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Professing English, writing about popular music, deaning the humanities. Opinions are everyone’s.
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Sean Ono Lennon produces expansive 9-disc boxset documenting John and Yoko's most incendiary period. Read MOJO's review and the tracklisting in full.
John Lennon Power To The People Box Set Review
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October 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sean Ono Lennon produces expansive 9-disc boxset documenting John and Yoko's most incendiary period. Read MOJO's review and the tracklisting in full.
As the academic year slides into gear, let us remember some classic wisdom: “Many long established committees are little more than memorials to dead problems.” —Anthony Jay. #academics #leadership
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As the academic year slides into gear, let us remember some classic wisdom: “Many long established committees are little more than memorials to dead problems.” —Anthony Jay. #academics #leadership
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Two Documentaries Introduce Delia Derbyshire, the Pioneer in Electronic Music
Two Documentaries Introduce Delia Derbyshire, the Pioneer in Electronic Music
With her buttoned-up style, work with the UN, and name like a plucky character in a certain English wizard series, Delia Derbyshire may not seem a likely pioneer of experimental electronic music.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Two Documentaries Introduce Delia Derbyshire, the Pioneer in Electronic Music
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“And we know, or should know, that every dictate of power is an open invitation to violence.” - Hannah Arendt, on national socialism #hannaharendt #fightthepower
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“And we know, or should know, that every dictate of power is an open invitation to violence.” - Hannah Arendt, on national socialism #hannaharendt #fightthepower
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After all, life is not even close to being as logically consistent as our worries; it has many more unexpected ideas and many more facets than we do.
— Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life
#BookSky #MyBookShelf
— Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life
#BookSky #MyBookShelf
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
After all, life is not even close to being as logically consistent as our worries; it has many more unexpected ideas and many more facets than we do.
— Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life
#BookSky #MyBookShelf
— Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life
#BookSky #MyBookShelf
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Flannery O’Connor: Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Ayn Rand
Flannery O’Connor: Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Ayn Rand
In a letter dated May 31, 1960, Flannery O'Connor, the author best known for her classic story, 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' (listen to her read the story here) penned a letter to her friend, the play...
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February 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Flannery O’Connor: Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Ayn Rand
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This was a nice thing to come home to. Paul's double tracked demo for Step Inside Love in a huge upgrade from what we've had before. youtu.be/tO3vnIWDa3g
Paul McCartney "Step Inside Love" demo with NO Cilla Black.
YouTube video by John Thomas Allcock
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February 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This was a nice thing to come home to. Paul's double tracked demo for Step Inside Love in a huge upgrade from what we've had before. youtu.be/tO3vnIWDa3g
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Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland
One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...
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February 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
“A proclivity for impatience is by far the most serious problem confronting me in my work” —Sonny Rollins, Notebooks
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“A proclivity for impatience is by far the most serious problem confronting me in my work” —Sonny Rollins, Notebooks
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Live in these books for a
while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be repaid you thousands and thousands of times . . .
▫️Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929
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while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be repaid you thousands and thousands of times . . .
▫️Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929
🫅🏾📚🤓📖📝🗝🚪🌍
💙📚 💙📚🖋
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Live in these books for a
while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be repaid you thousands and thousands of times . . .
▫️Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929
🫅🏾📚🤓📖📝🗝🚪🌍
💙📚 💙📚🖋
while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be repaid you thousands and thousands of times . . .
▫️Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929
🫅🏾📚🤓📖📝🗝🚪🌍
💙📚 💙📚🖋
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New version of the Beatles' Anthology on the way later this year?
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2 Beatles Songs from ’90s to Be Remixed with AI for Clearer Vocals by John Lennon, Says George Harrison’s Son
<p>Two songs by the Beatles, originally released in the 1990s, are set to be remixed using artificial intelligence to enhance John Lennon’s vocals, Dahni Harrison, son of George Harrison, revealed dur...
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January 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New version of the Beatles' Anthology on the way later this year?
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“Garth was the consummate musician. He had so much knowledge, so many different kinds of music in his mind, memory and experience that he could draw upon…”
In memory of The Band’s Garth Hudson, who has died aged 87, MOJO revisits the making of the group’s seismic 1968 debut, Music From Big Pink.
In memory of The Band’s Garth Hudson, who has died aged 87, MOJO revisits the making of the group’s seismic 1968 debut, Music From Big Pink.
The Making Of The Band’s Music From Big Pink
In memory of The Band’s Garth Hudson, who has sadly passed away aged 87, MOJO retraces the making of the group’s seismic 1968 debut.
www.mojo4music.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Garth was the consummate musician. He had so much knowledge, so many different kinds of music in his mind, memory and experience that he could draw upon…”
In memory of The Band’s Garth Hudson, who has died aged 87, MOJO revisits the making of the group’s seismic 1968 debut, Music From Big Pink.
In memory of The Band’s Garth Hudson, who has died aged 87, MOJO revisits the making of the group’s seismic 1968 debut, Music From Big Pink.
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Epistemological collapse—yes, that’s a striking way to describe the widespread loss of faith in institutions, experts, journalists, and of course, teachers. Is it too great a leap to link this to a decline in reading? I’m way less skeptical than I used to be.
Epistemological collapse—yes, that’s a striking way to describe the widespread loss of faith in institutions, experts, journalists, and of course, teachers. Is it too great a leap to link this to a decline in reading? I’m way less skeptical than I used to be.
In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse
When the witty and wry English fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates for GQ in 1995, only 39% of Americans had access to a home computer. According to the Pew Research Center, the…
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December 13, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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Epistemological collapse—yes, that’s a striking way to describe the widespread loss of faith in institutions, experts, journalists, and of course, teachers. Is it too great a leap to link this to a decline in reading? I’m way less skeptical than I used to be.
Epistemological collapse—yes, that’s a striking way to describe the widespread loss of faith in institutions, experts, journalists, and of course, teachers. Is it too great a leap to link this to a decline in reading? I’m way less skeptical than I used to be.
“Thought and plot are not so important as some would make them out to be. The object of any work of art is the transference of emotion; talent is the gift of conveying that emotion”—James Joyce #jamesjoyce
December 2, 2024 at 6:28 AM
“Thought and plot are not so important as some would make them out to be. The object of any work of art is the transference of emotion; talent is the gift of conveying that emotion”—James Joyce #jamesjoyce
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
I was deeply concerned about this film, after a trailer full of make-out scenes with Joan Baez. But perhaps there is hope??
I was deeply concerned about this film, after a trailer full of make-out scenes with Joan Baez. But perhaps there is hope??
Look out kid: ecstatic reactions to Bob Dylan biopic mean Timothée Chalamet may break Oscars record
The actor gives ‘the performance of the year’ in A Complete Unknown according to one early reviewer. If Academy voters agree, he would be the youngest leading actor winner in Oscars history
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November 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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I was deeply concerned about this film, after a trailer full of make-out scenes with Joan Baez. But perhaps there is hope??
I was deeply concerned about this film, after a trailer full of make-out scenes with Joan Baez. But perhaps there is hope??
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The Session Man is streaming. Really looking forward to this doc about Nicky Hopkins, piano man extraordinaire. Anyone seen it yet?
The Session Man is streaming. Really looking forward to this doc about Nicky Hopkins, piano man extraordinaire. Anyone seen it yet?
He Played with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who -- A New Documentary Tells His Story
Nicky Hopkins was classic rock's most important session musician — a new documentary, 'Session Man' pays tribute to his behind-the-scenes genius
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November 14, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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The Session Man is streaming. Really looking forward to this doc about Nicky Hopkins, piano man extraordinaire. Anyone seen it yet?
The Session Man is streaming. Really looking forward to this doc about Nicky Hopkins, piano man extraordinaire. Anyone seen it yet?