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@georgiosmasman.bsky.social
Social Worker.
Ars longa, vita brevis.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Reposted
49 years ago today
The Ramones played a legendary, sold-out concert at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, on February 16, 1977, with Blondie as the opening act. The performance is considered a milestone of the punk era on the Strip.

📸 Jenny Lens

#punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"a gripping blend of stately seduction & brutality that sounds like the masterpiece Einstürzende Neubauten was born to make." #trouserpress

#OnThisDay Feb 16, 1993 #EinstürzendeNeubauten released their 6th full-length studio album, Tabula Rasa. #AnitaLane joins Blixa on "Blume".
February 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
"move around the styles and try and make the “unusual” the “usual” style of the future." #JohnBradbury

#Remembering John "Brad" Bradbury (16 February 1953 – 28 December 2015) on what would have been his #birthday
February 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
At the least fine and at the most fantastic, Starfish was the band's international breakthrough album. It went gold in America and has remained their most commercially successful release.
#OnThisDay February 16, 1988 #thechurch released their 5th studio album, 'Starfish'.
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
"New York, lookin' down on Central Park, where they say you should not wander after dark"

The Concert in Central Park is a live album by American folk rock duo #SimonandGarfunkel released #OnThisDay February 16, 1982.

#paulsimon #artgarfunkel #musicsky #80smusic
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Haven't played it for ages. Dragged it out, dropped the needle....

#OnThisDay February 16, 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ Iron Maiden released 'Killers'.
#anniversary #HardRock #HeavyMetal #NWOBHM #IronMaiden #musicsky #rockmusic
February 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
#OnThisDay February 16, 1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ #glamrock icons #Sweet released their 4th studio album Give Us A Wink. It was the first album to be fully written & produced by the band members.

#musicsky #rockmusic #70smusic #70s #OTD
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
A short life, long in the making.
#Remembering the #Blues legend #MikeBloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981)
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Anima Animus, is a reference to Jung's theory of "The Man Inside The Woman and The Woman Inside The Man". #SiouxsieSioux & #Budgie never sounded more urban. Entrancing, hypnotic and inventive Anima Animus crackles.
#OnThisDay Feb 15, 1999 #TheCreatures released 'Anima Animus'.
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
"We learn to love and we learn to give
And we earn the flowers in our hair my friend"
#OnThisDay February 15, 1988 #AllAboutEve released their self-titled first album. It was their most successful, reaching #7 in the UK. Essential listen.

#80smusic #musicsky #80s
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
"Zevon paints a picturesque fantasy of LA upper middle class absurdity." Record Collector
#OnThisDay Feb 15, 1980 #WarrenZevon 'Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School'. A hard-fought record that makes Warren Zevon hard-boiled, like Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett.

#80smusic #musicsky
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
#OnThisDay February 15, 1980 #ElvisCostello & the Attractions released Get Happy!!, a 20 track album inspired by 60's soul music. #NME named it the 2nd best album of 1980. It remains a pivotal work in his long career, an assured 1st step toward even more grandiose experiments to come.
February 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
#OnThisDay February 15, 1980 the "little girl with the big voice", #RachelSweet released her 2nd studio album 'Protect the Innocent' by #StiffRecords The uncredited musicians on the album were the #BusCompany an Uberdeen pub band.

#musicsky #80smusic #rockmusic #newwave
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Too much pressure this pressure got to⛔️
Too much pressure its getting to my head
Too much pressure they're giving me hard times
Too much pressure my man made me😞
Too much pressure him try to make me look small
Too much pressure🔚🆙with no💵
Too much pressure my car fail its MOT
February 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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49 years ago today
The beginning of the end of the Sex Pistols

Glen Matlock and the Sex Pistols announced their split, February 15, 1977.

📸 Ian Dickson
The original line-up of the Sex Pistols - on stage at the Notre Dame Meeting Hall in London, 1976

#punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 AM
We gave you a name #BébéleStrange .... #Heart experimenting w/their established style in a way they felt comfortable with. From new wave to blues rock & Joni Mitchell's arty folk, the album is a blast.
Standout tracks:
• Bébé le Strange
• Break
• Down On Me
Released on Valentine's Day 1980
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Imageries from Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, Shakespeare's The Tempest & Melville's Moby-Dick, William S. Burroughs & Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew & Nile Rodgers, Bill Laswell & Anton Fier.... no surprise that art-rock is what this art-world heroine is up to.
#LaurieAnderson
February 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
#OnThisDay #Remembering Sir Alan William Parker CBE (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) an exceptional #English #Filmmaker
In Memoriam #AlanParker
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"We can be forever and ever, watching the water fall
Floating in the lake of all peace after love and after all."
Record of the day: #RoyHarper 'Valentine'.
Released #OnThisDay February 14, 1974.
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#OnThisDay #Remembering legendary keyboardist #VincentCrane (born Vincent Rodney Cheesman 21 May 1943 – 14 February 1989) known as the organist for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown & #AtomicRooster Crane co-wrote "Fire", the 1968 hit single by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
February 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
#OnThisDay #Remembering Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) #TimBuckley who was way ahead of his time. A simply outstanding artist.
February 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"If the 17th century French satirist, Moliere were to start a #punkrock band it would in fact be The Dickies! There's nothing stoic, taciturn or reticent about them…. There was no rock band quite like them" (Jeff Laufer, LA #Punk Bands, #TheDickies at 40) #punks
February 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
On February 13, 1995 American #alternativerock band #belly released their 2nd album 'King'. Although the members had tightened their focus & polished their hook-laden songs,King & its singles didn't meet label expectations & the band broke up shortly after it was released.
February 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Hurt, confused and frustrated #PhilCollins at his 30 floating in space. His crashing marriage inspired him and the result is an unexpectedly brilliant album. A revelation.
#OnThisDay February 13, 1981 Phil Collins released his debut album Face Value. Well, I remember....
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM