The Scottish lads who conned the music industry by pretending to be American Silibil N’ Brains’s audacious hoax – which saw them hang out with Eminem and perform on MTV – is brought to life by James McAvoy

To coincide with the film California Schemin, I’m in @telegraph.co.uk telling the real story of Silibil N’ Brains – the Scottish art students who pretended to American rappers

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The Scottish lads who conned the music industry by pretending to be American Silibil N’ Brains’s audacious hoax – which saw them hang out with Eminem and perform on MTV – is brought to life by James McAvoy

To coincide with the film California Schemin, I’m in @telegraph.co.uk telling the real story of Silibil N’ Brains – the Scottish art students who pretended to American rappers

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/be7a78e...

Spoke to Klaus Voormann about the Beatles and the 50-year search for Paul McCartney’s original bass guitar for @thetelegraph.bsky.social

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Spoke to Klaus Voormann about the Beatles and the 50-year search for Paul McCartney’s original bass guitar for @thetelegraph.bsky.social

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Melissa Auf der Maur: “The world needs Hole’s power, rebellion and intelligence right now” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Melissa Auf der Maur

I quizzed Melissa Auf der Maur for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? (covering props from Olivia Rodrigo, learning to accept Celebrity Skin, and her quest to get Rick Astley’s autograph)

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Melissa Auf der Maur: “The world needs Hole’s power, rebellion and intelligence right now” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Melissa Auf der Maur

I quizzed Melissa Auf der Maur for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? (covering props from Olivia Rodrigo, learning to accept Celebrity Skin, and her quest to get Rick Astley’s autograph)

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Tiffany: “Until my phone started pinging, I had no clue that 'Stranger Things' was going to include my music” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Tiffany

I quizzed Tiffany for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge

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Needle-drops and beefing with Robert Plant: how Richard Linklater uses music in his indie masterpieces The 'School Of Rock' director talks us through the perfect needle drop

Had the pleasure of speaking to Richard Linklater for a (cut down) piece on his music choices for NME.

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@stevenedesouza.bsky.social Hi, hope you’re well! I’m a journalist wanting to speak to you for an article I’m writing. Any chance you could follow me so I can DM you or let me know the best way to contact you? (My email is garyryanfreelance@gmail.com) Thanks!

Marky Ramone: “Morrissey apologised to us for the Ramones review he wrote as a teenager” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Marky Ramone

Où l'on apprend que Hungry Heart avait initialement été écrit par Springsteen pour les Ramones, et bien d'autres choses par @garyryanfreelance.bsky.social

Marky Ramone: “Morrissey apologised to us for the Ramones review he wrote as a teenager” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Marky Ramone

I quizzed Marky Ramone for the latest instalment of NME’s Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge

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Final article of 2025…happy to be in @telegraph.co.uk old-school print today telling the story of the real Marty Supreme 🏓⭐
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Evan Dando: “Tim Robbins once mistook me for Kurt Cobain” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Evan Dando

“Keith Richards held a sword on me – then threatened to throw me in his moat” For the final @nme.com trivia-challenge of 2025, I quizzed Evan Dando

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I surprised at his powers of recall! (same score as Adam Green, Holly Johnson, Pauline Black and Bananarama – which feels like my dream episode of Come Dine With Me right there)

Evan Dando: “Tim Robbins once mistook me for Kurt Cobain” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Evan Dando

“Keith Richards held a sword on me – then threatened to throw me in his moat” For the final @nme.com trivia-challenge of 2025, I quizzed Evan Dando

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"We saw people eating monkeys' brains!" In 1985, a 15-year-old student sued her school for showing her a class a video that purported to show real deaths. With a Charli XCX-featuring reboot on the horizon, I wrote about the legacy of mondo horror Faces of Death for the Telegraph
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"We saw people eating monkeys' brains!" In 1985, a 15-year-old student sued her school for showing her a class a video that purported to show real deaths. With a Charli XCX-featuring reboot on the horizon, I wrote about the legacy of mondo horror Faces of Death for the Telegraph
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PinkPantheress on the surprise success of ‘Illegal’: “I didn’t really think it was going to be ‘the one’” Grammy nominee PinkPantheress, whose viral phenomenon 'Illegal' has been named NME’s Song Of The Year, reflects on a momentous 2025

Had a quick chat with PinkPantheress for @nme.com about ‘Illegal’ winning Song of the Year
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THE 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2025 | NME.com It’s time to celebrate your faves – and discover something new to love. Here is NME’s list of the 50 best albums of 2025.

Wrote about VLURE and Lambrini Girls for @nme.com's 50 Albums of 2025 list - www.nme.com/lists/end-of...

THE 20 BEST TV SHOWS OF 2025 | NME.com Guzzle down these bingeable box sets – click for NME’s full list of the best TV shows of 2025

And for @NME’s TV of the Year, I wrote about Overcompensating, Black Mirror and my love of Hacks (Jean Smart + dancing in a go-go cage + poppers is surely the result of an Aladdin’s lamp being found on the floor of Canal Street’s G-A-Y) www.nme.com/lists/end-of...

Merry listmas! For @nme.com s 50 Best Songs of 2025, I blurbed JADE’s ‘Plastic Box’ - www.nme.com/lists/end-of...

50 years ago, Ross McWhirter was assassinated by the IRA. Known as the creator of the Guiness Book of Records and sidekick on Records Breakers, he (along with twin brother Norris) had a less-cuddly side which I’ve written about for The Telegraph - archive.is/aClvA

How paedophile show To Catch a Predator inspired a generation of vigilantes A new film delves into the murky world of the paedophile-baiting phenomenon

It was dubbed “Punk’d for paedophiles” and “Paedle's About”,, and now a new film examines the uneasy legacy of To Catch a Predator. In @telegraphnews.bsky.social , I’ve written about what happens when the lines between righteous anger and entertainment blur.

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Sammy Hagar: “I’m sad I didn’t get do a tour with Dave Lee Roth and Van Halen. Eddie wanted it to happen” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Sammy Hagar

Collaborating with ghosts, gloryholes, and being mistaken for John Lydon…I quizzed Sammy Hagar for this week’s @nme.com trivia-challenge
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10cc’s Graham Gouldman: “Doja Cat helped bring our music to a different audience” In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: 10cc's Graham Gouldman

Quizzed 10cc’s Graham Gouldman for the latest edition of @nme.com ’s Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge

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hi all, the awaited day has come: I'm looking for freelance writers to pitch Inverse Gaming for end-of-year coverage! namely, I'm looking for someone to contribute our best of RPGs this year list ($350), and pitch us on some year-end lookback essays ($500+). please pitch me: shannon@inverse.com

Cottagers Cove: how the Rochdale Canal tunnel became a content-mine for online vigilantes A new online trend seeks to expose gay men having sex in public places around Manchester

For my Manchester Mill debut, I’ve investigated the grim social media trend of online vigilantes “patrolling” gay cruising areas in the city, and exposing the men there to ritual humiliation.

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Cottagers Cove: how the Rochdale Canal tunnel became a content-mine for online vigilantes A new online trend seeks to expose gay men having sex in public places around Manchester

For my Manchester Mill debut, I’ve investigated the grim social media trend of online vigilantes “patrolling” gay cruising areas in the city, and exposing the men there to ritual humiliation.

manchestermill.co.uk/cottagers-co...

Pasolini’s 120 Days of Sodom is still the most shocking film of all time — The Telegraph Once banned around the world, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is about to be shown at the Barbican

Pasolini’s 120 Days of Sodom is still the most shocking film of all time - The Telegraph

Once banned around the world, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is about to be shown at the Barbican

“Elegantly beautiful…but at the same time you can barely watch it” ~ John Waters

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