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Autistic person with fibromyalgia and type 1 diabetes. Bad pun reply guy. T-shirt grifter. From Saltburn (the town, not the film). Mostly harmless, I hope. (He/him.) http://nikstshirts.com https://beebthings.redbubble.com

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Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you EVER find that you’re asking yourself this question, I have two answers for you:
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Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 2h

Turns out it gets another mention later on, in the section about their 6 Music residency. (No, I haven’t finished the book yet. There might even be further discussion of it…)

Pet Shop Boys "So hard (David Morales Red Zone Mix)"

"He gets so much bass, doesn't he?" says Chris. "Why can't we get this bass? I've never understood why.
You want this, you have to go to America to get it." The producer steers the discussion in the studio towards The KLF's remix of "So hard"s B-side, "It must be obvious".
"It was really out there," says Neil. "I went to listen to it in their studio in Brixton. I went in a taxi. And when we got there, the taxi driver, who I didn't know knew who I was, said, 'I'm just going to wait here, Neil, for a couple of minutes just to check if you're all right going in there."" Safely inside, Neil listened to what they had done - "Not really a mix, it's more of a theme - it's a soundscape" - and received a request.
"They also got me to take two copies of 'Kylie Said To Jason', which Jason Donovan had signed, to get me to get Kylie to sign them, which I did."
This, he notes, was just before The KLF suddenly had huge mainstream pop success.
"Suddenly, they become the new Pet Shop Boys, really," he says. "I mean, they more or less push us out the way, to be honest."
"Well, they invented stadium house," says Chris.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 19h

Freedom (Wham!) 10/10
Freedom 90 (George Michael) 10/10

Precious (Eurythmics) 5/10
Precious (Annie Lennox) 7/10

My Girl (Madness) 10/10
My Girl 2 (Madness) 10/10

Young Offender (New Order) 7/10
Young Offender (Pet Shop Boys) 10/10

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, I was just thinking they weren’t cheap (I was 14 at the time, and would spend the whole of what was euphemistically known as my “clothing allowance” on CDs.)

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

I bought that one too, along with Being Remixed. It gets a mention in this year’s “Annually”. (I actually quite like the UFO mix of It must be obvious! It is weird though.)

I may have my facts wrong here, but I think you're one of only two artists that have had a remix from the KLF. Depeche Mode had a remix of "Policy Of Truth". I've only heard the story from Bill Drummond's point of view, that he was doing a remix of "So hard", and you had to turn up to Trans Central to re-record vocals. Do you have any other memories of working with the KLF?

NT: This would have been 1990. I remember getting a taxi to their studio in what you would now call a
"sketchy" part of Brixton. And we pulled up, and the taxi driver turned to me and said: "If you don't mind, I'm just going to wait and make sure you're alright in there." Because it looked like a squat. But there they were, in the basement, and it was a good mix, and then on the B-side they did this crazy mix of "It must be obvious" that went on for about 15 minutes, our song

filtered with lots of weird noises. But we're always going to like that kind of thing. I think for a while, they were the new Pet Shop Boys, they were a duo, and had a string of fantastic singles.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

I like the cut of your mother in law’s jib.

(Any particular reason?)

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

Also the internal rhyme of faithful and fatal works well.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

I was really hoping it would be Blue Monday, to compound the effect of his cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 20h

Cheese on Toast.

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paulsinha.bsky.social @paulsinha.bsky.social · 1d

In 2019 I married a man. I won the British quiz championships. I was diagnosed with a degenerative illness. I relentlessly made the news in New Zealand. I fell apart on Taskmaster.

This memoir is the story of how a shy gay Bengali teenager primed for a medical career, changed direction.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 1d

Ivor Biggun the Engine. (One for the teenagers, there.)

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, sort of the opposite of this then. open.spotify.com/artist/5bHjV...

open.spotify.com

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I should know what that is!

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 1d

Daughter has taken to stomping up the stairs playing Brahms’ lullaby on her melodica. The effect is both less restful than you’d imagine, and also unhelpful for a chap with a sore head.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 2d

I'm selling a bunch of Archimedes games, if anyone's interested. www.ebay.co.uk/usr/nikhorne1

Security measure | eBay

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 4d

I am running the London Parks Half Marathon for SANDS in memory of our first son Olly who died at 9 months in 2012.

www.justgiving.com/page/mark-th...

Less than 5 days to go now!

SANDS has been a wonderful support. Anything you can give is welcome. Thanks.

Mark's fundraiser for Sands

Help Mark Thompson raise money to support Sands

www.justgiving.com

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 4d

I think so, thanks. I’ll find out for certain next time I need to order some.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 5d

I’d say, from the looks of him, he was in an early line-up of Tears for Fears.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently she’s the editor of Labour List now. Fair play.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 9d

Worried about being called racist? Try not being racist.

George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 12d

Daily Mail: Farage blasts- Worried about immigration? Starmer says you're racist #TomorrowsPapersToday

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 9d

Nice PSB quote!

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 10d

Fell asleep with radio five live on. Woke up to hear my ex wife on there. That was weird.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 10d

I mentioned this sequence in my eulogy for my mum, bizarrely.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 10d

Argh! Hope it doesn’t cause too much bother.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 10d

Birth.

Nik Horne @nikhorne.bsky.social · 10d

Underrated.