Good Stuff

This is a great collection of screen-free activity ideas for kids, filterable by age, time and mess. Lots of obvious stuff but some nice ideas and reminders in there. Save the kids from the attention vortex 🌀📱🌀 for as long as possible!

"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:13:20 +0100

https://youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o

The funniest music tech product demo I’ve ever seen, featuring Matt Berry and Jermain Clement.

Mushroom in the Wild Playing Keyboard

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:08:08 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbP2DgDp890

A mushroom hooked up with robot arms that are triggered to play a keyboard when the mushroom’s bio-electrical signal fluctuates. So cute!

Passpartout Duo - From Narva

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:05:54 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KFFlZUZsR0

It’s satisfying to watch these two musicians locked in with each other and the interlocking rhythms they’re playing in this mesmerising piece.

Felbm - Cycli Infini

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:23:38 +0100

https://felbm.bandcamp.com/album/cycli-infini

I’ve been listening to this album a lot while doing things. It’s meditative, but rhythmic and with momentum, repetitive but varied. Lovely stuff!

Chantlings

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:19:35 +0100

https://www.iorama.studio/chantlings

This musical app is actually magic… You sing to these cute characters on your phone and they join in glorious harmony!

Nuala Honan - White Feathers

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:18:29 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stFUuib1iv4

My pal Nuala is getting some new songs out there, with a new album in the works. Here’s a beautiful, raw acoustic live session.

Kowloon - Wake Up

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:15:11 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Id2hNfVjZQ

I love the psychedelic retro animation style in this music video 🐸

Hologram Electronics - A Nice Song for Spring

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:13:11 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VWp9pw6no

Probably one of my favourite product demo videos ever! A sweet, sunny jam.

Photay - Low Pressure System

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:11:03 +0100

https://photay.bandcamp.com/track/low-pressure-system

This track by Photay caught my ear - feels like an adventure flying through a colourful miniature world.

Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968 - 1981

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:12:38 +0100

https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ghana-special-modern-highlife-afro-sounds-ghanaian-blues-1968-1981

Highlife is the happy sound of sunshine to me!

Love & Purpose (Volume One)

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:12:38 +0100

https://firstwordrecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-purpose-volume-one

A compilation of UK soul from (I think) the 80s to present day artists. Good barbeque tunes I reckon!

Sessa - Estrela Acesa

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:12:38 +0100

https://sessa.bandcamp.com/album/estrela-acesa

Beautiful laid back songs with lush string arrangements from São Paulo, Brazil.

Skinshape - Craterellus Tubaeformis

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:12:38 +0100

https://skinshape.bandcamp.com/album/craterellus-tubaeformis

Playful psychedelic songs made with warm sounding vintage gear. Lie under a tree and daydream to this if you like that kind of thing.

Matthewdavid - Mycelium Music

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:12:38 +0100

https://matthewdavidmcq.bandcamp.com/album/mycelium-music

A psychedelic journey through a miscroscopic world inspired by fungus.

Omni Gardens - Golden Pear

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:12:38 +0100

https://omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/golden-pear

Cosy music :)

Wonky

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

https://pudding.cool/2023/06/groove/

This interactive website exploring the way legendary hip hop producer J Dilla creates his wonky grooves is fun to play around with.

Carl Peck's Newsletter

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

https://carljpeck.substack.com/

My good buddy and longtime collaborator Carl Peck has started a comic strip newsletter where he shares his work in progress on a bizarre and intriguing new story and behind the scenes titbits. His work is rad and the insights into his process are v interrresting.

Sam Greenfield - Sam Greenfield Sucks

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

https://samgreenfield.bandcamp.com/album/sam-greenfield-sucks

This super playful jazz funk funtime fusion album by Sam Greenfield puts both a smile and a funk gurn on my face simultaneously, which is not a pretty sight I can tell you.

Benny Sings Young Hearts

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:51:48 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLPm6vxA_y8

Loving this song and playful music video by Benny Sings. Silly Robo-Benny!

Rozi Plain - Prize

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:21:14 +0000

https://roziplain.bandcamp.com/album/prize

Rozi Plain’s new album is a laid back journey through another world, padded with warm synths and gently driving rhythms. I love it!

Rozi Plain - Help

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:58:55 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBDfpPHsak

This song and surreal music video by Rozi Plain transports me to another realm, I love it!

Spencer Hansen's Creature Sculptures

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:51:09 +0000

https://spencerhansen.art/

Spencer Hansen makes weird and wonderful creature sculptures out of reclaimed materials. Lots of them look very huggable, I want to be friends!

Louis Cole - I'm Tight

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:09:34 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9XrWB-u1vc

This music video by Louis Cole is full of beautifully understated and ridiculous dance moves, choreographed by Louis himself!

How To with John Wilson

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:35:32 +0000

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0cltlm3/how-to-with-john-wilson

I’m really enjoying this humorous documentary series at the moment! John films loads of weird, amusing, or eyecatching stuff in his daily life around New York and beyond, then cuts it together around a theme and narrates it in a dryly comedic, almost poetic manner.

Jacob Collier Improvises the Audience

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:06:01 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPtM9PByK_4

This musical performance gave me tingles when I first watched it. There’s always something amazing about a mass of people joining together in music, and it’s even more special that Jacob plays with people’s intuitive understanding of musical scales to play them like an instrument! See also Bobby McFerrin doing the same kinda thing…

Smac Mccreanor - Hydraulic Press Dance Series Compilation

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:03:25 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWqB6UxERAk

A wonder of a physical comedy / dance video - Smac McCreanor mimics hydraulic presses crushing different objects, but with her body representing the objects being crushed!

Emerson Kitamura - Rock'n Roll no Hajimari wa

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:00:55 +0100

https://emersonkitamura.bandcamp.com/album/rockn-roll-no-hajimari-wa

This E.P. of chirpy organ music has been giving me the grins recently. Start from track 2 for maximum chirp!

I was on Blind Date

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:43:08 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4zpMU9gmI

Musical comedy man Brett Domino took an old episode of Blind Date and superimposed himself into the show, this comedy short really tickled me!

Postmodern Jukebox ft. Gunhild Carling - Happy

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:36:59 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xywNeumntoE

Gunhild Carling is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist jazz musician who has a flare for entertaining in playful ways! I saw a video of her playing 3 trumpets at once, which led to this video of her playing Happy on a bunch of different instruments, including a triple-trumpet parp-bonanza! Toot-toot-toooooot!

Solopsist

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:30:59 +0100

https://www.tiktok.com/@solopsist

I haven’t been on tiktok much at all, but I recently found a link to these amazingly surreal short videos based around a phone booth, which make liberal use of practical effects to twist things into freakin’ weeeird territories, man.

Rocks

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:16:44 +0100

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81040791

A touching and superbly acted British film about a teenage girl whose mother suddenly leaves home, leaving her to fend for herself and her brother. The film was developed and written in conjuction with the cast who are mostly non-professional actors from the area of London it was shot in. It feels amazingly natural!

Graham Kartna - TMP2

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:04:34 +0100

https://grahamkartna.bandcamp.com/album/tmp2

This wonky, silly, electronic album by Graham Kartna has been filling my glad bags with happy pixels on repeat recently!

door.link

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:35:11 +0100

https://www.door.link/

A curated selection of small, cosy, unusual music. I’ve been enjoying listening to this while practising coding 🤓

Feels by Games for Crows

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:31:23 +0100

https://gamesforcrows.itch.io/feels

This is a cute and fun little game - it’s like Where’s Wally but with emojis 😊

Yokainoshima: Island of Monsters

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:49:51 +0100

https://thamesandhudson.com/wild-japan-9780500544594

I love this intriguing photo book showcasing the elaborate and imaginative outfits of Japanese folk traditions. There are amazing costumes representing different deities and monsters to celebrate festivals and rituals of abundance and fertility. There’s an interesting interview with the photographer and more images here.

Kinopio

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:15:31 +0100

https://kinopio.club/

I’ve not used this visual thinking tool yet but it looks really cool! You can make cards of texts and images and link them together with coloured lines to create groups and flows of thought. The design is fun too!

John Carroll Kirby - Rainmaker

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:05:12 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ob71OfLJY

I made the mistake of playing this retro smooth synth funk music video to my toddler and it’s now become a multiple times daily ritual that we watch this extra-long-ponytailed man emote on his synthesizer. But I don’t mind because if my baby’s into synthesisers then as far as I’m concerned I’ve done my job as a father perfectly 👌

Flock of Dimes - 2 Heads

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:12:38 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHONaf73FGU

A beautiful vocal and analogue synthesiser performance. Oh there’s a cello too! It’s powerful and spacious at the same time, like THE UNIVERSE ITSELF WHOAAA 🌌

Sonic Blooming

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:50:47 +0100

https://www.sonicblooming.com/

An ambient sound/music project by sound artist Crystal Cortez which uses the electrical impulses of growing plants to create musical pitches and sounds. The pieces on this website were made from plant data and field recordings collected at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon.

astronaut.io

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:44:14 +0100

http://astronaut.io

This is a fascinating website which displays a rapidly changing stream of YouTube videos with very little or no views, which tend to be unpolished personal videos. The result is a sense that you are peering into the lives of everyday people all over the planet - like an astronaut exploring life on earth.

The Westerlies - Dover

Sat, 22 May 2021 07:16:30 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2SFCd7GRZ0

I love this brass quartet piece by The Westerlies, it’s kinda joyful and beautiful! If you like this, their album Wherein Lies The Good is definitely worth a listen, some wonderful stuff on there 🎺

Verity Standen - Where Do You Hide

Thu, 20 May 2021 13:45:24 +0100

https://vimeo.com/514614842

My friend Verity Standen made this beautiful song and music video in the depths of the pandemic. I first watched this a couple of months ago feeling deeply exhausted with it all, and I proper blubbed, I tell you, blubbed all down my face.

MakeSpace

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:19:11 +0100

https://makespace.fun/

I’m currently beta testing this innovative co-creation platform. It’s a fun, malleable space to converse with video streaming and visual elements you can position wherever you like - like if Zoom was a creative collage you could move around in real time!

Mmm

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:04:59 +0100

https://build.mmm.page/

Mmm is a super playful one page website maker with drag and drop abilities to quickly and easily make a characterful collage/comic/website. Looks fun!

Tom Sachs TEDx Talk

Thu, 13 May 2021 11:04:03 +0100

https://youtu.be/V8aeaX6Kozw

Lots to ingest in this talk on creativity by sculpture artist Tom Sachs! I love the bit about “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” - I’ve often struggled with having lots of ideas and being buffeted about by them instead of choosing one and seeing it through to the end.

Matchstick Animations

Tue, 04 May 2021 09:47:05 +0100

https://twitter.com/oo_kk_aa

Japanese designer Okazaki Tomohiro makes playful stop-motion animations of matches. Mesmerising and oddly satisfying!

Manifold Garden

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:52:49 +0100

https://manifold.garden

This mind bending puzzle game is a somehow calming trip through infinity. Each level is solved by twisting gravity to manouver blocks as you travel by falling/flying through endlessly repeating versions of the same world. It’s hard to explain, watch the trailer!

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:31:58 +0100

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81002747

Holy moly I enjoyed this animated crazy Spider-Man film a lot! They really went to town experimenting with the animation and visual styles. Even the end credits are a piece of motion graphics art. The sound design is rad and the characters are all great too! My partner Katie usually hates superhero films, but as soon as we finished this one she said “I want to watch that again…” so, there you go!

Cheater - Pom Poko

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:29:48 +0100

https://pompoko.bandcamp.com/album/cheater

This pop/punk/noise album by Norwegian band Pom Poko is like candied habañeros, sweet but spiky! Gets me excited!

Color De Tropico Compiled By El Drágon Criollo & El Palmas

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:03:29 +0100

https://elpalmasmusic.bandcamp.com/album/color-de-tr-pico-compiled-by-el-dr-gon-criollo-el-palmas

This compilation album of Venezualan music from 1966 - 1978 is bringing some sunshine to my life at the moment. My lil boy loves dancing to it too! There’s a second compilation out soon if this floats your boat.

Small Talk

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:14:26 +0100

https://youtu.be/rImAz434NfU

A trippy lil short of two guys talking bout nothin while their faces go nuts.

Popcorn Cover With Homemade Pipe Instrument

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:16:51 +0100

https://youtu.be/FDE0JuAlktc

A musical making video with a fun version of Popcorn at the end :)

Róisín Murphy - The Time Is Now

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:15:39 +0100

https://youtu.be/z9u0-3H4I4o

A home concert video with Róisín managing to be totally captivating and badass in her living room!

Pointer Pointer

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:14:21 +0100

https://pointerpointer.com/

A website that detects where your cursor is and choses a photo of a person pointing at it. A momentary diversion, but it’s pretty fun!

Joel Haver's Youtube Channel

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:04:40 +0100

https://youtube.com/channel/UCVIFCOJwv3emlVmBbPCZrvw

This guy has been making silly videos for a while and just blew up from 3k subscribers to 733k in the last two months thanks to this series of animations.

Jamie Demetriou's Really Good Time

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:12:21 +0100

https://youtu.be/hbRHpy5LsHQ

A very stupid music video with some great inspiration for things to do in lockdown.

Georgie Ward: Live at St Georges

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:10:46 +0100

https://youtu.be/3YlIJHeLDc0

A live music performance by pianist and synth virtuoso Georgie Ward! Amazing stuff! Georgie was/is the synth player in my new band Bandrucker. We played one gig then I had a baby and the pandemic hit and it all screeched to a halt. I hope to play music with Georgie again when the situation allows, she’s a badass!

Unendurable Line

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:09:25 +0100

https://vimeo.com/231498722

A playful short film about anticipation and release. I also enjoyed this short by the same director.

Too Many Zoos - Pink Yesterday

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:07:58 +0100

https://youtu.be/NTA7Qg6H92g

This music video is a joyous brass explosion to blast your frosty cobwebs away.

Young Offenders

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:49:54 +0100

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p05v9qqg/the-young-offenders

A comedy series about a couple of teenage tearaways growing up in Ireland. It’s reckless and ridiculous and very sweet at times too :)

Stevie Wonder Cover on Harpejji

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:47:58 +0100

https://youtu.be/RL50VnZY1Kk

Corey Henry plays this unusual instrument insanely well! Beautiful stuff!

Crackazat - Period Works - The Album

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:45:34 +0100

https://zrecords.bandcamp.com/album/period-works-the-album

This house/disco album by Crackazat has been the soundtrack to my new favourite activity: dancing my baby boy around the kitchen in a “keep fit” style! He freakin’ loves it and I do too, so that’s pretty perfect really.

The Egg

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:42:28 +0100

http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

This short story by Andy Weir about a man who dies and meets his creator is a quickun, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot since reading it!

Martin Roberts' Invisible Piano

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:41:14 +0100

https://youtu.be/v4iNu1MRb20

A silly vid of a man saying “So what made you want to buy this place?” on a TV show, but with piano sounds added to his splayed hand gesture. Made me chuckle anyway :)

SOUTHPAW

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:39:30 +0100

https://vimeo.com/464298473

This animation of some weird dudes dancing to awesome recorder music is pretty close to what it’s like inside my brain.

In Camera

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:37:57 +0100

https://youtube.com/channel/UCulLTNc5UdWKBcCqo8GNMbQ

My longtime filmmaking friend Tommy has just started a YouTube channel all about practical effects in film making. Watch them make awesome things and learn stuff too!

PROTODOME - Etude 1 for Midi Slap Bass

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:35:39 +0100

https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/track/etude-1-for-midi-slap-bass

This lo-fi turbo-funk track will put a boost in your pixel pipe!

Mocky - Music Save Me (One More Time)

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:22:26 +0100

https://mocky.bandcamp.com/album/music-save-me-one-more-time

I’ve been listening to this lo-fi soul/jazz/funk/pop album by Mocky a lot! The first half’s a lil wet for me at times, but the second half has some tasty grooves.

My Octopus Teacher

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:21:07 +0100

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81045007

This documentary about a friendship between an obsessed cameraman and an octopus is really beautiful to watch. Octopuses are freakin’ amazing.

Matt Taylor GFX

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:00:38 +0100

https://www.instagram.com/emty01/

These trippy 3D motion graphics loops will mesmerise your absolute brain out your ears. Non-Instagram peeps can view the vids by right clicking and opening each video in a new tab.

Rising Phoenix

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:58:38 +0100

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81122408

This Netflix documentary about Paralympian athletes is awe inspiring. The determination, focus and skill required to perform at such incredible levels, while dealing with physical, emotional and societal obstacles is astounding.

morèno - Ginza (ft Alf4zi)

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:57:38 +0100

https://musicmoreno.bandcamp.com/track/ginza-ft-alf4zi

This rap track by Mumbai rapper morèno is a banger! I don’t think I’ve heard any Hindi rap before, it’s a punchy language for morèno’s quick-fire delivery.

Machine Girl - RePorpoised Phantasies

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:57:38 +0100

https://machinegirl.bandcamp.com/album/reporpoised-phantasies

An EP of rave inspired tracks by Machine Girl. Nutty! Fans of Lone might enjoy this.

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:00:17 +0100

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81252991

A short Netflix documentary about a man who ran a radio station trying to contact aliens. It’s very sweet :)

Table for One - Anne Collinge

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:06:30 +0100

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/table-for-one-annie-collinge/

A photo series of a model morphing into different foods using clothes and everyday objects. I wanna try at home!

Jacob Collier - Sleeping on My Dreams

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:00:45 +0100

https://youtu.be/dR4IwtiEbyo

A colourful choreographed music video by Jacob Collier!

Jacob Mann - Ziti

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:57:09 +0100

https://youtu.be/UHWpB4dQehM

A lo-fi music video about a packet of pasta with questionable eating habits.

Yoanne Bourgeois - Clare De Lune

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:53:16 +0100

https://psyche.co/films/how-the-acrobat-and-choreographer-yoann-bourgeois-plays-with-gravity-and-time

A mesmerising acrobatics routine featuring a trampoline and a set of stairs.

Nuala Honan - Doubt & Reckoning

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:48:13 +0100

https://nualahonan.bandcamp.com/album/doubt-reckoning

Nuala is one of my best buds and I’ve watched her working her buns to the bone to get this album into the world. And it’s a CORKER! Album of the day on BBC Radio 6 Music today and everything! If you like rock-n-roll, pop-opera, post-punk, epic ballad rawness smashed together in a spectacular DIY fireworks display, YOU GOT IT RIGHT HERE BABY.

It’s on iTunes and Spotify and all that too. Give it a listen and buy it if you like it - it’s not easy being an independent musician right now so any support really helps!

Julien Mier - Industries In The Trees

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:01:19 +0000

https://julienmier.bandcamp.com/album/industries-in-the-trees

An album of electronic music by Julien Mier that’s like an epic audio adventure through a microscopic world!

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:01:19 +0000

https://theparadisebangkokmolaminternationalband.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-molam

A sweet road movie about a troubled man escaping his mistakes and a man with Down’s syndrome following his dreams of being a wrestler.

Pipeline Funk

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 08:39:56 +0100

https://youtu.be/p8GcHoSIPDg

A video of a man playing a saxophone down a massive pipe and jamming with the echo!

The 13th

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:29:41 +0100

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

This documentary (also on Netflix) about the mass criminalisation of African Americans and the horrifying American prison industry is not a fun watch, but it helped me better understand the longstanding social and institutional discrimination endured by Black people in America.

21st Century Molam - The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:43:22 +0100

https://theparadisebangkokmolaminternationalband.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-molam

Traditional Thai music with a beefy 70s disco & funk makeover! Had me stamping and clapping in the shower!

BC Invaders - DOMi & JD Beck

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 06:48:13 +0100

https://youtu.be/skEUnT98cWk

Stick with the floaty jazz opening and you’ll be treated to some rapid fire live drumming and keyboarding that will BLOW YOUR MIND! 🤯

Avril 14 on pedal steel