Phil
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Next Tuesday, 20th January, I'm doing a talk on Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne at the Adelphi, Liverpool. Tickets available from Liverpool History Society website. Or just turn up on the day.
January 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Next Tuesday, 20th January, I'm doing a talk on Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne at the Adelphi, Liverpool. Tickets available from Liverpool History Society website. Or just turn up on the day.
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Today's Velvet Underground myth takes a deep dive into whether Brian Epstein, Bowie and The Yardbirds has a pre-release 'acetate' of the Velvet Underground and Nico album
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Bowie, Brian Epstein, and the Velvet Underground Myth
This is a slight detour from the continuing Velvet Underground Popularity Myth series: The Bowie, Brian Epstein and the Velvet Underground Myth.
grantmcphee.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today's Velvet Underground myth takes a deep dive into whether Brian Epstein, Bowie and The Yardbirds has a pre-release 'acetate' of the Velvet Underground and Nico album
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/bowie-bria...
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/bowie-bria...
Cupid in these latter times has probably laid aside his bow and arrows, and uses fire-arms,—a pistol,—perhaps a revolver.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cupid in these latter times has probably laid aside his bow and arrows, and uses fire-arms,—a pistol,—perhaps a revolver.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
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Liverpool friends, it would be lovely to see you at my book launch. 5th March, at the British Music Experience, in conversation with Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social.
Non-Liverpool friends, we are planning events in London and Oxford too - watch this space.
www.britishmusicexperience.com/pennykiley
Non-Liverpool friends, we are planning events in London and Oxford too - watch this space.
www.britishmusicexperience.com/pennykiley
Penny Kiley | BME
An evening of conversation with music writer Penny Kiley, followed by a DJ set in the bar by resident Eric's DJ Norman Killon.
www.britishmusicexperience.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Liverpool friends, it would be lovely to see you at my book launch. 5th March, at the British Music Experience, in conversation with Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social.
Non-Liverpool friends, we are planning events in London and Oxford too - watch this space.
www.britishmusicexperience.com/pennykiley
Non-Liverpool friends, we are planning events in London and Oxford too - watch this space.
www.britishmusicexperience.com/pennykiley
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The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
John Cleese, What Has The BBC Ever Given Us ?
YouTube video by Sid N
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November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Smells like bandito moustachioed martian scouse spirit.
And whyever not?
And whyever not?
Our new single, The Spaniard, is out on the 7th November on Velvet Records.
Could I ask a small (or big) favour?
On the day of release (this Friday), could everybody give it a listen and a like on their favourite streaming platform at least once.Thanks.
Could I ask a small (or big) favour?
On the day of release (this Friday), could everybody give it a listen and a like on their favourite streaming platform at least once.Thanks.
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Smells like bandito moustachioed martian scouse spirit.
And whyever not?
And whyever not?
A lot of people don't have much food on their table
But they got a lot of forks and knives
And they gotta cut somethin'
Bob Dylan 1962
But they got a lot of forks and knives
And they gotta cut somethin'
Bob Dylan 1962
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A lot of people don't have much food on their table
But they got a lot of forks and knives
And they gotta cut somethin'
Bob Dylan 1962
But they got a lot of forks and knives
And they gotta cut somethin'
Bob Dylan 1962
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too
Fact check
Amish Autism
Autism exists in Amish communities, just like in the general population, despite myths suggesting otherwise.
The myth of low autism rates among the Amish likely stems from limited healthcare access, cultural misunderstandings, and underreporting—not actual lower incidence.
Amish Autism
Autism exists in Amish communities, just like in the general population, despite myths suggesting otherwise.
The myth of low autism rates among the Amish likely stems from limited healthcare access, cultural misunderstandings, and underreporting—not actual lower incidence.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fact check
Amish Autism
Autism exists in Amish communities, just like in the general population, despite myths suggesting otherwise.
The myth of low autism rates among the Amish likely stems from limited healthcare access, cultural misunderstandings, and underreporting—not actual lower incidence.
Amish Autism
Autism exists in Amish communities, just like in the general population, despite myths suggesting otherwise.
The myth of low autism rates among the Amish likely stems from limited healthcare access, cultural misunderstandings, and underreporting—not actual lower incidence.
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donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....
Watch it all.
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Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
HEATED DEBATE: Rep. Jamie Raskin DESTROYS Nigel Farage in Explosive Capitol Hill Clash | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Haunted Paper exhibition continues at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays, 9-5. Come along and see the Wild Twin and Ghost Town notebooks and collages!
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Haunted Paper exhibition continues at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays, 9-5. Come along and see the Wild Twin and Ghost Town notebooks and collages!
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Liverpool legend, and lifelong friend - David 'Yorkie' Palmer's latest band venture - Moon. Debut album out today. x
moon2025.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
moon2025.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
The Green Lilac Park, by Moon
13 track album
moon2025.bandcamp.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Liverpool legend, and lifelong friend - David 'Yorkie' Palmer's latest band venture - Moon. Debut album out today. x
moon2025.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
moon2025.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
Jeff Young, @wildtwin.bsky.social, accepting the #AckerleyPrize last night. He knows how to combine the words.
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Jeff Young, @wildtwin.bsky.social, accepting the #AckerleyPrize last night. He knows how to combine the words.
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Congratulations to Jeff Young, winner of this year’s TLS Ackerley Prize for his highly original and exhilaratingly written memoir ‘Wild Twin’, published by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to Jeff Young, winner of this year’s TLS Ackerley Prize for his highly original and exhilaratingly written memoir ‘Wild Twin’, published by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
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Good luck to writer Jeff Young whose "Wild Twin" is up for the @thetls.bsky.social Ackerley Prize tomorrow @Foyles
He's our wonderful guest in #MisadventuresinMusic podcast with @ianprowse.bsky.social & Mick Ord
Check it!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
urbanistamagazine.uk/jeff-young-o...
He's our wonderful guest in #MisadventuresinMusic podcast with @ianprowse.bsky.social & Mick Ord
Check it!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
urbanistamagazine.uk/jeff-young-o...
Misadventures in Music: Jeff Young on Wild Twins, City Streets, and Spiritual Synchronicity - Urbanista Magazine
If you like your writers poetic, Scouse, and just a bit mystical, this is the episode for you. In this beautifully rambling, warm, and slightly mind-bending episode of Misadventures in Music, Ian Prow...
urbanistamagazine.uk
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good luck to writer Jeff Young whose "Wild Twin" is up for the @thetls.bsky.social Ackerley Prize tomorrow @Foyles
He's our wonderful guest in #MisadventuresinMusic podcast with @ianprowse.bsky.social & Mick Ord
Check it!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
urbanistamagazine.uk/jeff-young-o...
He's our wonderful guest in #MisadventuresinMusic podcast with @ianprowse.bsky.social & Mick Ord
Check it!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
urbanistamagazine.uk/jeff-young-o...
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Sleeve notes for the new MOON album, The Green Lilac Park, by the inestimable and altogether wonderful Jeff Young.
July 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sleeve notes for the new MOON album, The Green Lilac Park, by the inestimable and altogether wonderful Jeff Young.
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Views across Canning Dock #Liverpool comparing changes from 1970's & 80's through to present day modern architecture @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Views across Canning Dock #Liverpool comparing changes from 1970's & 80's through to present day modern architecture @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social
The Dylan Steps, Clarence Warehouse, Dublin St, Liverpool.
I wrote about this warehouse doorway ' 'The Dylan Steps' - for the new edition of the Violette Records newsletter, Science & Magic. It's the 4th edition of my 'Magnetic North' musings. Further signals from 'Ghost Town'. You can subscribe to the newsletter here: www.violetterecords.com/subscribed
July 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Dylan Steps, Clarence Warehouse, Dublin St, Liverpool.
Happy birthday Ringo
Peace and love, love and peace
Peace and love, love and peace
July 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Happy birthday Ringo
Peace and love, love and peace
Peace and love, love and peace
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Essa foto do show do Kneecap em Glastonbury
June 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Essa foto do show do Kneecap em Glastonbury