Stevie Grainger

Magic nights by the Lee finale tonight 🪩

Stevie G: Spirit of pirate radio still strong As long as we have a mainstream, we will need an underground, and the spirit that powered the pirates will continue in other ways, writes Stevie G.

The pirate radio era may be over as such, but the spirit of such endeavors remain & young people will always seek an important alternative to the mainstream.

*Yes that is a mobile phone that weighed more than my MacBook does now

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Enjoyed my weekly dj sessions this summer at the Fifth Quarter. Paul st looking much better with the seating outside & with more traders inside (more to come inc food court); hopefully new tenants too in former collins bookshop & the pub now vacant too (linen weaver). #potential

Look out for Play for Palestine at the Joe Mooney Summer School in Drumshanbo raising vital funds for Unicefs work in Gaza
Joe Mooney Summer School
#freepalestine
#joemooneysummerschool

Up the Rebels ❤️

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The president is hawking fragrances while the State of Florida is celebrating its first concentration camp by handing out swag.

I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.

#DontStopBelieving 🤞

Tip of the day - yesterday watched Crass- The Sound Of Free Speech, last years documentary, free currently to stream on @fawesometv.bsky.social
well worth a look

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Sun Ra Myth-Science Arkestra March 28, 1965 - 3-8pm $5 - New York Village Gate. A Benefit for the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School.

Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club’s Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash.

📷 Laura Levine

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PinkPantheress really just nailed her vibe practically from the off & ran with it. Great music for the age that we are in and one of the best users of social media too 💫

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Had to drive to and from to Longford the other day (longford story) but the journey was made better by revisiting Sly & the Family Stone’s whole album discography in chronological order. The post “Riot” albums are so underrated the whole catalogue is so full of absolute gems 💫

Man that whole album ❤️‍🩹

Haha! For sure 🕺💥

On the way to the Liberty bar in Cork have 4/5 hours of classics ready for Vinyl Love let’s go free entry 🎧

Spinning some tunes on Paul St as part of the relaunch of the shopping centre as the Fifth Quarter Cork city looking fine in the sunshine ☀️

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Gracias, Sly 🙏🏼

For all those tracks that still light it up
For bringing people of different races, styles & eras together
For innovating with drum machines & paving the way 4 hip-hop & dance
For being one of the coolest to ever do it

And for letting us all
Be ourselves ❤️

Special thanks to Harry, only 11 years old, whose knowledge of acid/house/disco is particularly impressive, and who I’ve had great conversations with lately. Many thanks to all who came by. See you in September. Stevie

Sick Aphex Twin tee too

My @thisisthenewschool series in @corkcitylibraries has come to end for the summer but I’d like to thank Margaret, Ben & the team for hosting us every month. We are back on September 27th. As always, music is a two way street and I am learning from the youngsters too.

Ah that’s amazing. I’m so sorry Tina

Wonderful send off in the Glucksman ❤️❤️

What a woman 🙏🏼

Harry J also passed these last few days.

Cork gig goers will have been very familiar with the reggae toaster & MC, who performed with numerous bands and soundsystems here. Used MC for me in the back bar in the 90s he later joined myself & Bellyman in Expansions

Bless up ❤️🙏🏼

Sad to learn of the passing of Siobhan O’Dowd, a great contributor to Cork who was unbelievably active in the community for decades & always full of good humour and encouragement too. Here she is taking over my decks at the Rainbow Picnic a few summers ago 🏳️‍🌈

My summer soul jams playlist, from many years ago, sounds good today ☀️

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Sunday chill out set at Cortado on the Marina ☀️☕️🎧

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I found this on my camera roll from 2014

Cork 🤝 Palestine

Massive Attack// KNEECAP ARE NOT THE STORY If senior politicians can find neither the time, nor the words to condemn, say, the murder of fifteen voluntary aid workers in Gaza, or the illegal starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare, or the killing of thousands & thousands of children in the same territory, by a state in possession of the highest precision weapons on earth; how much notice should a music festival take of their moral advice on booking performing acts? As a band that has spoken publicly for more than 30 years about the illegal occupation, apartheid system and killing with impunity of thousands of Palestinians, we are hyper aware of the both the human cost of abject political silence, and the commercial implications of publicly expressing solidarity with an oppressed people.

Language matters of course. The hideous murders of elected politicians Jo Cox and David Amess means there's no scope for flippancy or recklessness. But do politicians and right-wing journalists strategically concocting moral outrage over the stage utterings of a young punk band, while simultaneously obfuscating or even ignoring a genocide happening in real time (including the killing of journalists in unprecedented numbers) have any right to intimidate festival events into acts of political censorship? Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story. And the silence, acquiescence and support of those crimes against humanity by the elected British government is the real story. Solidarity with all artists with the moral courage to speak out against Israeli war crimes, and the ongoing persecution and slaughter of the Palestinian people. Massive Attack.

Kneecap is not the story
Gaza is the story
Genocide is the story
#StopArmingIsreal

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/massive-attack-support-kneecap-israel-1235328607/

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