Found an old notebook of every gig I went to from 1983 to 1995. For some mysterious reason it was hiding in among some journalism notebooks from my Reuters days. Got to be some legs inside this.
Graham Holliday
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Flea markets mostly, bits of art, music. Oh, and books, I like books | https://linktr.ee/graham.holliday
Another fab listen from Cassette Culture, including a great, life-changing shout out to Joe Strummer, and the kindness of Chris and @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social among others. Really enjoyed this. cassetteculturepodcast.com/let-the-trib...
Let The Tribe Grow: Chris Connelly Receives The Gospel Of DIY | Cassette Culture Podcast
Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, Ministry) discovers Throbbing Gristle via John Peel, sparking a DIY cassette network from Glasgow to Chicago
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Downloaded the Feux de Forêt app. Useful for #France #WildFires alerts. Stay safe. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
“Who knows what other childhood curiosities are quietly growing into world-changing ideas right now in bedrooms, backyards and notebooks across the globe? The next big breakthrough might not come from a high-tech lab. It might come from a 10-year-old who just can’t stop wondering about butterflies”💖
Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3w agoI don’t know why this post doesn’t give his name, but it’s Jo Nagai. This is a true story. medium.com/@zehraanjum2...
Very heartening to read: "Music fanzines are enjoying a resurgence as a form of resistance to algorithm fatigue and the hyper-capitalist music industry."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm
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That Nick Drake interview from Jackie magazine, May 1970.
Speakerphones on buses. All the fault of awful people, an Apple redesign, awful people, COVID, and mostly awful people. theweek.com/culture-life...
A not-so-quiet place: Why is no one using headphones in public anymore?
People are increasingly comfortable with both speakerphone and watching videos (very) out loud
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AI-creep is hard enough to navigate for this old fart at work, pity the students.
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
Also, the next in an ongoing series of #ArtDetective jobs is this 1971 print I posted yesterday. Bought for €10, the real fun is the sleuthery.
Forget to mention that, hidden among the Richard Clayderman's, marching bands, and Nana Mouskouri's, I dug up this very fine 7" single on Brussels flea market yesterday for a €1.
Flea market flyby this morning. Some striking art on sale.
Picked up an old NME in a record shop in Brussels today. Quite a prescient quote from Alan Vega.
Somehow, I've come this far but never seen this Altered Images video before. #NonMore80s youtu.be/ua5nrSlNSAc?...
Altered Images - Bring Me Closer (Official Video)
YouTube video by alteredimagesVEVO
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Whenever I have a day off work, it's like there's a record shop magnet in my brain.
Often post this on #BourdainDay. Advice I continue to heed, in spite of it all. Here's to one of the good ones. #JustKeepWriting
Happy #BourdainDay - a day he would have probably hated. But hope he’s having a good one, whenever he is 🤍
MiMi Aye@meemalee.bsky.social · 2y agoHello to new followers, just fyi if there’s anything food-related that I’d like to be known for (apart from my own books), it’s probably this piece I wrote about Anthony Bourdain london.eater.com/2018/6/15/17...
Also, June 25 is #BourdainDay - greetings to all who mark it ☕ - same day Blade Runner was first released plus it's George Orwell's birthday today. What a day.
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · last mo.It’s – well, of course – the 79th anniversary of the first article about ‘flying saucers’ appearing in the US media, sparking a summer of sightings of EXACTLY THE SAME THING, which is uncanny, isn’t it?
Will be very interested to see what this article turns up.
claire biddles@msclairebiddles.bsky.social · last mo.hello everyone i am working on a big piece for guardian about the CURRENT STATE OF MUSIC ZINES!!!! i have many already but i want to get as many as poss from FAR AND WIDE in uk so pls either fill out the form here or email me directly (email on my website in bio) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
“Tom would buy a lot of records not because he loved the music, but he liked to hear how the guitars were recorded… He was obsessive about sound quality and how things were recorded.” www.discogs.com/digs/feature...
Shop Records From Tom Verlaine’s Personal Collection | Discogs
Discogs and Academy Records will offer collectors a rare opportunity to own records from the personal collection of Television’s Tom Verlaine.
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When did post-punk begin? It's all kicking off. www.reddit.com/r/postpunk/c...
From the postpunk community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the postpunk community
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Surprised to see an E.A.R. record on display in the "vinyls" section at FNAC in Brussels today.
Such a great news photo. By @nathanhoward.bsky.social at Reuters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"I think the world would be better off without the damn phone. AI is killing me, you know. Do I fear for the future of music? I fear for the future of everything. They don’t know what the hell it does, so now we all dangle and wait." www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘I’d listen to my body before it screamed for help’: Keith Richards on life as an 82-year-old great-grandad – and jousting with Mick Jagger
He did every substance imaginable – and got punched by Chuck Berry – but Keef’s still going strong. As the Stones knock out another new album, he explains why he’s rejecting AI in favour of ‘the old w...
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Another from the 'wow, that's what I call music packaging' series, from the brilliant Betty Hammerschlag. "a custom-cased SD card nestled within a transparent cassette shell, preserved alongside dried 🥀rose petals from my backyard." bettyhammerschlag.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
