Aug Stone
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There is no I in 'Optometry'
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Rachel On The Rooftops OUT NOW "A legit indierock hit" - Jƶrg Winzer
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Aug Stone - Rachel On The Rooftops
YouTube video by Aug Stone
https://youtu.be/qj4TAL-YR08
8 months ago
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With Waterloo Sunset in my head and a tear in my eye I actually said to The Thames yesterday āIām going to miss you most of allā
1 day ago
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Bex: "What are you doing tonight?" Nicky: "Going to the pub to see Aug." Bex: "Oh, I haven't seen Aug in quite a while, I assumed he was dead."
1 day ago
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I used to describe having to leave London to go back to the States as ālike being ripped out of Heavenā. Wasnāt sure I was going to feel that way this time but no, thereās def gonna be a bit of that tomorrow
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@petepaphides.bsky.social
Good to meet you yesterday, Pete. Really enjoyed the talk and thanks for the vinyl. Are you a David Devant fan?
2 days ago
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Elvis - Burning Love Julie Campbell & Jah Wobble - Feel The Afghan Whigs - Summer's Kiss Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart Van Halen - Unchained Mina - Se Telefonando New Order - Temptation David Bowie - Station To Station The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On Suede - The Wild Ones
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4 days ago
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Robert Barry
6 days ago
Close to final call now for our gig tomorrow with Hannah Dargavel-Leafe, Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle and Roberto Sassi. Field recordings, electrical noise, free improv. Plus films by Aura Sata. Come one, come all.
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Zero Wave Tickets | From £6 | 30 Apr @ The Blue Monk, London | DICE
Zero Wave presents a night of improvised and experimental music, featuring live performances by⦠Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle & Roberto Sassi (post-jazz ratt...
https://dice.fm/event/k6dpbp-zero-wave-30th-apr-the-blue-monk-london-tickets
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This is a total earworm, and has Mikey tapping into his inner Mark E. Smith. Album out Friday. If any music writers or DJs would like a download of the record, let me know
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Warmer in the Middle of the Road by The Middle People.
YouTube video by Mikey Georgeson
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6 days ago
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People always tell me Iām a music historian. It was great fun indulging that with
@koppenwithcomic.bsky.social
on this podcast. Talking Ramones, Def Lep, Sly Stone, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, Van Halen, & Kate Bush Listen here or wherever you get yr podcasts
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KoppenWithCritic Aug Stone
YouTube video by Koppen With Comics and Critics
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6 days ago
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I have always been of the opinion that a far-fetched Ally McBeal reference can only add to a story
6 days ago
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Eiscafe in good company here. And Kate and I were just working on a new song
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7 days ago
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This song has earwormed me for days now. Very catchy and with Mikey tapping into his inner Mark E. Smith. Album is out Friday. If anyone writing about music or with a radio show would like a download link, let me know
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Warmer in the Middle of the Road by The Middle People.
YouTube video by Mikey Georgeson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDH8CwogLI
7 days ago
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I was not aware this existed until tonight
8 days ago
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Breakfast conversation. Ben: "Raspberries operate on a deeper level. They're the Stewart Lee of preserves."
9 days ago
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Started reading Cocktail Time again this morning. Is there a better prose stylist than Wodehouse? No. No, there is not
11 days ago
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London Week One Recap
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London Week One Recap
50th Birthday Trip Part One
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12 days ago
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London Week One Recap
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London Week One Recap
50th Birthday Trip Part One
https://augstone.substack.com/p/london-week-one-recap
12 days ago
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Really digging the new Whigs song! An excellent early birthday present
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The Afghan Whigs - Duvateen (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by The Afghan Whigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMYA5twrlgs
12 days ago
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Today has been a real piece of work but this text exchange with
@stevenhorry.bsky.social
has really cheered me up
13 days ago
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Psyched to have two pieces in the next volume of Where The Wild Gigs Were. Wrote about The Rat in Boston and a place that is very dear to my heart - New Haven, CTās Tune Inn, which really felt like we had something special in Connecticut in the 90s
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PRE-ORDER: Where The Wild Gigs Were Vol. 2 - BOOK by Tim Hinely, Eric Eggleson & Friends
HZB-030 241 pages, paperback 1st EDITION of 500 copies : SHIPPING JUNE 2026 ISBN: 978-1-7359985-2-7
https://hozacrecords.com/product/wtwgw-vol2/
14 days ago
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Luke Turner
14 days ago
As today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Prince, I've updated
@thequietus.com
#ThePortal
archive dive with writing on his utter genius: John Higgs on Prince & William Blake, a guide to Prince's Minneapolis, classic albums revisited, Prince beyond the hits & much more
thequietus.com/portal/
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Any music journalists or folks with radio shows out there who are David Devant & His Spirit Wife fans?
15 days ago
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"Robin wrote three songs on Valentineās Day, 1989. Two of them became really big hits". The original of Into Your Arms
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16 days ago
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UK & European friends, if anyone wants a copy of Family Vacations I've got 4 with me. Much cheaper to ship from over here. Limited edition of 30. Signed, hand numbered. £22 + shipping. Got 1 copy of Sporting Moustaches too. £14. Message me if you want one
16 days ago
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Awesome. I LOVED Godstar in the 90s and always had a lot of time for what I knew of Nic's stuff
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17 days ago
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Gosh, it was just so lovely walking around London today
18 days ago
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And if anyone needs a copy of Hard Rockās Metal Studs, Iām holding. Also totally willing to appear in the next issue
22 days ago
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Fairly certain Iām the only one in the entire world to be flipping thru their copy of RockRap today
22 days ago
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Mark Gatiss giving some love here for not only Copey, but McAlmont & Butler, Blur, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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24 days ago
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Jimmy Martin
24 days ago
Of all the celebrities of the last 100 years, FH has got to be the only one who has been the subject of literally zero unflattering photos
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My favourite part of hanging out with international bands is their sheer jubilation for all IHOP has to offer
25 days ago
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Wallytbm
26 days ago
Now for something fun as shared by
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Liz Phair & Material Issue - The Tra La La Song (The Banana Splits)
YouTube video by Fuzzy Legends Archives
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New Counterforce up. Mark Forward, Chantal Akerman's J'ai Faim J'ai Froid (amazing stuff, have you seen it?), Material Issue, Pierre-Henry Gomont, and thoughts on turning the big 5-0
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The Counterforce No. 79
Mark Forward, Chantal Akerman, Pierre-Henry Gomont, Material Issue, thoughts on turning 50
https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-79-mark-forward-material-issue
26 days ago
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ICYMI My interview with
@jordilafebre.bsky.social
for
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
. Talking creativity, breaking into comics, his extreme distaste for AI, and so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation
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An interview with Jordi Lafebre: 'I try to make the reader forget that they are reading a comic book' - The Comics Journal
Aug Stone talks to the I Am Their Silence author about his career.
https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-jordi-lafebre-i-try-to-make-the-reader-forget-that-they-are-they-are-reading-a-comic-book/
27 days ago
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
28 days ago
SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord
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There are few things in life that are better than that smile that comes when you're listening back to what you've just recorded and realizing it sounds FUCKING AWESOME
29 days ago
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Excellent interview with The Middle People at The Strange Brew. If any reviewers want a copy of the album, let me know. Out May 1st
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29 days ago
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Great stuff over at The Strange Brew. Talking to "Art-Popās Most Productive Odd Couple" The Middle People
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about 1 month ago
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Sister has returned this shirt. 80s smalls were really small
about 1 month ago
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Trent Brown
about 1 month ago
š HJR forever!
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Arrived today! The book everyone's talking about. Love the shout out to the HJR! Looking forward to reading this. HJR Forever!
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@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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@dadadrummer.bsky.social
Hi Damon, what was the make of that Japanese knock-off Martin you were selling a while back? I'm still in the market for a good acoustic
about 1 month ago
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Two weekends ago a very attractive woman told me 'What you need are yellow toe socks'. Obviously this has been very much on my mind since then and I'm pleased to report I've just found some and ordered 4 pair
about 1 month ago
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They're here!!! Limited edition of 30. Still some copies available at my Bandcamp
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about 1 month ago
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This song came on last weekend and made me ridiculously happy. Been stuck in my head since
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I'm a Cuckoo
YouTube video by Belle & Sebastian - Topic
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about 1 month ago
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Alex de Campi
about 1 month ago
We have 653 backers for DAN DARE and I would love to hit 700.
@b7media.bsky.social
is announcing stretch goals soon, weāll have new pages next weekāand maybe even a rough of
@jhwilliams3.bsky.social
ās hardback cover! The book is WORTH IT, trust me:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
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Dan Dare (Graphic Novel)
An all-new reimagining of the classic British sci-fi adventure strip Dan Dare written by Alex de Campi with art by Marc Laming.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/798979572/dan-dare-graphic-novel
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ICYMI - Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks "it almost doesnāt matter what you do, which discipline you choose, the point of creating anything is to effect some change in yourself, ideally something healing and expanding."
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The Counterforce No. 78
Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks
https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-78-the-kinks
about 1 month ago
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Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks
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The Counterforce No. 78
Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks
https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-78-the-kinks
about 1 month ago
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Recording b-sides for the next single today. '(chinese stars)', a song I wrote in 2016 and is perhaps my sweetest, so I said 'let's go fuck it up!' and then this happened:
about 1 month ago
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Glass Modern Records
about 1 month ago
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Lauren LavĆn included this awesome postcard with instructions to pass it on when she sent me her The Third Beat. Wanting to keep it in the indielit community I posted it to the first person I thought of, Mal Smart. And btw you should all read The Third Beat
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