Lowest murder rate in London since records began.

Saw these boys live at the University of Birmingham in December 1992. Unforgettable gig. California hip-hop: brilliantly eclectic till Dre and his followers completely took over. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yE7H... #5debutalbums9094 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, 'Amos and Andy' from Hypocrisy ...

#JazzinJanuary and on Day 10 we move to the Bohemian Caverns in D.C. It's May 1965 and it's time for a mod classic. The Ramsey Lewis Trio, 'The "In" Crowd' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-D... @coinneachrooney.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @brucegeob.bsky.social @deborann.bsky.social

I'll get listening to the new stuff that's going round in ##JazzinJanuary but my Day 9 offering is this mighty slab: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PeYN... Lester Bowie, 'The Great Pretender' (1981) @coinneachrooney.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @brucegeob.bsky.social @deborann.bsky.social

Absolute class, the whole album, and a definite contender for my #5debutalbums9094 youtu.be/WHGfB6UkyD4?... LFO, 'Nurture' from Frequencies (1991)

#JazzinJanuary Day 8 Johnny Hodges, 'Everybody Knows' (1964) www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OS... @coinneachrooney.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @brucegeob.bsky.social @deborann.bsky.social

Another stone-cold classic in #5debutalbums9094. This is an album like no other. Can't quite believe how good it is. The jazzy production by J-Swift is masterly and the four MCs have so much fun. youtu.be/SZk4HK2fY-8?... The Pharcyde, 'Otha Fish', from Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)

Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff. Johnny Guitar Watson Nick Drake Grant Green Wes Montgomery Eddie Hazel Will Sergeant Thurston Moore/Lee Ranaldo Steve Cropper Jimi Hendrix Robert Fripp

So many mighty hip-hop albums are in #5debutalbums9094 that chances are only the most famous (Nas, Wu Tang, ATCQ) have a shot at qualifying. But look beyond those! This by the great Jeru is one of DJ Premier's greatest production jobs. It's one of the decade's best: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuw8...

In the early 90s I was an indie dance kid. Along with the Orb and some others (more to follow), among the top albums at the time was this -- their later stuff gets more attention now but it's a superb debut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIc-... Spiritualized, Lazer Guided Melodies. #5debutalbums9094

For your delectation and consideration in #5debutalbums9094, and with the aid of @hiphopgoldenage.bsky.social, here is a list of 26 great hip-hop debuts from the years in question.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Merry Christmas, BlueSkyers from me, and from Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy! 🎺 🎄 Not that y'all need reminding but do get some time off the grid. Let the spirit return! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERd... #jazz

What a time indeed.

Another for the #jazzers in #5debutalbums7074. Woody Shaw, 'Think On Me' from Blackstone Legacy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-8... Borderline fusion.

Doctorow's essay (was a public lecture) is probably the best thing on "AI" and where we are and where we ought to try to go that I have yet read. I learned something important in here about copyright as well, and how creatives and authors need to think about all this. Well worth your time.

When is the Revolution coming? Serious question Top three for me for sure. #5debutalbums7074 m.youtube.com/watch?v=2p02... The Last Poets, s/t (1970)

RIP the Colonel, the great Steve Cropper. youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8?... #Stax

Thought I'd dig out a few #jazz debuts in #5debutalbums7074, starting with this. A noodly soul-jazz affair out of Oakland, CA, that I'm sure would go well accompanied by one or two j's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ7M... Calvin Keys, 'Gee-Gee' from Shawn-Neeq (Black Jazz, 1971)

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen. Placing myself in time here. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy My Bloody Valentine The Young Gods Happy Mondays Public Enemy

Would anyone be interested in being part of a roundtable on Working-Class Victorians in heritage/fiction/public imagination today at next year's BAVS conference? Let me know if you're keen 😁

There's a taste of musicals, parody and comedy in the Parliament album, which is utterly unlike the murky and groovy Funkadelic one. youtu.be/jhomkPPo7jg?... #5debutalbums7074 Parliament, Osmium The great George

I'll bet you there aren't #5debutalbums7074 better than this one. youtu.be/BKCJcJRbgzE?...

Great news that Pieces of a Man is in the mix for #5debutalbums7074 -- what a wonderful album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSC...

Guys! This is the best: m.youtube.com/watch?v=aGsE...

Imagine Central London without the BL. Where could one sit for free in a lovely leather chair at a desk with one's stockinged feet on the carpet, snoozing, phone charging and waiting till pub o'clock? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Joking aside, ZS is 💯% right. BL workers deserve far better.

Nuts album. Punk as hell. #5debutalbums1014 youtu.be/YLMEOoO5TQk?... Death Grips, 'I've Seen Footage' from The Money Store (2012)

This person took this when they called the race

Fine finch.

Class in a glass. Can't see this missing my #5debutalbums1014. Mike and Jaime are a killer combination. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aES4... Run the Jewels, 'Get It' from Run the Jewels (2013)

Quality stuff. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y14F... #5debutalbums1014 Frank Ocean, 'Sweet Life' from Channel Orange (2012)

An incredibly ambitious debut and, incredibly, she pulls it off. Shades of the White Album and the Boos' Giant Steps alongside Prince and (here) Eddie Hazel/-era Funkadelic. youtu.be/jLSEYYazmKc?... #5debutalbums1014 Janelle Monáe, 'Mushrooms and Roses' from The ArchAndroid. A near-cert for me.

Remembering the great Prunella Scales (1932-2025).

“Nothing ever dies; everything is infinite. We've been taught a watered-down version of what ’time and space’ is, that we're in a three-dimensional reality, which we are not. We're in a multidimensional reality”. Onwards / Upwards to the great Jack DeJohnette.

If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy

Post your first record.

Just auditioned this so it's not in my #5debutalbums8084. An absolute knockout. D.C. go-go seems almost forgotten now but it was an amazing meeting point of funk, hip-hop and club genres. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s485... Trouble Funk, 'Part D' from Live / Straight Up Funk Go Go Style (1981)

#5debutalbums8084. youtu.be/eyAuk3vDDF0?... Biggest underground thing I've ever felt part of was when Outer Boroughs NYC hip-hop hit outer-boroughs London in the mid-80s. I was 14/15. Run-DMC, 'Jam Master Jay' from Run D.M.C. (1984) Note how they don't insult women or pretend to be gangsters.

#5debutalbums8084 Chooooon! Lyrics spot on too. youtu.be/vHmUUiXTyOM?... The whole album is 'eighties' in the best possible way. Still love it. Sade, 'Hang On To Your Love', from Diamond Life

Great visit to Sumner High and surroundings today. Thanks to 4theville, and WashU's Engaged City project. Happy 99th to CEB.

St. Louis today. Hi from U. City!

Massive Prince-y Twin Cities stuff in #5debutalbums8084 -- if you've seen the film Purple Rain as many 💜 times as I have you'll know Morris Day as our boy's adversary. youtu.be/wAEtfP7W6eI?...

Fantastic track from the debut album by the group I judge as best rock band of all time (ahead of Can, Sab, VU). Always loved Kim's vocals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd5O... #5debutalbums8084 #sonicyouth

all fascists are losers in their own way, but pete hegseth and stephen miller exemplify the two dominant archetypes and failure modes: the douchey-jock family annihilator, and the creepy-dork school shooter

I was wondering when someone would say this. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

This deserves to finish very high up in #5debutalbums0004. Masters at work. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1c... Madvillain, 'Great Day' from Madvillainy (2004)

#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN Deadline: October 13, 2025 www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti... #PhilJobs

Finchtastic Friday. #Photography #Birds #Nature #Americangoldfinch