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Hesham Sabry

@heshams.bsky.social

pseud. layabout. tv lawyer. she said she’d stick around until the bandages came off. MD ANT

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Neil@neilclasper.bsky.social · 2w ago

There’s been quite a spate of musicians of a certain age selling their gear off (if the guitar shops I follow on IG are anything to go by) and the justifications are always entertaining. Can’t just say “I have an expensive lifestyle and streaming/touring isn’t really enough to fund it these days”.

Andrew Male@andrewmale.bsky.social · 2w ago

Johnny Marr in MOJO on his Christie’s guitar auction: “It was all about this idea that there will be some… boy or girl in Edinburgh or Cork or Liverpool who might have the acoustic that I did There Is A Light… on.” Reserve price, £30k - £50k.

THIS SEPTEMBER, CHRISTIE'S WILL AUCTION 80 OF Marr's guitars. Among the lots: his 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo, used on This Charming Man and What Difference Does It Make?; the 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355 used to write Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Girl Afraid in one day; and the green Roger Giffin Korina Telecaster his wife gave him as an engagement present. He's not kidding when he says he's not nostalgic. "To a fault! A bit over the top really," he smiles. While a psychologist might have a field day with his desire to sever himself from his past, he explains it in happier terms. In 2023, he published the well-received photography book Marr's Guitars: some instruments went to events with him, but when it came to returning them into storage, he flinched. "Once I saw there was something wrong about putting these guitars in storage, I couldn't unsee it. It was all about this idea that there will be some man or woman, boy or girl in Edinburgh or Cork or Liverpool who might have the acoustic that I did There Is A Light on and come down and see it every day. I have talked to young bands and they're really excited. It's not all New York businessmen."
Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net · 3w ago

Here on E Street, we are heartbroken over the death of Glen Hansard. We met in Ireland many years ago and he was always nothing but a great musician, a good friend and a generous and gracious man. Always positive, smiling and ready to sing. God bless him and his loved ones. Bruce

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Jonathan Edward Durham@thisone0verhere.bsky.social · last mo.

My cat, who is unemployed and refuses to vote, is unhappy with his fancy new cat food and l, a walking talking miracle capable of reason, art, science, and philosophy, am on my way back to the store to rectify the matter immediately for some reason

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · last mo.

Left: Keir Starmer, "I go proud of everything we have achieved" Right: Under Keir Starmer the face of terrorism in the UK is now elderly retired people who hold up signs, over 2,700 of them arrested, including this retired priest