Simon Philo
@profpop.bsky.social
Writer, DJ and (for the time being at least) academic .. in no particular order. I’ve got plenty of Java and Chesterfield Kings and I’m waiting for your call.
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Coming up on Monday my Stranger Radio show The Cutting Edge. 90 mins of mostly new releases with 3 tracks from an album from my archive, Mondays is a classic
www.strangerradio.com
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Coming up on Monday my Stranger Radio show The Cutting Edge. 90 mins of mostly new releases with 3 tracks from an album from my archive, Mondays is a classic
www.strangerradio.com
www.strangerradio.com
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | 1982
@ no.2
“Brilliant days / Wake up on brilliant days ..” And we did.
youtu.be/RUedmyr2G0M?...
Simple Minds | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | 1982
@ no.2
“Brilliant days / Wake up on brilliant days ..” And we did.
youtu.be/RUedmyr2G0M?...
Simple Minds Someone Somewhere in Summertime 1982
YouTube video by Bill Ferencz
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | 1982
@ no.2
“Brilliant days / Wake up on brilliant days ..” And we did.
youtu.be/RUedmyr2G0M?...
Simple Minds | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | 1982
@ no.2
“Brilliant days / Wake up on brilliant days ..” And we did.
youtu.be/RUedmyr2G0M?...
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Love Song | 1981
@ no.3
Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda. Inexplicably failed to do the chart business. What did they have to do to get a hit? Pop-wise, this had everything going for it. Result - no. 40-f**king-7.
youtu.be/5wp6J4JDO6Y?...
Simple Minds | Love Song | 1981
@ no.3
Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda. Inexplicably failed to do the chart business. What did they have to do to get a hit? Pop-wise, this had everything going for it. Result - no. 40-f**king-7.
youtu.be/5wp6J4JDO6Y?...
Simple Minds - Love Song
YouTube video by alexpasserini
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Love Song | 1981
@ no.3
Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda. Inexplicably failed to do the chart business. What did they have to do to get a hit? Pop-wise, this had everything going for it. Result - no. 40-f**king-7.
youtu.be/5wp6J4JDO6Y?...
Simple Minds | Love Song | 1981
@ no.3
Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda. Inexplicably failed to do the chart business. What did they have to do to get a hit? Pop-wise, this had everything going for it. Result - no. 40-f**king-7.
youtu.be/5wp6J4JDO6Y?...
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Hey #ArtistFave15 fam 🙌
Last 3 songs for this round 😱
Yuri & I are loving the artists playlists coming together from all your amazing picks 😍🎶
Big 🙏🏽 for being a part of all the fun again 🥳
Can’t wait for your last 3 picks 🔥
💙💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🤩
Last 3 songs for this round 😱
Yuri & I are loving the artists playlists coming together from all your amazing picks 😍🎶
Big 🙏🏽 for being a part of all the fun again 🥳
Can’t wait for your last 3 picks 🔥
💙💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🤩
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November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hey #ArtistFave15 fam 🙌
Last 3 songs for this round 😱
Yuri & I are loving the artists playlists coming together from all your amazing picks 😍🎶
Big 🙏🏽 for being a part of all the fun again 🥳
Can’t wait for your last 3 picks 🔥
💙💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🤩
Last 3 songs for this round 😱
Yuri & I are loving the artists playlists coming together from all your amazing picks 😍🎶
Big 🙏🏽 for being a part of all the fun again 🥳
Can’t wait for your last 3 picks 🔥
💙💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🤩
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Book of Brilliant Things | 1984
@ no.4
“I thank you for the lightning that shoots up and sparkles in the rain ..” Wouldn’t have been out of place on New Gold Dream. It’s that damn good.
youtu.be/Qh_p08_D7IU?...
Simple Minds | Book of Brilliant Things | 1984
@ no.4
“I thank you for the lightning that shoots up and sparkles in the rain ..” Wouldn’t have been out of place on New Gold Dream. It’s that damn good.
youtu.be/Qh_p08_D7IU?...
Book Of Brilliant Things (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | Book of Brilliant Things | 1984
@ no.4
“I thank you for the lightning that shoots up and sparkles in the rain ..” Wouldn’t have been out of place on New Gold Dream. It’s that damn good.
youtu.be/Qh_p08_D7IU?...
Simple Minds | Book of Brilliant Things | 1984
@ no.4
“I thank you for the lightning that shoots up and sparkles in the rain ..” Wouldn’t have been out of place on New Gold Dream. It’s that damn good.
youtu.be/Qh_p08_D7IU?...
Hey #powerpop aficionados! ICYMI or fancy another go, here’s your handy link to catch up on the very latest edition of 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 - which as ever features 21 box-fresh releases of a #powerpop persuasion …
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@bigstirrecords.bsky.social
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@bigstirrecords.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hey #powerpop aficionados! ICYMI or fancy another go, here’s your handy link to catch up on the very latest edition of 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 - which as ever features 21 box-fresh releases of a #powerpop persuasion …
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@bigstirrecords.bsky.social
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@bigstirrecords.bsky.social
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | The American | 1981
@ no.5
“Here comes the son / The American son / In here the son shines so bright / Eyes blind / What do you know about this world anyway..”
youtu.be/GUfHe4TdNIY?...
Simple Minds | The American | 1981
@ no.5
“Here comes the son / The American son / In here the son shines so bright / Eyes blind / What do you know about this world anyway..”
youtu.be/GUfHe4TdNIY?...
The American
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | The American | 1981
@ no.5
“Here comes the son / The American son / In here the son shines so bright / Eyes blind / What do you know about this world anyway..”
youtu.be/GUfHe4TdNIY?...
Simple Minds | The American | 1981
@ no.5
“Here comes the son / The American son / In here the son shines so bright / Eyes blind / What do you know about this world anyway..”
youtu.be/GUfHe4TdNIY?...
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Thanks @profpop.bsky.social - for giving "Good Intentions" a spin today!
And thanks for the good vibes you put out there from the U.K. and for doing what you do for indie artists!
#Indieradio
And thanks for the good vibes you put out there from the U.K. and for doing what you do for indie artists!
#Indieradio
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thanks @profpop.bsky.social - for giving "Good Intentions" a spin today!
And thanks for the good vibes you put out there from the U.K. and for doing what you do for indie artists!
#Indieradio
And thanks for the good vibes you put out there from the U.K. and for doing what you do for indie artists!
#Indieradio
Fire up your wireless! 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 takes flight in less than 15 of your Earth minutes .. and we’ve got a bumper harvest of great new music of a #powerpop persuasion for ya!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Fire up your wireless! 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 takes flight in less than 15 of your Earth minutes .. and we’ve got a bumper harvest of great new music of a #powerpop persuasion for ya!
Join our LIVESTREAM 👉 strangerradio.com
Join our LIVESTREAM 👉 strangerradio.com
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | Promised You A Miracle | 1982
@ no.6
Pop promise realised. “Belief is a beauty thing”.
youtu.be/RxosLw9yT-E?...
Simple Minds | Promised You A Miracle | 1982
@ no.6
Pop promise realised. “Belief is a beauty thing”.
youtu.be/RxosLw9yT-E?...
Promised You A Miracle (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | Promised You A Miracle | 1982
@ no.6
Pop promise realised. “Belief is a beauty thing”.
youtu.be/RxosLw9yT-E?...
Simple Minds | Promised You A Miracle | 1982
@ no.6
Pop promise realised. “Belief is a beauty thing”.
youtu.be/RxosLw9yT-E?...
Join us tomorrow for the last episode of 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 (.. for a while at least)
Features great new music from Star Collector, Shake Some, Warm Coat, Shapes Like People, the DelCobras and more.
We’re LIVE-STREAMING from 7.30pm (UK) / 2.30pm (ET) ..
.. only on 📻 strangerradio.com
Features great new music from Star Collector, Shake Some, Warm Coat, Shapes Like People, the DelCobras and more.
We’re LIVE-STREAMING from 7.30pm (UK) / 2.30pm (ET) ..
.. only on 📻 strangerradio.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us tomorrow for the last episode of 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 (.. for a while at least)
Features great new music from Star Collector, Shake Some, Warm Coat, Shapes Like People, the DelCobras and more.
We’re LIVE-STREAMING from 7.30pm (UK) / 2.30pm (ET) ..
.. only on 📻 strangerradio.com
Features great new music from Star Collector, Shake Some, Warm Coat, Shapes Like People, the DelCobras and more.
We’re LIVE-STREAMING from 7.30pm (UK) / 2.30pm (ET) ..
.. only on 📻 strangerradio.com
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | I Travel | 1980
@ no.7
“Decadence and pleasure towns / Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries ..”
youtu.be/G5iW_RQ9RPQ?...
Simple Minds | I Travel | 1980
@ no.7
“Decadence and pleasure towns / Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries ..”
youtu.be/G5iW_RQ9RPQ?...
I Travel (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | I Travel | 1980
@ no.7
“Decadence and pleasure towns / Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries ..”
youtu.be/G5iW_RQ9RPQ?...
Simple Minds | I Travel | 1980
@ no.7
“Decadence and pleasure towns / Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries ..”
youtu.be/G5iW_RQ9RPQ?...
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | Waterfront | 1983
@ no.8
OK. So it signalled that a brash, bold, and at times bombastic Minds was on the way. But for now, let’s just enjoy this euphoric return …
youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?...
Simple Minds | Waterfront | 1983
@ no.8
OK. So it signalled that a brash, bold, and at times bombastic Minds was on the way. But for now, let’s just enjoy this euphoric return …
youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?...
Waterfront (Remastered)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Simple Minds | Waterfront | 1983
@ no.8
OK. So it signalled that a brash, bold, and at times bombastic Minds was on the way. But for now, let’s just enjoy this euphoric return …
youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?...
Simple Minds | Waterfront | 1983
@ no.8
OK. So it signalled that a brash, bold, and at times bombastic Minds was on the way. But for now, let’s just enjoy this euphoric return …
youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?...
Morning, Revolutionaries. ICYMI or (daringly) fancy another go, here’s your handy link to catch up on this month’s #COTR special - the Prof 💙x
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@andymoorhouse.bsky.social
@mirandakitten.bsky.social
@geodrew.bsky.social
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@andymoorhouse.bsky.social
@mirandakitten.bsky.social
@geodrew.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Morning, Revolutionaries. ICYMI or (daringly) fancy another go, here’s your handy link to catch up on this month’s #COTR special - the Prof 💙x
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@andymoorhouse.bsky.social
@mirandakitten.bsky.social
@geodrew.bsky.social
👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@andymoorhouse.bsky.social
@mirandakitten.bsky.social
@geodrew.bsky.social
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Simple Minds | Theme for Great Cities | 1981
@ no.9
Does what it says on the tin. Cinematic, evocative. There are no words. Literally.
youtu.be/6FfCxLvV2nc?...
Simple Minds | Theme for Great Cities | 1981
@ no.9
Does what it says on the tin. Cinematic, evocative. There are no words. Literally.
youtu.be/6FfCxLvV2nc?...
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
YouTube video by fery2
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Simple Minds | Theme for Great Cities | 1981
@ no.9
Does what it says on the tin. Cinematic, evocative. There are no words. Literally.
youtu.be/6FfCxLvV2nc?...
Simple Minds | Theme for Great Cities | 1981
@ no.9
Does what it says on the tin. Cinematic, evocative. There are no words. Literally.
youtu.be/6FfCxLvV2nc?...
.. and that’s yer lot for this #COTR covers special … 🙏 for listening … Back on Thu 4 December with what passes for a regulation issue #COTR … Take care, be nice to each other, kind to yourself & listen to your 💙 not the heartless - the Prof x
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
.. and that’s yer lot for this #COTR covers special … 🙏 for listening … Back on Thu 4 December with what passes for a regulation issue #COTR … Take care, be nice to each other, kind to yourself & listen to your 💙 not the heartless - the Prof x
📻 strangerradio.com
📻 strangerradio.com
Up next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - more contemporary(-ish) covers of tracks from our era …
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📻 strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Up next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - more contemporary(-ish) covers of tracks from our era …
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Now and next on #COTR covers special - the “reverential” and the “re-imagined” …
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November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Now and next on #COTR covers special - the “reverential” and the “re-imagined” …
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
#NowPlaying on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION -
* Best Coast “Rhiannon”
* Bat for Lashes “A Forest”
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* Best Coast “Rhiannon”
* Bat for Lashes “A Forest”
Only on 📻 strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#NowPlaying on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION -
* Best Coast “Rhiannon”
* Bat for Lashes “A Forest”
Only on 📻 strangerradio.com
* Best Coast “Rhiannon”
* Bat for Lashes “A Forest”
Only on 📻 strangerradio.com
Now and next on #COTR - a couple of “re-imaginings” of disco bangers …
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Listen to our LIVESTREAM >>> strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Now and next on #COTR - a couple of “re-imaginings” of disco bangers …
Listen to our LIVESTREAM >>> strangerradio.com
Listen to our LIVESTREAM >>> strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Up next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - brace yourself for a brace of ABBA covers courtesy of Erasure and Blancmange …
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November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Up next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - brace yourself for a brace of ABBA covers courtesy of Erasure and Blancmange …
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Now and next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - What say you about these two covers, Revolutionaries?
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Now and next on CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: RE-IMAGINED - What say you about these two covers, Revolutionaries?
📻 strangerradio.com
📻 strangerradio.com
Up next on #COTR - a couple of “re-imaginings” of synthpop classics from our era …
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Up next on #COTR - a couple of “re-imaginings” of synthpop classics from our era …
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com
Listen LIVE and DIRECT >>> strangerradio.com