Johnnie Johnstone
@johnniejohnstone.bsky.social
Teacher, husband, dad. Writes: Record Collector, Shindig, Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History of Josef K (Jawbone Press), The Clientele (J-Card Press)
Freedom and servitude.
Jitka Cerhovà in Daisies, 1967
Nadine Nortier in Mouchette, 1967.
Jitka Cerhovà in Daisies, 1967
Nadine Nortier in Mouchette, 1967.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Freedom and servitude.
Jitka Cerhovà in Daisies, 1967
Nadine Nortier in Mouchette, 1967.
Jitka Cerhovà in Daisies, 1967
Nadine Nortier in Mouchette, 1967.
Jeanne Moreau, 1949.
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Jeanne Moreau, 1949.
For mash get Smash.
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
For mash get Smash.
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And in between two Brians! (Whitehouse and Talbot)
“Between 1975 and 1988, West Brom went through a remarkable run of managers whose first names followed this sequence:
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
And in between two Brians! (Whitehouse and Talbot)
“Between 1975 and 1988, West Brom went through a remarkable run of managers whose first names followed this sequence:
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
January 27, 2026 at 7:26 AM
“Between 1975 and 1988, West Brom went through a remarkable run of managers whose first names followed this sequence:
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
Johnny, Ronnie, John, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Nobby, Ron, and Ron.”
(Thanks to Denny Des Alberto via FB)
And among them were Wile, Giles and Styles.
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Played on so many brilliant albums - with Scratch, the Mighty Diamonds, even Bob Dylan and Grace Jones. A silent colossus.
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Played on so many brilliant albums - with Scratch, the Mighty Diamonds, even Bob Dylan and Grace Jones. A silent colossus.
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Sly Dunbar RIP
📸Chris Cuffaro
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
📸Chris Cuffaro
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Sly Dunbar RIP
📸Chris Cuffaro
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
📸Chris Cuffaro
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
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If you don't own a piece of music that Sly Dunbar played on, there's something missing in your life. RIP.
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If you don't own a piece of music that Sly Dunbar played on, there's something missing in your life. RIP.
Patel next. This lot would do anything to save their political careers.
BREAKING: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK
Who would have guessed
Who would have guessed
January 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Patel next. This lot would do anything to save their political careers.
Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Fillmore 1969
(Emil Bacilla)
(Emil Bacilla)
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Fillmore 1969
(Emil Bacilla)
(Emil Bacilla)
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Short thread- Not far from Crowborough is a place called Maresfield. An old army base there was used to house Vietnamese refugees (Boat People) in the late 70s/early 80s. Nobody was bothered about them being there at the time. No protest against them. Nothing.- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Thousands march in Crowborough over asylum plan for former military camp
Protesters walk to Sussex market town from base where Home Office plans to house up to 500 asylum seekers
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Short thread- Not far from Crowborough is a place called Maresfield. An old army base there was used to house Vietnamese refugees (Boat People) in the late 70s/early 80s. Nobody was bothered about them being there at the time. No protest against them. Nothing.- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Old Market Square, Nottingham, 1963
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Old Market Square, Nottingham, 1963
Thelonious Monk and his family in their apartment’s kitchen, NYC.
(© The Estate of Jim Marshall)
(© The Estate of Jim Marshall)
January 25, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Thelonious Monk and his family in their apartment’s kitchen, NYC.
(© The Estate of Jim Marshall)
(© The Estate of Jim Marshall)
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Sun Ra, 1989.
(Chester Higgins Jr)
(Chester Higgins Jr)
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Sun Ra, 1989.
(Chester Higgins Jr)
(Chester Higgins Jr)
Ornette Coleman and Anthony Braxton playing pool in Prince Street, NYC, 1971.
Photo: Val Wilmer.
Photo: Val Wilmer.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Ornette Coleman and Anthony Braxton playing pool in Prince Street, NYC, 1971.
Photo: Val Wilmer.
Photo: Val Wilmer.
Ornette Coleman “Science Fiction”, 1972, Rolling Stone Columbia Ad.
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Ornette Coleman “Science Fiction”, 1972, Rolling Stone Columbia Ad.
“If I could find making music a fairly natural connection with something else, then I might move on to something else."
(Nick Drake to Jerry Gilbert of Sounds, March 13th, 1971)
(Nick Drake to Jerry Gilbert of Sounds, March 13th, 1971)
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“If I could find making music a fairly natural connection with something else, then I might move on to something else."
(Nick Drake to Jerry Gilbert of Sounds, March 13th, 1971)
(Nick Drake to Jerry Gilbert of Sounds, March 13th, 1971)
“80% of the album was spontaneously recorded, and there’s no way I could play a lot of the stuff again. I wouldn’t know how to.” (Mark Hollis on Talk Talk’s colossal Spirit Of Eden)
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“80% of the album was spontaneously recorded, and there’s no way I could play a lot of the stuff again. I wouldn’t know how to.” (Mark Hollis on Talk Talk’s colossal Spirit Of Eden)
One of the ten greatest albums ever made.
January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
One of the ten greatest albums ever made.
Billboard for Abbey Road on the Sunset Strip, 1969.
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Billboard for Abbey Road on the Sunset Strip, 1969.
Notting Hill Carnival, 1979.
January 24, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Notting Hill Carnival, 1979.
