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Courtesy of The New Yorker…
May 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sheila Hancock, a lady who fully merits the over-used description “National Treasure”. A timely, wonderfully written opinion-piece..

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My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Alarm singer Mike Peters dies aged 66

A fine Welshman & a brave campaigner. RIP mate
April 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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“All over social media, Labour voters are threatening to put their cross elsewhere; but where?"
Show us some love, Labour, or it’s all over between us
Starmer's caution frustrates Labour’s base – timid policies, broken promises, and no bold vision in sight
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April 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Happy Birthday to Kim Althea Gordon, born on this day in 1953, Rochester, New York.

Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog Live on Michelob Presents Night Music (Restored)

#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimgordon #sonicyouth #history #punkrockhistory #otd
April 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Here's a playlist mapping out the evolution of Blondie's Heart of Glass through various demos made in the five years before the song was released in 1979. It ends with Chris Stein's deconstructed mix that reveals the song's inspired underpinnings
▶️🤍🪩 open.spotify.com/playlist/3o4...
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
April 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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26. Not random tonight: RIP David Thomas, an incredible, unique front man. This performance is amazing - Pere Ubu in pop mode, with Debbie Harry, Loudon Wainwright and Philip Glass in the band... And DT rules the stage.

Pere Ubu - Waiting For Mary
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Pere Ubu, "Waiting for Mary" by worldslargestego
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April 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tonight’s watch. Don Siegel at his early 70’s leanest & meanest, and Walter Matthau’s best straight role this side of The Taking Of Pelham 123. Neo-Noir at its finest
April 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RIP Crocus Behometh aka David Thomas aka Pere Ubu… I was lucky enough to catch Ubu in their Modern Dance-era pomp, blowing Gang Of 4 offstage in 79 as the latter were promoting their sub-par second album. Completely unprepared, I felt like I was watching (and listening to) the future….
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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