Hugh Dingwall

@objectivereality.bsky.social

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He/him. Muso, soundie, general nerd. Based in Palmerston North NZ. Podcast "Reserved Recommendations" at www.mpr.nz/show/reserved Games I wrote at objectivereality.itch.io Music at wolfboy.bandcamp.com

A still from "The Polar Express" (2004) showing the eponymous train from an incongruously-menacing hero angle. Superimposed on the image is the text "Reserved Recommendations #92 "The Polar Express" (2004) with Whaitiri Tua-Warbrick.
A still from the movie "Possession" (1981) showing Mark (Sam Neill) attempting to talk to his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) who is wild-eyed and dribbling blood from the mouth.
The crew on the incredibly cramped and grody-looking bridge in the movie Dark Star (1974)
A view of my VCVRack patch entitled "The Triple Waltz".
The cover of a Dracula omnibus by Victor G. Ambrus, featuring his shabby, corpulent, cartoony take on the Count.
An ethereal-looking Jennifer Connelly (probably 13 or 14) in Dario Argento's "Phenomena", a movie where she can talk to bugs.
A still from the movie Phase IV (1974) showing two scientists looking at enormous columnar structures made by hyperintelligent ants. Overlaid on the image is text which reads: "Reserved Recommendations #91: Phase IV (1974) with Elizabeth Little".
Some people tell me that I need help Some people can fuck off and go to hell God damn why they criticise me now my shit is on the rise And my family despise me Fuck 'em! And feed 'em, cause I don't need 'em I won't join 'em if I can beat 'em
I used to do things, and I'd say things, and Jesus I was evil Fake things and break things and Jesus I was evil I never shook babies I never beat no laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadies
A comic panel showing the Emperor Valentinian sock with envy at the glory of one of his generals.
An image from FerretEveryHour with five ferrets cramming their heads through a hole in a wooden gate to look at the photographer. I have superimposed the Dark Souls text that says "Join Covenant? (abandons former Covenant) in case you want to join the ferrets' Covenant maybe.
Monty the cavador sits in the sun on our front deck.
Two badges in the shape of humans faces, a man and woman.
A copy of the Bible called "Extreme Faith". The word "Extreme" is in a very 90s MS Publisher type font and the cover has photos of people rollerblading, rock climbing, and skydiving while holding a copy of the Bible.
A robot Sonic minifig, missing an arm, propped on a white-painted and mossy concrete fence post
A stark black and white image of Jerry Cornelius. Jerry has been resurrected with black skin and white hair. He is wearing a ruffled shirt, flares, a mid-calf jacket and a wide-brimmed Hendrix-type hat. He has a guitar slung over his shoulder, and is doing a kind of finger-guns/benediction with one hand while the other holds the human bone he is gnawing on.
A still image from "Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!" showing Varla (Tura Satana) in the process of murdering the shit out of a guy. Superimposed over the image is text that reads "Reserved Recommendations #90 'Faster pussycat, Kill! Kill!' with Erin Harrington"
Smaug the Magnificent from the 50th anniversary edition of "The Hobbit" with painted illustrations by Michael Hague. Smaug is spread out on his treasure pile, and in the bottom right of the image you can make out Bilbo's shadow (he's wearing the Ring so he's invisible) on a wall.
Manus, Father of the Abyss from Dark Souls
A venn diagram showing every possible permutation of the elements of Loss, with the original Loss glyph in the very middle section.
Monty the cavador looks up with typical labradorian guilt face from the bean bag he has claimed.
A chocolate gateau in the signature green and purple Eva-01 colours for 45 nz dollars
A skeletal cowboy (Paul Kirchner's "Dope Rider") fires dual revolvers at the viewer. Instead of bullets or blasts, abstract patterns, eyeballs, sunrises, and diagrams of neural connections burst from the barrels of the guns. A chiron reads "HE FIGHTS A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE AGAINST ENCROACHING REALITY" and he is shouting "EAT *ALTERNATE PARADIGMS*, SLAVES OF THE HIVE MIND!"
A Facebook ad from failed Palmerston North mayoral candidate, donut salesman, and convicted sex criminal Maruna Engu rebranding him as an End Times Consultant
An ad from The Opportunities Party with Winston Peters on the left with the legend "Let's talk about what's in people's pants" and on the right a young woman (presumably a TOP candidate?) with the legend "Let's talk about affordable, secure energy"
An image from BBC Pidgin showing a gibbon in a tree, the text below reads "Monkey wey accept party invitation from lion gatz Simon near tree incase anytin sup"
A photo of my hand with the fingers curled in so you can see all my nails. They are painted alternately turquoise and pale purple with an eyeball in the middle of each.
Monty and Delilah the dogs snooze together, Monty curled into a donut and Lila splayed out if the bed.
A man repairs a (presumably American) football while sitting in a chair. In the foreground, two flayed faces indicate that he is using human skin to do so. His speech bubble reads "I'M GLAD THE BOYS STOPPED BY...MY OLD BALLS WERE GETTING A *LITTLE* WORN OUT!"
A fallen branch, colour-heightened then height mapped
Tree bark, transformed into a stained-glass kaleidoscope by ripples
A green-skinned entity is depicted on a dull orange background, they have a solid physique, jaw whiskers like a catfish, and a purple tunic. They are wielding a massive maul which they have just finished swinging and are shouting "DIGGY ZIGGY ZAGGY OK BOK!" in a speech bubble.
A panel from a comic depicting a man dressed in 40's "gangster"-type clothing shooting a man who is in the foreground with his back to the frame. The shot man Is dressed the same, with the addition of a cape and a fabulous moustache. He drops his revolver and shouts "UGH, I'M SHOT AND I DON'T LIKE IT!"
The thumbnail from a Reels clip on Facebook showing a prepubescent girl performing an axe kick so you can see up her skirt. I have obscured her underwear with a white circle.
An image of a possum poking its head through a wall with the Dark Souls "join covenant?" text superimposed over it.
A Facebook post from the Palmerston North library notifying people that they're shutting the non fiction section due to high temperatures in the building.
A snapshot of my timeline showing two people unrelatedly talking about Joe Montana.
A truly hideous pot shaped like a gnome with a wheelbarrow. There is a tiny mint cutting planted in the wheelbarrow.
A picture of a signal flag with the caption "NO MEANING"
A still from "The Howling III: The Marsupials" depicting a scene from a movie within the movie where a nurse is menaced by a deliberately-unconvincing werewolf. Superimposed on the image is text which reads "Reserved Recommendations #87 'The Howling III' with Asher Elbein".
A poster calling for folk musicians to apply to be part of Wellington Folk Festival 2026, over Labour Weekend. Go to https://wellingtonfolkfestival.org.nz/guest-applications-2026 for more information.
An old signed publicity photo for Christian rock act Newsboys.
A selfie showing ne standing next to a pencil drawing by Dave Wrigley on the wall at MPR.
A Wonder Woman panel in which Diana creates a decoy from stored foodstuffs and a broom.
A man awakes to discover he has a carapace and pincers and screams "I'm a crab! They changed me into a crab! We're all crabs!"
Monty the cavador ferociously playing tug
A man dreams of his own head on a worm body, surrounded by the word "WORM" repeated over and over
A cut cross-section of a loaf of home-made bread
A rabbit grazing on grass on a steep bank
The cover of Bright Phoebus by Lal and Mike Waterson
A line of gorillas in a variety of costumes exit a barn. The words above them read "Gunk! Gunk! Gunk!"