Dear, sweet, silly, gentle, Nova Scotia. I wish we had more time. I’ll never forget you. 😢

So has anywhere else in the world done the death penalty but only for one ethnicity? What sort of country were they? The sort that we are told Israel is not?

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Woken by the Premier Inn's fire alarm.

Absolutely loved Our Town @rosetheatre2008.bsky.social

Another ace @rockingbob.bsky.social compilation out today from @acerecords.bsky.social

Our new album “Ever The Optimist” is released on July 31 and available for pre-order now - tr.ee/h-BvQzXQyw The 11 track album comes in different color variants of the 12”, a CD and other items, with more coming later!

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

As always, @marklewisohn.bsky.social providing historical context for Dungeon Lane! Thanks to @adixonmusic.bsky.social for sharing. Full video here: youtu.be/xowdzq02hDQ?...

Wonderful Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg show tonight in Birmingham

Mike McCartney spills the beans… The Boys of Dungeon Lane is the new Paul McCartney. theboysofdungeonlane.com #paulmccartney

One of the most striking things about this area is how the Battle of Orgreave has been totally erased from the park and housing estates which now occupy the site. Not a single sign or information panel. There should be a walking trail along the lines of the Bosworth Battlefield Trail.

Our new single “Bad Husband”, featuring Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura, is released on 25 March. Presave here: lnk.to/7AwFYf We also have new album news coming next week! youtube.com/shorts/sCu5K...

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THESE IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS, THEY GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL

Excellent Jeff interview

Remembering Terry Hall on his birthday. Here’s a playlist celebrating his work with The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield and many more ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/0Um...

Buried away on the flip side of this is a remarkable tune called Lamplighter. Like some of his other 45s, his label-RSO in the UK-used material he'd cut a good deal earlier to make up B sides. Lamplighter dates back to c1970 and has the kind of funky backbeat and freaky guitar found on £100+ sounds-

They go to a different school

I continue to update my Monkees bootleg Google Drive. I've just added over 500 print articles from NME, Record Mirror and Rave dating 1966-1974. Enjoy, share and download in case this file gets deleted! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Brilliant Sunn O))) review in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social - can’t wait hear this record. Thanks @andrewmale.bsky.social

Robert Forster of #TheGoBetweens debut novel ‘Songwriters On The Run', published by @PenguinBooksAus Out May 5th www.penguin.com.au/books/songwr...

Wait, the Oscar nominated makeup guy who did Del Toro's Frankenstein is the same guy who did Jeremy's disguises on Beadle's about?! 😀

The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...

Of course it is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Day 37: Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me (2014) I would, all things being equal, marry this song. song.link/y/ZAn3JdtSrnY #THETENX5

Smashing David Byrne show!

What a 7”!

Wishing a VERY happy 81st birthday to Micky Dolenz, born on March 8, 1945! 🎂🎉😀❤️

Alice Coltrane’s search for the musical divine | @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Michael Shannon and @jasonnarducy.bsky.social’s @remhq.bsky.social covers show returned to Brooklyn and @michaelstipe.bsky.social joined them on two songs he hadn’t performed in 18 years: “These Days” (from ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’) and “The Great Beyond” (from the ‘Man On The Moon’ soundtrack).

Maud Lewis (Canadian, 1903-1970) Three Black Cats, 1955 Oil on pulpboard 30.5 x 30.7 cm Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

‘Claims that Iran must be prevented from having a nuclear weapon can have nothing to do with the rationale for war except as emotionally potent misdirection. A more plausible immediate motivation for the war was vulgar opportunism.’ @tomstevenson.bsky.social on Iran: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

New short course from the modernist. Introduction to Modernism the-modernist.org/collections/...

Save Trongate103 petition. Glasgow can't afford to lose any more arts organisations. Please consider signing and sharing. Thanks! 🙌 www.change.org/p/save-trong...

There are currently FOUR very good photographic shows on in London’s Swanky Mayfair™️: - Gordon Parks at Alison Jacques - Bernd and Hilla Becher at Spruth & Magers - Richard Avedon at Gagosian - Nan Goldin at Gagosian, Davies St. All for free. These are, relatively speaking, good times, photo-wise.

Yesterday was my second-best day ever for readership since joining Substack, thanks to this piece on the world's left-wing football clubs ✊ #Politics #ultras outsidewrite.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

Sad to hear of the passing of Gary Leeds (Walker). Now all 3 Walker Brothers are gone. RIP.

This 👇 Goodwin et al are the very embodiment of ‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’.

An appalling company, feel sorry for its staff www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I love The Velvet Underground

Teeth like a bombed toilet.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

The most unpopular prime minister since records began stands resolutely behind the unprovoked attack on Iran by the two countries that are actively carrying out a genocide in the Middle East. But please, do elaborate more about "extremism on the Left", Mr Human Rights lawyer KC.

Who is this utter fuckwit?

What a tune. RIP Neil

What a tune. RIP Neil

R.I.P. Neil Sedaka ❤️ March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026

‘“I don’t think it’s extreme or radical to think that working hard should get you a nice life,” Hannah Spencer said. The speech could once easily have been delivered by a centre-left Labour politician.’ @piercepenniless.bsky.social on the Gorton and Denton by-election. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...