Ian Graham

This week in 1986:

Marco Van Basten and one of the greatest volleys since records began.

Holy Scissorbastard. What a goal.

An image from a school textbook shows a character with no skin, revealing the muscles underneath, running behind a regular runner who looks horrified. The caption reads, “Give me your skin, George.”

Don’t be selfish, George.

When the MCs came to live out their name....

Which one is more English?

Dated this very day in 1955, a mere 70 years ago, Eagle #6:44, with its cover featuring the outstanding space opera strip “Dan Dare: The Man From Nowhere” by Frank Hampson, Alan Stranks and the FH studio.

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Made hard work of that...

YouTube video by The Garden Cinema Lenny Q&A with Stewart Lee

youtube.com/watch?v=BWQi...

This week, I have been mostly listening to...

Just Mustard spotify.link/XgFUanGyYXb

Aesop Rock spotify.link/MHhMiWIyYXb

#MusicSky #NewMusic

Taking the opportunity to share one of my favourite gig photos. Neneh's had a good run, but Automatic is just a much better record. Vote JAMC!

Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too | Review - Hip Hop Golden Age Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too | Review: I Heard It’s a Mess There Too is an album of precision and restraint. It’s not grand or cinematic, but it doesn’t need to be.

Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too | Review hiphopgoldenage.com/aesop-rock-i...

YouTube video by BBC Music Just Mustard - ENDLESS DEATHLESS (Later... with Jools Holland)

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𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗

‘ENDLESS DEATHLESS’

on your 𝐓𝐕 last night
📺 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧…
𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙

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WE WERE JUST HERE
out now
justmustard.lnk.to/wwjh-album
on @partisanrecords.bsky.social

#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #musicsky #justmustard #music

youtu.be/82n6ArYqAdc?...

Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets.

They commit genocide with impunity.

There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.

They must be held to account.

Speak up. Take action.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Thom Yorke says Radiohead will "absolutely not" return to Israel - “I wouldn’t want to be 5000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime...”

www.clashmusic.com/news/thom-yo...

This week, I have been mostly listening to...

Mudhoney spotify.link/PZwuRJD1MXb

Slint spotify.link/Q97OL5G1MXb

Dog Faced Hermans spotify.link/K5sUtfL1MXb

Lou Reed spotify.link/Wf0AzYP1MXb

#MusicSky #1989albums

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𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗

on your 𝐓𝐕
this weekend!

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𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧…𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙
this Sunday
26 October
BBC Two @ 10.45pm

WE WERE JUST HERE
out tomorrow
justmustard.lnk.to/wwjh-album
on @partisanrecords.bsky.social

#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #musicsky #justmustard #music

Sunday Times book critic declares the “best defence against fascists is laughing at them”, thereby sidestepping historical reality as expressed by Peter Cook, who recalled:

“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.

“It took me 10 seconds to discover LBC’s guest from Concerned Alumni for the Oxford Union was actually a research fellow at the centre-right Tufton Street thinktank”: Stewart Lee on rightwing astroturfers

In this week’s column for the Nerve, Stewart Lee wonders how all these rightwing astroturfers get on the telly and radio. Doesn’t anyone Google them first? 🤔

Another tight one 😬
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So that was Friday October 24th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another (more or less) here. So it goes.

(Dated this very day in 1959, just 66 years ago, Eagle #10:36, with its dynamic cover-strip featuring Dan Dare by Frank Bellamy.)

And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

#Dundalk
#IrishBluesky #speirgorm
#musicsky

new
JUST MUSTARD
out tomorrow

justmustard.lnk.to/wwjh-album

Baller

Today's TAW column. Tried to be constructive.

mailchi.mp/theanfieldwr...

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This week, I have been mostly listening to...

Faith No More spotify.link/mkzFgK65AXb

Pixies spotify.link/08ygyYb6AXb

The DOC spotify.link/9SAv7Mf6AXb

N.W.A. spotify.link/PwT4xDm6AXb

#MusicSky #1989albums

37 years ago, Sonic Youth released their masterpiece, 'Daydream Nation'

We included it in our Treble 100 series. Read the essay on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/82191317

Never had the pleasure of seeing Fugazi live, unfortunately, but their archive is around 1,000 shows deep, and they're slowly being added to Bandcamp

I picked a handful of standout live shows to hear, you ice cream eating MFers

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By the skin of my teeth 😬

Not a fan of Galaxy 500 and as the rounds go by (I prefer Pump & 90) I like it less and less. FNM, on the other hand, soundtracked a chunk of my adolescence. Vote for The Real Thing! 🤘