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Postie’s been… Marxism in Music - Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution @leftacademic @BloomsburyBooks @redskins_band @GCPunkNewWave @NewWaveAndPunk bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-in… youtu.be/EN96cKEYkHw?si=LvSn…
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Siouxsie & The Banshees
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An article on The Sex Pistols bootleg 'Spunk' by Chas De Whalley in Sounds 29th, October 1977. @sexpistols @adbreakanthems
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Buzzcock's single 'Orgasm Addict' advert in Sounds 29th, October 1977. @Buzzcocks @steveediggle
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Sounds Front Cover 29th, October 1977 featuring The Clash. Pic by Adrian Boot. @TheClash
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Everything But The Girl - Young and Dumb (2026)
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Don’t know what I want but I know how to get it… Never Mind The Bollocks was released 49 years ago today. Here’s the original Jamie Reid collage artwork, snapped @NatGalleriesSco a few years ago. @NewWaveAndPunk @ScotsPostPunk #sexpistols #nevermindthebollocks
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In January your UK energy bill is going up by over £400 a year. But at least you are gifting Lamborghinis and gold toilets to Ukrainian oligarchs.
Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine poses a serious threat to UK prosperity and security. That's why this Budget is providing over £10bn in additional support to Ukraine.
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Tanita Tikaram - "Valentine Heart". 1988. What can one say? Except that this melody is a true masterpiece, a melancholic, jazzy piece of folk-pop, written back in the day by an 18-year-old girl.
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Tanita Tikaram - "Twist In My Sobriety". Live 1989. Tanita Tikaram was only 18 years old when she released her debut album in 1988, a record that would go on to achieve cult status, driven by a track that became a global hit. Her contralto voice, the use of the oboe, an...
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Watch this. Lubna Speitan, author of the Greens4Palestine motion “Zionism is racism”, spells out the central obscenity of our age – the grotesque inversion whereby the victims of ethnic cleansing, Apartheid and genocide must constantly fend off accusations from their tormentors that it is they who are the racists. “We as Palestinians are being silenced and gaslit and vilified [as we] witness the annihilation, the cold-blooded murder of our families, of our people… our children burnt with phosphorus, having to endure amputations with no anaesthetic, having their limbs torn and shredded, their bodies burnt by phosphorus, being starved to death … And to have to sit here … and try to bury my feelings so I can eloquently and diplomatically shield my anger, my rage, my anguish that every Palestinian is feeling, is an insult.” /1
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“And they catch him, and they say he’s mental!” ♥️ #morrissey
Poll for the Weekend: Which spoken ‘Vauxhall & I’ track outro is the best? “Don’t leave us in the dark.” - Billy Budd “…and they catch 'im and they say 'e's mental." - Spring-Heeled Jim #morrissey
Don’t leave us…They catch ‘im…
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Louise by Edward Thayer Monroe, 1926.
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Another Pretty Face (The Waterboys) - "All The Boys Love Carrie". 1979. Another Pretty Face, led by singer Mike Scott (before he formed the renowned band The Waterboys). Melodic punk-rock energy, influenced by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith.
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Bob Marley and The Wailers: Johnny Was (Woman Hold Her Head And Cry) youtu.be/ioAVpmeSSLc?si=E11E… @bobmarley @TheWailers @GCPunkNewWave @NewWaveAndPunk
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Released on this day in 1974: Natty Dread #BobMarleyAndTheWailers youtu.be/bDnNqsy7rYE?si…
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