Paul Holloway
@paulholloway74.bsky.social
Newcastle United, Newcastle Red Bulls,
Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths,
The Wedding Present, IST IST, New Order,
Pixies, A Certain Ratio, Kraftwerk.
Coffee and books. Lots of books.
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Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths,
The Wedding Present, IST IST, New Order,
Pixies, A Certain Ratio, Kraftwerk.
Coffee and books. Lots of books.
☕️📚⚽️🏉 ⬛️⬜️⬛️
Look what arrived today! And it’s signed!! @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Look what arrived today! And it’s signed!! @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
What a book! Full of twists and humour. Thank you @janicehallett.bsky.social - your best to date. Loved it.
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
What a book! Full of twists and humour. Thank you @janicehallett.bsky.social - your best to date. Loved it.
Wow! - new single from IST IST - I Am The Fear - love it. Can’t wait for the new album if this is anything to go by…
IST IST - I Am The Fear
YouTube video by IST IST
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wow! - new single from IST IST - I Am The Fear - love it. Can’t wait for the new album if this is anything to go by…
The Transcendent Tide by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social - a perfect end to the Enceladons Trilogy. Really great read.
August 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Transcendent Tide by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social - a perfect end to the Enceladons Trilogy. Really great read.
So it’s official then. No longer the Falcons, now the Red Bulls. At least we might see them actually win a game at last after finishing bottom of the league for the last few years!
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So it’s official then. No longer the Falcons, now the Red Bulls. At least we might see them actually win a game at last after finishing bottom of the league for the last few years!
Wow! The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social
What a harrowing but thought provoking read. Very relevant (sadly), but utterly brilliant. My book of the year so far, a must read.
What a harrowing but thought provoking read. Very relevant (sadly), but utterly brilliant. My book of the year so far, a must read.
July 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Wow! The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social
What a harrowing but thought provoking read. Very relevant (sadly), but utterly brilliant. My book of the year so far, a must read.
What a harrowing but thought provoking read. Very relevant (sadly), but utterly brilliant. My book of the year so far, a must read.
#TheSmithsTop30
1/30 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
“Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more”
youtu.be/siO6dkqidc4
1/30 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
“Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more”
youtu.be/siO6dkqidc4
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
1/30 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
“Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more”
youtu.be/siO6dkqidc4
1/30 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
“Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more”
youtu.be/siO6dkqidc4
#TheSmithsTop30
2/30 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
”Sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head
Oh sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed”
youtu.be/PtzhvJh9NRY
2/30 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
”Sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head
Oh sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed”
youtu.be/PtzhvJh9NRY
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
2/30 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
”Sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head
Oh sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed”
youtu.be/PtzhvJh9NRY
2/30 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
”Sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head
Oh sweetness
Sweetness, I was only joking when I said
By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed”
youtu.be/PtzhvJh9NRY
#TheSmithsTop30
3/30 - This Charming Man
“I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"”
youtu.be/cJRP3LRcUFg
3/30 - This Charming Man
“I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"”
youtu.be/cJRP3LRcUFg
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
3/30 - This Charming Man
“I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"”
youtu.be/cJRP3LRcUFg
3/30 - This Charming Man
“I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"”
youtu.be/cJRP3LRcUFg
#TheSmithsTop30
4/30 - How Soon Is Now?
“There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die”
youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek
4/30 - How Soon Is Now?
“There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die”
youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
4/30 - How Soon Is Now?
“There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die”
youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek
4/30 - How Soon Is Now?
“There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die”
youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek
#TheSmithsTop30
5/30 - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
“Send me the pillow
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine”
youtu.be/C906lbkcYug
5/30 - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
“Send me the pillow
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine”
youtu.be/C906lbkcYug
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
5/30 - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
“Send me the pillow
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine”
youtu.be/C906lbkcYug
5/30 - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
“Send me the pillow
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine”
youtu.be/C906lbkcYug
#TheSmithsTop30
6/30 - The Queen Is Dead
“So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Oh, I know you and you cannot sing!"
I said: "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!"”
youtu.be/48nBNuVEVJ0
6/30 - The Queen Is Dead
“So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Oh, I know you and you cannot sing!"
I said: "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!"”
youtu.be/48nBNuVEVJ0
The Queen Is Dead (Full Version)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
6/30 - The Queen Is Dead
“So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Oh, I know you and you cannot sing!"
I said: "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!"”
youtu.be/48nBNuVEVJ0
6/30 - The Queen Is Dead
“So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Oh, I know you and you cannot sing!"
I said: "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!"”
youtu.be/48nBNuVEVJ0
#TheSmithsTop30
7/30 - Cemetry Gates
“So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?”
youtu.be/dfXqxjMkyQ4
7/30 - Cemetry Gates
“So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?”
youtu.be/dfXqxjMkyQ4
The Smiths - Cemetry Gates (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
7/30 - Cemetry Gates
“So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?”
youtu.be/dfXqxjMkyQ4
7/30 - Cemetry Gates
“So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?”
youtu.be/dfXqxjMkyQ4
#TheSmithsTop30
8/30- Barbarism Begins At Home
“A crack on the head
Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the head
Is what you get for asking”
youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA
8/30- Barbarism Begins At Home
“A crack on the head
Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the head
Is what you get for asking”
youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA
Barbarism Begins at Home (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
8/30- Barbarism Begins At Home
“A crack on the head
Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the head
Is what you get for asking”
youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA
8/30- Barbarism Begins At Home
“A crack on the head
Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the head
Is what you get for asking”
youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA
#TheSmithsTop30
9/30 - Half A Person
“And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life:
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
That's the story of my life”
youtu.be/sLX5Nym9fcs
9/30 - Half A Person
“And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life:
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
That's the story of my life”
youtu.be/sLX5Nym9fcs
The Smiths - Half A Person (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
9/30 - Half A Person
“And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life:
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
That's the story of my life”
youtu.be/sLX5Nym9fcs
9/30 - Half A Person
“And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life:
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
That's the story of my life”
youtu.be/sLX5Nym9fcs
#TheSmithsTop30
10/30 - Rubber Ring
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
youtu.be/5CLEEtDXP_Y
10/30 - Rubber Ring
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
youtu.be/5CLEEtDXP_Y
Rubber Ring (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
10/30 - Rubber Ring
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
youtu.be/5CLEEtDXP_Y
10/30 - Rubber Ring
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
youtu.be/5CLEEtDXP_Y
#TheSmithsTop30
11/30 - Still Ill
“Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days”
youtu.be/b_3oFRcTNHo
11/30 - Still Ill
“Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days”
youtu.be/b_3oFRcTNHo
The Smiths - Still Ill (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
11/30 - Still Ill
“Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days”
youtu.be/b_3oFRcTNHo
11/30 - Still Ill
“Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days”
youtu.be/b_3oFRcTNHo
#TheSmithsTop30
12/30 - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want This Time
“Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man turn bad”
youtu.be/w3qPMe_cCJk
12/30 - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want This Time
“Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man turn bad”
youtu.be/w3qPMe_cCJk
The Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
12/30 - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want This Time
“Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man turn bad”
youtu.be/w3qPMe_cCJk
12/30 - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want This Time
“Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man turn bad”
youtu.be/w3qPMe_cCJk
#TheSmithsTop30
13/30 - Panic
“Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life”
youtu.be/wMykYSQaG_c
13/30 - Panic
“Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life”
youtu.be/wMykYSQaG_c
The Smiths - Panic (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
13/30 - Panic
“Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life”
youtu.be/wMykYSQaG_c
13/30 - Panic
“Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life”
youtu.be/wMykYSQaG_c
#TheSmithsTop30
14/30 - Unhappy Birthday
“Loved and lost
And some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely, you're happy
It should be this way?”
youtu.be/f0qh7wHw3Jk
14/30 - Unhappy Birthday
“Loved and lost
And some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely, you're happy
It should be this way?”
youtu.be/f0qh7wHw3Jk
Unhappy Birthday (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
14/30 - Unhappy Birthday
“Loved and lost
And some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely, you're happy
It should be this way?”
youtu.be/f0qh7wHw3Jk
14/30 - Unhappy Birthday
“Loved and lost
And some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely, you're happy
It should be this way?”
youtu.be/f0qh7wHw3Jk
#TheSmithsTop30
15/30 - Hand In Glove
“And if people stare
Then the people stare
Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care”
youtu.be/WiN-n990oE8
15/30 - Hand In Glove
“And if people stare
Then the people stare
Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care”
youtu.be/WiN-n990oE8
The Smiths - Hand In Glove (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
15/30 - Hand In Glove
“And if people stare
Then the people stare
Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care”
youtu.be/WiN-n990oE8
15/30 - Hand In Glove
“And if people stare
Then the people stare
Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care”
youtu.be/WiN-n990oE8
#TheSmithsTop30
16/30 - Ask
“Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life that you'd like to”
youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU
16/30 - Ask
“Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life that you'd like to”
youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU
The Smiths - Ask (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
youtu.be
June 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
#TheSmithsTop30
16/30 - Ask
“Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life that you'd like to”
youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU
16/30 - Ask
“Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life that you'd like to”
youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU
#TheSmithsTop30
17/30 - You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
“If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why”
youtu.be/eFpSar7AifU
17/30 - You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
“If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why”
youtu.be/eFpSar7AifU
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
youtu.be
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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17/30 - You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
“If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why”
youtu.be/eFpSar7AifU
17/30 - You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
“If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why”
youtu.be/eFpSar7AifU