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Doodler. Co-writing a book on Steven Wells.
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Birmingham 81
2 days ago
Edwyn Collins has just released an EP of live recordings from his triumphant show at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this year ▶️
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Redskins - 'Levi Stubbs Tears'
YouTube video by Redskins001
https://youtu.be/Sqf6fyZxevU?si=VikLnVoCtIBLLHzi
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Nah. You're ok...
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Had a great chat with Martin, ex of the Redskins, just now.
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Luke Turner
4 days ago
The best part of my job is doing the Low Culture podcast with my pal and tQ co-pilot
@jahduran.bsky.social
– we've put together a bit of a sampler on the main feed, feat. DM boots, Suicide's debut LP, Alice Coltrane, The Fall & cruising with Joe Orton here:
thequietus.com/feed/podcast/
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Alright...the window for April Fools things has now ended. Enough now!
5 days ago
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Steve Anglesey
5 days ago
This is excellent >> Mark Lewisohn on the race to save the Beatles' story from AI and algorithms
www.thenewworld.co.uk/jeremy-black...
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Real Gone
5 days ago
Nope. Not us, sunshine. There are a lot of people out there who you've upset over the past five years. It's honestly time you moved on and stopped trying to issue slurs against us.
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who are these people?
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From Tim Wells's brilliant website standupandspit.
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Seething Wells - The rising Son of ranting Verse
YouTube video by Frank Upsetter
https://youtu.be/3rTnZmZUTog?si=mOHo1uTPbutq0tKz
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Made contact with Swift Nick on social media about Swells. Hull's 4th best poet ( considering Philip Larkin, Andrew Marvell and
@deanwilson.bsky.social
that's impressive) Here he is 16 minutes in on this "Right lads. Spiders"
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The Tube - Hull Bands Special
YouTube video by Stuart Walton
https://youtu.be/B4u5kmIUqMc?si=C8A0uXuEokGxT5tJ
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Some pages written.
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Simon Price
10 days ago
The Strange World Of... LADYTRON. I've written a guide to the mighty
@ladytrongroup.bsky.social
, whose eighth album Paradises is out now, for
@thequietus.com
chatting to founder Daniel Hunt about ten key tracks from their history (plus a playlist for tQ subscribers).
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
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The Strange World Of... Ladytron | The Quietus
From a conceptual start mid-DJ set in Liverpool to a global TikTok sensation, it's the Strange World Of Ladytron!
https://thequietus.com/interviews/strange-world-of/ladytron-best-music/
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Joseph Cox
11 days ago
New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia
www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/
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I am the EggPod
11 days ago
As always,
@marklewisohn.bsky.social
providing historical context for Dungeon Lane! Thanks to
@adixonmusic.bsky.social
for sharing. Full video here:
youtu.be/xowdzq02hDQ?...
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Saint Etienne Disco
11 days ago
Some new news on the Saint Etienne front on the Saint Etienne Disco website today. Saint Etienne remix Penelope Trappes. Out May 29th. Pre-order Now.
saintetiennedisco.com/index3.html
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New Macca record incoming.
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Samira Ahmed
12 days ago
This was such a joyous afternoon. And I have it all on tape to share with you now.
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Through the Square Window
12 days ago
In 2019,
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
visited Barry Cryer at home to talk about his time working with Kenny Everett. And now you can hear that conversation on today's new episode of Through the Square Window:
pod.fo/e/3bf3b0
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Through the Square Window: EPISODE EIGHT: Barry Cryer
Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White present a special extra episode for March 2026. Our previous instalment looked at shows from March 1979, including Thames TV's The Kenny Everett Video Show. Wri...
https://pod.fo/e/3bf3b0
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Tom Reagan’s Hat
12 days ago
Nick Lowe is 77. He was down on his luck but then got £900000 in royalties because Peace Love & Understanding was covered by Curtis Stigers & was on The Bodyguard soundtrack which sold zillions so it changed his life and allowed him to make the music he wanted to do. Lovely.
youtu.be/X78DnuKXoRE?...
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Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding (Live TV)
YouTube video by Mark London
https://youtu.be/X78DnuKXoRE?si=7XbHOYENuIzs6Wr9
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Mark and Lard - Beat the Clock - Moby - 09/01/2001
YouTube video by dbg32
https://youtu.be/wVGQfPNP2xY?si=8bSHu1Nk-t0WdNin
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Why Don't YouTube?
12 days ago
Sunday Night At The London Palladium was revived in 1974, Ted Rogers in charge for its last few shows and not doing well. Your entertainment for the evening includes Allan Stewart, Clodagh Rodgers, trick cyclists, and headline act Mike and Bernie Winters.
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Sunday Night at the London Palladium (24th March 1974)
Special thanks to Network Distributing and kalik senna. An 24th March 1974 edition of Sunday Night at the London Palladium that was broadcasted during Mothering Sunday, this is one of the few later…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cl6Q02kKic
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Why Don't YouTube?
15 days ago
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: ITV's Sunday Night Drama slot is A Land Of Ice Cream, Gareth Thomas leading as the heir to his father Leonard Sachs' building firm who he hopes will be bailed out with the help of his MP and chances across his secretary on a train.
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A Land of Ice Cream - starring Gareth Thomas & Leonard Sachs (1976)
Political drama. Bryn Richards (Gareth Thomas) is travelling by train from Swansea to London to meet his father, who is trying to rescue their building firm from financial ruin. By chance, he finds himself chatting to Sian Owen, the attractive secretary of once famous and respected Welsh socialist,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=313NXQ_R2xc
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Alistair Leadbetter
16 days ago
Alice Coltrane was a true musical pioneer. Journey to Satchidananda is a simply incredible album, especially if you want relax or refocus.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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‘She sounded like the cosmos breathing’: David Byrne, Flying Lotus and more on the greatness of Alice Coltrane
The radical work of the musician and composer was dismissed by sexist critics and overshadowed by the legacy of her late husband John. But today, musical stars from Doja Cat to David Byrne all champio...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/20/alice-coltrane-jazz-harpist-pianist-music-flying-lotus-cosmic-music?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Neil Tennant chat on the Word podcast is brilliant.
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Birmingham 81
18 days ago
Remembering Terry Hall on his birthday. Here’s a playlist celebrating his work with The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield and many more ▶️
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Terry Hall 1959-2022
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UmOZ2Cx1NQV0aZTkdkF5n?si=ovKpbMksRVyFjD7LS5Bbww&pi=H84yrioiRmeUU
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JR Moores
20 days ago
The scope of my regular Quietus column has widened. 👀 It's now reviewing a broader range of ROCK MUSIC. 🪨 Open to suggestions regarding what to cover and how. Columnfortably Numb is dead.😢 Long live FEEDBACKER!⚡@thequietus.com
#somepersonalnews
#feedbacker
#thequietus
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That JRT fella
19 days ago
Night guys!
#musicsky
#stpatricksday
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Al Wilson - The snake
YouTube video by Chillaccount
https://youtu.be/ULx9k2QkL94?si=yMwYkfkGGUmxiNqH
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From a 1987 NME
19 days ago
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Is it really true that there are no snakes in Ireland? Hang on...
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Tom Reagan’s Hat
20 days ago
RIP Len Deighton Here’s the wonderfully mundane, anti-Bond opening of The Ipcress File with that superb John Barry theme:
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IPCRESS Credits
YouTube video by Jean-François Baillon
https://youtu.be/QR-pYXURUlg?si=JmqS2LCycTW012FQ
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From a while ago.Matt Berry talking music.
wearecult.rocks/gather-up-ma...
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LF Lightning-Barugh
21 days ago
When your theory comes out ahead of your humanity, fuck your theory.
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Rich's Album Of The Day
28 days ago
#5debutalbums8589
Ted Chippington - Man In A Suitcase (1985) Ultra lo-fi Oddity. Mix of working mens club style drum machine covers and poor Ted being crucified at various venues around the UK. Just occasionally, the crowd seems in on the joke. More usually, they just smell blood.
#VinylCommunity
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Been watching these early 1962 Z-Cars eps on Encore Talking Pictures. This last one had Davy Jones and Jean Alexander ("Hilda Ogden") in it as well as future writer Julia Jones. The scripts are outstanding as well.
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Love Fuzzbox.
#totp
23 days ago
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Apparently Swells,
@kcmanc.bsky.social
and Steve Lamacq have something to do with this as well?
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Fuzzbox, "Trouble"
YouTube video by No Good Videos
https://youtu.be/VKDmhOW7Fwg?si=o2MOIlqsveIEqe9e
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The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Audio)
YouTube video by thetknsVEVO
https://youtu.be/OQlByoPdG6c?si=e4tXMVOosmGmw42i
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Justin Lewis
23 days ago
For those enjoying
#totp
repeats, most specifically the 1982 episode on BBC4 right now, I urge you to consider my month-by-month guidebook of all things pop during the 1980s. And a LOT happened.
#IntoTheGroove
is out in hardback and on ebook.
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Frank Zappa introductory music, showbiz dentists and peculiar enclosures with Alan Bennett
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1971: The Most ALAN BENNETT Week IMAGINABLE | One Man’s Week | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
https://youtu.be/YlTEFNdYReY?si=X7Rc60-HeEW5WEX9
23 days ago
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Red Shift vibes
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The Fall - Wings (Official Video 1983)
YouTube video by Cherry Red Records
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6m2lfk4Bm34&si=RKVgWaCDJ_wHjVg_
24 days ago
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Factory Jimbo #MDANT
24 days ago
#fallfriday
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C 'n' C-S Mithering
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-xrmg_L0Vyw&si=1h0niKiUpiHeuuYq
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Green Eyed Loco-Man
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YxINpOY24-s&si=IawMhD7dG4fJcVUy
24 days ago
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Hope Mozzer and Mac from the Bunnymen have to do "return to work" forms when they're feeling better?
25 days ago
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David Quantick
25 days ago
"Doctor, I have trouble sleeping." "Go and see the great singer Morrissey, you'll be asleep in no time." "But Doctor..."
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leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
28 days ago
Help us bring a new local paper to West Yorkshire. Pledge via the weblink below 👇
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Leeds' new local paper
West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
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Remember LOP
28 days ago
One week to go to see if a new independent news outlet for Leeds and West Yorkshire will actually happen - if you'd like to see it and haven't yet pledged support for
@leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
, please consider doing so.
#LocalJournalismMatters
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Leeds' new local paper
West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?ref=leeds-newsletter
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Through the Square Window
27 days ago
There's a new episode of Through the Square Window arriving tomorrow (with
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
) looking at TV shows from 1979. CONTAINS NAUGHTY BITS.
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