Absolute Beginner
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All for art and art for all. Music, films, resistance, culture, books, travel and happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. Y’know, the good stuff in life that doesn’t attract bad people.
Post a banger not in English, BUT the band in question must be as English as English can be. (Dont let that added accent on the e fool you) youtu.be/IcO4SdYVTX8?...
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Post a banger not in English, BUT the band in question must be as English as English can be. (Dont let that added accent on the e fool you) youtu.be/IcO4SdYVTX8?...
Streeting carefully avoiding the fact that he didn’t have to be best mates with Mandelson to be part of the government that supported him and bought his snake oil by the bucketload.
Trumpian levels of dishonesty & distraction by Streeting.
Trying to divert attention away from the fact that, as Health Secretary, he gave our health data to dodgy US spy firm Palentir…
…which was represented by *Peter Mandelson’s* lobbying company.
Receipts: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trying to divert attention away from the fact that, as Health Secretary, he gave our health data to dodgy US spy firm Palentir…
…which was represented by *Peter Mandelson’s* lobbying company.
Receipts: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Streeting carefully avoiding the fact that he didn’t have to be best mates with Mandelson to be part of the government that supported him and bought his snake oil by the bucketload.
Post a banger that isn’t in English… oh so many, but this first. youtu.be/45RL3c1oVRg?...
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Post a banger that isn’t in English… oh so many, but this first. youtu.be/45RL3c1oVRg?...
Little Joe Cook aka Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds starting the week with us again… youtu.be/CoaBM4ZtXA8?...
Little Joe Cook aka Chris Farlowe & Thunderbirds 1965 66 Stormy Monday Blues T Bone Walker
YouTube video by RVOLUTION TV
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February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Little Joe Cook aka Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds starting the week with us again… youtu.be/CoaBM4ZtXA8?...
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Layne Staley (Alice in chains) invites a guy throwing Nazi salutes in the crowd on stage....proceeds to beat his ass 🤷♂️
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Layne Staley (Alice in chains) invites a guy throwing Nazi salutes in the crowd on stage....proceeds to beat his ass 🤷♂️
Whilst everyone is focussed on Mandelson can a political or business journalist please ask what business the government is still doing with his company Global Counsel?
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Whilst everyone is focussed on Mandelson can a political or business journalist please ask what business the government is still doing with his company Global Counsel?
With all the publicity around Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague right now, it feels like a good time to post this gorgeous slice of melancholy. youtu.be/DWbLo6br-UA?...
Seberg
YouTube video by Oliver Cherer - Topic
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February 2, 2026 at 7:44 AM
With all the publicity around Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague right now, it feels like a good time to post this gorgeous slice of melancholy. youtu.be/DWbLo6br-UA?...
This is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This is who runs this account
The thing about Mandelson’s husband asking Epstein for £10k to pay for his osteo courses is that Mandelson could more than afford to stump that up. The level of entitled grifting on show is astounding.
January 30, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The thing about Mandelson’s husband asking Epstein for £10k to pay for his osteo courses is that Mandelson could more than afford to stump that up. The level of entitled grifting on show is astounding.
Wes Anderson kind of day. Christmas present of a sauna on Branscombe beach redeemed in the teeth of vicious January weather. Lovely.
January 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Wes Anderson kind of day. Christmas present of a sauna on Branscombe beach redeemed in the teeth of vicious January weather. Lovely.
This is the antithesis of what the Trump goon squad want America to be, and an absolutely beautiful reason to remember why this America deserves our love and total support youtu.be/_WtoZvK1kB4
Detroit: One Nation Under A Groove
YouTube video by Visit Detroit
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January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is the antithesis of what the Trump goon squad want America to be, and an absolutely beautiful reason to remember why this America deserves our love and total support youtu.be/_WtoZvK1kB4
The New Avengers
A Thousand Blows.
The Pitt.
Morning.
Morning.
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The New Avengers
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"I'll only say that on this earth there are plagues and victims, and as far as possible, we must refuse to be on the side of the plagues."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"I'll only say that on this earth there are plagues and victims, and as far as possible, we must refuse to be on the side of the plagues."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
I’m very glad I live on the hill - just behind this. Also nice to see the local church offer practical advice.
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I’m very glad I live on the hill - just behind this. Also nice to see the local church offer practical advice.
Putting some tunes on the jukebox for my mother in law’s 80th and have just realised (belatedly) that if you don’t like soul, reggae, hip hop, funk (what she’d call black music) then you might not be racist but you’re chronically limited- yeah I’m looking at you Oasis. And Queen.
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Putting some tunes on the jukebox for my mother in law’s 80th and have just realised (belatedly) that if you don’t like soul, reggae, hip hop, funk (what she’d call black music) then you might not be racist but you’re chronically limited- yeah I’m looking at you Oasis. And Queen.
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The Action - Shadows & Reflections (Jan. 8, 1968)
YouTube video by CLASSIC TRASH
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January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It’s been a really long week in a really long month. Here’s to all those waiting for the weekend - and even more to those who don’t get one. Cheers!
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It’s been a really long week in a really long month. Here’s to all those waiting for the weekend - and even more to those who don’t get one. Cheers!
Wet dark afternoon - perfect for noir, so onto Dead Reckoning - Lizabeth Scott doesn’t have the chemistry with Bogart, but I could listen to his off screen narration all day every day - I mean, it’s everyone’s interior monologue voice, isn’t it?
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Wet dark afternoon - perfect for noir, so onto Dead Reckoning - Lizabeth Scott doesn’t have the chemistry with Bogart, but I could listen to his off screen narration all day every day - I mean, it’s everyone’s interior monologue voice, isn’t it?
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Trump unveils logo for Board of Peace.
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Trump unveils logo for Board of Peace.
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BOTD, 1942: Edwin Starr (d. 2003).
youtu.be/ndw9u0_nBSk?...
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EDWIN STARR - 25 MILES (CLIP FROM UPBEAT TV SHOW 1969)
YouTube video by ILMJXXX
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January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
BOTD, 1942: Edwin Starr (d. 2003).
youtu.be/ndw9u0_nBSk?...
youtu.be/ndw9u0_nBSk?...
Somebody sell this to the gibbering twat before he realises.
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Somebody sell this to the gibbering twat before he realises.
My folks outside the long demolished Dover Patrol in Blackheath - around ‘51/52 - just spotted Harry Hill lurking in the background…
January 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM
My folks outside the long demolished Dover Patrol in Blackheath - around ‘51/52 - just spotted Harry Hill lurking in the background…
Oh god - on a work meeting about data and the dreaded words ‘let’s have a bit of fun’ came up - turned out to be AI generated bossa over a miro board. Ready to sign up to be parachuted into Greenland for defence duties.
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Oh god - on a work meeting about data and the dreaded words ‘let’s have a bit of fun’ came up - turned out to be AI generated bossa over a miro board. Ready to sign up to be parachuted into Greenland for defence duties.
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Fantastic clip of Junior Walker performing Shotgun at Brixton's Ram Jam Club in 1967
youtu.be/RommnpxZEI8
youtu.be/RommnpxZEI8
Junior Walker "Shotgun" | Archive INA
YouTube video by Ina Chansons
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January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Fantastic clip of Junior Walker performing Shotgun at Brixton's Ram Jam Club in 1967
youtu.be/RommnpxZEI8
youtu.be/RommnpxZEI8