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Dunstan Bruce formed a band! Chumbawamba, anarchy, and accidentally writing a global super-hit I Formed A Band · Episode

*UNLURKS* Hey it's a new ep of I Formed A Band with Dunstan Bruce from Chumbawamba! It's a good one! I accidentally compare Dunstan, an anarchist art prankster, to Kier Starmer! @eddieargos.bsky.social reveals that he's met 3 of the Wu-Tang! It's all going off, TBH open.spotify.com/episode/3dwD...

The Argos Catalogue: Eddie answers listener's letters (and reveals his time as a traffic warden, his beef with Kele from Bloc Party and the glory days of Landfiull Indie) I Formed A Band · Episode

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6GkL...

Website: iformedaband.com

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The Argos Catalogue: Eddie answers listener's letters (and reveals his time as a traffic warden, his beef with Kele from Bloc Party and the glory days of Landfiull Indie) Podcast Episode · I Formed A Band · 13/03/2025 · 47m

Lordy it’s a new I Formed A Band episode format: The Argos Catalogue - in which we learn… how @eddieargos.bsky.social was a traffic warden and REFUSED to give Mel C parking tickets;
his karate-feud with Kele off of Bloc Party; the value of Landfill Indie and more podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

a man in a suit and tie is smiling in front of a wooden screen . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling in front of a wooden screen .

I've just noticed i put the apostrophe in the wrong place in "Beastie Boys'"

Also here's one of those "clips" that's suppose to "encourage virality"

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

I Formed A Band: iformedaband.com

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Bis formed a band! Top of the Pops, writing the Powerpuff Girls theme, and hanging by the pool with the Beastie Boys I Formed A Band · Episode

Unlurking to RUTHLESSLY PROMOTE me & @eddieargos.bsky.social's new podcast about – what else? – forming bands. In Ep.1: the amazing @bistheband.bsky.social, who talk about how their fanzine got them signed to the
Beastie Boy's label. LISTEN HERE :) -> open.spotify.com/episode/0IJN...

astonishing; agonising

This has been completely great; having live shows from @gillespeterson.bsky.social and the gang every day has 100% helped me limp across the line before I stop for xmas. Listen now! worldwidefm.net

KRISTY

#collage #collageart #art @bsky.art

"Mel's done a synergy"

‘Fame is a drug like LSD’: Robbie Williams on success, sexuality and his simian movie alter ego The former Take That star has made a biopic, Better Man, in which he’s played by a CGI chimpanzee. He talks about sex, drugs and the traumatic madness of 90s pop

I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely cannot wait for this Robbie Williams/monkey biopic www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

A Brief History of Music Today Is Just Noise

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Fame 4

#art
#collage

This is great!

fast fashion ultra violence

#art #collage

A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing? What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.

Jia Tolentino on the sometimes celebratory reaction to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and what it says about business & violence in America. “A denied health-insurance claim can instantly bend the trajectory of a life toward bankruptcy and misery and death.” [newyorker.com]

YouTube video by hankschannel Who is Creating The Non-Human Army

In his latest video, @hankgreen.bsky.social talks about a phenomenon you may have noticed here: LLM-driven bots programmed to relentlessly disagree with anyone and everyone.

Hey Darren, appreciate the reply. It’s absolutely good to hear your thoughts and we are all in the same boat (possibly literally) here I think!

I am told by dozens of people all year - especially DIY/emerging artists - that they find it really useful. That pleases me. I’m equally happy to hear a dissenting opinion and treat both the same. And finally, like all lists, this is our opinion, and we all know the analogy about opinions :) Onward!

If those things make the list imperfect, then: you are correct. But if these lists pleased everyone they wouldn’t be doing their job. Music Ally endorses great work that isn’t submitted all year round: see the Behind the Campaign, Behind the Single, Sandbox case studies, & Pro Campaign Trackers.

Sometimes a nominating person leaves off the names of partners who helped make it happen or they are not entirely open about their strategy or KPIs etc. Here, we do our best to mitigate against these things but it’s a challenge that has no simple solution. We think the pros outweighs the cons.

Hi Darren, I’ve not got much to add to what Stu said but re its “problematic” nature: this is a necessarily finite, flawed end-of-year list. Lots of good stuff didn’t make the cut; we draw the line and move on. We are open about the fact that, like plenty of awards/lists, these are self-nominated.

Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.

Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.

www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

Pet Shop Boys - 1988 Annual Pet Shop Boys - 1988 Annual

I suddenly remembered the 1988 Pet Shop Boys annual I had as a kid and read from cover to cover a million times and then whoops, there goes my afternoon www.flickr.com/photos/57779...

Has global warming accelerated in recent decades? If we look at the rate of warming between 1970 and 2008 and extend it through present, we see that almost all years since 2015 are above the previous trend.

YouTube video by Top Gear FIRST LOOK: Jaguar Type 00 – Let The Chaos Begin!

The caterwauling around the new Jaguar is v. telling: fear of standing out, fear of change, fear of being challenged... rife, celebrated & normalised. The car is odd & imperfect but wow, how refreshing to see a globally-known name do something v. weird www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzGl...

Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed It also helps no one is fat"

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.

huh!