@paisleysparks44.bsky.social
Contributing editor for Albumism, writer of stuff and Prince fan(atic?). I have a million notebooks with ideas and unfinished scripts/books/screenplays in - maybe one day I’ll get one seen. Doubt it though!
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Stevie Wonder Setlist at Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham
Get the Stevie Wonder Setlist of the concert at Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England on July 7, 2025 from the Love, Light and Song UK Tour and other Stevie Wonder Setlists for free on setlist...
www.setlist.fm
Yesterday I fulfilled a dream and saw Stevie Winder in concert and it was as thrilling and exciting as you might imagine. He did 2.5 hours and did 28 FULL songs, no medley shit.
www.setlist.fm/setlist/stev...
www.setlist.fm/setlist/stev...
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Kurt Vonnegut (noted Humanist and atheist) often said that practicing any art no matter how horrible you were at it was the only way to make your soul grow.
And AI sloppers really don't care about having a soul and don't seem to understand why they might need one, it seems. Same with the techbros
And AI sloppers really don't care about having a soul and don't seem to understand why they might need one, it seems. Same with the techbros
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Kurt Vonnegut (noted Humanist and atheist) often said that practicing any art no matter how horrible you were at it was the only way to make your soul grow.
And AI sloppers really don't care about having a soul and don't seem to understand why they might need one, it seems. Same with the techbros
And AI sloppers really don't care about having a soul and don't seem to understand why they might need one, it seems. Same with the techbros
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I’ll be in London in two weeks to talk about the politics of hunger in Sudan. I’d love to see some of my London fam (not necessarily for the talk :))
Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’ll be in London in two weeks to talk about the politics of hunger in Sudan. I’d love to see some of my London fam (not necessarily for the talk :))
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
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Excited to reveal the cover of Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music! I contributed illustrations to this beautiful new book, that was edited by Kelly McCartney and Rissi Palmer. All proceeds go to the Color Me Country Fund.
Learn more: bit.ly/440GH0z
Learn more: bit.ly/440GH0z
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Excited to reveal the cover of Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music! I contributed illustrations to this beautiful new book, that was edited by Kelly McCartney and Rissi Palmer. All proceeds go to the Color Me Country Fund.
Learn more: bit.ly/440GH0z
Learn more: bit.ly/440GH0z
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As we celebrate Phife Dawg’s life & legacy today on what would have been his 55th birthday (born November 20, 1970), we're revisiting 12 of his most unforgettable verses | Read + hear more here: album.ink/PhifeDawg12
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As we celebrate Phife Dawg’s life & legacy today on what would have been his 55th birthday (born November 20, 1970), we're revisiting 12 of his most unforgettable verses | Read + hear more here: album.ink/PhifeDawg12
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What are your favorite songs from Erykah Badu’s second studio album ‘Mama's Gun’ (2000), originally released 25 years ago this week?
Listen to the album + read our tribute by @paisleysparks44.bsky.social here: album.ink/ErykahBaduMG
Listen to the album + read our tribute by @paisleysparks44.bsky.social here: album.ink/ErykahBaduMG
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What are your favorite songs from Erykah Badu’s second studio album ‘Mama's Gun’ (2000), originally released 25 years ago this week?
Listen to the album + read our tribute by @paisleysparks44.bsky.social here: album.ink/ErykahBaduMG
Listen to the album + read our tribute by @paisleysparks44.bsky.social here: album.ink/ErykahBaduMG
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DJ Shadow released his debut album 'Endtroducing.....' in the US 29 years ago on November 19, 1996 | Listen to the album + discover why it's one of the 100 Most Dynamic Debut Albums Ever Made here: album.ink/DJShadowEnd
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
DJ Shadow released his debut album 'Endtroducing.....' in the US 29 years ago on November 19, 1996 | Listen to the album + discover why it's one of the 100 Most Dynamic Debut Albums Ever Made here: album.ink/DJShadowEnd
Today’s young actor and future star in NYPD Blue is . . . Sterling K Brown.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today’s young actor and future star in NYPD Blue is . . . Sterling K Brown.
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There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
I wrote this one, ages ago!
Prince released 'Emancipation' 29 years ago on November 19, 1996 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/PrinceEmncptn
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I wrote this one, ages ago!
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YOU MAY NOT DANCE IN THE UK UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN HERE AT LEAST 20 YEARS AND HAVE HANDED OVER ALL YOUR VALUABLES
Asylum seekers aren't crying and terrified all the time and that makes the Daily Express mad
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
YOU MAY NOT DANCE IN THE UK UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN HERE AT LEAST 20 YEARS AND HAVE HANDED OVER ALL YOUR VALUABLES
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A group of Kurdish asylum seekers once expressed incomprehension to me that British men don't dance. But, apparently, such normal behaviour is evidence that the great British taxpayer is being taken for a ride. The people who write the Express (and those who read it) are simply weird
Migrants party and brawl at your expense inside former RAF base
EXCLUSIVE: Groups of male asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield were filmed singing and dancing in a common room complete with a disco ball and glittering lights.
www.express.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A group of Kurdish asylum seekers once expressed incomprehension to me that British men don't dance. But, apparently, such normal behaviour is evidence that the great British taxpayer is being taken for a ride. The people who write the Express (and those who read it) are simply weird
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[powerful black mold crawls out from bathroom stall, posts on social media]: I also lived with Olivia Nuzzi for 4 years
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
[powerful black mold crawls out from bathroom stall, posts on social media]: I also lived with Olivia Nuzzi for 4 years
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In 2019 he went on Fox News and openly pushed Great Replacement antisemitism and praised Orban's antisemitic attacks on George Soros.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In 2019 he went on Fox News and openly pushed Great Replacement antisemitism and praised Orban's antisemitic attacks on George Soros.
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I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
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the national trust for historic preservation just finished restoring nina simone's childhood home in tryon, nc. i'm producing a radio segment about that -- which, of course, provides a prime opportunity for me to use this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17-...
Nina Simone - See-Line Woman (Audio)
YouTube video by NinaSimoneVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the national trust for historic preservation just finished restoring nina simone's childhood home in tryon, nc. i'm producing a radio segment about that -- which, of course, provides a prime opportunity for me to use this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17-...
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Pharage/Reform suggest these alleged comments/behaviour from 40+ years has no public interest. But, his politics aligns with his alleged views from then. It's all division and blaming everything on "foreigners".
It always has been.
He's a deeply unpleasant man.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
It always has been.
He's a deeply unpleasant man.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Pharage/Reform suggest these alleged comments/behaviour from 40+ years has no public interest. But, his politics aligns with his alleged views from then. It's all division and blaming everything on "foreigners".
It always has been.
He's a deeply unpleasant man.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
It always has been.
He's a deeply unpleasant man.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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If you or someone you know was interviewed by Olivia nuzzi you maybe entitled to compensation
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you or someone you know was interviewed by Olivia nuzzi you maybe entitled to compensation
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The Times - A network of neo-Nazi fight clubs in England launches a group aimed at children as young as 15 to groom the next generation of fascists. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
White supremacist youth club launched in UK
Active Clubs England, a network of neo-Nazi fight clubs, promotes Albion Youth Club as a route into militant fascism for next generation
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Times - A network of neo-Nazi fight clubs in England launches a group aimed at children as young as 15 to groom the next generation of fascists. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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the disney+ black prince storyboard blues
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
the disney+ black prince storyboard blues
I wrote about James Brown’s wondrous ‘Sex Machine’ album earlier this year.
James Brown's 'Sex Machine' (1970) celebrated its 55th anniversary earlier this year | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/JamesBrownSM
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wrote about James Brown’s wondrous ‘Sex Machine’ album earlier this year.
I have had an exciting day of cleaning and tidying bookshelves (not that you’d know by looking at them!) and have found two duplicates of books I have. If there is anyone in the UK who wants them, I’d happily give them away for the cost of the postage and a small charity donation. Any takers?
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I have had an exciting day of cleaning and tidying bookshelves (not that you’d know by looking at them!) and have found two duplicates of books I have. If there is anyone in the UK who wants them, I’d happily give them away for the cost of the postage and a small charity donation. Any takers?