Gavin Lenaghan

A pint of Guinness in front of Rusty’s Showbar in Newcastle

Last night, departing from my usual Very Online life and acting as if it’s the ‘90s and everything (sort of)

#Guinness #Newcastle

The ludicrous thing is believing the point of creating and playing music is to end up wildly financially successful rather than entertaining yourself and some friends

*looks at my piles of synths and guitars nervously*

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva….

#TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Guy Fawkes, mid-plot: Oh my god! So you're telling me that millions of people celebrate a day named after me? Every year? Centuries later?! This is amazing! What's the bad news, then?

Time Traveler:

Shutting the government down AND cutting off funds for food stamps, right before an election was a masturful move. Compliments to the chef.

Today’s “make you feel as old as heck” reskeet (just the way it’s gonna have to be, soz)

Holds up very well given that it’s hardly one of their most celebrated projects. So glad I got to see them live several times in the 2010s 👌

It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.

She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible

Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.

No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.

But some platforms are better than others.

This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.

Well, that’s certainly closer to what I’d been expecting last November to be like

A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

I would just like to ask the Republican Party to please put Stephen Miller in front cameras as much as possible from now until the midterms because he is such a likable & charismatic person with so many amazing & popular ideas for people who aren’t white Christian nationalists.

Trying to find accounts on X which attacked minorities and immigrants after the Cambridge train attack (were there any on Bluesky?), who have today posted in praise of Algerian-born, Samir Zitouni – the LNER employee who put his life on the line to save others. No luck so far.

#c4news

YouTube video by Zeebo89SWV SWV feat. BabyFace - Slow Jams

Have had a busy week and all that, so am slightly late in acknowledging that we recently passed the one-year mark since the loss of #QuincyJones.

For a change - the #SWV version of "Slow Jams". Thank-Q for everything. 🎵 🙏 #np #RIP

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLa...

Yeah that hashtag’s getting… messy, to put it mildly 👀 😂

WAS JUST GIFTED THIS BEAUTY 💜✨
The Owner Of My Favorite Record Store In Geneva Gifted Me This Vintage Poster Today. He Found It In His Warehouse And Thought That I'd Love It... 🙏🏼
#Prince #Prince4Ever #Vintage #Poster #EuropeanTour1992 #Memorabilia #Gratitude

Another thread underscoring why staying on The Other Place in any meaningful sense is an abysmal idea

#np #Prince - "Dear Mr. Man" from the LP Musicology (2004) 💿 🎵 💜 #NowPlaying #NowListening #2000sMusic

I see your worthy "why are you still on X" posts and sorry but we've gone way beyond that, no such incendiary publication would be allowed in printed form so why are we still thinking this should be allowed online?

NBC's new poll say the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: "Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy."

If you agree, I suggest you subscribe the news outlet that focuses like a laser on just that. Sign up for Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

TBH, I thought it was very solid.

As has been generally the case with the Gibbons stuff, some of the humour doesn't feel as "snappy" as the Iannucci/Baynham-era material.

But I found it pretty moreish, and it feels like it'll stand up well to repeat watching (as This Time has gone on to do)

This take is hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot ham

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 12” version of “Fastlove” is as durable as it ever was… honorable mention to any version of “Star People” as well, though

Old Skool #Audio Stack. #Audiophile