JohnM
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Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure🎖️
Old, aching and wobbly.
‘I've taken this extravagant journey
So it seems to me
To arrive from nowhere
And to go straight back there.’
Buzzcocks - ‘Boredom’
Old, aching and wobbly.
‘I've taken this extravagant journey
So it seems to me
To arrive from nowhere
And to go straight back there.’
Buzzcocks - ‘Boredom’
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A 500-Page Book Explores the Ghosts & Monsters from Japanese Folklore
A 500-Page Book Explores the Ghosts & Monsters from Japanese Folklore
Westerners tend to think of Japan as a land of high-speed trains, expertly prepared sushi and ramen, auteur films, brilliant animation, elegant woodblock prints, glorious old hotels, sought-after jazz...
www.openculture.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A 500-Page Book Explores the Ghosts & Monsters from Japanese Folklore
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Late Afternoon On The Wolds. 4°C and heading home. Blackbirds in hedges.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Late Afternoon On The Wolds. 4°C and heading home. Blackbirds in hedges.
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
X-Ray Spex
Girlschool
The Pretenders
Xmal Deutschland
Cocteau Twins
X-Ray Spex
Girlschool
The Pretenders
Xmal Deutschland
Cocteau Twins
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
The Slits
Mo-dettes
Au Pairs
Everything But The Girl
The Lovely Eggs
The Slits
Mo-dettes
Au Pairs
Everything But The Girl
The Lovely Eggs
five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
Elizabeth Fraser
Beth Gibbons
Ricky Lee Jones
Siouxsie Sioux
PJ Harvey
Elizabeth Fraser
Beth Gibbons
Ricky Lee Jones
Siouxsie Sioux
PJ Harvey
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
X-Ray Spex
Girlschool
The Pretenders
Xmal Deutschland
Cocteau Twins
X-Ray Spex
Girlschool
The Pretenders
Xmal Deutschland
Cocteau Twins
Now on my third play through this new one. Oh how The Damned have woven in and out of my life during the past 50 years. This is a great covers album and a fitting farewell to Brian James.
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Now on my third play through this new one. Oh how The Damned have woven in and out of my life during the past 50 years. This is a great covers album and a fitting farewell to Brian James.
Some of us would say his greatest album….
By this time, I was buying all his records on the day of release. I still remember going home on the bus with this one in a Fox’s Records carrier bag.
By this time, I was buying all his records on the day of release. I still remember going home on the bus with this one in a Fox’s Records carrier bag.
Station to Station the tenth studio album by David Bowie was released #OTD 1976 through RCA Records.
January 23, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Some of us would say his greatest album….
By this time, I was buying all his records on the day of release. I still remember going home on the bus with this one in a Fox’s Records carrier bag.
By this time, I was buying all his records on the day of release. I still remember going home on the bus with this one in a Fox’s Records carrier bag.
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Now listening. Entirely eccentric and wonderful. (Not ever so surprising, given the film.)
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Now listening. Entirely eccentric and wonderful. (Not ever so surprising, given the film.)
Thursday. Dreich.
Had battered halloumi and chips for lunch from the chip shop.
Siesta time now. 😴
Retirement can be such an ordeal. 😉
Had battered halloumi and chips for lunch from the chip shop.
Siesta time now. 😴
Retirement can be such an ordeal. 😉
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Thursday. Dreich.
Had battered halloumi and chips for lunch from the chip shop.
Siesta time now. 😴
Retirement can be such an ordeal. 😉
Had battered halloumi and chips for lunch from the chip shop.
Siesta time now. 😴
Retirement can be such an ordeal. 😉
JOHN COOPER CLARKE psycle sluts (part 1&2) 1977
YouTube video by SeagreenSerenade
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January 22, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Two curlews amongst all the gulls in the dreich on the school rugby pitch.
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Two curlews amongst all the gulls in the dreich on the school rugby pitch.
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More Sugar dates, you ask? Oh, go on then.
With two nights in London already in the diary, the '90s cult alt-rockers have added a BUNCH of shows across the UK and Ireland to their spring tour plans, due to massive demand.
Tickets go on sale 10am, Jan 30 ❤️🩹 tinyurl.com/3bk5wzsw
With two nights in London already in the diary, the '90s cult alt-rockers have added a BUNCH of shows across the UK and Ireland to their spring tour plans, due to massive demand.
Tickets go on sale 10am, Jan 30 ❤️🩹 tinyurl.com/3bk5wzsw
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
More Sugar dates, you ask? Oh, go on then.
With two nights in London already in the diary, the '90s cult alt-rockers have added a BUNCH of shows across the UK and Ireland to their spring tour plans, due to massive demand.
Tickets go on sale 10am, Jan 30 ❤️🩹 tinyurl.com/3bk5wzsw
With two nights in London already in the diary, the '90s cult alt-rockers have added a BUNCH of shows across the UK and Ireland to their spring tour plans, due to massive demand.
Tickets go on sale 10am, Jan 30 ❤️🩹 tinyurl.com/3bk5wzsw
Monday afternoon. Constant rain. A slow afternoon with constant mugs of strong (decaf) tea.
A heavy loud blast of this neighbour botherer…
youtu.be/eebzVpqm7-s?...
A heavy loud blast of this neighbour botherer…
youtu.be/eebzVpqm7-s?...
Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
YouTube video by Allofthearmageddon
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Monday afternoon. Constant rain. A slow afternoon with constant mugs of strong (decaf) tea.
A heavy loud blast of this neighbour botherer…
youtu.be/eebzVpqm7-s?...
A heavy loud blast of this neighbour botherer…
youtu.be/eebzVpqm7-s?...
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Nikko Kamen is a laid-back superhero who promotes Nikko City. Once a worn-out, middle-aged salaryman in the city, he decided to return to his more relaxing hometown of Nikko and become Nikko Kamen.
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Nikko Kamen is a laid-back superhero who promotes Nikko City. Once a worn-out, middle-aged salaryman in the city, he decided to return to his more relaxing hometown of Nikko and become Nikko Kamen.
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Julie Goulding - Winter Fields.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Julie Goulding - Winter Fields.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Speaking to Melody Maker in January 1978 Howard said, ‘I was a bit bored with music that went blam-blam-blam. And I was especially bored when I turned round and saw fifty other groups playing music that went blam-blam-blam.’”
“Speaking to Melody Maker in January 1978 Howard said, ‘I was a bit bored with music that went blam-blam-blam. And I was especially bored when I turned round and saw fifty other groups playing music that went blam-blam-blam.’”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence
‘In accordance with the ferocious aims of this talisman, it was recommended to suffumigate it with either blood, part of the clothing of a man who suffered a violent death or cat or mouse droppings.’
‘In accordance with the ferocious aims of this talisman, it was recommended to suffumigate it with either blood, part of the clothing of a man who suffered a violent death or cat or mouse droppings.’
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence
‘This Pokemon uses its massive icy body to flatten anything that gets in its way’
‘This Pokemon uses its massive icy body to flatten anything that gets in its way’
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Speaking to Melody Maker in January 1978 Howard said, ‘I was a bit bored with music that went blam-blam-blam. And I was especially bored when I turned round and saw fifty other groups playing music that went blam-blam-blam.’”
“Speaking to Melody Maker in January 1978 Howard said, ‘I was a bit bored with music that went blam-blam-blam. And I was especially bored when I turned round and saw fifty other groups playing music that went blam-blam-blam.’”
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New Courtney Barnett album! featuring Waxhatchee! on Dinked edition vinyl! 'Or Another Blue Day' Caramel colour vinyl! In the hands of Courtney Barnett, fragments of everyday life become rich and riveting.
Pre-order Creature of Habit here: monorailmusic.com/product/crea...
Pre-order Creature of Habit here: monorailmusic.com/product/crea...
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
New Courtney Barnett album! featuring Waxhatchee! on Dinked edition vinyl! 'Or Another Blue Day' Caramel colour vinyl! In the hands of Courtney Barnett, fragments of everyday life become rich and riveting.
Pre-order Creature of Habit here: monorailmusic.com/product/crea...
Pre-order Creature of Habit here: monorailmusic.com/product/crea...
Bar’s open lads!
Cheers Dears.
🍻
Cheers Dears.
🍻
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Bar’s open lads!
Cheers Dears.
🍻
Cheers Dears.
🍻
2/2
Suddenly, punk was dead and post-punk had arrived via this 4-minute burst of guitar driven tension.
I still get that same thrill from it 50 years on.
Suddenly, punk was dead and post-punk had arrived via this 4-minute burst of guitar driven tension.
I still get that same thrill from it 50 years on.
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM
2/2
Suddenly, punk was dead and post-punk had arrived via this 4-minute burst of guitar driven tension.
I still get that same thrill from it 50 years on.
Suddenly, punk was dead and post-punk had arrived via this 4-minute burst of guitar driven tension.
I still get that same thrill from it 50 years on.
1/2
In late Jan 1978 me and a couple of mates were goofing around on the dance floor of the Outlook Club in Doncaster after an XTC gig there.
The DJ played this newly released single from Howard Devoto’s new band and our worlds seem to instantly explode.
In late Jan 1978 me and a couple of mates were goofing around on the dance floor of the Outlook Club in Doncaster after an XTC gig there.
The DJ played this newly released single from Howard Devoto’s new band and our worlds seem to instantly explode.
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
1/2
In late Jan 1978 me and a couple of mates were goofing around on the dance floor of the Outlook Club in Doncaster after an XTC gig there.
The DJ played this newly released single from Howard Devoto’s new band and our worlds seem to instantly explode.
In late Jan 1978 me and a couple of mates were goofing around on the dance floor of the Outlook Club in Doncaster after an XTC gig there.
The DJ played this newly released single from Howard Devoto’s new band and our worlds seem to instantly explode.
Today in 1978 - Magazine - ‘Shot By Both Sides’ single was released.
One of the great debut singles. 👌
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One of the great debut singles. 👌
youtu.be/-ul_vTkwgs4?...
MAGAZiNE ~ Shot By Both Sides
YouTube video by Rich U
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January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Today in 1978 - Magazine - ‘Shot By Both Sides’ single was released.
One of the great debut singles. 👌
youtu.be/-ul_vTkwgs4?...
One of the great debut singles. 👌
youtu.be/-ul_vTkwgs4?...
‘The place is quiet and so alone
Pretend there's something worth waiting for.
There's nothing nice in my head
The adult world took it all away.
Wake up with the same spit in my mouth.
Cannot tell if it's real or not
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity.’
youtu.be/qFewXLjXTSU?...
Pretend there's something worth waiting for.
There's nothing nice in my head
The adult world took it all away.
Wake up with the same spit in my mouth.
Cannot tell if it's real or not
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity.’
youtu.be/qFewXLjXTSU?...
Manic Street Preachers - From Despair to Where (Official Video)
YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
‘The place is quiet and so alone
Pretend there's something worth waiting for.
There's nothing nice in my head
The adult world took it all away.
Wake up with the same spit in my mouth.
Cannot tell if it's real or not
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity.’
youtu.be/qFewXLjXTSU?...
Pretend there's something worth waiting for.
There's nothing nice in my head
The adult world took it all away.
Wake up with the same spit in my mouth.
Cannot tell if it's real or not
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity.’
youtu.be/qFewXLjXTSU?...
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'A very British amalgam of mannered glam a la Cockney Rebel, post-Tommy classic rock, the proto post punk of Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy and the avant-prog of King Crimson’s Red'
Sunburst Finish by Be-Bop Deluxe, 50 years on
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Sunburst Finish by Be-Bop Deluxe, 50 years on
buff.ly/tabDgq3
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
'A very British amalgam of mannered glam a la Cockney Rebel, post-Tommy classic rock, the proto post punk of Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy and the avant-prog of King Crimson’s Red'
Sunburst Finish by Be-Bop Deluxe, 50 years on
buff.ly/tabDgq3
Sunburst Finish by Be-Bop Deluxe, 50 years on
buff.ly/tabDgq3
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The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (19th January 1981). The Heart of Gold has arrived at the legendary planet of Magrathea.
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (19th January 1981). The Heart of Gold has arrived at the legendary planet of Magrathea.