Manny Grillo
@mannygrillo.bsky.social
Music mainly. Author of INXS On Track. Loves a hype sticker.
@actualnames.bsky.social Pulled it off in style.
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@actualnames.bsky.social Pulled it off in style.
Anyone care to guess who Music Week compared to Rachel Sweet?
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Anyone care to guess who Music Week compared to Rachel Sweet?
I absolutely love Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick it all its incarnations and I pray that will come through this terrible moment in its life.
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I absolutely love Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick it all its incarnations and I pray that will come through this terrible moment in its life.
“Pulled off a ticket scam”.
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Pulled off a ticket scam”.
Why does nobody ever talk about the Great Motown Robbery of 1983?
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Why does nobody ever talk about the Great Motown Robbery of 1983?
Think of the worst place imaginable. Yes, it’s ….
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Think of the worst place imaginable. Yes, it’s ….
RIP Dave Ball. What a loss.
As exceptional as one half of the Grid as he was an absolute pioneer in Soft Cell.
As exceptional as one half of the Grid as he was an absolute pioneer in Soft Cell.
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
RIP Dave Ball. What a loss.
As exceptional as one half of the Grid as he was an absolute pioneer in Soft Cell.
As exceptional as one half of the Grid as he was an absolute pioneer in Soft Cell.
Today marks the 7th anniversary since the other half thought Ronan Keating was someone else.
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today marks the 7th anniversary since the other half thought Ronan Keating was someone else.
God love Hazell Dean. Two Ls.
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
God love Hazell Dean. Two Ls.
Nearly ❌mas!
On this day on 12 October 1987
Australian rock band INXS released Kick which became the band's most successful studio album.
Read about it in INXS On Track, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #newsensation #80srock #newwave #needyoutonight
Australian rock band INXS released Kick which became the band's most successful studio album.
Read about it in INXS On Track, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #newsensation #80srock #newwave #needyoutonight
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nearly ❌mas!
Namely: Bitter Sweet Symphony, Laid, Common People, White Man in Hammersmith Palais and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
Reads like a sixth former showing off how alternative he is. Ian McNabb is 64.
Reads like a sixth former showing off how alternative he is. Ian McNabb is 64.
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Namely: Bitter Sweet Symphony, Laid, Common People, White Man in Hammersmith Palais and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
Reads like a sixth former showing off how alternative he is. Ian McNabb is 64.
Reads like a sixth former showing off how alternative he is. Ian McNabb is 64.
Somehow got a whopping bruise on my arm in the shape of Ian Brown’s face.
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Somehow got a whopping bruise on my arm in the shape of Ian Brown’s face.
Journalism today: Things Can Only Get Better
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Journalism today: Things Can Only Get Better
A very sad today for our kids’ school today.
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A very sad today for our kids’ school today.
The new @suedehq.bsky.social album is bloody fantastic.
September 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The new @suedehq.bsky.social album is bloody fantastic.
Just put this on randomly today.
And some Jehovahs witnesses have knocked on the door whilst it’s playing.
What could it all mean?
And some Jehovahs witnesses have knocked on the door whilst it’s playing.
What could it all mean?
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just put this on randomly today.
And some Jehovahs witnesses have knocked on the door whilst it’s playing.
What could it all mean?
And some Jehovahs witnesses have knocked on the door whilst it’s playing.
What could it all mean?
RIP Stephen Luscombe.
Blancmange never really got their proper dues but that run of singles from 82 to 84 was 👌.
Blancmange never really got their proper dues but that run of singles from 82 to 84 was 👌.
Sad mews reaches us that Stephen Luscombe has left this mortal coil
www.coldwarnightlife.com/2025/09/14/r...
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RIP Stephen Luscombe
Stephen Luscombe, co-founder of Blancmange, has died aged 69. With Neil Arthur, Luscombe formed the pop duo in 1979. They appeared on the legendary “futurist” Some Bizzare compilation album, alongside...
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September 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
RIP Stephen Luscombe.
Blancmange never really got their proper dues but that run of singles from 82 to 84 was 👌.
Blancmange never really got their proper dues but that run of singles from 82 to 84 was 👌.
Who knew Chris Rea was in charge of Google Sheets?
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Who knew Chris Rea was in charge of Google Sheets?
Is there anything ANYTHING worse the people complaining about “holiday blues” having come back from a 2 week holiday abroad?
No.
No.
September 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Is there anything ANYTHING worse the people complaining about “holiday blues” having come back from a 2 week holiday abroad?
No.
No.
What was life like before the internet?
August 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
What was life like before the internet?
Anyone fancy a point?
Atrocious.
Atrocious.
August 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Anyone fancy a point?
Atrocious.
Atrocious.
Been at Haven with the sound of screaming kids all week and my head currently sounds like this:
youtu.be/HI8xjvBf0-8?...
youtu.be/HI8xjvBf0-8?...
Abigail - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1994 Music Video)
YouTube video by Mark Remington
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August 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Been at Haven with the sound of screaming kids all week and my head currently sounds like this:
youtu.be/HI8xjvBf0-8?...
youtu.be/HI8xjvBf0-8?...