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Delighted to announce new MONKEY’S WANDERING WIRELESS SHOW: THE CHILDREN OF MARX & COCA-COLA. 21 carefully curated cuts from across the decades and continents with a healthy crop of current artists. Music and art as a form of resistance to enjoy and share. ✊🏼🐵🚶🏻♂️📻🎭 www.mixcloud.com/markraison12...
Star performer at the football: Bobby
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Star performer at the football: Bobby
Disco del día
Alice Coltrane - Eternity (1976)
Alice Coltrane - Eternity (1976)
January 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Disco del día
Alice Coltrane - Eternity (1976)
Alice Coltrane - Eternity (1976)
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I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
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I haven’t bought a single record or guitar since last year, so pure.
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I haven’t bought a single record or guitar since last year, so pure.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Man made machines mimicking man murder men. Happy new year y’all.
December 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Man made machines mimicking man murder men. Happy new year y’all.
New issue of @uncutmagazine.bsky.social has landed. Bruce Foxton’s “My Life In Music” picks Small Faces, Who, Beatles, Marvin Gaye etc while review of Café Bleu Special Edition and The Style Council live in ‘84 references Antônio Carlos Jobim, Michel Legrand and Erik Satie.
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New issue of @uncutmagazine.bsky.social has landed. Bruce Foxton’s “My Life In Music” picks Small Faces, Who, Beatles, Marvin Gaye etc while review of Café Bleu Special Edition and The Style Council live in ‘84 references Antônio Carlos Jobim, Michel Legrand and Erik Satie.
Disco del día
Colin Blunstone - One Year (1971)
Colin Blunstone - One Year (1971)
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Disco del día
Colin Blunstone - One Year (1971)
Colin Blunstone - One Year (1971)
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Lying about a beloved celebrity.
![Me: Happy 99th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, inventor of the DVD player.
Them: Dick Van Dyke did not invent the DVD player, Sony did in 1996 [link to Wikipedia article].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j45cwydngasqcktrd4cdi6tx/bafkreidsuxdnvtsfhq7zh5vil3p4la6lzqeu6a6x7m4ubrucao4gnzrjxu@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lying about a beloved celebrity.
Spotted by a neighbour “ironically” dancing to Queen in the supermarket. “Saw you having a subtle groove,” they said. May never leave the house again.
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spotted by a neighbour “ironically” dancing to Queen in the supermarket. “Saw you having a subtle groove,” they said. May never leave the house again.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025). Reasonably entertaining but I’m more a fan of Thotch than the Tap.
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025). Reasonably entertaining but I’m more a fan of Thotch than the Tap.
Disco del día
Milt Jackson - Jazz ‘n’ Samba (1964)
Milt Jackson - Jazz ‘n’ Samba (1964)
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Disco del día
Milt Jackson - Jazz ‘n’ Samba (1964)
Milt Jackson - Jazz ‘n’ Samba (1964)
The Wicker Man (1973). Shocking expose into the dangers of terrifying batshit freakery induced by the exposure to folk music.
December 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Wicker Man (1973). Shocking expose into the dangers of terrifying batshit freakery induced by the exposure to folk music.
Disco del día
Doris Duke - I’m A Loser (1970)
Doris Duke - I’m A Loser (1970)
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Disco del día
Doris Duke - I’m A Loser (1970)
Doris Duke - I’m A Loser (1970)
Respect for the animal rights campaigning Brigitte.
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Respect for the animal rights campaigning Brigitte.
The Last Detail (1973). Love Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude and this has similar misfit buddy feel, but with record breaking use of the f-word (65 occasions). I’m going into 2026 with Jack Nicholson’s sailor look as a goal. ⚓️
December 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Last Detail (1973). Love Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude and this has similar misfit buddy feel, but with record breaking use of the f-word (65 occasions). I’m going into 2026 with Jack Nicholson’s sailor look as a goal. ⚓️
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Trying to think of an album with a greater quality chasm between the opening track (The Modern World) and song two (London Traffic).
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Trying to think of an album with a greater quality chasm between the opening track (The Modern World) and song two (London Traffic).
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Oh no we shouldn't.
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Oh no we shouldn't.
Me and my mate Clive would play Name The Jam Lyric walking to the pub when we were teenagers. Very rarely did we not get them but, crazily, I was stumped with “yellow bulldozers”. Hearing it again now, I’m still annoyed.
December 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Me and my mate Clive would play Name The Jam Lyric walking to the pub when we were teenagers. Very rarely did we not get them but, crazily, I was stumped with “yellow bulldozers”. Hearing it again now, I’m still annoyed.
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There are 8 zines left for sale on my Bandcamp! I have only heard lovely things about this from people who bought copies, so who knows? Maybe worth getting! Lots of nice writing about indie pop for £6.
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- SELLING FAST! from Assistant
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- SELLING FAST! from Assistant
assistant.bandcamp.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There are 8 zines left for sale on my Bandcamp! I have only heard lovely things about this from people who bought copies, so who knows? Maybe worth getting! Lots of nice writing about indie pop for £6.
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
Love the pounding pulse of London but it always earns its break during last week of the year when it’s practically deserted.
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Love the pounding pulse of London but it always earns its break during last week of the year when it’s practically deserted.
Issue one of 40 year old “music and lifestyle magazine”, The Hit. Lots of memories of our youth. Wonder whatever happened to Paul Weller, Dexys, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cure etc…
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Issue one of 40 year old “music and lifestyle magazine”, The Hit. Lots of memories of our youth. Wonder whatever happened to Paul Weller, Dexys, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cure etc…
Disco del día
The Staple Singers - The Twenty-Fifth Day of December
The Staple Singers - The Twenty-Fifth Day of December
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Disco del día
The Staple Singers - The Twenty-Fifth Day of December
The Staple Singers - The Twenty-Fifth Day of December
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