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Socialist. Retired teacher. Author of the Pete Kalder books. Loves reading, music and art.

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Strong contender for the top spot for my #5debutalbums8084

07.10.2025 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Britian loses"

One of the side-effects of the implosion of the Conservative party is how beyond amateurish their entire operation is now.

Even at a senior level the quality and experience of the people working for them is just incredibly low

06.10.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 286    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Superb comp. Totally recommend it.

06.10.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers. BTW Iโ€™m on hols with no access to albums so to refresh my memory I looked debut albums up on the net. AI told me that Bowieโ€™s Letโ€™s Dance and the Clashโ€™s London Calling were debut albums?!? I do hope youngsters in college arenโ€™t relying on AI for essays if thatโ€™s the quality of answers! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

06.10.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi @richards7370.bsky.social - this is going to be a tough one. Not least with this. I need official clarification: The Style Council released โ€˜Introducingโ€™ in 1983 as a mini album comp but many believe their debut album proper is Cafe Bleu (1984). Which one will be accepted? #5debutalbums8084

06.10.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palestine marches across the world. This one on Cardoba in Spain. #FreePalestine #Peace

04.10.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Futureheads!

03.10.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Richard, hi folks. My #5debutalbums0004

1. Gorillaz: S/T
2. Amy Winehouse: Frank
3. Beyoncรฉ: Dangerously in Love
4. The Libertines: Up The Bracket
5. The Futureheads: S/T

03.10.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MARC BOLAN & T.REX - GET IT ON - TOP OF THE POPS - 27/12/71 (RESTORED)
Fully Restored From Archive Tape Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Get It On Top Of The Pops Christmas Prt 2 - 27th Dec 1971 MARC BOLAN & T.REX - GET IT ON - TOP OF THE POPS - 27/12/71 (RESTORED)

Marc Bolan was born this day in 1947 (Mark Feld). And this is one of the greatest singles ever released (IMHO) #Glam #PopMusic #Rock

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcm...

30.09.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Nowspinning Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra โ€“ Promises (2021). First time tasting the last harvestโ€”and this is my soundtrack. A breathtaking fusion of ambient, jazz, and orchestral beauty.
#vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #recordcollection #musicsky

27.09.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excellent to see this in some Newcastle pubs. #standuptoracism

23.09.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
California Soul
YouTube video by Marlena Shaw - Topic California Soul

Marlena Shaw was born this day in 1942. Perhaps her best known number is California Soul, and what a great song it is. #music

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUos...

22.09.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Together For Palestine
YouTube video by Riz Ahmed Together For Palestine

Watch Brian Eno, Damon Albarn (Blur), Portishead, Hot Chip, and a bunch of other cool people hold a concert at Wembley Stadium, demand a ceasefire, and an end to the genocide.

How is this not all over the news? I think the greatest failure of the 21st century may just be the news media.

17.09.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Why Iโ€™m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno I hope tonightโ€™s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert โ€“ and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

17.09.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Iโ€™m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno I hope tonightโ€™s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert โ€“ and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

17.09.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My first thought for #5debutalbums0004 is this. An artist sadly missed.

15.09.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent selection

13.09.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Superb selection

13.09.2025 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Richard, hi gang. Hereโ€™s my #5albums50s60sfinal

1. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2. Velvet Undergound & Nico
3. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
4. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um
5. John Coltrane: Blue Train

12.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lies, damn lies, and opinion polls FOR anyone on the left, reading political coverage in the mainstream media can be quite a depressing experience. Daily headlines shout that Reform UK leads the latest opinion poll, will certainly win ...

Lies, damn lies, and opinion polls - Who you ask and how you ask matter, as does why you are asking โ€” the history of opinion polls shows they are as much about creating opinions as they are about recording them, writes socialist historian KEITH FLETT
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lies...

11.09.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stephen Jay Gould was born OTD in 1941.

โ€œOrganisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table.... Organisms have a history that constrains their future in myriad, subtle ways.โ€

๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ๐Ÿงช#HistSTM #PhilSci #EvoBio

10.09.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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A gang of incredibly brave British police arrest a 90-something y/o nun for protesting the genocide in Palestine: she's what the British Labour Party, law & state regard as a terrorist supporter.

07.09.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 197    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Sonny Rollins live 65' 68' - Jazz Icons DVD
YouTube video by Terminal Passage Sonny Rollins live 65' 68' - Jazz Icons DVD

The sublime Sonny Rollins was birth this day in 1930. #jazz

m.youtube.com/watch?v=cneB...

07.09.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

29.08.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You fixed it ....beautifully

23.08.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great list

22.08.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Richard, hi everyone..Hereโ€™s my #5albums50s60s5.

1. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2. Miles Davis: Nefertiti
3. John Coltrane: Ole Coltrane
4. Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser
5. Grant Green: Idle Moments

22.08.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ flag and saying Free Palestine

Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal

Up the Mary Wallopers ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿงก

Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!

22.08.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1332    ๐Ÿ” 484    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

I now so cooolโ€ฆ.

19.08.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Am I sad person that I actually find that interesting? I will tell it to all tonight. (Claiming obviously, that Iโ€™ve long known it)

19.08.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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