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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

Diane Keaton could have directed Annie Hall but Woody Allen could NEVER have directed the music video for Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth"

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by Belinda Carlisle

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Hair of the Hound @hairofthehound.bsky.social · 1d

No amount of big budget trailers can pique my interest like a poster for this stuff.

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 1d

"Saying the quiet part out loud doesn’t make it brave; it makes it bleak. It teaches [...] campaigners that integrity is a liability and that reputational violence is a sign of savvy. It tells the public that truth is optional, empathy expendable, and that politics is just performance warfare."

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 1d

Colin Sheridan: Smear v journalism — One intends to wound, the other to inform

When Ivan Yates went on a widely shared podcast and said he would 'smear the bejaysus out of her', meaning presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, he was injecting the virus, writes Colin Sheridan

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s certainly the George album I reach for most. Even if Older is a more cohesive statement, there’s something about the way he bares his soul on LWP that really resonates with me. I remember your piece, it was a vivid snapshot of a fraught time and a suddenly changed world and I really liked it.

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

1990 the winner by a country mile tonight #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Show Me Heaven (Turtles Get Real) #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

This song is cool again with Gen Z thanks to them discovering it through David Lynch, there’s a real unironic love for it #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Blame Nivea #TOTP

Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Donington Monsters of Rock festival had only happened a few weeks earlier, and I suspect a few releases were timed to coincide with it - Megadeth, AC/DC, Thunder etc.

Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Traditional wisdom says that 1990 pop took a bit of a nosedive in the second half of the year, but this is an absolutely cracking Top 40 all in all #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely inspired sample choice tbf #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

“Oh booo who even needs the album chart anyway?”
*sees 10 seconds of George Michael*
“never mind 🥰” #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Saw Deacon Blue live this week, they were great. So there. #TOTP

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2d

'We've both given up smoking cos it's fatal/So whose matches are those?' - one of the great lines in pop. #totp

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Love all these songs individually, but this megamix is so much less than the sum of its parts #TOTP

Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

So Hard, aka the only really commercially viable single from Behaviour. Still my favourite PSB album, grown-up melancholic pop at its absolute best #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

LOVE for the ANIMALS

Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Also the follow-up Are You Dreaming is probably the funniest record ever made. #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Younger me was OBSESSED with I Can’t Stand It, he thought it was the coolest thing ever. Probably still does #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

I bloody love 1990. I’m probably gonna be overly generous to some of this but I don’t care, this is MY era #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

In fairness to Simon, they are still married after nearly 40 years #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Never much cared for True Blue I’m afraid, but then again, I never liked synthy 80s approximations of girl group records (e.g. Frankie by Sister Sledge) #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed it is. Hugely dispiriting viewing. A whole generation sitting idly by waiting for Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley to give pop a kick up the backside.

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

We could’ve had Suburbia??? #TOTP

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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 2d

There’s “going through the motions” and then there’s these Paul Young and Howard Jones performances. This was a whole era of pop on its knees waiting for death. #TOTP

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