Meet your heroes.

Close up of the tops of two old traditonal Amsterdam buildings set against a clear blue sky. The one on the left is dark brown while the one on the right is a deep buttery yellow.

Meet up.
#Herengracht #WijdeHeisteeg #Amsterdam

Fncking genant. Oorlogsmisdaden zijn minder erg als bevriende landen het doen zegt mvr Maes en dit....

Photo of Dutch King Willem-Alexander standing next to Donald Trump. Both are wearing dark suits with white shirts. Willem-Alexander has a muted yellow colured tie while Trump has a purple one.

No kings.
#NoKings

Marta Sebestyen with Muzsikas 'Hidegen Fújnak A Szelek (Cold Winds Are Blowing)' YouTube video by Jinsie

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Captain Beefheart - Low Yo Yo Stuff YouTube video by Iker busto villate

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The local song cover idea is cool. Seems like they practiced and everything haha!

But while I'm flattered they did one of our songs, I keep thinking Mr. Tweedy & Co. doing Stupid Songs by the Dayglos may have had more impact.

Am I required by law to do a Wilco song now? 🤔

What a world. Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and band appear to have covered an old NMN song of mine last night in Victoria. I read that they covered Trooper's "Raise A Little Hell" at their Vancouver gig. Victoria got away easy, it seems...

#Nomeansno #JeffTweedy #Wilco

“Het gaat helemaal niet over de personen achter die specifieke winkels. We hoeven ze niet zielig te vinden, maar ook niet geweldig. Dat vertroebelt de discussie, want dan gaat het over of die ondernemers goed of slecht zijn. Dat is gewoon niet de discussie die je moet voeren.”

Set list: Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard Papernut Cambridge - I'm a Photograph of You Bob Dorough - Elementary, My Dear Tombouctou - End of Rescue The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Happy Home Balming Tiger, RM - Sexy Nukim The Streets - You Think You've Been Buried Shin Joong Hyun - From Where to Where Rassemenschen helfen armen Menschen - Alles ist mir recht Alberta Hunter - I Got A Mind To Ramble Joshua Redman Elastic Band - The Crunge Devo - Turn Around Panic Shack - The Ick Wild West - We Can Do Action Beat + G.W. Sok Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns Yowl - The Farmer's Big Spade William Carlos Whitten, Diana Crash The Who - Leaving Here Maurice Ravel - L'enfant et les sortilèges Pt.1 DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump Yard Act - Dream Job Similou - Fuga Kneecap - H.O.O.D. Duke Ellington - Five O'Clock Whistle Captain Lou Albano, NRBQ - Captain Lou Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - バードメン Olumpus - Rotting in My Room The Pleasure Seekers - What A Way To Die Twisted Teens - Wild Connection The Beatles - Two Of Us

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After an "extended" absence on Mixcloud, I give you the results of my efforts yesterday, a new 90 minute long playlist for your listening pleasure. The whole thing kicks off with this banger by Shocking Blue, "Send Me A Postcard".
Enjoy!
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(Set list in the comments)

SO great! Absolutely worthy of a slot imho!

Cherry 35 Passage Xoyo YouTube video by 50's Sleaze, 60's Ease & 70's Cheese From London

"All they've told you up til now put it in reverse
For any girl and girl boy and boy and boy and girl
Forget about who and why and how and where and what you take
XOYO triple X: sex mosaics (renegades!)"

#fuckscotus #ThePassage #XOYO
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😢

Springoween market saturday april 25 from 10-4 in Market Square

coming up April 25th in Market Square!

Our band could be your life
Real names'd be proof
Me and Mike Watt, we played for years
Punk rock changed our lives

We learned punk rock in Hollywood
Drove up from Pedro
We were fucking corndogs
We'd go drink and pogo

Our band sharing a bill with the Minutemen back in the day was one of the highlights of that era. Just genuinely good, humble people. My wasted youth was far from wasted. No regerts. Weird to see this in the NYT (because the NYT is an enemy of working people).

❤️❤️❤️

Wilko Johnson She Does It Right A Lesson from the Master YouTube video by Mazurap

Perhaps my favourite YouTube video ever. A short Wilko tutorial from the master himself. ❤️

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P.S. If you're ever in South Porcupine, Charlie, and bump into my old buddy Wayne Brown, say hi from Andy from Nomeansno. 😉

Speaker 118 YouTube video by David Fine

Hey folks - so word is out that I'm seeking nomination to run for city council with @vangreens.bsky.social. I ran for council in 2022. I'm a housing justice activist - I've advised and represented thousands of tenants. Back in 2021 I had this to say about how we need to do better by renters 🧵

❤️

The Fucking Eagles - Seattle Weekly This rollicksome Tacoma group is one of the most effective local bands at transcribing fifties-style R&B/dance as guitar-lead happy punk. On the surface, their sound appears something like Jet if […]

Maar dan de herrie soort. Great band name ;)

French General Torches Trump’s Demands for Help With Scathing ‘Titanic’ Comparison War can be a lonely place.

“A French general has said joining President Donald Trump’s war is like buying a discounted ticket for the Titanic after it had already hit the iceberg.”

White table with some papers to the left and a red pencil on a chain on the right.

I heart voting.

#NeverGetsOld #Verkiezingen2026 #HetSingel #Amsterdam

Thanks @grunnenrocks.bsky.social ! :-)

Summing up

Book store window display of various old punk records and books showcasing a special edition of Dutch music magazine Oor devoted to 50 years of punk records.

When you see any kind of "best of" list of music:
"Oh my God! I can't believe they left that out. And that, too! And what are they doing in there? Who made this thing anyway?? These lists are so stupid."

When you see suddenly see your band on the list:
"Oh wow, cool."

#Oor #InThereSomewhere

"He said he wanted the series to ask whether it was possible for people to recognize that their real adversaries were not their neighbors but those further up, and whether some form of collective response might be imaginable."