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Boring HiFi nerd question for any HiFi nerds who can help.
Technics SL1500C with red Ortophon stylus or Argon TT4 Mk2 with blue Ortophon stylus?
Yeah, I know, but if anyone can help me decide I would appreciate it x
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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“An enthralling book. We thoroughly recommend it”

New ‘Word in Your Ear’ with Peter Doggett discussing the happy/sad story of the Beach Boys

youtu.be/j9LIWABxKss
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A huge thank you to our lovely friends @resident-music.com for including four of our @newmodernbooks.bsky.social titles in their Books of the Year run down. Congrats to Debsey Wykes, Mike Joyce, Paul Vallely and Justin Currie at #2

Pick up one of Resident’s free Annuals now!

www.resident-music.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A free lunchtime gig in support of XTRMNTR filmed for - I think - Japanese TV. Kevin Shields lurking in the shadows. Mani on bass. An absolutely incendiary show. But the biggest cheer? When Mani noodled the bass intro to I Wanna Be Adored between songs
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line

Terrible news

#RIPMani
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more

Mike Joyce - The Drums is out now

www.itv.com/watch/news/t...
www.itv.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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"No, Flavor, I said pose with a massive *clock*."
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have been caning Steely Dan* non-stop for the past week but it’s OK because I’m 52

*excluding Gaucho. I’m not a complete pervert
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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‘Teenage Daydream’s with @debseyonbass.bsky.social at this year’s @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social

A big thanks to Iain McDermott for warm and sympathetic hosting
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hard agree
Don't shoot the messenger but this is their best album.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Always one of the most fun, interesting and inclusive music and publishing based weekends. Good people doing good things. So much to cram in. Don’t miss out!
Manchester! It’s time for Louder Than Words. We’ll see you there tomorrow with @debseyonbass.bsky.social and Justin Currie @delamitri.bsky.social

Hope to see you there

louderthanwordsfest.com

@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Recording, signing and chatting @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Bob Geldof and Paul Vallely in conversation with Dylan Jones celebrating the publication of LIVE AID - THE DEFINITIVE 40 YEAR STORY

9/10 @classicrockmag.bsky.social
4.5/5 Classic Pop
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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New @musicmaps.bsky.social podcast up now
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
‘Life is Beautiful’ the new album by @thedears.bsky.social is wonderful. Their best since ‘No Cities Left’
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I interviewed a Smith! About the band's rapid ascent (their hairdresser's sister was their audience in Feb 83; they sold out the Hacienda, and then some, in Nov), Sinead, Suede, his favourite Smiths cover, and the last time he saw Morrissey – in the last decade. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
The Smiths’ Mike Joyce: ‘I’m not on Morrissey’s Christmas card list’
The former bandmate of Morrissey and Johnny Marr has released his own memoir, ‘The Drums’, about the group’s giddy five-year lifespan. He speaks with Jude Rogers about the good times they had and thei...
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mike’s book will remind you why you fell in love with The Smiths in the first place
“(Joyce) revisits key moments with a fresh perspective balancing humour and vulnerability while capturing the emotional core of his years with the band”
@louderthanwar.bsky.social

‘Mike Joyce - The Drums’ is out now
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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An @the-independent.com Book of the Month

“Music fans will find much of interest in Paul Vallely’s detailed and potent account”

‘Live Aid: The Definitive 40 Year Story’ is OUT NOW
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Not only can we now say Peter has written one of the great books on The Beatles, he has also written THE great book on the Beach Boys
“Poignant, tasteful and compassionate”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@shindigmagazine.bsky.social

‘Surf’s Up: Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ by Peter Doggett is out now
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thanks to @iainkey.bsky.social for this lovely review and absolutely nails what Mike wanted to achieve with the book
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ending the year with a flourish. Three fantastic books spanning seven decades in popular music. To paraphrase SPM, the pleasure, the privilege has been all mine.
I hope you enjoy them x
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Mike Joyce finally tells his story, offering candid and personal reflections on being a member of The Smiths

@iainkey.bsky.social review for LTW

@johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @newmodernbooks.bsky.social @peteselby.bsky.social

louderthanwar.com/the-drums-by...
The Drums by Mike Joyce - Book Review
Mike Joyce finally tells his story, offering candid and personal reflections on being a member of The Smiths
louderthanwar.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Ahead of publication tomorrow, a lovely way to spend 40 minutes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xBf...
The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on triumph, gladioli & Morrissey when he was still ‘Steve’
YouTube video by Word In Your Ear
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Christ, I wish I’d been this righteous and articulate when *I* was 34. Or indeed 52.
Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech.

This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.

Turn the volume up.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM