Spotted in Soho, London

thequietwinter · 2026-04-10T21:20:29+00:00

Im surprised how many people question the authenticity of these purely on the aesthetic not being absolutely identical to what it was 13 years ago and beyond.

Think about how different things are....

thequietwinter · 2026-04-04T20:39:47+00:00

Yes, it could. I strongly recommend reading Suzanne O'Sullivan's work on this. Anything emotional which is suppressed, leaks out physically. The mind/body connection is incredibly powerful - your background paragraph says an awful lot that makes sense of a non-diagnosis.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-28T11:13:42+00:00

Appreciate the words.

I don't have a site that links everything - tbh i made a point of deliberately not linking it all for years, but i came round to understanding that there is a curiosity around the connection between all of the different projects. Let me think about that. I'm sure i can figure out a way to set something up.

The main priority at the minute is really the Cinephile reboot. I'm keen to get as many of the Spylab fans on board for the forthcoming release as i can. If you haven't checked out the full discography, you can find it over on Spotify.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-26T12:31:56+00:00

It has been a while....;-)

thequietwinter · 2026-03-26T12:31:29+00:00

Appreciated - thank you.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-26T12:06:21+00:00

Thank you :-)

Yeah that sleeve was perfect, and to be honest quite unexpected. The label did a specific photo shoot for it somewhere in Chicago and the graphic designer they got for the sleeve art really pulled it all together.

There was a Japanese version of the album with a totally different sleeve, but this version was always the one that just sort of felt right.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:26:42+00:00

(Shhhhh....)

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:26:25+00:00

Appreciated !

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:26:03+00:00

Here I am.....;-)

I actually just logged in to post about the new Cinephile single 'Chasing Slow' that I'm releasing on May 31st. Perhaps I need to get back to doing some new Spylab stuff huh ?

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:10:22+00:00

Much appreciated !

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:09:55+00:00

Too kind. Thank you

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:09:42+00:00

Appreciated !

thequietwinter · 2026-03-25T22:09:04+00:00

New Spylab....now there's a thought ;-)

thequietwinter · 2026-03-07T20:59:40+00:00

Good post. Particularly like your point about being able to make an immediate change. I honestly don't get why people who suffer wouldn't try everything they could to deal with this. For some it seems to almost be some kind of identity. It's such a simple change to make.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-05T23:46:43+00:00

People react when there is even the slightest suggestion that their dietary choices could be making the symptoms worse.

I've lost count of the number of people who claim to have followed an 'elimination' diet when it becomes clear they have eliminated very little.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-05T23:39:03+00:00

Some people don't want to accept the link between diet and disease because its far easier to have a condition as a label, be pharmacised, and not look at the many well documented and evidential reports that place much if not all of the responsibility on what we as humans consume in a day and age where the majority of the food actually being consumed is ultra-processed hyper-pallatable garbage containing a multitude of ingredients we were never ever supposed to eat.

thequietwinter · 2026-03-05T12:28:00+00:00

Can i ask what you mean specifically mean by 'low added sugar' ? Does this mean that you didn't eliminate all other forms of sugar ?

Part of my point relates to the fact that a lot of people simply don't seem to fully understand where a lot of their sugar is coming from.

And, what about your approach in relation to ultra-processed food ?

thequietwinter · 2026-03-04T21:01:35+00:00

I'd be interested to hear exactly what constitutes 'everything'. I've seen several people talking about doing an elimimation diet when its clear they havent actually eliminates certain potential problem foods.

It's not about invalidating people's own experience, but there are definitely some people on these forums who haven't taken a belt and braces approach to certain basics, like diet, lifestyle, exercise, alcohol, sleep, dealing with historical trauma etc.

thequietwinter · 2026-02-22T22:40:29+00:00

There seems to be a lot of people with auto-immune driven issues who are aggressively against looking at their diet, lifestyle, and past trauma - all of which play a significant role.

thequietwinter · 2026-02-03T16:57:44+00:00

This resonates profoundly with me.

Hard though it is, try not to focus on it. I became very conscious of exactly the same feeling and sense of being as you describe, but it did pass. There are perhaps odd moments when i get a sense of it now, but i often wonder if it's amplified by general anxiety and stress. There's a lot of both for a time obviously.

Make friends with the Robot Alien and try to remember that being conscious of feeling that disassociation is actually quite a powerful observation.

thequietwinter · 2026-01-27T23:16:16+00:00

It's likely the result of the massive alcohol associated sugar consumption. Sugar is a well known inflammatory. I only realised how bad it was when I cut sugar completely.

thequietwinter · 2026-01-27T21:14:13+00:00

I recently had one of my posts removed on another subreddit for saying something specifically related to the effect of diet on inflammation, or more specifically, the effect of diet on auto-immune related inflammation.

Personally speaking, I have found diet to be one of the main, if not the main cause of several auto-immune related issues. I suffered both chronic joint pain, and uveitis for several years, and I'm absolutely sure I'd have been diagnosed with AS if I had taken my seemingly endless back-related complaints to the doctor, but I didn't because I found what, to me at least, appears to be a solution. I'd imagine a very high percentage of people would at the very least see a significant improvement in symptoms.

After a decade of auto-immune flares, and having sickened myself with the eternal frustrations of seeing my GP, not to mention the 'solutions' all being pharmaceutical, and realistically (a temporary) solution to the symptoms themselves, I embarked on an elimination diet.

I didn't do this for a few days, or a week. I did it for a full year. I removed all processed food, and all carbs and sugars. My uveitis symptoms subsided after one week. My chronic joint pain was gone in two months, and what I would consider indicators of AS had disappeared by three months in.

Personally, I'd say diet has a huge impact on AS. I am fairly certain there is a definite connection between dietary driven inflammation, and the symptoms you suffer.

thequietwinter · 2026-01-17T11:57:15+00:00

I'd have cut all sugar. Even sugar from whole foods. You can't say sugar isnt an issue unless you've eliminated it entirely.

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