Rick Burin
@rickburin.bsky.social
I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Lit Agency.
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Rick Burin
@rickburin.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Big Thief: ‘We want to take the shame out of sex. It’s been trashed in our culture’
The alt-folk band say their latest album is 'a record about everything': birth and death, grief, love and longing – and reclaiming the gentler side of lovemaking
inews.co.uk
I sat down with my favourite writer, and her band. We talked about love and language and healing and sex. inews.co.uk/culture/musi...
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Have a Poem published in the latest edition of @dustpoetry.bsky.social about microplastics www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-mic...
The microplastics in my body unionised by Ross McCleary
The microplastics in my body unionised while I was staring at the ocean;they took matters into their own hands,making pickets in the alcoves ofmy prefrontal cortex, replacingfuzzy void yesterdays with...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Have a Poem published in the latest edition of @dustpoetry.bsky.social about microplastics www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-mic...
Always wanted to write (if I’m not using the talent God gave me, I feel it’s a waste), but also wanted to cherrypick what I write about, so I got the only day job that would enable me to pay my bills and also be enjoyable (hanging around in the country’s best live music venue).
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Always wanted to write (if I’m not using the talent God gave me, I feel it’s a waste), but also wanted to cherrypick what I write about, so I got the only day job that would enable me to pay my bills and also be enjoyable (hanging around in the country’s best live music venue).
I’ve been relitigating the Corbyn years, I’d give it five minutes
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ve been relitigating the Corbyn years, I’d give it five minutes
The UK’s prime minister, who has never seen a film, reviews “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom”
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The UK’s prime minister, who has never seen a film, reviews “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom”
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Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
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an extremely weird man
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
an extremely weird man
This is lovely
A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is lovely
I’d just like to see this in the next two months, surely that’s not too much to ask 🏏
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I’d just like to see this in the next two months, surely that’s not too much to ask 🏏
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
I think this might be the craziest thing that has ever happened in the Oval Office
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I think this might be the craziest thing that has ever happened in the Oval Office
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Zohran Mamdani is apparently the most charming person alive
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Zohran Mamdani is apparently the most charming person alive
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Years ago on a political show, I forget which, they visited party leaders' homes and during the Nathan Gill bit he stood creepily and too close to the reporter, speaking in an odd whispery voice. Anyway I'm not surprised he's facing jail time, I'm just surprised it's not for being a serial killer.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Years ago on a political show, I forget which, they visited party leaders' homes and during the Nathan Gill bit he stood creepily and too close to the reporter, speaking in an odd whispery voice. Anyway I'm not surprised he's facing jail time, I'm just surprised it's not for being a serial killer.
Let’s take it off our NHS instead
Brexit has cost the country between 6% and 8% of GDP per person over the last decade, a hit of £180 billion ($235 billion) to £240 billion, according to new research for the UK government. Read more: bloom.bg/4rvdLb9
📷️: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
📷️: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Let’s take it off our NHS instead
Not nuts about the post-Wee Tam albums but this song is as beautiful as anything they ever did open.spotify.com/track/1OPy37...
Sleepers, Awake!
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Not nuts about the post-Wee Tam albums but this song is as beautiful as anything they ever did open.spotify.com/track/1OPy37...
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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He told me that the end of ‘Resurrection’ was just a jam that got out of hand. I still don’t know if I believe him.
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
He told me that the end of ‘Resurrection’ was just a jam that got out of hand. I still don’t know if I believe him.
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And that first and last song are both all about the bass lines. I think Mani may not have written them but nevertheless he puts his stamp on them.
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And that first and last song are both all about the bass lines. I think Mani may not have written them but nevertheless he puts his stamp on them.
Mani is dead and we’re all getting old. My dad made me my first mixtape in 1989: it had Sugar Spun Sister and Made in Stone on it. We listened that album to death (those first and last songs, man), saw them in Heaton Park as a family in 2012. What a band. And, by every account, what a lovely bloke.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Mani is dead and we’re all getting old. My dad made me my first mixtape in 1989: it had Sugar Spun Sister and Made in Stone on it. We listened that album to death (those first and last songs, man), saw them in Heaton Park as a family in 2012. What a band. And, by every account, what a lovely bloke.
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''We're all trying to find the guy that did this... so we can make him Prime Minister'' - Britain's intellectual classes, 2025.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
''We're all trying to find the guy that did this... so we can make him Prime Minister'' - Britain's intellectual classes, 2025.
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
News Agents yesterday perpetuating the absurd centrist myth that platforming Nick Griffin on Question Time was what did for the BNP. 🥴
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
News Agents yesterday perpetuating the absurd centrist myth that platforming Nick Griffin on Question Time was what did for the BNP. 🥴
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Honestly, what an idiot.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Honestly, what an idiot.
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If there was any doubt, test match cricket is the greatest game that humans have invented, and possibly the high point of evolution.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If there was any doubt, test match cricket is the greatest game that humans have invented, and possibly the high point of evolution.