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Monkey
@monkeypicks.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Hallelujah comrades! MONKEY’S WANDERING WIRELESS SHOW new episode, The Church of Fuzz and Soul, is out now! An hour’s service of the most righteous global grooves from yesteryear and today. Rest assured, there will be no collection, this one’s on the house. 🙏🏽🐵🚶🏻♂️📻🎭 www.mixcloud.com/markraison12...
À bout de souffle/Breathless (1960). Can’t been a day - 65 years and counting - when Jean Seberg’s Patricia wouldn’t have been the most effortlessly coolest looking cat on the block. Could drop her in any decade.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
À bout de souffle/Breathless (1960). Can’t been a day - 65 years and counting - when Jean Seberg’s Patricia wouldn’t have been the most effortlessly coolest looking cat on the block. Could drop her in any decade.
Seberg (2019). Not a great film but if not aware of Jean Seberg’s support of the Black Panther Party and how she was persecuted by the FBI, it’s worth a watch. Kristen Stewart pretty decent.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Seberg (2019). Not a great film but if not aware of Jean Seberg’s support of the Black Panther Party and how she was persecuted by the FBI, it’s worth a watch. Kristen Stewart pretty decent.
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you’ve seen:
Curtis Mayfield
Mavis Staples
Jimmy Smith
Joe Bataan
Birdland
Curtis Mayfield
Mavis Staples
Jimmy Smith
Joe Bataan
Birdland
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen:
Public Enemy
Super Furry Animals
George Melly
Buddy Guy
Jake Thackery
Public Enemy
Super Furry Animals
George Melly
Buddy Guy
Jake Thackery
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen:
Bellowhead (lots of times)
Danny & the Champions of the World
BNL (one time supported by KT Tunstall *and* Boothby Graffoe; one time supported by Colin James Hay; and lots of other times (...)
Lizzie No (at the Gate to Southwell Festival)
Peter Tork
Bellowhead (lots of times)
Danny & the Champions of the World
BNL (one time supported by KT Tunstall *and* Boothby Graffoe; one time supported by Colin James Hay; and lots of other times (...)
Lizzie No (at the Gate to Southwell Festival)
Peter Tork
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you’ve seen:
Curtis Mayfield
Mavis Staples
Jimmy Smith
Joe Bataan
Birdland
Curtis Mayfield
Mavis Staples
Jimmy Smith
Joe Bataan
Birdland
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Psychedelic collage poster for the Acid Test, November 27, 1965 by Ken Kesey
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Psychedelic collage poster for the Acid Test, November 27, 1965 by Ken Kesey
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New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
youtu.be/jHc83VOhSqA?...
New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
Disco del día
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Disco del día
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
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1966, 'Rave' magazine
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1966, 'Rave' magazine
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Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
La Caja (2021). Mexican kid goes to collect remains of his dad and ends up with a harsh lesson about the brutality of labour in a capitalist society. Really good. Available on MUBI, mis compañeros.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
La Caja (2021). Mexican kid goes to collect remains of his dad and ends up with a harsh lesson about the brutality of labour in a capitalist society. Really good. Available on MUBI, mis compañeros.
Big up BlueSky. Thanks to a @michaeldaly64.bsky.social post, transpires @johnbaldy.bsky.social I are old school friends. Our interests grew from Spider-Man (primary school) to The Prisoners (secondary). Lovely surprise & wonderful to reconnect after all these years. Here we are, front row rascals.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Big up BlueSky. Thanks to a @michaeldaly64.bsky.social post, transpires @johnbaldy.bsky.social I are old school friends. Our interests grew from Spider-Man (primary school) to The Prisoners (secondary). Lovely surprise & wonderful to reconnect after all these years. Here we are, front row rascals.
Queen’s Park Rangers 3
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Queen’s Park Rangers 3
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
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40🎂 Psychocandy
Disco y grupo de la vida 🖤
Disco y grupo de la vida 🖤
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
40🎂 Psychocandy
Disco y grupo de la vida 🖤
Disco y grupo de la vida 🖤
Spending an inordinate amount of time compiling favourite albums of the year. So much really good stuff ain’t gonna make the cut, however much keep expanding the list.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Spending an inordinate amount of time compiling favourite albums of the year. So much really good stuff ain’t gonna make the cut, however much keep expanding the list.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Finally got to see SML at the Church Of Sound in Clapton, and they were every bit as good as hoped. Crazy to think how many great records these five musicians have been a critical part of these past three or four years.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Finally got to see SML at the Church Of Sound in Clapton, and they were every bit as good as hoped. Crazy to think how many great records these five musicians have been a critical part of these past three or four years.
Emma-Jean Thackray at Koko last nite. Big fan of her Weirdo album. “Really groovy music but depressing as fuck - that’s what I’m all about.” ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Emma-Jean Thackray at Koko last nite. Big fan of her Weirdo album. “Really groovy music but depressing as fuck - that’s what I’m all about.” ❤️
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I don't own many Sonny Stitt albums but this one is astonishing. You can hear Parker and Bechet on one hand (thank you @mariephillips.bsky.social) but also the unravelling of the form that would come with Ornette Coleman two years later. More like this please.
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don't own many Sonny Stitt albums but this one is astonishing. You can hear Parker and Bechet on one hand (thank you @mariephillips.bsky.social) but also the unravelling of the form that would come with Ornette Coleman two years later. More like this please.
Some album covers collected by Raimond Chaves displayed in Tate Modern (wonderful surprise).
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Some album covers collected by Raimond Chaves displayed in Tate Modern (wonderful surprise).
Makaya McCraven at Koko last nite. Sublime demonstration of the art of jazz improvisation as a vibrant communication method. Incredible quartet.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Makaya McCraven at Koko last nite. Sublime demonstration of the art of jazz improvisation as a vibrant communication method. Incredible quartet.
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For your #Noirvember pleasure, here are ten more international, ie, non-American, noirs that you might want to catch up with. Another past post from my Substack, it’s free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
Noirvember update: why we still need to watch more international noir
It’s Noirvember again.
andrewnette.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
For your #Noirvember pleasure, here are ten more international, ie, non-American, noirs that you might want to catch up with. Another past post from my Substack, it’s free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
Uncanny portrait of Monkey Snr in the Tate Modern. Given the fam much merriment.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Uncanny portrait of Monkey Snr in the Tate Modern. Given the fam much merriment.
Delighted for Scotland. 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Delighted for Scotland. 🏴