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Caroline Binnie
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Velvets to the Voidoids and beyond. Live music, post punk and lots of other stuff.
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Remembering the great Philip Lynott, who died 40 years ago today, aged just 36. This archive piece from the Guardian is an attempt to measure his considerable reach as a songwriter, recording artist and performer in just 10 tracks: www.theguardian.com/music/musicb...
A photo of Remembering Pt 1. by Thin Lizzy and Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Incredible skies over the city tonight, here’s to a brilliant and bold new year.

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January 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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‘New Rose by The Damned is often said to be the first punk single, but Ubu’s debut preceded that by almost a year, and the first releases by Joy Division, Wire, Magazine and PiL by considerably more than that'

Remembering Those We Lost In 2025: David Thomas of #PereUbu

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December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Jim Reid: 64 years old today

📸 Mike Hunt (Roundhouse, London - 29 March 2024)

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December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Come on, dream on, dream baby dream…

Suicide, released 48 years ago today, Alan Vega and Martin Rev sending sounds out to the future.

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December 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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The Rezillos: The Old Grey Whistle Test (26/09/1978)

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December 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Back in business. Feb 2026
🎟️ www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Let me be your eyes, a hand in the darkness so you won’t be afraid…

Sounds from the Underground on day 24.

🎄Merry Christmas everyone🎄

#adventsingles #velvetunderground
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Christmas Eve indulgence at Filmhouse this afternoon with the sparking new 75th anniversary print of Sunset Boulevard. Here’s Norma in the foyer, ready for her close up!

#sunsetboulevard #normadesmond
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Early evening drinks in a famous location.
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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All the power’s in the hands of people rich enough to buy it…

Day 22, White Riot for Joe, 23 years after he left us.

#joestrummer #theclash
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December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Joe Strummer: 21/08/1952 to 22/12/2002

📸 Gavin Evans/Iconic Images (1989)

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December 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Have you heard it on the news,about this fascist groove thang…

Day 21 and it’s Heaven 17, almost self selecting.

#adventsingles #heaven17
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December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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No rocket required 🚀

The mighty Moonlandingz spinning Sheffield on its axis earlier this week. My fourth time this year, what a wild intergalactic trip 💥

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#moonlandingz
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Aztec Camera ~ Walk Out To Winter
(Rough Trade 45, 1983)
#NowPlaying #WinterVibes

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Aztec Camera – “Walk Out To Winter” (UK Rough Trade) 1983
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December 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Don’t believe them, don’t believe them, don’t be bitten twice…

Day 20, it’s time for Belfast’s finest, Stiff Little Fingers and suss, suss, suss, Suspect Device.

#adventsingles #stifflittlefingers
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Barry Adamson: Steal Away EP (2022)

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December 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and the bees…

Day 19 and the Lizards are flying!

#adventsingles #flyinglizards
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December 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Remembering Tracy Pew. 🖤

Born #otd 19/12/57

📷 Peter Anderson.
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Call me immature, call me a poser…

Day 18 and it’s time for The Specials to skank in. Remembering Terry three years after he left us.

#adventsingles #thespecials
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December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The Light Pours Out of Me: The Authorised Biography of John McGeoch by Rory Sullivan-Burke (2022)

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December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I am Governor Jerry Brown, my aura smiles but never frowns, soon I will be President!

Day 17, and it’s the Dead Kennedys crashing the party.

#adventsingles #deadkennedys
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Tonight’s entertainment…

The Moonlandingz in Sheffield, no rocket required 🚀💥

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#themoonlandingz
December 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The Velvet Underground Popularity Myth 2.
Pt.1 1963-1965
I went a bit crazy with updating my Velvet Underground Myth. There's about 40 of these Substack things though 63-65 is short, every other one is a single month through the eyes of the local press.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Is all my brain and body need…

Day 16, it’s time for an Ian Dury classic, on Stiff on 1977.

#adventsingles #iandury
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM