Excellent effort by Mojo making this CD look like a Smiths 7"! Wonderful issue too and cd, the Alan Sparrowhawk song is new to me and really good. Sad to read Johnny Marr was so tight with money regarding the Smiths rhythm section.

Wonderful idea! Please @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social do the same 🤞!

A great idea! @mickpuck.bsky.social please do the same!

Don't miss this band in smoking form:

I was literally just telling someone on Wednesday that this had died down and then this airs last night. Poor Tommy.

In a New Order mood this week so pulled this beauty off the shelf, what a brilliant magazine Select was! Had half forgotten @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social 's Liberation was reviewed in here, a totally on the money review and look who reviewed it!

One minute you’re watching a band and the lead singer/guitarist seems really cool and the next minute you’re his fiancée and you’re sitting in the living room of the house you bought together and he’s playing the theme tune of Animal Hospital to you on his Stratocaster. Life is wild.

Donald Trump, JD Vance, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, Robert fucking Kennedy Jnr, Joe fucking Rogan, Kid Rock, Kanye West, Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Roseanne Barr, Kelsey Grammar, James Woods …. your boys took a helluva beating !!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤘🤣🤣🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Full of super melodies and the great man often plays really hard here. He also seems really re-energised, and there's some fascinating lyrics.What's not to like? #5debutalbums1014

@ricrus77.bsky.social Hi Richard, did you get To The Rescue at your Divine Comedy gig?

Support band last night Studio Electrophonique really good! Think fans of Belle and Sebastian like @grahamh.bsky.social will like them.

The Divine Comedy marvellous last night in Bristol, super versions of many classics incl. Our Mutual Friend and Norman & Norma. The highlight though was a highly moving version of the new classic The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Small moan, no To The Rescue-their best song? @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social

R.I.P. Dave Ball. We're spoilt for choice but his work here is superb: youtu.be/y9KgEs3Zksg?...

It's been cancelled! 🎉.

Saw this at the cinema today - superb! A brilliant, intelligent thriller. Emma Thompson owed me after the appalling Last Christmas and repaid with compound interest! #FilmSky

Well done to the 22 Spanish players who protested against this bullshit. Shame on you La Liga.

Define your taste in books with 8 authors: Téa Obreht Thomas Hardy Rose Tremain Albert Camus Peter Robinson Elizabeth Strout Jane Austen Dick Francis #BookSky Over to you @musicinthekitchen.bsky.social 😊

Now is the winter of a big-fuckin'-dent.

Song of the year? Such beautiful and moving music / lyrics. youtu.be/PC2eF58djO0?...

Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament. But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside. Good night.

Our last day in beautiful Girona. Wonderful place.

Girona is bonita!

Ava Gardner and me 😊. In Tossa in Catalonia. Ava made a film here. Frank missed her so much he flew in halfway through filming. Beautiful area.

Good to see huge posters for gigs again, haven't seen these since the late 80s! Fine band too. Well done Bristol!

Bought my first Talking Heads album the other day - 50p on cd! Remain in Light - very good too. What's their best album folks? Wouldn't have had them down as big Joy Division fans but The Overload would suggest otherwise! #TalkingHeads

@douglashartley.bsky.social All the ace Electrafixion b sides on Spotify Dougie. Just played some of the album, Will surely never louder than on Feel My Pulse which I haven't heard for about 30 years - good song.

It was lonely in the charity shop only asking for £1.50, what else could I do?! @lloydcole.bsky.social

For your Grammy consideration! Best Alternative Jazz Album ~ A Paradise In The Hold Best Jazz Performance ~ Her Light Best Global Music Performance ~ Though My Eyes Go To Sleep, My Heart Does Not Forget You Best Instrumental Composition ~ A Paradise In The Hold

A friend told me last month the Huey-less Fun Lovin' Criminals had a new album out, pleasantly surprised when I Spotted it that's it's really good! So I had to buy the cd 😊. The new guitarist is a good addition and the songs prove Fast must have had a big hand in the old classics.

Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for inspiring me to play my Electrafixion cd singles, been far too long! Didn't like the album but these are still so good 💗, some fine B sides too. Where are you on the band @douglashartley.bsky.social ? Terrible name for a band it has to be said 😂.

We saw this at the theatre last night and both thought it was excellent. I learnt new things about JD & Ian and Debbie. It's touring: @grahamh.bsky.social newdawnfades.co.uk

to The Eurythmics.

Michael tears Reagan a new one. Every line has laser and original perception, e.g. 'You're walking on coals, to improve your business acumen' All players and songwriters are sensational on this. 1982-1989 REM makes them one of the greatest bands of all time. #REMtop30 1. youtu.be/Az5dzXRRh4E?...

Justified arrogance! If you're going to write a song in '88 called Pop Song 89 make sure it's brilliant! The guitar melody is superb from start to finish, and its sound utterly original. The lyrics are intriguing & lovable. The vocal melody is world-class. #REMtop30 2. youtu.be/rmwlpFy89o0?...

@watsoncomedian.bsky.social Hi Mark, halfway through Mortification - I think it's intelligent and brave. Thank you.

It starts with lovely fairground music! What other band would do that? The greatest dumb genius song ever? 'If you are confused check with the sun', unlikely but I've always hoped MS was being sarcastic about The Sun! Perfect pop with a fab sprinkle of artiness. #REMtop30 3 youtu.be/AKKqLl_ZEEY?...

We weren't expecting banjo were we! The way the (v.g.) banjo cuts to the guitar is a thing of genius, and the riff may be Peter's best jingle jangle. 'I believe in coyotes, and time as an abstract' is one of rock's most brilliantly absurd and pretentious lines! #REMtop30 4. youtu.be/ZbUSYLGRcho?...

You know within 3 seconds this song is absolutely essential; the superb drums, that guitar, and the deliciously fast pace. The highly intelligent lyrics, the emotion which is impressively raised even higher when Mike's fab backing singing finally starts. #REMtop30 5 youtu.be/7vgEWp7Voyk?...

Someone in Cumbria dies by suicide every 5 days. We need a whole community response to tackle this. Today I took the Orange Button suicide prevention training. This equips us with the confidence, knowledge and skills to start lifesaving conversations. Here to talk anytime 🟠

World-class pathos from REM. The countryside River Cuyahoga gets so pumped full of oil and chemicals by corporations it catches fire. #REMtop30 youtu.be/mWPD1zPFZ3Q?...

#REMtop30 7. The opening riff is a nice tribute to their beloved Velvet Underground. What a stunningly beautiful & subtle song this is, in particular the key change that starts the chorus should be in the Smithsonian! What a wonderful image 'the flowers cover everything' is. youtu.be/r_O6TN4ZfIc?...

It does so much in 2 mins 49! Mike's fine bass, Peter ramping up the song even higher in the middle 8, 'where we propogate confusion, primitive & wild, fire on the hemisphere below', Michael's emotion in 'listen to me', the way Peter wraps it up etc etc! #REMtop30 8. youtu.be/XARqoTAJFuM?...

theblackpoolsentinel.com/2018/04/10/t... Great article Tom worth reading..sums up better than I can their rise and fall

Great, innovative guitar and drum sound. Think how different this is to Document or the jingle jangle. Excellent production. I like Michael's darkness 'I could turn you inside out' and also like his morals in deciding not to. #REMtop30 9. youtu.be/TBS6N1k4FsQ?...

#REMtop30 10. Perfect Circle. I'll have to use the phrase spine-tingling again because that's what the playing of the pianos, their melody, Michael's singing and melody are! The memory of the stunning version we got in Birmingham on the Green tour will still make me happy in the old people's home!

The opening riff is gorgeous and then we get that rare REM treat, 2 electric guitars - both of which of course turn out to be great. 'Silence means security, silence means approval' is a brilliant lyric, it even covers what Trump is doing with the TV channels. #REMtop30 11. youtu.be/_DELYQ9087o?...

Lump in my throat inducing, Michael gives us such incredible emotion as his problems mount: 'fuck off', 'I need this, I need this'. As so often with this brilliant band the music suits the lyrical narrative perfectly. #REMtop30 12. youtu.be/6EHBh1FuY1Q?...