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We didn't get the EDWYN sign in Manchester. Presumably due to the heritage organ at the back of the stage. Much to the disappointment of my wife, who really wanted to get a picture of it for Our Edwyn. We were in a great place as well. Never mind.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

Our Colwyn Bay correspondent writes "Looks like one of Stratfords Spoons, horrible class 47/0 dual braked boiler fitted, Stratford would paint roofs white, not a patch on English Electrics finest Class 40s, that were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton Le Willows".

The moral of the story is Never Have The Same Haircut As Your Wife. It will only end in messy divorce.

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

YouTube video by FruitierThanThou THE PASTELS The Basement Brighton 13th October 1984

Here you go. 13 October, 1984. youtu.be/bVAp1QwxW_M?...

Was it Batman or Mars Attacks that scarred you? :-)

It could be that any dissenters are either not being interviewed or their views are not being shared?

Late 1984 I believe. I'll do some digging.

It was still like this when @thepastels.bsky.social played the Art School Basement.

It was most definitely not a riot. It was most definitely not sieg heiling skinheads. It was violent, but not as violent as, say, (topically) Husker Du or Jesus and Mary Chain at Camden Electric Ballroom. Things seem much more under control these days.

Apart from US or Australian bands that never made it over here, Fire Engines, Josef K and The Saints.

I was at the 'infamous Derby Hall, Bury, riot gig'. So I saw about four songs with an ill Ian Curtis fronting the band, proto-New Order with Barney singing, followed by a rotating cast of ACR and Crispy Ambulance members doing 'Sister Ray'. And lots of glass.

Sounds on brand for Greg Ginn.

It's believed the tapes for the SST releases were lost in a fire.

How gorgeous is this post from Zeke 🧡

Joan Fontaine as Mrs de Winter in Rebecca (1940).

Last night I dreamt I saw Man... or Astro-Man? again.
(Insp. @andrewmale.bsky.social )

“Flags are bits of coloured cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”

– Arundhati Roy

And FC didn't lose. ;-)

Elisabeth Elektra Euphoric Art-Pop from Glasgow, Scotland elisabethelektra.com ‘Mercurial’ LP out now: “Giddy electronic pop” ☆☆☆☆ MOJO “A haunting, odd gem” ☆☆☆☆ RECORD COLLECTOR "Stark, dramatic, crystalline" - ME...

Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨

elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com

A lone pigeon visits the Monument to the 20,000 carrier pigeons who served their country in WW1, and their owners. #Lille

The last Carrier Pigeon (they were a separate breed) was called Martha according to @marthadiy.bsky.social

Taking a brief break from doomscrolling to tell you that it’s Bandcamp Friday and so a good day to catch up with your fave bands and labels. Like SLR of course! New Tony Molina up for pre-order (with flexi!), Cords, Telephone Numbers, Allo Darlin’ and so much more.
slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com

I've never stayed anywhere that's had a CD I wanted to play, never mind an actual LP.

Damned alt text! 😉

Just checked. Sure is.

Looks like Richard Scarry. Particularly the cat's face.

I have increasingly gotten into the habit of referring to current right-wing gender performance norms as ‘cis drag’

This is a great read, with some really great photos.