A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.
Whatever you do,
This is out mid October - based on ‘Brian’s Twinlock Binder’ - so could be interesting…
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It was great to see Gwendoline Riley on Friday at The West Kirby Bookshop talking about The Palm House and her clown shoes
Boards of Canada Tape 5 video still. Broken parallel lines, like static from a video recorder.
Boards Of Canada have shared a new track, ‘Tape 05’, fuelling further speculation around the duo’s first album since 2013’s Tomorrow’s Harvest...
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After watching both Man On The Run and The Hunt For The Lost Bass I feel that we, as a nation, have set too low a bar for Paul McCartney documentaries.
I blame Keir Starmer although I’m not entirely sure why.
‘The songs can make you feel as if you are standing alone in a cathedral, bathed in sound. Wilson was able to make pop music that was uplifting without ever being sickly. Secular hymns baited with pop hooks; heavy themes made exquisitely light.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nandy says that scrapping the two child benefit cap was a matter of personal principle for Starmer
A reminder that Keir could have scrapped the cap on day one of becoming PM, but he didn't. Instead he personally suspended 7 Labour MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap it
Update: The forthcoming Tom Waits song is indeed a new collaboration with Massive Attack.
I found the chat in the ambulance, where one appeared to be describing a massage and the other one, the son of the tea leaf, referred to a “happy ending”, quite unnecessary 😞
Brilliant! Looking forward to seeing you both on tour
RIP Mike Westbrook
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Read Grant's article, if only to marvel at this incredible photo of Astrid Kirchherr standing at the front of the queue to the Cavern in 1964, a year after The Beatles had left Liverpool and two years after her boyfriend, Stuart Sutcliffe had died.
I drove Ralf several times when I was a volunteer at Manchester International Festival in 2009. He was a Model passenger (pun intended) and did not complain about my driving 😆
Photo evidence of the recent Bob Dylan-Question Mark summit!
Can - Tago Mago (1971/ Spoon 1981)
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“Too many setting suns round here today.”
Just heard that my first ever editor, Select’s Andrew Perry, has died. So playing this one for him. AP taught me how to write record reviews, which means he taught me how to write. A huge loss. #RIPAP
Absolute pleasure to chat to leading Beatles historian @marklewisohn.bsky.social about his fascinating documentary Evolver:62. We also talked at length about Mark's research methods, how new discoveries are emerging daily & why it's never been more important to get their story right in the era of AI
I don’t think he’d have been seen dead in these, frankly.
Dear, sweet, silly, gentle, Nova Scotia. I wish we had more time. I’ll never forget you. 😢
So has anywhere else in the world done the death penalty but only for one ethnicity? What sort of country were they? The sort that we are told Israel is not?
If you see this, post a concert photo you took
Woken by the Premier Inn's fire alarm.
Absolutely loved Our Town @rosetheatre2008.bsky.social
Another ace @rockingbob.bsky.social compilation out today from @acerecords.bsky.social
Our new album “Ever The Optimist” is released on July 31 and available for pre-order now - tr.ee/h-BvQzXQyw
The 11 track album comes in different color variants of the 12”, a CD and other items, with more coming later!
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
As always, @marklewisohn.bsky.social providing historical context for Dungeon Lane! Thanks to @adixonmusic.bsky.social for sharing.
Full video here: youtu.be/xowdzq02hDQ?...
Wonderful Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg show tonight in Birmingham
