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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1h

"Rattle and Hum" by U2 released the same day denied them their UK number one album.

Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1h

What we did on our holidays. Neil and Chris have been travelling, clubbing and hanging around with a bloke from the Buggles. This is their postcard.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 9h

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 9h

🟦 CLEAN FEED | It's being reported in the press tonight that MTV is planning to close all but one of its linear channels in the UK.

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and Live HD will close on 31st December.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 10h

Shrewsbury, you're doing the country proud. #bbcqt

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12h

#BBCQT

Always bring the receipts.

Happy birthday to my friend and colleague Nigel Farage aka Mr Brexit.

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Paul Burley @paulburley.bsky.social · 12h

And that’s how they made Paloma Faith. #TheTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 17h

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Sooty and co, of Sooty & Co, enter a local talent night MC'd by a depressive Jim Bowen. Back at the shop Scampi shows off his unexpected saxophone skills.

Sooty & Co. - 03x06: Talent Night (1995)

Once word about a talent show breaks, Sweep seems awfully eager to enter, and insists on his talent resulting in... telling the gooseberry joke. ©ITV

www.youtube.com

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 18h

"Stardust" is the only Menswear record I feel is really good, albeit a little too generic Britpop. And the only one I bought at the time.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 19h

The Guardian there, having checked which way the wind is blowing.
Just a couple of days after printing the excuse for an article by Omid Djalili.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputation, jail for satirists … these are the human rights abuses fuelling the fury now being directed at the likes of Louis CK and Dave Chappelle. How have they reacted?

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 19h

The middle guy's face seems recede more and more into his head the longer I look at his pic.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

Owen Jones and his "cat's bum" face there.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

Isn't great. Not a good reputation. Ho ho ho.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

Yep. This.
Makes you wish they'd had the same amount of control over Dusty's album.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

Mark Heap cosplay?

a man in a suit and tie is saying shalom ! shalom ! while a woman stands behind him .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying shalom ! shalom ! while a woman stands behind him .

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing to see here, just Trump going for his second “yearly” checkup this year.

Anyone ready to admit that something is wrong with POTUS yet?

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

And may I say what a grand job you've done. Tons of info I didn't know.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, I'll give it seven then. Releasing "Don't Drop Bombs" as the second single was a bad move IMHO and killed momentum. 10 out of 10 for aesthetic reasons though - the Farrow packaging and design through the releases was SO Pet Shop Boys.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1d

When "Results" is good, it's very good. "Losing My Mind", "Twist In My Sobriety", "Rent", "Tonight Is Forever", "Love Pains"... all the covers are brilliant. The original Tennant/Lowe compositions less so, with only "So Sorry I Said" shining, rescued by Liza's best stage spotlight solo vocal. 6/10

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1d

This album is majestic. I bought it solely based on the reputation of The Blue Nile's debut, even though I didn't own it. Worryingly adult to be lapping this up at age 20, but I think this helped set me up for my musical tastes to this day. You can't listen to The Stone Roses & Madonna all the time.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing the Erasure trend of "decent first single" followed by "disappointing parent album". Nothing wrong with "Freedom" but it's not got any spark. But it positively shines like a beacon compared to the rest of "Loveboat", which sank. You see what I did there? This stuff writes itself.

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1d

The one nobody likes apart from me, it seemed. I thought "Head On" should have been a top 20 smash, so I was clearly out of step with their fanbase, never mind the general public.

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