Mark E-ish
@truthinthegroove.bsky.social
Northern. Anti-fascist. Still laughing, just not sure why.
Here for Political Snark and Post Punk fury mostly.
Here for Political Snark and Post Punk fury mostly.
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Ranking Hüsker Dü albums
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Farage calls critics “left wing extremists.”
Trump calls Democrats “Radical left wing lunatics and the enemy within.”
Same hymn, different parish.
They need an enemy to sell themselves as saviour.
The real fear isn’t violence it’s an organised, coherent left that remembers how to speak.
Trump calls Democrats “Radical left wing lunatics and the enemy within.”
Same hymn, different parish.
They need an enemy to sell themselves as saviour.
The real fear isn’t violence it’s an organised, coherent left that remembers how to speak.
Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader
George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Farage calls critics “left wing extremists.”
Trump calls Democrats “Radical left wing lunatics and the enemy within.”
Same hymn, different parish.
They need an enemy to sell themselves as saviour.
The real fear isn’t violence it’s an organised, coherent left that remembers how to speak.
Trump calls Democrats “Radical left wing lunatics and the enemy within.”
Same hymn, different parish.
They need an enemy to sell themselves as saviour.
The real fear isn’t violence it’s an organised, coherent left that remembers how to speak.
Victoria Park, April ’78.
Rock Against Racism.
The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson Band, Buzzcocks.
Eighty thousand marched from Trafalgar Square to say no to the National Front.
No brands. No sponsors.
Genuine question
who from today’s scene could’ve stood on that stage?
Rock Against Racism.
The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson Band, Buzzcocks.
Eighty thousand marched from Trafalgar Square to say no to the National Front.
No brands. No sponsors.
Genuine question
who from today’s scene could’ve stood on that stage?
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Victoria Park, April ’78.
Rock Against Racism.
The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson Band, Buzzcocks.
Eighty thousand marched from Trafalgar Square to say no to the National Front.
No brands. No sponsors.
Genuine question
who from today’s scene could’ve stood on that stage?
Rock Against Racism.
The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson Band, Buzzcocks.
Eighty thousand marched from Trafalgar Square to say no to the National Front.
No brands. No sponsors.
Genuine question
who from today’s scene could’ve stood on that stage?
Sonic Youth — “Kool Thing” (1990).
Icy bass, guitars that flirt with chaos.
Kim’s voice winding around irony like barbed wire.
Not a song, a dare.
Icy bass, guitars that flirt with chaos.
Kim’s voice winding around irony like barbed wire.
Not a song, a dare.
Sonic Youth Kool Thing
YouTube video by Antitodo Old Punk
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Sonic Youth — “Kool Thing” (1990).
Icy bass, guitars that flirt with chaos.
Kim’s voice winding around irony like barbed wire.
Not a song, a dare.
Icy bass, guitars that flirt with chaos.
Kim’s voice winding around irony like barbed wire.
Not a song, a dare.
The Fall — Totally Wired (1980).
You don’t have to be weird to be wired.
But it bloody helps.
Smith didn’t perform, he twitched truth into rhythm. Sounds like caffeine arguing with God.
You don’t have to be weird to be wired.
But it bloody helps.
Smith didn’t perform, he twitched truth into rhythm. Sounds like caffeine arguing with God.
The Fall, Totally Wired.
YouTube video by ekompilation
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Fall — Totally Wired (1980).
You don’t have to be weird to be wired.
But it bloody helps.
Smith didn’t perform, he twitched truth into rhythm. Sounds like caffeine arguing with God.
You don’t have to be weird to be wired.
But it bloody helps.
Smith didn’t perform, he twitched truth into rhythm. Sounds like caffeine arguing with God.
Magazine — Shot By Both Sides (live ’79).
Devoto sneers like he’s grading the audience.
McGeoch turns the guitar into a nervous breakdown.
Too clever for punk, too twitchy for pop
Devoto sneers like he’s grading the audience.
McGeoch turns the guitar into a nervous breakdown.
Too clever for punk, too twitchy for pop
Magazine 'Shot By Both Sides' live Belgian TV 1979
YouTube video by Gazely Gaze
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Magazine — Shot By Both Sides (live ’79).
Devoto sneers like he’s grading the audience.
McGeoch turns the guitar into a nervous breakdown.
Too clever for punk, too twitchy for pop
Devoto sneers like he’s grading the audience.
McGeoch turns the guitar into a nervous breakdown.
Too clever for punk, too twitchy for pop
Mudhoney — Good Enough (1991).
Jangle building to a static fuzz,
like frustration learning to sing.
Still rough, still righteous.
Bloody cracking.
Jangle building to a static fuzz,
like frustration learning to sing.
Still rough, still righteous.
Bloody cracking.
Mudhoney - Good Enough (Remastered)
YouTube video by Sub Pop
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Mudhoney — Good Enough (1991).
Jangle building to a static fuzz,
like frustration learning to sing.
Still rough, still righteous.
Bloody cracking.
Jangle building to a static fuzz,
like frustration learning to sing.
Still rough, still righteous.
Bloody cracking.
Birdland — Hollow Heart (1989).
Birmingham’s answer to The Stooges, or so the papers said.
Touted one minute, torn down the next.
Burned bright, burned out, left a cracking single behind.
Still sounds like promise getting punched in the mouth.
Birmingham’s answer to The Stooges, or so the papers said.
Touted one minute, torn down the next.
Burned bright, burned out, left a cracking single behind.
Still sounds like promise getting punched in the mouth.
Birdland - Hollow Heart
YouTube video by RevStaplehurst
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Birdland — Hollow Heart (1989).
Birmingham’s answer to The Stooges, or so the papers said.
Touted one minute, torn down the next.
Burned bright, burned out, left a cracking single behind.
Still sounds like promise getting punched in the mouth.
Birmingham’s answer to The Stooges, or so the papers said.
Touted one minute, torn down the next.
Burned bright, burned out, left a cracking single behind.
Still sounds like promise getting punched in the mouth.
Flag alert.
Neville’s no Orwell but he’s not daft.
Prod the cloth and they call you a traitor.
They’ll call him a wrong un, for stating the bleeding obvious
Wave it long enough, it means shut yer gob.
Not pride , just noise for gobshites.
Neville’s no Orwell but he’s not daft.
Prod the cloth and they call you a traitor.
They’ll call him a wrong un, for stating the bleeding obvious
Wave it long enough, it means shut yer gob.
Not pride , just noise for gobshites.
Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay
An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Flag alert.
Neville’s no Orwell but he’s not daft.
Prod the cloth and they call you a traitor.
They’ll call him a wrong un, for stating the bleeding obvious
Wave it long enough, it means shut yer gob.
Not pride , just noise for gobshites.
Neville’s no Orwell but he’s not daft.
Prod the cloth and they call you a traitor.
They’ll call him a wrong un, for stating the bleeding obvious
Wave it long enough, it means shut yer gob.
Not pride , just noise for gobshites.
So the enemy is now anyone with a bookshelf.
Blames education, fears punctuation.
Wants Britain thick, loud and grateful.
Blames education, fears punctuation.
Wants Britain thick, loud and grateful.
He needs an “enemy within” to keep his narrative moving.
Migrants done. Elites done.
Now Farage blames teachers .
Middle,class, unionised, and guilty of knowing things.
Nothing frightens a wannabe,demagogue like literacy.
He's importing Christian right, bollocks.
Migrants done. Elites done.
Now Farage blames teachers .
Middle,class, unionised, and guilty of knowing things.
Nothing frightens a wannabe,demagogue like literacy.
He's importing Christian right, bollocks.
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues
Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So the enemy is now anyone with a bookshelf.
Blames education, fears punctuation.
Wants Britain thick, loud and grateful.
Blames education, fears punctuation.
Wants Britain thick, loud and grateful.
Funny, innit.
Two ex-footballers say something half decent about people and the right wing panic
Lineker talks refugees, Neville talks decency, and suddenly it’s war on “woke pundits.”
They’re terrified of anyone with a platform who can string a sentence together without blaming immigrants.
Two ex-footballers say something half decent about people and the right wing panic
Lineker talks refugees, Neville talks decency, and suddenly it’s war on “woke pundits.”
They’re terrified of anyone with a platform who can string a sentence together without blaming immigrants.
Just a reminder to all the ‘we put Britain first’ flag raisers who are targeting
@gneville2
- he housed NHS workers for free in his hotels during the pandemic. That’s far more patriotic than hanging a coloured rag from a lamppost.
@gneville2
- he housed NHS workers for free in his hotels during the pandemic. That’s far more patriotic than hanging a coloured rag from a lamppost.
October 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Funny, innit.
Two ex-footballers say something half decent about people and the right wing panic
Lineker talks refugees, Neville talks decency, and suddenly it’s war on “woke pundits.”
They’re terrified of anyone with a platform who can string a sentence together without blaming immigrants.
Two ex-footballers say something half decent about people and the right wing panic
Lineker talks refugees, Neville talks decency, and suddenly it’s war on “woke pundits.”
They’re terrified of anyone with a platform who can string a sentence together without blaming immigrants.
Buzzcocks.
Boredom (1977).
Still sharper than most of what passes for rebellion.
Two chords, one truth,
the future got boring faster than they did.
Boredom (1977).
Still sharper than most of what passes for rebellion.
Two chords, one truth,
the future got boring faster than they did.
Buzzcocks - Boredom (1977 Spiral Scratch version)
YouTube video by Soraj Music
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Buzzcocks.
Boredom (1977).
Still sharper than most of what passes for rebellion.
Two chords, one truth,
the future got boring faster than they did.
Boredom (1977).
Still sharper than most of what passes for rebellion.
Two chords, one truth,
the future got boring faster than they did.
Bowie .
Moonage Daydream (live, ’73).
Whole stage looks like it’s running on ego and eyeliner.
Mad, messy, brilliant.
Like Britain before the hangover.
Moonage Daydream (live, ’73).
Whole stage looks like it’s running on ego and eyeliner.
Mad, messy, brilliant.
Like Britain before the hangover.
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973) [4K Upgrade]
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bowie .
Moonage Daydream (live, ’73).
Whole stage looks like it’s running on ego and eyeliner.
Mad, messy, brilliant.
Like Britain before the hangover.
Moonage Daydream (live, ’73).
Whole stage looks like it’s running on ego and eyeliner.
Mad, messy, brilliant.
Like Britain before the hangover.
They ask why Thatcher still looms.
Because we never scraped her off our shoes.
Every lot since just polished the stain and called it progress.
Because we never scraped her off our shoes.
Every lot since just polished the stain and called it progress.
Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
They ask why Thatcher still looms.
Because we never scraped her off our shoes.
Every lot since just polished the stain and called it progress.
Because we never scraped her off our shoes.
Every lot since just polished the stain and called it progress.
Desmond wants £1.3 billion for losing.
Fuckers made a fortune floggin’ misery,
now havin’ a sulk in Saudi.
Built his empire on tits and telly,
still reckon’s he’s the victim.
We’re all skint,
but the bastards want tipping.
Fuckers made a fortune floggin’ misery,
now havin’ a sulk in Saudi.
Built his empire on tits and telly,
still reckon’s he’s the victim.
We’re all skint,
but the bastards want tipping.
Richard Desmond asks for ‘generosity’ in £1.3bn National Lottery claim
Payout likely to be funded by taxpayers if media mogul wins case against gambling regulator
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Desmond wants £1.3 billion for losing.
Fuckers made a fortune floggin’ misery,
now havin’ a sulk in Saudi.
Built his empire on tits and telly,
still reckon’s he’s the victim.
We’re all skint,
but the bastards want tipping.
Fuckers made a fortune floggin’ misery,
now havin’ a sulk in Saudi.
Built his empire on tits and telly,
still reckon’s he’s the victim.
We’re all skint,
but the bastards want tipping.
Parallel universe?
Nah, Same one, just the lights flickering
They’ll cheer a car crash if it’s waving a flag.
Badenoch talks bollocks in full HD
and they call it vision.
Nah, Same one, just the lights flickering
They’ll cheer a car crash if it’s waving a flag.
Badenoch talks bollocks in full HD
and they call it vision.
I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Parallel universe?
Nah, Same one, just the lights flickering
They’ll cheer a car crash if it’s waving a flag.
Badenoch talks bollocks in full HD
and they call it vision.
Nah, Same one, just the lights flickering
They’ll cheer a car crash if it’s waving a flag.
Badenoch talks bollocks in full HD
and they call it vision.
Water bills up again.
Raw sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom.
We’re paying extra to swim in our own mistakes.
Raw sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom.
We’re paying extra to swim in our own mistakes.
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Water bills up again.
Raw sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom.
We’re paying extra to swim in our own mistakes.
Raw sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom.
We’re paying extra to swim in our own mistakes.
Turdsday it is.
The nation’s true religion.
Admin, banking, and family diplomacy.
Every flag’s a warning sign.
Hanging there like the laundry of decline.
The nation’s true religion.
Admin, banking, and family diplomacy.
Every flag’s a warning sign.
Hanging there like the laundry of decline.
Calling today Turdsday because I have admin, banking and family shite to do.
At least one these will involve having to travel through areas where raggedy flags hang like forgotten wanker capes.
At least one these will involve having to travel through areas where raggedy flags hang like forgotten wanker capes.
October 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Turdsday it is.
The nation’s true religion.
Admin, banking, and family diplomacy.
Every flag’s a warning sign.
Hanging there like the laundry of decline.
The nation’s true religion.
Admin, banking, and family diplomacy.
Every flag’s a warning sign.
Hanging there like the laundry of decline.
The Police.
Synchronicity II (1983).
Middle management apocalypse set to a hi hat.
Office stress, suburban despair,
and Sting shouting like he’s late for enlightenment.
Still bangs, still bleak.
Synchronicity II (1983).
Middle management apocalypse set to a hi hat.
Office stress, suburban despair,
and Sting shouting like he’s late for enlightenment.
Still bangs, still bleak.
The Police - Synchronicity II (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Police.
Synchronicity II (1983).
Middle management apocalypse set to a hi hat.
Office stress, suburban despair,
and Sting shouting like he’s late for enlightenment.
Still bangs, still bleak.
Synchronicity II (1983).
Middle management apocalypse set to a hi hat.
Office stress, suburban despair,
and Sting shouting like he’s late for enlightenment.
Still bangs, still bleak.
Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (1981).
Drama in eyeliner form.
Two blokes making heartbreak sound like a cabaret exit.
Still hurts, still perfect.
Drama in eyeliner form.
Two blokes making heartbreak sound like a cabaret exit.
Still hurts, still perfect.
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
YouTube video by SoftCellVEVO
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (1981).
Drama in eyeliner form.
Two blokes making heartbreak sound like a cabaret exit.
Still hurts, still perfect.
Drama in eyeliner form.
Two blokes making heartbreak sound like a cabaret exit.
Still hurts, still perfect.
Buzzcocks “Harmony in My Head. 1979”
Sounds like a mind in discord,
singing back at itself.
Let the noise sharpen your hearing.
Sounds like a mind in discord,
singing back at itself.
Let the noise sharpen your hearing.
Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head (1979) (Stereo)
YouTube video by Strawberries_Ban_Again
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Buzzcocks “Harmony in My Head. 1979”
Sounds like a mind in discord,
singing back at itself.
Let the noise sharpen your hearing.
Sounds like a mind in discord,
singing back at itself.
Let the noise sharpen your hearing.
Cocteau Twins.
Heaven or Las Vegas.
Sounds like angels on helium arguing in a lift.
Dream-pop for people who can’t face daylight.
Still glorious, still baffling.
Heaven or Las Vegas.
Sounds like angels on helium arguing in a lift.
Dream-pop for people who can’t face daylight.
Still glorious, still baffling.
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (Official Video)
YouTube video by Cocteau Twins
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Cocteau Twins.
Heaven or Las Vegas.
Sounds like angels on helium arguing in a lift.
Dream-pop for people who can’t face daylight.
Still glorious, still baffling.
Heaven or Las Vegas.
Sounds like angels on helium arguing in a lift.
Dream-pop for people who can’t face daylight.
Still glorious, still baffling.
Bauhaus doing Bowie, 1982.
Shot under Camden Lock , tunnels, feedback, eyeliner.
Ziggy through a hangover,
all grandeur, no gloss.
They didn’t cover him, they exhumed him.
Shot under Camden Lock , tunnels, feedback, eyeliner.
Ziggy through a hangover,
all grandeur, no gloss.
They didn’t cover him, they exhumed him.
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust HD
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bauhaus doing Bowie, 1982.
Shot under Camden Lock , tunnels, feedback, eyeliner.
Ziggy through a hangover,
all grandeur, no gloss.
They didn’t cover him, they exhumed him.
Shot under Camden Lock , tunnels, feedback, eyeliner.
Ziggy through a hangover,
all grandeur, no gloss.
They didn’t cover him, they exhumed him.
Re my previous post,
yeah, that chair.
The Maxell ad.
If you know, you know.
Everyone else?
That’s what goths did before ring lights.
yeah, that chair.
The Maxell ad.
If you know, you know.
Everyone else?
That’s what goths did before ring lights.
Maxell Tape featuring Peter Murphy
YouTube video by Neon Electric
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Re my previous post,
yeah, that chair.
The Maxell ad.
If you know, you know.
Everyone else?
That’s what goths did before ring lights.
yeah, that chair.
The Maxell ad.
If you know, you know.
Everyone else?
That’s what goths did before ring lights.
Peter Murphy.
Cuts You Up.
Beautiful melodrama from a man
who made a career out of sitting in a leather chair.
Still, it bleeds better than most.
Cuts You Up.
Beautiful melodrama from a man
who made a career out of sitting in a leather chair.
Still, it bleeds better than most.
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up (full version video)
YouTube video by Wes Wallace
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Peter Murphy.
Cuts You Up.
Beautiful melodrama from a man
who made a career out of sitting in a leather chair.
Still, it bleeds better than most.
Cuts You Up.
Beautiful melodrama from a man
who made a career out of sitting in a leather chair.
Still, it bleeds better than most.