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Caroline Binnie
@carolinebinnie.bsky.social
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Velvets to the Voidoids and beyond. Live music, post punk and lots of other stuff.
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Dropped by Kirsty’s bench today, on a rainy morning in Soho.

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February 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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James Kirk performing his Orange Juice classic Felicity with Warren McIntyre at the Betsey Trotwood this evening. The songs they've been working on together sounded great too
February 15, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Viv Albertine: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys

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February 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Simple Minds: Premonition (John Peel session, 19 December 1979)

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February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Paul Haig: Dublin Street, Edinburgh (circa 1990)

📸 Innes Reekie

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February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Foxy’s back in the garden tonight, a bit older, still beautiful.
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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I’m not like everybody else…

The Damned on stage in Manchester this time last week, an emotional tribute to the late Brian James.

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February 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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We’re back on the road again in October doing something we’ve never done before, playing our albums Sextet and Force in full. Tickets go on sale on Friday 6 Feb at 10am
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February 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Vambo left the building on this day in 1982.

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📸 Michael Putland

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February 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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New month, beautiful new David, only two days late.

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February 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Remembering Arthur "Killer" Kane on his birthday. This very moving film about the remarkable life of the New York Dolls bassist is one of the greatest music documentaries
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New York Doll | Full Documentary Movie
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February 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Friends Again in Glasgow last night, what a glorious return after 40 years, so much love in the room for them.

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February 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Muriel’s birthday: February 1st.
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AFTERWORDS: Muriel Spark
“One’s prime is elusive…”

—On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor
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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet

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January 31, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Waiting for The Damned in Manchester…

#thedamned #notlikeanybodyelse
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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TOM VERLAINE - died on this day in 2023

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January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Sly Dunbar RIP

📸Chris Cuffaro

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January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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When I’ve nothing to do I think about you, all about you, it makes me blue…

Day eight of great Scottish records and here’s a bonus one, Scars with Author! Author!

#burnscountdown #scars
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January 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Decadence and pleasure towns, tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries…

Empires and Dance on day seven of spectacular Scottish records, see you on the dancefloor!

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January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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I’ll have a shower, then phone my brother up…

Day five of superb Scottish records, remembering beautiful Billy on a sad anniversary 🖤

#burnscountdown #billymackenzie
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January 22, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Voice of an angel.

Billy left the building 28 years ago today

📸 Eugene Adebari

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January 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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So much Treasure…

Day four of special Scottish records and it’s the Cocteau Twins with the incredible ethereal voice of Elizabeth Fraser.

#burnscountdown #cocteautwins
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January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Listen to the girl as she takes on half the world…

Day three of great Scottish records and it’s Psychocandy, still ripping up the rule book 40 years on.

#burnscountdown #Psychocandy
January 20, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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It may be my imagination, and of course I’m prone to exaggeration…

Day two of superb Scottish records and it’s The Orange Juice, produced by the mighty Dennis Bovell, with a nod to the Underground in the title.

#burnscountdown #edwyncollins
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January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Nobody Had Heard Anything Like It Before! Or Had They?
The Velvet Underground Myth.
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The Velvet Underground Myth – NOBODY HAD HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT: !
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January 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM