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Al Kennedy@alkennedy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The BBC does genuinely seem to be trying to save money where it can; they scrapped an undercover investigation where Amol Rajan went out clubbing with a view to exposing the easy access to poppers because they didn't want to pay for the Amol night rate

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 3mo ago

30 years ago today, Alan McGee made an important statement to the world—so important (he’d just seen the Sex Pistols), it required a full page ad in the NME. A week later, the NME took the piss out of him

CRE1976 A CREATION RECORDS STATEMENT SEX PISTOLS - SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE I never saw the Sex Pistols in 1977. They never came to Scotland. I saw everybody else. Everybody. The Clash three times in '77. Buzzcocks, Ramones. Everybody. I got a ticket on Wednesday night in a way out of embarrassment that I never stayed around to watch them at Finsbury Park which I had heard they were like "cabaret". I went half expecting it to be part comedy part irrelevancy. What I saw destroyed my preconceptions. Granted they are no longer a social phenomenon, that they had to wait almost 20 years to play their music and to be judged on that shows you how much of a social phenomenon they actually were. The Sex Pistols at Shepherd's Bush Empire were simply stunning. Literally the best rock 'n' roll band around. If you accept Oasis and to my mind 3 Colours Red are the most exciting rock 'n' roll bands in the country, then accept this that both Noel Gallagher and Chris McCormack told me separately that "they are better than us". I stood with/Noel as he sang every song. Steve Jones is the man The Throb has always wanted to be. It is lazy to say they are cabaret. They blew everybody away. I came along cynical and it was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. John Lydon utterly majestic after being for so long unfocused, Steve Jones the rock 'n' roll guitar player. Glen Matlock the songwriter. They were only ever shit live in '77 because he had left. The band was amazing looking and sounding. Paul Cook shaved head and soul. The Sex Pistols changed my life in 1977 and in 1996. They are the Gods to a man. Rock 'n' roll should always be this great. This was "Never Mind the Bollocks" note for note. It's still beautiful. If you don't get it now, you would have never got it then. Britpop? More like Shitpop. You're welcome to your mediocrity. This band are our alternative royal family. God Save The Sex Pistols. Alan McGee, 20TH JULY 1996.THRI1973 A THRILLS STATEMENT HEAVY STEREO – TAMWORTH TOSSHOLE I never saw Kenny in 1974. I didn't. No I didn't. NO I F-ING DIDN'T, ALRIGHT?! They never came to my town, and my Ma wouldn't let me out after I wouldn't eat my tripe pudding. I saw everybody else - Racey three times in '75. The Rubettes. Sailor. Everybody. Anyway, I got a ticket on Wednesday night in a way out of embarrassment because they're on my label. I had heard they were 'fifth-rate glam rock played by indie journeymen pissheads too out of it to decide whether they're being ironic or just shit', and 'the future of rock'n'roll, got any beak?". What I saw destroyed my preconceptions. Now, I've seen many great bands down the years. Boyfriend. BMX Bandits. Shonen Knife. The Jasmine Minks. But Heavy Stereo at Tamworth Tosshole were simply stunning. So much so that I can't actually remember. And I should know, because I signed Oasis. While one does not wish to sound in any way self-important, I signed Oasis. In fact, they're my sons. I got pregnant with them, and I gave birth. Oh yes I did. It wasn't some bloke at Sony who signed them, and that whole story about seeing them in Scotland when they demanded to play or burn the venue down wasn't a myth I signed Oasis. I SIGNED OASIS. Yes I f-ing did, d'you wanna make something of it? I'm ten-foot tall and made of steel. Whooooargh! Och, I'm feeling supersonic, give me vodka and orange. Have I ever told you how much I respect you? You're my best mate, you know. No, honestly, I know you think I hate you but I think you're the most brilliant mate in Britain. And everything. Yeah, as I was saying, I've seen millions of bands in my time, and let me tell you that Heavy Stereo are a band. They are literally a band. I stood with Noel Gallagher and the bloke who plays the triangle in The Diggers, who, to my mind, are two of the most beautiful men in the universe. YES THEY ARE. They are. [continues] - Sir Charles Bugle-Funpipe, Thrills managing editor, last night
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After this 100% wrong AI summary, I pledged some money to Wikipedia. I think we should all do that. It might be the answer. Imagine if it vanished cos more people wanted to invest in the planet-burning lying plagiarism machine than in crowd-sourced open access information.

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