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Out on the street I was talking to a man, who said: there's so much about this life of mine that I don't understand ...
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Chums. Naim Amor and Kid Congo Powers. New record's called Tucson Safari.
And a brilliant concoction called Murder We Wrote is on the Late Show as an illustration of its qualities.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

Kid Congo Powers & Naïm Amor:
🎵 Murder We Wrote

#6music #KidCongoPowers #NaïmAmor

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Murder We Wrote
Naïm Amor, Kid Congo Powers · Tucson Safari · Song · 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Today on the program: @todgoldberg.bsky.social is the guest. His new novel, ONLY WAY OUT, publishes this week on Thomas & Mercer.

A riveting work of crime fiction from one of our finest and most twisted purveyors of the form.

A corrupt sheriff. A one-time child prodigy... 1/
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Uncover the secrets of art theft like the recent Louvre Heist (and Hollywood's inaccuracies) with an Art Detective (me) and former art thief Okkie.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGs...
Former Art Thief And Detective Rate 9 Art Heists In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Tonight at 9pm (MT) on @kxcitucson.bsky.social Locals Only, Naïm Amor & Kid Congo Powers do a live session w/ songs from their new album “Tucson Safari” on In The Red . Playing w/ Amor y Powers is Chris Carlone and Miles Bartlett . listen at 91.3 FM or online at KXCI.org . Check it out!
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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David Hoffman, Whitechapel 1973 and still relevant today
December 7, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Profile of the label On-U Sound by Paul Tickell broadcast as part of BBC2's The Late Show 21.10.91

Pure brilliance, I remember watching it back then.

@inlandempire777.bsky.social @alanthorburn.bsky.social @gleanniucha.bsky.social

#OnUSound #BarmyArmy #Tackhead
Profile of the label On-U Sound
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November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Record Release Show at Club Congress in Tucson! Bad Seed, Gun Club, Cramps alum Kid Congo Powers joins forces with the super sly guitar slinger from Tucson-by-way-of-France Naïm Amor to form AMOR Y POWERS. Very excited to release their LP "Tucson Safari" support from Baby Dog! tinyurl.com/mpp2ypet
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Another great Late Show with Mickey Bradley in store tonight at 10.04pm on BBC Radio Ulster! Great records from U.S. Girls, Ratboys, Dolly Mixture, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie and more. Join the chat here on Bluesky at: @mickeyundertone.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Link Wray - Street Fighter
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November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Everything in our store is 10% Off now.
Get your TAD swag here.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Halloween calls for a view of my favorite Halloween-themed species I've photographed over the years: the northern ghost bat from Costa Rica!
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Discovered Husker Du when I was 16, in the wake of Nevermind, and they were my absolute North Star for years, and remain so close to my heart. Thanks so much to @thequietus.com for letting me write this. It’s quite long. thequietus.com/interviews/h...
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed | The Quietus
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Grant Hart, American punk and paving the road for Nirvana
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October 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Friday is Tucson Safari release date by Naim Amor & Kid Congo Powers @kidcongopowers.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Interchangeable ever were the terms of abuse with which the aggressor discredits those about to be ravaged!

- Malcolm Lowry, Under The Volcano
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Saturday Night Fever … Waterloo Square, Derry!

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Nik Cohn amb DJ Kosmos | Vídeos | CCCB
L’escriptor irlandès Nik Cohn, pare del rock writing i cronista èpic de la cultura urbana durant més de cinquanta anys, va escriure la...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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It's #WorldHoneyBeeDay - from a 14th-c. health handbook based on 11th-c. Maintenance of Health by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad.
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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🌄 MacGill 2025 is officially underway!

We’re coming to you live from the Highlands Hotel in Glenties, where some of Ireland’s brightest minds are gathering to explore the big questions shaping our fractured world.

Follow along! #MacGill25

In association with @notredame.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM