to it at some point when I've fully recovered but suffice to say it would be an understatement to say that this is one of the pieces of work I'm most proud of. I hope you can all see it at some point.   But whilst...

A brand new podcast where AUTISM PLAYS ITSELF director Janet Harbord discusses the film.  And you can listen here .