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YouTube video by LankumDublin Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)

New @lankumdublin.bsky.social cover of Ghost Town. Oof.

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Did you go and see them in 2014? They did do a few oldies, didn't they? I had tickets for Huddersfield, but sadly was poorly...

Anyone want some original Ankst cassette releases by the mighty Datblygu? Got three of them for sale - they're up on eBay but I'm open to direct sales too...

Fairly minimal chances of that, I'd have thought - they've spent most of the last half century mostly, er, mucking around...

Wow. Well, this, from Henry Cow, sorry, Now, coming soon on Dark Companion records, is very exciting indeed....

Dug out this badge to celebrate Phil Oakey's 70th birthday

I am horrified by the news of multiple stabbings at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.

My thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this heinous antisemitic attack.

We must defend a society where people of all faiths can practice their religion in safety and peace

Peter Hammill at the RNCM last night.

One for the ages...a truly awesome set list, and he finished with, Afterwards, the opening track of the first VdGG album, The Aerosol Grey Machine.

[photo by Steven Hargraves]

The album has actually been out for months, and they're touring in Ireland at the moment, but yes... Having seen them in London several times in 'recent' years (2011, 2019), I can guarantee you a fine ol' time. Often lots of interesting people in the audience too!

BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy

The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.

GRUFF RHYS @ Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth - Neuadd Ogwen Around the release of his latest Welsh language album Dim Probs, Gruff Rhys is playing some shows at some very special venues. Tickets are limited / Support to be announced / Event is seated Venue add...

Due to other half being away and oldie caring duties I've now got a spare ticket for Gruff Rhys at Y Tabernacl, in lovely Machynlleth on Fri 19th Sep. Cost me £20. Open to offers...

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Lonesome spines: buyer sought for over 150,000 books and the one-time Yorkshire Dales youth hostel in which they’re housed Richard Axe is celebrated in the bookselling trade for his vast collection of antiquarian and second-hand volumes. Since 2005, his stock has been arrayed on over a mile’s worth of shelving in a former...

Whimper. Want to be my business partner (and when I say business partner I actually mean putting up all of the money, of course)? www.worldofinteriors.com/story/richar...

Oh, dear God, the opportunities missed... 😉😂

“I’m not sure I want to give way to the right”

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Take your medicine... Dr Strangely Strange in Hammersmith on the 4th Oct.

YouTube video by mark conroy Incredible String Band Painting on Antiques Roadshow

Here's the Antiques Roadshow clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnxY...

Vintage Incredible String Band painting from 1969 by Bill Gall Antiques Roadshow | eBay UK The Incredible String Band. painted in 1969. As you will see from the clip of the show, the painting was valued at £2000 a decade ago. Original painting of. The painting itself is in good condition wi...

Pssssst. Anybody want to buy an Incredible String Band painting from 1969? As seen on Antiques Roadshow a decade ago (valued at £2k, clip below). Drop me a line if you want to discuss, or you have any ideas about potential owners... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25708954...

Demonstrably true.

It's all downhill from here on in...

Can't come soon enough. Ridicule suggests humour though, and he sure ain't funny.

A modest collection of vintage @seapowerband.bsky.social mugs...

As peaceful protestors are arrested for holding placards, starving Palestinians are being shot in the street.

This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.

No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.

Lisa Nandy, the UK culture secretary, claims that #PalestineAction "wishes harm on the British people."
That is simply false. It is yet another retrospective justification by this government for its unjustifiable ban on the group.

A good friend can't make this year's wonderful @krankenhausfest.bsky.social festival due to a very nasty bike accident a couple of weeks ago. If anyone is looking for a (possibly discounted) ticket do let me know. It's a brilliant lineup, and it all takes place at the fabulous Muncaster Castle.

Looks like we've lost Terry Reid. Sigh...

The magnificent Dr Strangely Strange are on the road in Ireland and in London this Autumn. Catch 'em while you can.

"The Little Sit Down tour.
Microdosing is for Cissies" 😂

Our first funeral using the amazing Loop living coffin. It was not made, rather it has been grown, in just eight days, by injection mycelium spores into a frame filled with recycled hemp fibre. The mushroom eats the hemp fibre, and upon burial, helps the body breakdown much quicker. Genius.

‘The machine appeared in the distance, singing to itself ... Scepticism over the advance of technology has led to a revival of RS Thomas’s poetry, as seen at a choral festival inspired by the Welshman’s finest works

A nice piece on RST

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What that much abused concept, 'hope', actually looks and feels like. Bring it on.

Dr. Strangely Strange - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Dr. Strangely Strange. Book your tickets today!

Dr Strangely Strange in London on 4 Oct...get your tickets!

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