www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5CT... I love this. My favourite song of theirs I think, but I’d never seen the video which is sharp and sleazy.
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Video)
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Rob Fraser (he/him)
@squireknottyash.bsky.social
TV writer since the twilight of the last millennium. Born and raised in Liverpool, Glasgow resident for nearly thirty years. #LFC
If this half time lasts any longer Justin Bieber’ll walk on with his guitar.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Louis Armstrong on BBC4 reminds me of this exceptional programme by Matthew Sweet
1922: The Birth of Now - Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago - BBC Sounds
Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence
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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... So good that he became a benchmark for a generation. ‘The centre back’s decent but he’s no Baresi’ or ‘someone needs to tell this prick he’s not Baresi.’
Franco Baresi: AC Milan and Italy great dies aged 66
AC Milan and Italy great Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, the Italian club announces.
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‘Embracing the Mediterranean lifestyle’ taken to its logical conclusion.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d agoExcess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year
This is excellent, committed, journalism by the BBC and a huge credit to the women who came forward to speak against Leto. But we’ve all heard this stuff, and if we have, surely Warner And Disney and everyone other paymaster heard too. And still put him in movies and on tour.
Ian Moody@ianmoody.bsky.social · last wk.Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jum Murphee on Newsnight. Caption speaks volumes: ‘Scottish Labour Leader 2014-2015.’ Big mates with JKR, of course. Now holding court on the BBC ahead of a stint on a reality show with Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon.
Wonderful seeing Deaf School at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool tonight. Rapturously received as you can imagine.
I used to go to Heron House if there was a problem with my housing benefit when I lived in Manchester. On one occasion my case was dealt with by a distant relation of Freddie Mercury (not Barry George, a real one). #Number10North
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... New series of Granite Harbour now available in full on BBC iPlayer, episode one (written by me) is on actual proper BBC 1, Friday night at eight. Give those Top of the Pops repeats a miss and tune in.
Granite Harbour
Trainee detective Davis Lindo is thrown in at the deep end of the Aberdeen crime scene. With partner DCI Bartlett, can he impress, or will his approach leave him out in the cold?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYi... This is the first football match I properly remember. Which means I worshipped Kevin Keegan for 52 years. RIP.
04/05/1974 FA Cup Final LIVERPOOL v NEWCASTLE UNITED
YouTube video by gr8footy
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VAR checking for a foul on Messi Against England.
The whole ‘Messi just walks all the time’ doesn’t work if everyone’s walking
I’d like Spain to score early enough for Argentina to lose their shit and get a couple of red cards before the final whistle
Guy Mowbray so far not recognised Pharell and Matt Damon
Oh god, the Rik Mayall documentary on Sky. What a genius, what a loss.
Linda Ronstadt night on BBC4. I was a kid in suburban Liverpool but my older by a decade brother and his mates were massively into Laurel Canyon stuff. I’ve loved all this since I was in the infants.
Reading The Umbrella Man by @4hundredblows.bsky.social reminded me that despite liking some of DeLillo’s other work I’d never got round to this: well I have now and it was magnificent. Stick with me for more finger on the cultural pulse content. #BookSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Good. Also, can we have a bit of this in the UK? Consequences.
Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse.
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Just heard in passing on the always excellent @pilottvpod.bsky.social that a critic’s screening of The Odyssey was delayed while Boris Johnson’s security team checked out the venue. Which means someone is paying that bell end to review the film.
I found Lineker’s bantz a bit tiresome (esp with Richards) towards the end of his time at the BBC but he’s missed for games like this.
