I know Handsworth well. I love it. The Soho Road is one of the most vibrant streets in the world. I was attached to the library there for a writing project last year and I wrote a whole chunk about it in my book Hope And Glory. Read it if you get a chance
07.10.2025 17:01 β π 200 π 43 π¬ 4 π 2
Whereβs Lamp Chop?
07.10.2025 17:24 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Frogs and Beryl Reid. A heady concoction.
07.10.2025 16:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βBeautifulβ is indeed the word for that Sharks tune. Not enough reggae tunes with acoustic guitar.
07.10.2025 16:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Ah! With the infamous Go plus dubs.
07.10.2025 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
XTC's album 'Go 2' reviewed in Sounds 7th. October 1978 by Tony Mitchell and pic Anthony Ralph.
07.10.2025 08:24 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
@desdelboy.bsky.social
07.10.2025 12:27 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
What a great week. All heard first on John Peelβs radio show.
07.10.2025 11:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sounds Singles Page reviewed by Jon Savage, 7th, October 1978. Including Public Image, Cabaret Voltaire, Penetration, Stiff Little Fingers and The Yachts.
@jonsavage.bsky.social
07.10.2025 08:27 β π 16 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
That's the guy who ordered cartoon characters painted over so refugee children didn't feel too welcome, or perhaps to make sure they knew the UK wasn't inhabited by human beings with feelings, only by nazis like him and farage
07.10.2025 11:40 β π 42 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by ReggaeRootsChannel
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution - 01 - Handsworth Revolution
youtu.be/A3LFvaAD2-Y
06.10.2025 20:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The insanity continues. The police either don't know what they are doing or are just arresting people as a punitive deterrent.
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I was parched, so last can was mineβ¦
06.10.2025 16:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
"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 β π 286 π 68 π¬ 41 π 11
Sad but true.
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Great film. And unfortunately so relevant to now.
06.10.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
No idea. But that tune Is one of the toughest UK reggae cuts of all time.
05.10.2025 21:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Absolutely no chance.
05.10.2025 19:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
AMERICAN CARNAGE
05.10.2025 18:46 β π 26 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Desert Island Reggae Discs
The mix and track list are here
www.mixcloud.com/edgar_wallac...
05.10.2025 17:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Sunday
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YouTube video by Alex Wang (sheepfield)
Charlie - Tirez Sur le Pianiste (1960)
No. This is Des here
youtu.be/X4BY8h9B92M
05.10.2025 15:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes they have.
05.10.2025 15:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME
STEWART LEE
And heβs back!!
Sunday isnβt Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.
His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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YouTube video by Greg Kingreg
Run Run - Delroy Wilson
This tune was in the reggae charts for the best part of 2 years, if memory serves. Absolutely indestructible. That said, this one is my all time favourite by Deltoy and featured on my first βdesert island reggae discsβ mix
youtu.be/4cttCX-Olz8
05.10.2025 12:20 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
An Italian writes, making coffee is serious business.
05.10.2025 12:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
...is coming like a ghost town...
05.10.2025 12:09 β π 41 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0
YouTube video by Michalis Matthaiou
Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta 7" Ethiopia 1969 (HQ)
I think this might be my favourite Mulatu track of all
youtu.be/nGFiHT6al0U
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Articles from Sounds Magazine 1975 - 1980
Archivist, Steve "Stig" Chivers.
Still a distance to be traversed.
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Author, archivist, professor
"Me? I am nobody"
Writer, photographer, artist and lover of music and vinyl.
Journalist and boater.
Header picture βMoorhenβ painted by Laura Andrew at lauraandrew.com
My reggae vinyl sales outlet : https://www.discogs.com/seller/leggorocker/profile
INFLUENZER. 2 time Batfas nominated. Author of the 'Inspector Marsden Mysteries' series of novellas. NO LONGER WINDOW CLEANING!!! HOW MANY MORE TIMES!!! All reasonable enquiries to: rich@komediaentertainment.com
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Author: Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie, HarperCollins, Former producer: ABC/NBC/CBS News, documentary, fiction television & film production. π³οΈβπ She/Her
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Music, Books, etc. All night Barry Manilow loud over the speaker system - just trying to drive the fucker out.
MD Alternative National Treasure.
All for art and art for all. Music, films, resistance, culture, books, travel and happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. Yβknow, the good stuff in life that doesnβt attract bad people.
DJ since 1982
Producer since 1986
3x Ibiza DJ Award winner π₯
My next novel will be called Drum. It will be set mostly in the 1980s world of alternative comedy. Available Jan 1st 2026. More details coming soon.
https://www.rob-chapman.com
Taking a leisurely stroll through my vinyl record collection to share a few of my favourite Jamaican tunes and trivia, just like I used to do a few years ago in the House of Reggae podcast... https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/houseofreggae
Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.
Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
nobhead.
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Author:
"Baby's Breath" βββββ
"Tories: The End of an Error"βββββ
Byline Columnist.
Idiot.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath-Gripping-Psychological-Thriller-ebook/dp/B0FK5MYF31/
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Tofu-sceptic member of Anti-Growth Coalition
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