Chris Harrison
@chrisharr1.bsky.social
Vinyl records, going to gigs, photography, art, books, films, football...we're all lying in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars...
#adventsingles
1. REM - Near Wild Heaven...one of my favourite REM tunes...
1. REM - Near Wild Heaven...one of my favourite REM tunes...
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#adventsingles
1. REM - Near Wild Heaven...one of my favourite REM tunes...
1. REM - Near Wild Heaven...one of my favourite REM tunes...
#weekendsingles #thepogues #shanemcgowan #vinylrecords
Some pogues singles to finish the weekend on Shane McGowan's 2nd anniversary...
Some pogues singles to finish the weekend on Shane McGowan's 2nd anniversary...
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#weekendsingles #thepogues #shanemcgowan #vinylrecords
Some pogues singles to finish the weekend on Shane McGowan's 2nd anniversary...
Some pogues singles to finish the weekend on Shane McGowan's 2nd anniversary...
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Funny how the people screaming about “migrant mobs” skip over the original one: a boatload of desperate Europeans who arrived uninvited, were fed, sheltered, and taught how to survive… and then repaid that kindness with violence, theft, and genocide. 🙃
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Funny how the people screaming about “migrant mobs” skip over the original one: a boatload of desperate Europeans who arrived uninvited, were fed, sheltered, and taught how to survive… and then repaid that kindness with violence, theft, and genocide. 🙃
Never a frown with Hugh Cornwell tonight in the Empire Music Hall, Belfast...
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Never a frown with Hugh Cornwell tonight in the Empire Music Hall, Belfast...
Tonight's gig...
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tonight's gig...
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Hi folks, the next poll will commence on Friday 12th December and will feature debut albums released between 1970 to 1974. Please use the hashtag #5debutalbums7074 for recommendations and to give your favourites a plug! You’ll have 3 weeks to decide on your top 5 choices from that era, see you then.
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hi folks, the next poll will commence on Friday 12th December and will feature debut albums released between 1970 to 1974. Please use the hashtag #5debutalbums7074 for recommendations and to give your favourites a plug! You’ll have 3 weeks to decide on your top 5 choices from that era, see you then.
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Injured Palestinians are still arriving, most of them children, as Israeli strikes continue across the Gaza Strip.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Injured Palestinians are still arriving, most of them children, as Israeli strikes continue across the Gaza Strip.
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Hi folks, the next debut albums poll will commence on Friday 14th November and will feature albums released between 2010 to 2014. Please use hashtag #5debutalbums1014 to showcase your favourites and recommendations. See you for the voting in 3 weeks time! 👍
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi folks, the next debut albums poll will commence on Friday 14th November and will feature albums released between 2010 to 2014. Please use hashtag #5debutalbums1014 to showcase your favourites and recommendations. See you for the voting in 3 weeks time! 👍
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Hi folks, thanks very much to everyone who sent their picks for #5debutalbums8084 it’s now time for the results. Congratulations to REM who top the chart with Murmur, attached is the top 100 chart where the top 30 are guaranteed a semi final spot. I’ll post the next challenge around 7pm tonight…
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hi folks, thanks very much to everyone who sent their picks for #5debutalbums8084 it’s now time for the results. Congratulations to REM who top the chart with Murmur, attached is the top 100 chart where the top 30 are guaranteed a semi final spot. I’ll post the next challenge around 7pm tonight…
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords
Here's all 17 singles from this compilation I bought in '92 with sleeve notes from Jake Burns...
Here's all 17 singles from this compilation I bought in '92 with sleeve notes from Jake Burns...
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords
Here's all 17 singles from this compilation I bought in '92 with sleeve notes from Jake Burns...
Here's all 17 singles from this compilation I bought in '92 with sleeve notes from Jake Burns...
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Great article by our friend Sarah
Clancy, who was kidnapped by apartheid Israel in international waters trying to get aid into Gaza. Our governments' complicity in the genocide of Palestinians compels us to act in all the different ways we can. #FreePalestine
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Clancy, who was kidnapped by apartheid Israel in international waters trying to get aid into Gaza. Our governments' complicity in the genocide of Palestinians compels us to act in all the different ways we can. #FreePalestine
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sarah Clancy: Flotillas show that ordinary people must be the antidote to toxic world powers
After arrest, imprisonment, and deportation from Israel, Sarah Clancy, an Irish Gaza flotilla participant, reflects on solidarity, conscience, and the power of ordinary people
www.irishexaminer.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Great article by our friend Sarah
Clancy, who was kidnapped by apartheid Israel in international waters trying to get aid into Gaza. Our governments' complicity in the genocide of Palestinians compels us to act in all the different ways we can. #FreePalestine
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Clancy, who was kidnapped by apartheid Israel in international waters trying to get aid into Gaza. Our governments' complicity in the genocide of Palestinians compels us to act in all the different ways we can. #FreePalestine
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story celebrates the maverick British label that brought you Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Madness, The Pogues, The Damned and many more.
Buy your copy here www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Stiff-Rec...
#vinyl #punk #records
Buy your copy here www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Stiff-Rec...
#vinyl #punk #records
October 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story celebrates the maverick British label that brought you Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Madness, The Pogues, The Damned and many more.
Buy your copy here www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Stiff-Rec...
#vinyl #punk #records
Buy your copy here www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Stiff-Rec...
#vinyl #punk #records
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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Patti Smith 👏
Image courtesy of
Celebrities 4 Palestine
Image courtesy of
Celebrities 4 Palestine
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Patti Smith 👏
Image courtesy of
Celebrities 4 Palestine
Image courtesy of
Celebrities 4 Palestine
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Newcastle says no to fascism.
The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.
Newcastle united.
The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.
Newcastle united.
September 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Newcastle says no to fascism.
The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.
Newcastle united.
The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.
Newcastle united.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #elviscostello/attractions
First 14 singles by Elvis Costello/Attractions and bottom right corner I think a freebie EP with one of the albums?
First 14 singles by Elvis Costello/Attractions and bottom right corner I think a freebie EP with one of the albums?
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #elviscostello/attractions
First 14 singles by Elvis Costello/Attractions and bottom right corner I think a freebie EP with one of the albums?
First 14 singles by Elvis Costello/Attractions and bottom right corner I think a freebie EP with one of the albums?
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Callamard says UNGA member states have done 'fuck all' to stop Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/civil-society-leaders-urge-un-member-states-act-gaza-unga-convenes
Callamard says UNGA member states have done 'fuck all' to stop Gaza genocide
Amnesty International secretary general Agnes Callamard says the world is 'addicted to profit' and complicit in Gaza genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Callamard says UNGA member states have done 'fuck all' to stop Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/civil-society-leaders-urge-un-member-states-act-gaza-unga-convenes
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #boomtownrats
First 9 singles by The Boomtown Rats, '77 - '80...
First 9 singles by The Boomtown Rats, '77 - '80...
September 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #boomtownrats
First 9 singles by The Boomtown Rats, '77 - '80...
First 9 singles by The Boomtown Rats, '77 - '80...