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THRUM will be performing a second night at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow, on Saturday 14th March. The first concert sold out within a day of being announced, tickets are on sale, here's the ticket link - better get in quick: wegottickets.com/event/685158

Very pleased to see You're Dead To Me has roared back into the Top 25 UK podcasts, following our very well-received 10th series! Series 11 is in production right now and will launch in early January podnews.net/press-releas...

Another highlight of the year. My Bloody Valentine were immense this week at Wembley.

RELEASED TODAY: 'Forever, I've Been Being Born' by Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

Sykes and co. return with their first batch of moody slowcore and goth-tinged Americana and folk rock tracks in fourteen years.

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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

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Artist Profile: Miki Berenyi Won't Be Back #Post Excerpt

Here's an interview I did while on the road in the US/Canada...

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I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.

One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend

Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten

I've been sonically shaken, thank you! 🙌✨️

Lily Allen Album Decoded The Eye tries to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music. Who is Lily Allen making coded references to in her new album 'My Ex-Husband is a Bastard'? Track 1: Beardy Bastard This first track has got the whole world guessing. Could it possibly be a reference to David Harbour? Or is it a more obtuse reference to Jeremy Corbyn or possibly Brian Blessed? Track 2: Harbour is a Bastard Lily often talks about auto-fiction in her own work, which makes it difficult to fathom the exact meaning of her lyrics. This could be a reference to David Harbour, her ex-husband, but it could equally be about an unhappy childhood trip to Portsmouth. Perhaps we will never know. Track 3: The Bastard from 'Stranger Things' is a Bastard 'Strange Things' is a song in 'Toy Story', sung when Woody realises he is no longer Andy's favourite toy and has been replaced by Buzz Lightyear. So this track may well refer to Lily's failed relationship with an absurdly optimistic astronaut, who had promised to love her "to infinity and beyond". Or could it be about 'Stranger Things' actor and Lily's ex, David Harbour? Track 4: My Ex-Husband is a Bastard who had an Affair with a Costume Designer who is a Bitch Don't be fooled by the jaunty reggae backbeat, this is a profoundly negative song, and it's possible that Lily is referring to recent events in her own life. The ex-husband could be a reference to her actual ex-husband David Harbour, but more likely this is an astute political allegory about Boris Johnson or possibly Matt Hancock, with 'costume designer' being code for PPE supplier. Track 5: I'm Going to Get my Revenge on my Beardy Bastard Ex-Husband David Harbour from 'Stranger Things' by Writing an Album Telling the World What a Beardy Bastard He Is This is perhaps the most obtuse and impenetrable of all Lily's complex and nuanced lyrics on this puzzling enigma of an album, but it seems to be a bittersweet reflection on love, monogamy, polyamory...

From @privateeyenews.bsky.social:

This is the most disappointing government since the last one

Sounds like heaven. Try the Black Forest Gateaux 😁

😂

The Charlatans' We Are Love is their first studio album since 2017, produced by Stephen Street and featuring Dev Hynes - a confident, melodic return, available on limited translucent orange vinyl

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Insanity

Fuckin outraged

A story in Private Eye, headlined "Minority representation on TV causes outrage". The article reads: "There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television."

Private Eye nailing it.

I saw Yuck at the Thekla in Bristol. I love this album. Another excellent band that ended far too quickly 😁

One of my favorite albums of the year

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How lovely 😍

YouTube video by Alfredo COBO CONLLEDO Velvet Crush - Time warps around you

#90sTop30 Near Misses (Random Order)

Starting to prep for November.

Velvet Crush - Time Wraps Around You (1994)

"You're looking back
Then you find
You're learning that
It's time to leave the past far behind"

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This was a thoughtful and interesting interview. Very enlightening on many fronts. The idea BA or anyone should boycott it is bizarre and ridiculous. It seems everyday the world slumps further into insanity.

On this day in movie history:
Un Flic
directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
released October 25, 1972.
Cast: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla, Michael Conrad, Paul Crauchet, Simone Valère, André Pousse, Jean Desailly, Valérie Wilson, Henri Marteau, Catherine Rethi. #Noir

Great news 😒

It is so much worse than that, winter starts on the 1st November! 😪

January 1986 TDK blank cassette ad. Man and woman working out, lifting weights, listening to cassettes HOT BODIES NEED HOT CASSETTES.

HOT BODIES NEED HOT CASSETTES.

Matthew Sayed becomes more out of touch with reality everyday

Wowzers how awful 🤦‍♂️