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Johny Nocash/John Hartley

@johnynocash.bsky.social

Whichever name you choose. Jack of a few trades (music, writing, poetry, photography, life), master of one (education). ‘This Is Not The End’, threequel to ‘How Green Are Your Eyes’, and ‘The Broken Bottle’, out April

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The Soup Dragons - Toppermost Backwards Dog was the first of three singles to be lifted from The Soup Dragons’ second album Lovegod. By now Paul Quinn had assumed control of the drummer’s stool and brought with him a more danceflo...

The Soup Dragons Toppermost from @johnynocash.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/soup-dragons...

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Fantastic!

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😬

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🎉 of course

Though I suspect it wasn’t written by a southerner.

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I regularly use malarkey and kerfuffle, too. The north has never lost touch with proper vocabulary!

07.02.2026 17:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

C’est magnifique 🙂

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The Sugarcubes - Deus
YouTube video by björk The Sugarcubes - Deus

There’s not many voices like Björk. She probably counts as unique… #IsmuasMonthOfMusic

youtu.be/fq2dWTBVZD4?...

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Indiepop Chronicles #34
More single reviews from 40 years ago this week 8/2/86

Miaow - Belle View ("Whispy") - Mick Mercer - Melody Maker

Go Betweens - Spring Rain ("Airy") and Shop Assistants - Safety Net ("Healthy") - Lesley O'Toole - Record Mirror.

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Disco Elysium montage/Cleaning out the rooms
YouTube video by Sea Power Disco Elysium montage/Cleaning out the rooms

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

A song without a clear chorus?

youtu.be/U1Q-IgHnuWs?...

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Indiepop Chronicles #33
Singles reviewed in NME (David Swift) 40 years ago 8/2/86

* Wolfhounds -Cut The Cake @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
* Shop Assistants -Safety Net
* TVPs -How I Learned..?
* Go Betweens -Spring Rain

What's your pick of these pops?

open.spotify.com/playlist/5Ty...

05.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
It's Not Funny Anymore
YouTube video by Babybird - Topic It's Not Funny Anymore

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

A song I wish was longer… well, I could listen to the outro on this forever.

youtu.be/Dgfss42bsYc?...

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Very evocative 🙂

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Hey! They’re the people cc-ed in the junk emails I get from Netscape!

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//Angels & Airwaves - A Little's Enough (Binmonkey 'Reimagined Cover' Demo)// | Binmonkey Get more from Binmonkey on Patreon

//Angels & Airwaves - A Little's Enough (Binmonkey 'Reimagined Cover' Demo)//

A clip from my original demo from June 2024, uploaded to my (FREE) Patreon. Join for more WIPs, words and other stuff!

www.patreon.com/posts/angels... #blink182 #angelsandairwaves #poppunk #musicsky

04.02.2026 15:46 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Bothy Band album cover Out Of The Wind Into The Sun

The Bothy Band album cover Out Of The Wind Into The Sun

NEW post: The Bothy Band - “a vital role in the folk music revival and one of the greatest groups of any kind to have emerged from Ireland”

@pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of the #BothyBand

www.toppermost.co.uk/bothy-band-t...

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Tennis - Modern Woman (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tennis Tennis - Modern Woman (Official Video)

Feb 4th for #IsmuasMonthOfMusic and it’s a song that feels brutally honest. Tennis always wore their heart on their sleeve, none more so than with this:

youtu.be/o6O0mQ5Smxs?...

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No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?

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Appleton - Don't Worry (Live @ Top Of The Pops 21/02/2003)
YouTube video by DreamerManuel Appleton - Don't Worry (Live @ Top Of The Pops 21/02/2003)

A song outside my usual taste. Tricky, as I like what I like, whatever that may be. Perhaps the test is if my kids were surprised I liked it: youtu.be/TrFL6mXZDmI?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

03.02.2026 06:59 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
John Hartley (Writer)

“I once wrote a poem that came in the top 0.17% of a national competition, and still didn’t win”

New blog post

johnhartleywriter.blogspot.com

02.02.2026 19:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LIVE: Half Man Half Biscuit - O2 Ritz, Manchester, 30/01/2026 - God Is In The TV Some bands you see quite regularly, a few times a year at least. For myself and Half Man Half Biscuit, it’s more like the Olympics, as they only play live

Review of the Manchester #HMHB gig up on the God Is In The TV site www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/02/02/l...

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Hey friends! We're so grateful for all of the support for our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social event/workspace fundraiser so far! Contribute if you're able, share if you're not - truly everything helps! We couldn't do anything without the love & support of our community! 🧡👻📚🤗

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The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (Audio)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (Audio)

A song that captures a generation. Correct me if I’m wrong…

youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

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This is who runs this account.

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Bookshelves So, Christmas has been and gone, and you’re left with book tokens you don’t know what to buy with or, far, far worse, the dreaded One4All ...

Bookshelves.
A new post.

#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #randomhashtag

johnhartleywriter.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...

01.02.2026 12:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Creme brûlée

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Bookshelves So, Christmas has been and gone, and you’re left with book tokens you don’t know what to buy with or, far, far worse, the dreaded One4All ...

Bookshelves.
A new post.

#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #randomhashtag

johnhartleywriter.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...

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Crowded House - Don't Stop Now
YouTube video by Neil Finn Crowded House - Don't Stop Now

A new month of #IsmuasMonthOfMusic, and the first prompt is a song that makes me feel unstoppable. I don’t think that’s a feeling I recognise. Instead, here’s a song about not stopping.

youtu.be/eGZJKsTHXG0?...

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Probs having to swim more 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Steep Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, 1985, photo by Michael Kenna, Widnes-born photographer.

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I place it more to when people started saying ‘literally’ for things that weren’t literal.

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