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Gathering Dust, by Modern English from the album Mesh & Lace


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Modern English:
🎡 Gathering Dust

#ModernEnglish

▢️ πŸͺ„ Automagic πŸ”Š show πŸ“» playlist on Spotify

▢️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

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Mesh & Lace, by Modern English 15 track album

Gerade gelesen, dass Modern English in diesem Jahr Konzerte spielen wird.

Da muss ich doch glatt mal wieder ihr Debutalbum "Mesh & Lace" von 1981 auf 4AD hΓΆren:

https://modernenglish.bandcamp.com/album/mesh-lace

#ModernEnglish #4AD

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Another 7” reissue on colored vinyl, Modern English - I Melt With You on purple marbled vinyl
#modernenglish #imeltwithyou #80smusic #vinylsky

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March 27th: The outdated term for today is "faking a cly," a 19th-century British slang term for picking a pocket.

Source: "A London Antiquary" (1860.) A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. London: John Camden Hotten.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

See you Monday!

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Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video)
Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video) YouTube video by 4AD

From the album After The Snow by Modern English (1982)

#nowplaying #songshare #modernenglish #1982music #dinocds #besteveralbums #musicsky 🎧🎡

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March 24th: The outdated term for today is "Brian O'Linn," 19th-century rhyming slag for gin.

Source: "A London Antiquary" (1860.) A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. London: John Camden Hotten.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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The signal is breathing. Currently:

🎢 Modern English - I Melt with You 🎢

πŸ“‘ Tune into the signal at outworldfleetradio.online

#ModernEnglish #OutWorldFleetRadio
🌟 OWF MAIN PROGRAMMING 🌟
"Don't stop believing. Don't stop listening."

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Someone's Calling
Someone's Calling YouTube video by Modern English - Topic

Modern English, hailing from Essex, are one of the 4AD bands that never achieved the status of their better-known label mates such as Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, or Pixies, but are still active today despite various break-ups and line-up changes.

#forgottensongs
#modernenglish

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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 13 - A Song By A Band/Artist Whose Name Starts With M

#ModernEnglish - Someone's Calling

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyq6Zp1fJU

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Ink and Paper
Ink and Paper YouTube video by Modern English - Topic

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 13 - A Song By A Band/Artist Whose Name Starts With M

#ModernEnglish - Ink And Paper

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fVL1MDKVig

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March 13th: The outdated term for today is "unrigged," 19th-century British slang meaning "stripped of money and clothes."

Source: Anonymous. (Circa 1848.) Sinks of London Laid Open. London: J. Duncombe.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

See you Monday! Good luck, and may you remain rigged.

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Album artwork for Long in the Tooth by Modern English from Long in the Tooth - Single

Album artwork for Long in the Tooth by Modern English from Long in the Tooth - Single

Modern English proving they still know how to write a hook that doesn't need a keyboard 🎸 'Long in the Tooth' is all guitars and grit - the way it should be

#NowWaveLive #SynthNot #ModernEnglish

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Modern English - I Melt With You [The! Art$ Mix PND], by Art$.Mix track by Art$.Mix


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early

Modern English:
🎡 I Melt With You

#ModernEnglish

▢️ πŸͺ„ Automagic πŸ”Š show πŸ“» playlist on Spotify

▢️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

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March 10th: The outdated term for today is "paper hanger," early 20th-century slang meaning "counterfeiter."

Source: Jackson, L. E. (1915.) A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang. Portland, OR: Modern Printing Company.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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I Melt With You πŸ‘»
#ModernEnglish

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Modern English - I Melt With You [The! Art$ Mix PND], by Art$.Mix track by Art$.Mix


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

Modern English:
🎡 I Melt With You

#ModernEnglish

▢️ πŸͺ„ Automagic πŸ”Š show πŸ“» playlist on Spotify

▢️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

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March 3rd: The outdated word for today is "recreant," a 19th-century sailors' term for anyone "who had yielded in single combat."

Source: Smyth, W. H., Belcher, E. (1867.) The Sailor's Word-Book. Blackie and Son, London.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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Gathering Dust

Far out this album came out in 1981, 45 years ago. 😯 Still sounds great. 🎧

#NowPlaying
#ModernEnglish

open.spotify.com/track/3sp5n7...

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February 18th: The outdated word for today is "tajaso," a 19th-century US sailors' term for "the jerked beef supplied to ships."

Pronunciation (I think): tah-JASS-oh.

Source: Smyth, W. H., Belcher, E. (1867.) The Sailor's Word-Book. Blackie and Son, London.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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Original post on mstdn.party

Dropping this in the timeline for fans of Classic Alternative bands like Veruca Salt, Modern English and The Cure with more recent artists mixed in. Listen on Mixcloud.
www.mixcloud.com/Paulsplaylist/frequently...
#Music #AlternativeRock […]

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Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video)
Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video) YouTube video by 4AD

#NowPlaying
#MusicSky

❀️‍πŸ”₯

▢️ Modern English - I Melt With You (1982)

#ModernEnglish #IMeltWithYou #postpunk #newwave

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February 11th: The outdated word for today is "calibogus," a 19th century term for an American drink consisting of rum mixed with spruce beer.

Source: Grose, F. (1811.) Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. London: publisher unclear.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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Someone's Calling, by Modern English from the album After the Snow


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early

Modern English:
🎡 Someone’s Calling

#ModernEnglish

▢️ πŸͺ„ Automagic πŸ”Š show πŸ“» playlist on Spotify

▢️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

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January 29th: The outdated term for today is "to be cagged," which is 19th-century British slang for being "sulky or out of humour."

Source: Grose, F. (1811.) Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. London: publisher unclear.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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January 22nd: The outdated word for today is "mundungus," a 19th-century British slang term for "bad or rank tobacco."

Source: Grose, F. (1811.) Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. London: publisher unclear.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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Modern English - I Melt With You [The! Art$ Mix PND], by Art$.Mix track by Art$.Mix


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow

Modern English:
🎡 I Melt With You

#ModernEnglish

▢️ πŸͺ„ Automagic πŸ”Š show πŸ“» playlist on Spotify

▢️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

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Album artwork for Not My Leader by Modern English

Album artwork for Not My Leader by Modern English

🎡 Now Playing on Now Wave Radio:
Modern English - Not My Leader
From the album: Not My Leader

#NowWaveRadio #NowWaveMix #ModernEnglish

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January 15th: The outdated expression for today is "napper of naps," 19th-century thieves' cant for a sheep-stealer.

Source: Grose, F. (1811.) Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. London: publisher unclear.

#OutdatedWords #ModernEnglish

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Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video)
Modern English - I Melt With You (Official Video) YouTube video by 4AD

Mein Lied fΓΌr heute:
Modern English - I Melt With You
#LiedFuerHeute
#MusicSky
#PostPunk
#ModernEnglish

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I Melt With You (Rerecorded)
I Melt With You (Rerecorded) YouTube video by Modern English - Topic

#ModernEnglish music.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvkb...

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