@simonsmith.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-Trinity Mirror, Manchester Evening News, etc. ‘I don’t know the sort of people who know the date’ MDANT in Madrid. Pop music mainly.
I’m square enough that it was the other way around…. ‘J Dilla’s done WHAT?!’
11.08.2025 07:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 36.
J Dilla - Workinonit (BONUS 11 points)
All over the place. And obviously that’s a compliment.
youtu.be/ogwouE_Msd4?...
Interesting that it held on in Hungary… though I suppose being one pole of a massive two-poled European empire does help you keep your own language.
10.08.2025 07:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 35.
My Bloody Valentine - Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)
My MBV earworm and one of music’s best ‘rhythm sections’ (seems an understatement of what Colm and Debbie do) at their finest. And some points for #TeamIsn’tAnything
youtu.be/J0wMV83pmDw?...
Absofuckinglutely. @dannykelly.bsky.social
09.08.2025 20:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 34.
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Side 2 of Blue is basically all perfect. And this is the one with some momentum here, so….
youtu.be/0YuaZcylk_o?...
The people who fly their fucking drones over you on a beach are the same people who would complain if a newspaper published a photo of them in a public place.
08.08.2025 16:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘Let’s slow it down’ is the moment I’d have been tempted to punch the screen.
08.08.2025 08:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There’s a Decoder Ring episode making a convincing argument that the most ‘authentic’ Parmesan is American.
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Day 33.
John Phillips - Someone’s Sleeping
Not sure I’d trust him with my daughter, my car or any basic household chores… but the Papa’s solo album John, The Wolf King of LA is full of some of his best songs. And this is the best.
youtu.be/XWsc3g1ehFo?...
Well, speaking as a fan of a music hall knees up… :)
07.08.2025 07:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 32.
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
It was trendy for a while to downplay the importance of their eighth album. Let’s not be trendy. This is one of the best things ever. Blew my tiny mind.
youtu.be/usNsCeOV4GM?...
I will say this for them. Short sentences. Easy to read.
06.08.2025 21:23 — 👍 38 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Baffling how shit Google’s AI Overview is.
‘According to Tesco…’
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Day 31.
Electrelane - I’m On Fire
🔥 … the great tradition of a cover that seems to totally reframe a song. The ‘at night’ explosion is spectacular.
youtu.be/V_71UUncSj4?...
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Day 30.
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Alan Partridge voice: ‘I can’t help feeling the ‘patriarchy’ might not be what it is today if someone had got their ass in gear and made this the global pop smash it deserved to be’.
youtu.be/-SyBR-M2YvU?...
Most annoying band name ever.
04.08.2025 08:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Feels like this one kinda slipped by unnoticed. I provide 10 points of entry into the highly original works of one of my favourite authors, Steve Aylett, for The Quietus @steveaylett.bsky.social @thequietus.com
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
Fucking idiots. Fucking fucking ignorant idiots.
03.08.2025 23:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lordy, the summer I hammered that 2ManyDJs CD. As they say, ‘if you can remember 2000 you were a 31-year-old journalist desperately trying to stay relevant’.
03.08.2025 23:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 29.
100 gecs - Frog On The Floor
‘Give him some space, he’s still working it out’
My hyper-pop entry. Might be another. How something so dumb can be so strangely moving - that’s why we love pop music.
youtu.be/9j_TuMSw7H4?...
I used to snigger at ‘purple-headed mountains’ in All Things Bright And Beautiful. Still not sure why.
03.08.2025 22:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘Try-hard’ is perfect… like, yes, of course this self-obsessed rich woman has a gender-neutral child. Of course. (I mean, unless it becomes relevant later on. Which I don’t know because I DNF-ed it).
03.08.2025 22:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I liked her book of short stories though.
03.08.2025 22:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes, I struggled with this. I had absolutely no interest in what happened to her on her stupid ‘running away’ thing. I know you don’t have to totally love main characters, but blimey…
03.08.2025 22:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It’s… MUPPET MAN!
03.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#ALL50RTS
Day 28.
Rosalía - Bulerías
Dropped strategically on the album between the big Weeknd hit, and the school playground smash Chicken Teriyaki … a spectacular kiss-off to anyone who still doubts her roots.
youtu.be/0HEb5xRDyV0?...
It must have taken a lot of bands by surprise. And record labels. And this was a full couple of years before it became normal to do a Weatherall or Weatherall-adjacent remix. Total respect.
02.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Our House is also fucking brilliant.
02.08.2025 22:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0‘Beep beep’
My first car was a Morris Minor. And I had the 7-inch with the pull-out ‘long Morris Minor’ sleeve. So ‘hard agree’.
