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Posts by Jon Hillcock

Wish Channel 4 would commission Secret Life of Boomers. Psychologists behind one way glass observing the micro-aggressions and deep judgements of the Joans, Lesleys, Colins and Christines whose long-shuttered post-Victorian era parenting traumas unravel over endless tea and biscuits. TV gold.

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Scratched. Warped. Creased. £2.50. Sold.

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Theodore Shapiro - Severance (Main Title Theme) Podcast Episode · Song Exploder · 05/03/2025 · 23m

This is good, BUT…

…sadly it doesn’t confirm my theory:

IS THAT PETEY’S MOBILE RINGING ON SILENT AS PART OF THE THEME?

I NEED TO KNOW.

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❤️❤️❤️

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do I actually like this song, or is it just the coffee and sunshine?

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Blue Monday ...and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and..

Why is everything blue?

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It’s here! 2024’s finest in the flesh; February 2025.

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Seems I’m at the Severance Is Everywhere IRL stage of watching S2. Fonts. Shades of blue etc. Got a shock walking past one particular office near Marylebone (it’s a construction company. *apparently*)

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Pay to get playlisted? The accusations against Spotify’s Discovery Mode Discovery Mode gets artists noticed in exchange for a 30% royalty reduction. A new book suggests that the platform is squeezing musicians and misleading listeners

Good to see this from @lizpelly.bsky.social’s Mood Machine published in the Guardian, but getting the broader Spotify user base to care feels like the only route to real change.

Major music artists and other influential voices in music/ents are needed. Come on @trientertainment.bsky.social!

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Lovely stuff. Thank you Tiernan

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Ahh wow I don’t but I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. I think I probably should!

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Oh. The link. The link to the songs. Here’s the link.

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Yesterday was a good day for new music. Here are four things I really liked. Also, Damon Locks’ new album came out overnight.

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Tuesday 18 February 2025 Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining (2000)

I wrote this last night, lying on the floor in the dark waiting for my children to sleep. It’s about a song I’ve loved for *sharp intake of breath* 25 years.

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The sun burning the frost off the fence this morning. I’ve recommended a wonderful new album by Nyron Higor - perfect for this sort of hopeful start to the day - in today’s post.

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Saturday 15 February 2025 Mary Lattimore - Morning Song (2025)

I’ve posted about a different song or two nearly every day this week. I’m still working out why. Here’s another.

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The Best Thing(s) I Heard Today: Thursday 13 February 2025 Marisa Anderson - Friday Afternoon, November (2024)

Is the sound of children playing always a joyful thing?

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The Best Thing(s) I Heard Today: Wednesday 12 February 2025 V/Z - It’s Cold in Baltimore (2025)

I wrote about being thankful to those who introduce us to new music. And thanked two in particular.

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Godspeed 🤘

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Tuesday 11 February 2025 Raisa K - Stay ft Coby Sey (2025)

The best song I heard today was by Raisa K and Coby Sey. I also felt old stood in the street watching John Barnes.

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picking up a few inside ten seconds today 😄

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listening to new things with a finger poised over the wishlist heart on Bandcamp

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It's here. :)

Raisa K - 'Stay' feat. @cobysey.bsky.social

Written by Raisa Khan, Mica Levi & I
Producer & mixer: Raisa K
Mastering: Amir Shoat

Vid: @airforcetone.bsky.social

Raisa's debut 'Affectionately' is out 07 Mar 25 via 15 Love.

youtube.com/watch?v=P7zn4w
15love.ffm.to/raisak_cobys...

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Monday 10 February 2025 Damian Jurado - Ralph A.

On unexpectedly staying up for Kendrick, and cheering the artists who create magic and art but put the onus on the audience to make sense of it

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Sunday 9 February 2025 MIKE - Pieces of a Dream (2025)

The Best Thing I Heard Today: 9 February 2025

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The Best Thing I Heard Today: Saturday 8 February 2025 Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be a Mirrorball (2022)

The Best Thing I Heard Today: Saturday 8 February 2025

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24 things to buy today: Bandcamp Friday Buy music: feel good

What the hell to buy on @bandcamp.com Friday, the one day a month you can feel less guilty about your music habits?

These things. These are some good things.

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Tracking the Spiritual Jazz Revival From its roots in the ‘60s to today, the genre remains a profound force for connection and expression.

We've rarely needed the nourishment more.... I did some recommending.

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Sense of helplessness and detachment definitely factored in. Instead of informing it just fed the hum of anxiety. Most of it I don’t need to know. Should probably concede that there’s very likely an element of me just sulking horribly.

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..learnt next to sod all, and was probably just listening to it to avoid engaging with my own brain. The news *adores* Trump. I opted out that day (in favour of music mainly, but also audiobooks) and genuinely feel quite marvellous, clear headed. (but do need to find a new small dose news routine)

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