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Brendan Axe Long

@brenplong.bsky.social

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Formerly resident of the place of the Bluebird Of Happiness. Now a refugee from the place of X-crement. I am a Human Jukebox. Former rocker, now self-confessed jazzbo and profligate accumulator of physical media. Prone to being tedious.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 23

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Sep 22

Tylenol’s lawyers

a man laughs while talking on a phone outside

ALT: a man laughs while talking on a phone outside

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Andrew Stafford @andrewstafford.bsky.social · Sep 6

These things are fun to do. Dave is a proper polymath! Currently trying to get Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden…

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Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘People think music was better in the old days, to which I say: bollocks!’

The drummer for the Britpop band on why Oasis aren’t his nemesis, his failed bid to become a UK Labour MP and how he finally conquered maths

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Liam & Noel Gallagher, 1993

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · Sep 4

My latest Substack newsletter is live.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/james-cobu...

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Sep 4

The beginning to every Morrissey lyric

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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hackers have hit the Oxford Dictionary. No words

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Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Aug 17

Magical, spinetingling stuff youtu.be/EUNVBGHiBY0?...

Ennio MORRICONE live a Fenis dirige "Ecstasy of Gold" (con Susanna Rigacci)

YouTube video by Gaetano Lo Presti

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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cartoonist: MIke Smith

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Aug 13

Genuinely surprised Trump hasn’t started dressing like this yet

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 7

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

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Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hello, Queen P!

Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jul 27

It's a magic experience.

Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jul 26

I accidentally caught it one day in the late 80's as a midday movie on tv here in Australia. Blew my young mind. Also have had the pleasure of catching it on the big screen around 2019 here. Still blew my older mind!

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Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jul 26

One of the few films that can legitimately be called a masterpiece.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 22

PBS News is not going anywhere.

We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.

We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Jul 13

Patrick Stewart is 85.
Seen here as he’s about to drop the hottest electro-funk album of 1983.

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Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Is the F-word offensive in Queensland? The tiny record shop that faced down a culture war in court – and won

Brisbane’s Rocking Horse Records turns 50 this year – but it should also be celebrated for its role in facing down a ‘nonsense’ culture war that began with undercover cops and the Dead Kennedys

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Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social · Jun 27

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

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Brendan Axe Long @brenplong.bsky.social · Jun 26

www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/...

Seconded.

Variety: ‘Alto Knights’ is “Criminally Underrated” and “Built to Last” — World of Reel

Earlier this year, Barry Levinson’s “Alto Knights” landed with a thud — both critically and commercially. Some are already trying to start its reappraisal.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · Jun 23

55 years ago today 😱
Iggy Pop, the original punk rock messiah, with the Stooges at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, June 23, 1970

Photo by Thomas Copi

#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #thestooges #history #punkrockhistory #otd