Escape to the north. Always good advice.

Hope this great Kinks song gets some love after the Alexis Petridis piece in the Guardian, because it could be the rallying cry we need need now. All together… ‘they got no right to change us’. youtu.be/72tPspH3Eg0?...

The Kinks ~ God's Children (Stereo) ~ (Lyrics)

YouTube video by Nipstersongs1

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I used to performatively hate Ocean Colour Scene to a comedic level despite the fact that I owned the original Sway, the first album and all the 12s from the first album. And secretly loved The Day We Caught The Train. So this by @petepaphides.bsky.social was a liberating read. Roll a number.

“It sounds like the end of something. A sprinkling of ash onto the last embers of childhood.” Thirty years of Moseley Shoals. | Pete Paphides

This is a slightly spruced up version of a piece I first wrote around a decade ago, when things happening in my life sent me scurrying to mu

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I love this quote from Robert Pattinson, “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a–holes,” Pattinson admitted. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character."

I think partly it’s the glazed eyes ‘I’m way more cynical and fucked-up than you’ pose. Mate, you’re really not. Cheekbones is not the same thing as soul.

Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

It’s a ‘look’ isn’t it. They all have the same look. It must be a thing designed for teenage girls, because based on a sample of one (me) it’s an instant ‘twat’ signifier to middle-aged men.

It’s a ‘look’ isn’t it. They all have the same look. It must be a thing designed for teenage girls, because based on a sample of one (me) it’s an instant ‘twat’ signifier to middle-aged men.

My take on Rubber Soul. It’s a great album. The reason people think it is the ‘breakthrough to something else’ album is 80pc down to the cover, which sort of codifies ‘serious album’. But don’t let that put you off. You are still allowed to love Beatles For Sale and Help! They haven’t been banned.

Andrew Male@andrewmale.bsky.social · 4w ago

#NowPlaying In delicious mono.

I got a 100 for finding a ‘big river in the south’. That’ll do me. www.maptap.gg July 28 98🎯 97🔥 100🎯 94🏅 89👑 Final score: 944

RIP Bill Oddie. He served his country bravely.

Any 16-18 year old posting this stuff about "fight back or die" + white genocide would be on the Prevent radar. But Musk gets a unique pass

It doesn’t get much better than ‘back home, red wine, The Cure In Orange’.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 50 Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) (UK 2001) Squelchy-squelch squelchy-squelch squelch squelch squelch. Cheese on motherluvin toast. And the most English video of the decade. Lovely jubbly.

Roots Manuva - 'Witness (1 Hope)' Official Video

YouTube video by Big Dada

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 49 The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name (UK 2007) The best ‘bring all the bits together at the end’ thing since the Tonight medley in West Side Story.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 49 The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name (UK 2007) The best ‘bring all the bits together at the end’ thing since the Tonight medley in West Side Story.

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (Official Video)

YouTube video by TheTingTingsVEVO

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 48 Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes (UK 2001) That rage. That ‘you don’t get it, do you’ sneer. That ‘YOU don’t get it, do you’ sneer. And Nicky (fan of The June Brides and McCarthy) in a dress grinning along to this celebration of being Pop.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 48 Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes (UK 2001) That rage. That ‘you don’t get it, do you’ sneer. That ‘YOU don’t get it, do you’ sneer. And Nicky (fan of The June Brides and McCarthy) in a dress grinning along to this celebration of being Pop.

Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes

YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 47 Hefner - Good Fruit (UK 2000) There’s a world where they were on Wogan and massive. As it is, watch Amelia Fletcher dancing… go on…

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 47 Hefner - Good Fruit (UK 2000) There’s a world where they were on Wogan and massive. As it is, watch Amelia Fletcher dancing… go on…

Hefner - Good Fruit

YouTube video by enparticular

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 46 Sugababes - Freak Like Me (UK 2002) Still sounds way filthier than you’d expect a massive hit to sound. And no, you won’t catch me vote splitting with the Soulwax remix of Round And Round. The one that deliberately starts like I Am The Resurrection.

‘There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away’

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 46 Sugababes - Freak Like Me (UK 2002) Still sounds way filthier than you’d expect a massive hit to sound. And no, you won’t catch me vote splitting with the Soulwax remix of Round And Round. The one that deliberately starts like I Am The Resurrection.

Sugababes - Freak Like Me (Official Video)

YouTube video by SugababesVEVO

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 45 Annie - Heartbeat (Norway 2004) BONUS 12 POINTS So my ‘douze’ goes to something so euphoric, slinky, light and flirtatious, but also strangely melancholic. It could only be Scandi. It could only be Scandi pop of the 00s. It could only be Annie! youtu.be/RqwuuWYNFJk?...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 45 Annie - Heartbeat (Norway 2004) BONUS 12 POINTS So my ‘douze’ goes to something so euphoric, slinky, light and flirtatious, but also strangely melancholic. It could only be Scandi. It could only be Scandi pop of the 00s. It could only be Annie! youtu.be/RqwuuWYNFJk?...

Heartbeat

YouTube video by Annie - Topic

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 44 Duffy - Mercy (UK 2008) I think I took this for granted 18 years ago. What a stonker of a record. Especially on that lovely 7-inch single.

You can tell a lot about someone based on how they respond to a crying baby or a toddler tantrum.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 2w ago

I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant????

Nobody mentioning the boos?

How is what Paredes did after the final whistle not an actual criminal offence?

Oh thank FUCK for that.

"SIR! SIR! HE HAD HIS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH! SIR!" #WorldCup

Lionel Messi is a weasely little shit

If Argentina win from THIS the rules need changing.

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Laibach - Opus Dei (Life is Life) Official Video

YouTube video by Laibach

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Oh, Infantino FINALLY looks like he’s enjoying a football match now he’s with his ‘peace prize’ mate.

This is a trip. You’ll feel as if something good is kicking in round about the time Andy Brown starts talking about his piano teacher’s ‘missing’ thumb.

EggPod Express@eggpod.bsky.social · 3w ago

New EggPod Express online! Available anywhere you pod! This, then, is Andy Bown - keyboard player with The Herd (and latterly Status Quo) - *almost* discussing the 20 April 1968 issue of Record Mirror with Chris Shaw

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 44 Duffy - Mercy (UK 2008) I think I took this for granted 18 years ago. What a stonker of a record. Especially on that lovely 7-inch single.

Duffy - Mercy

YouTube video by DuffyVEVO

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Simon Smith@simonsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 43 Kings Have Long Arms (feat. Candie Payne) (UK 2008) Super sweet music-box pop featuring ‘Liverpool’s Duffy’. I always like songs that feel like they’ve been wound up on springs and left to run. The Badly Drawn Boy trick. And yes, I am at the ‘indulge me’ bit of my list.

Would be hilarious is the actual final is boring. #WorldCup