Simon Barton

Simon Barton

@simonbarton.bsky.social

Husband, father, blogger, millionaire playboy dressed as a flying rodent (one of these may not be true) Still blogging at glasswalking-stick.blogspot.com

420 Followers 270 Following 1,573 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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David Byrne at the Manchester Apollo tonight. An incredibly immersive, joyous performance, full of fun, funk and fellowship. Everybody was up and dancing, the band were red hot and Byrne is quite simply a living legend.

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Ready for David Byrne at the Manchester Apollo

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She's an absolute genius, and one of the most compelling performers I've ever seen πŸ”₯

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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
St Vincent - Masseduction
Madonna - Ray of Light
Lana Del Ray - Born To Die
Taylor Swift - Folklore

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Real World YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic

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Real World - Husker Du

I know they went on to bigger and better things ( although not really as big as they should have been ) but the early Husker Du stuff is just incendiary πŸ”₯🎸πŸ₯πŸŽ΅

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Haunted House YouTube video by Gang Green - Topic

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Haunted House - Gang Green

When I was in a band many, many years ago we used to cover this song - always fun to play 🎡

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*That should say "motto", obviously πŸ™„

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Fishbone - Racist Piece Of Shit (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

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Racist Piece Of Shit - Fishbone

"We are Fishbone and our mottos is: fuck racism and fuck you if you don't like it"
Angelo Moore tells it like it is πŸ”₯

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This whole alpha male bullshit makes me sick. Andrew Tate is like a particularly dense, shaved chimp pretending to be a silverback. Thick and proud of it πŸ™„

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Dusting off my theory that the reason the right wing press went so hard on portraying Media Studies as a "Mickey Mouse degree" in the 1990s is because they didn't want a generation of people growing up able to call out this bullshit.

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Nice πŸ‘

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I think he referenced Johnny Alpha as well, which seemed very strange at the time πŸ˜ƒ

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Trying to write books for everyone seems to me a surefire way of writing bad books. I’m not interested in writing books for twats. I write books for the cool and nice people whose company I know I’d enjoy if I met them in real life. I’m entirely comfortable with twats hating my books. Bring it on.

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YΓΌ-gung (FΓΌtter mein ego) YouTube video by EinstΓΌrzende Neubauten - Topic

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Yu-gung - Einsturzende Neubauten

Thought I'd soundtrack my morning with some Germans banging pieces of metal together and screaming. It's been that kind of week.

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DEMOB - No Room For You YouTube video by Winston Punk Smith

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No Room For You - Demob

Being self-indulgent here as this is a band from my home town. Demob were our original local punk band and had some small success in their field, but split up after 45 (!) years in the biz.

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Absolutely. Glad to see one world leader at least have the guts to stand up and say "No" πŸ™

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A legend! RIP πŸ™

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"Safely deliver winning"? WTF are these morons talking about? MAGA is a death cult πŸ’€

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Celtic Frost – Circle Of The Tyrants (Official HD Video) YouTube video by Celtic Frost

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Circle Of The Tyrants - Celtic Frost

I'm revisiting some old thrash / death metal bands for this challenge - not something I listen to a lot nowadays, but it's fun to, er, dig up this stuff 🀘🎸πŸ₯πŸŽ΅

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A metallic(a) masterpiece 🀘🎸πŸ₯πŸŽ΅

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"Just" band photos? The nerve πŸ˜„

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I do like Scary Monsters though πŸ˜ƒ

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Making up for lost time πŸ‘πŸŽ΅
Some days it's my favourite Bowie album πŸ˜€

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Hi Claire πŸ‘‹

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A masterpiece πŸ‘

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"What fucker said that?"

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I've just liked your post and can only apologise for my lack of penis photos 😁

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The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

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Blitz - New Age - (UK/DK. UK, 1983) YouTube video by Cherry Red Records

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New Age - Blitz

Ferocious early-80s street punk from the long-gone Blitz - a pivotal band in the much-maligned second wave of UK punk.

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