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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 22h

Hard to compute at this point 💔

Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 22h

Heartbreaking: Neo-soul legends Angie Stone and D’Angelo both passed away in 2025, just 7 months apart. Stone died in March at 63. D’Angelo died today at 51. They shared a son together. An entire generation’s soundtrack, gone. Rest in power to both 🕊️💔

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 1d

I am ready 🍿

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5d

My next book will be a biography of Jack Nicholson, written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character. The title: Leading Man.

New York Times bestselling author and film & TV critic at New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz's LEADING MAN, the definitive biography of Jack Nicholson, casting Nicholson as the complex main character in an era of American culture spanning six decades, while shining a light on the actor’s crucial role in shaping modern masculinity, both on and off the screen, based on new interviews and original reporting, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in an exclusive submission, by Ethan Bassoff at WME.

Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 1d

Had a brilliant time doing a short On Tour book reading at The Social on Little Portland Street last night… which just gave me time to head back to Islington for Jamie Woon! It’s just so good to have him back and Union Chapel the perfect venue 📚

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had this song on repeat for a week! 💥

Albumism @albumism.com · 2d

Sade released "By Your Side" as the first single from 'Lovers Rock' 25 years ago on October 13, 2000 | Watch the official video, listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/SadeLR

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 3d

Precisely this! Thank you for saying it @patrickzircher.bsky.social 📚

Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 3d

I liked the idea that Diane Keaton was out there, somewhere, being Diane Keaton.
--sigh--

Rest in peace, Annie Hall.

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 3d

Expectations low - ha!

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 4d

Last night was THEE BEST! Talks from Hawtin and the original Muzik Magazine staff (including yours truly at the end) plus some blistering techno from Hawtin in the main room at Koko from 3AM. The games continue tonight with a talk between me and the original End creative team and Tenaglia to close 🫖

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 6d

Big, big weekend ahead #Muzik #Koko

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 9d

Announced at long last! With London’s date landing at the Royal Albert Hall 🫖

Tori Amos News from Undented @undented.bsky.social · 9d

Tori Amos has announced a new album, "In Times of Dragons," and a European tour in April and May of 2026. toriamos.com

Tori Amos - IN TIMES OF DRAGONS

toriamos.com

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 9d

10/10 opener 💥

Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 12d

My first-ever Malta boat party delivered!! @defectedrecordsuk.bsky.social

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 13d

What a superb music week this is turning out to be! After Defected Malta, I head to SE1 for Faith with Harry Romero, Sophie Lloyd and crew. But Robert Plant will be hard to beat 📚

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 15d

“Venues are getting thinned out, although that’s still probably the best way for musicians to pay for their dinner. I don’t know what’s happened exactly, but it’s tough being someone who uses human expression or artistic expression as a kind of livelihood.” Amazing Jim Jarmusch stuff here 🫖

bilgeebiri.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 16d

I interviewed Jim Jarmusch: www.vulture.com/article/jim-...

‘Protect Empathy at All Costs. And Live Groovy Lives.’

Jim Jarmusch on what’s paying his bills these days and the words he lives by.

www.vulture.com

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 15d

Hahaha busy day

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 15d

Just back from second viewing, which was just as magical as the first! Five star movie with a soundtrack to (ahem) die for 🍿

Danny Kelly @dannykelly.bsky.social · 15d

Hearing very good things about Paul Trouble Anderson’s latest one.

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 17d

“George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.” If you too love George Harrison, this is a complete Sunday treat. This one is for (and indeed by) @kalebhorton.bsky.social 🕊️

Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · Aug 1

The great @kalebhorton.bsky.social wrote my favorite story from @essesmag.com Issue 02. It's online!

And please watch the Instagram Reel in which noted GeorgeHead Kaleb correctly ID's "Faster" as "such a generic 1979 piece of cocaine Los Angeles session-guy pop." 👇

www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...

Do or Die: On George Harrison, Living, Dying, and Formula 1

George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.

www.essesmag.com

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 17d

Regardless of whether his family and estate signed off on this or not, the ethics around this are awful. Let Stan Lee rest in peace!!!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17d

First look at the AI Stan Lee Hologram at LA Comic Con 🚮

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Birthday to meeeeee 🎈

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 20d

It’s a @nikkershaw.bsky.social kind of afternoon youtu.be/WWpzeK2ZiaA?...

Les Rythmes Digitales - Sometimes

YouTube video by WallofSoundRecording

youtu.be

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 21d

As usual, this looks like a stellar round-up of recent mixes and a few surprises. Very proud to have played my part with the Paul Weller remix @paulwellernews.bsky.social 🪐

Pet Shop Boys @petshopboys.co.uk · 21d

Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce “Disco 5”, the latest instalment of their continuing "Disco" album series of dance tracks and remixes which started in 1986. The new album will be released on 21 November via Parlophone Records and is available to pre-order now.

wmg.lnk.to/pet-shop-boy...

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 24d

Favourite Bluesky convo this week and hard to disagree with @dannykelly.bsky.social’s overall assessment below #TwinPeaks

Danny Kelly @dannykelly.bsky.social · 24d

So me and the daughter completed our Twin Peaks watch this week.

Season 1 Charmingly weird
Season 2 Bloated and a bit of a slog
Fire Walk with Me A return to form
Season 3 Absolutely Batshit crazy

Glad we watched it but was a chore at points but lovely and surreal at others.

a man in a suit and tie is walking down a hallway on a television

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is walking down a hallway on a television

media.tenor.com

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 28d

“I never did look like a 21-year-old kid just outta college who’d never been laid.” Wonderful, erudite stuff by @christinalefou.bsky.social here 🫖

Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 28d

It's really interesting to read this 2019 piece back, where I address some of the critiques of Redford. Especially because I love him so dearly, I tried to be frank about his creative flaws & why they sometimes worked to his advantage (and sometimes did not!) www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Robert Redford: act natural

In charismatic performances of immense restraint over more than half a century, Robert Redford blended traditionalism, predictability and inscrutability to great effect. From our January 2019 issue.

www.bfi.org.uk

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 28d

“Am I really so bad? Am I really so frightening?”

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 29d

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 28d

Precisely this and I’d wager Quiz Show is one

Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 29d

RIP Robert Redford. Directed at least two masterpieces imho, possibly four. As sturdy as movie stars get. Lived a full life but this one stings because he was one of those constants, y'know?

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Ralph Moore @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social · 29d

Not fucking around 🫖

Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 29d

Robert Plant and Alan Moore were both on last night's BBC Front Row. Enjoy www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...