Coming up this Friday, @spraypopmusic.com at the Castle in Aldgate, London. snd.click/@sprayontour for tickets, *very* reasonably priced, and you get to meet me.

Can anyone playing Fantasy League help me out here? Bruno Fernandes got 2 points yesterday for playing and 1 subtracted for a yellow card. How did he end up with minus 1 overall - what am I missing?

Good morning from an orange sunrise Friday in Sheffield (and a daft spaniel)

There is huge market share for the Lib Dem’s to run with the motto of “enough of this American nonsense let’s be sensible British people Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.

There's one week left for writers in the North of England to send us their stories! We're looking for folklore-inspired tales to publish in our first anthology. It's been a real treat to read all the submissions so far, but we'd love to squeeze a few more in 🙏 carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions

we don't talk enough about how this paranoid freak released virtual insanity in 1996. years before the average person in the uk had even sent a text message, he was dancing like a maniac in his big moving gaff, enraged to the point of song by faxes, teletext and encarta 95.

What an addition to our #Louder2025 line-up! Join @DaveRowntree @blurofficial in conversation with @johnrobb77 Sharing never-seen-before photographs of life in Blur - what a treat we have in store for sure! Sat 15th Nov, 8pm. Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/bdfnrjda

Good morning everyone. Hope today is peaceful and calm for each and every one of ya

A wonderful episode of @syntheticdreamspod.bsky.social with Jonathan from Mercury Rev(from August 2024). The Rev are one of my all-time favourite bands and this episode goes some way to help understand the dreamy magic that runs through all their music.

Things we used to watch on telly because there was nothing else on. Keith Harris, Orville and Dana singing about the circus. Two things disturb me in this clip. Keith Harris' super tight white pants and Cuddles walking around on his own accord.

Okay I know this is a joke but I did 100% download a backup copy of wikipedia back in February (and you can, too!) kiwix.org

Can't wait to see who my brain manifests in dream form tonight. Last night I was interviewing Kathy Burke who spoke at length about her wayward brother, Merry. The previous evening I was having a debate with Nigel bleedin' Farage.

Not sure what this is doing in my local B&M car park, but I'm ok with it.

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JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.” Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”

Been enjoying these recent purchases very much. The music of this era (early 80s), even when it's new to me is just in tune with my psyche somehow. Particularly taken with The Sound, a band I've been aware of for years but never started to investigate until now.

It's the Giddy Carousel of Parkrun! Si and Gav running 5k together today in slightly blustery Glossop.

Released 40 years ago today, how it all came about could fill a book. Soon forgotten at the time by all but a few. Always grateful for the love still out there though, what a difference (a mere) four decades makes 😄

The irony for him being that if you can afford five houses in Monopoly, you automatically upgrade to a hotel to stand outside and shout at.

Mark is a lovely man, who I've been following online for years. Do support him if you can.

This is a great working from home and ploughing through uploading data kinda album. #bowie #mikegarson

Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures is currently available on Amazon for 45% off but it'd be great if you bought it from a book shop for whatever they're selling it for. Like @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social, who will be selling it at my @chorltonbookfest.bsky.social event on Sept 16th. #booksky

🤓 I survived 23/23 words 🏆 Top 1% of players today! wordnerd.co/23words

A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets. From the new Private Eye, out now.

I've read Sir Laurie Magnus's conclusion and Rayner's resignation letter. Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence. I hope her absence from government is short.

...and you can find Gabby on Parallel 9 - and her insistence that it was harbouring a 'tike Yewtree' - here: timworthington.org/2020/06/07/l...

He used to be “Robert Generic.” Now Robert Jenrick is smearing immigrants, cosplaying as Farage & eyeing the Tory leadership. Does he believe in anything he says? @roberthutton.co.uk joins @nndroid.bsky.social to dig into Jenrick’s barmy transformation Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod

This was great fun to be part of - an excellent post from Steven about finding the true origin of 'landfill indie'.

Gavin managed to track down the original, great work Gavin! That was a fun little rabbithole to explore, thanks both. www.allthingsloud.com/the-curious-...

#dexysklaxon This will be a belter of an evening. @kevadams.bsky.social @oharaviolin.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social @petepaphides.bsky.social

When I die the obit will say LANDFILL INDIE MAN NOW LANDFILL

Enjoying Kevin Rowland's autobiography so much. Extraordinaily detailed, insightful and as honest as you'd expect. Often in music biographies the pre-fame stuff can be cliched and dull but this is fascinating.

It's the weekend And thanks to Facebook memories I've been reminded how high a bar this lad set...

Rylan - Actually I'm not a racist and I'm not political, but here is a million lies I'm spreading on National TV to make people hate Asylum Seekers.

Mercury Rev were absolutely on fire in Leeds tonight. They dusted off some deep cuts and took us all on a shoegazing psychedelic jazz freakout of a journey.

#MercuryRev Another brilliant gig with my favourite band, Mercury Rev at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Here covering a Pavement track. ❤️🎸❤️🎸❤️🎸

A once in a lifetime event - an indie pop Woodstock - without the mud or brown acid, a dream lineup of janglesome royalty - a not to be missed bargain. Go on, your sensitive heart deserves it.

Don't know about you but it sort of weirds me out when dead musicians send me mobile phone alerts

Reform introduce new head of PR.

Finally, one of the weirdest music TV clips - as discussed in our episode with @simonprice.bsky.social - has resurfaced. Gary Numan on Jim'll Fix doing Music For Chameleons while a haunted child circled him slowly in an electric car with torches for headlights. youtu.be/ZBa5BsaB2kI?...

I've always had a fondness for Eartha Kitt - even more so having just watched this for the first time www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cdjgj...

Judge a man by the company he keeps….. buff.ly/4reGJ1z

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With a lyric video that will delight and amaze, the voice of Anthony H. Wilson to warm your heart and a groovy beat you can dance to, our new tune Praxis Makes Perfect is the definitive sound of the summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1A-... #FactoryRecords #NewOrder #JoyDivision #TonyWilson

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