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Stephen Palmer

@stephenauthor.bsky.social

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Author of music, anthropology & genre fiction books. Musician, atheist & materialist. Likes tea, T Dream, Pink Floyd, Stranglers, Steve Reich. Considers the nature of consciousness a lot. #EmbraceTheRandom

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 21h

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.

Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Any thoughts on this? Seems a tad light to my ears. Not bad, though.
Maybe a rushed release.
#Richardashcroft.

Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

❤️

NEW 📀 Ride My See Saw - Moody Blues {Stereo} 1968

YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Is it good? Didn't much care for Prism.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 4d

Janet Golder Kngwarreye, Anmatyerre, Indigenous Australian (1973- ), Women's Dreaming, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 130 cm

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.

Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.

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Tracy G @tgcharton.bsky.social · 5d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

1979

Number 12. The Jam - Eton Rifles.

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The Jam - The Eton Rifles

YouTube video by TheJamVEVO

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 4d

From way back...

Ethereal Breeze, by Mooch

from the album Bottom Of The Barrel

mooch2.bandcamp.com

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 12d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 13d

Really pleased with this review by the crime author Nick Guthrie.
#punk
#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead

A History of Punk: Punk & Pistolry by Stephen Palmer

Book review

substack.com

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Those were the days!

Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 15d

My punk '76/'77 top twenty, #1. One of the most important songs ever released in Britain.
#punk
#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead
#Sexpistols

The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen - 1/14/1978 - Winterland (Official)

YouTube video by Sex Pistols on MV

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 17d

My punk '76/'77 top twenty, #2. The Stranglers, 5 Minutes. This was the track that burst out of my parents' radio in 1977 and transformed my music listening. Still fantastic. Still feels the same.
#punk
#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead
#Thestranglers

THE STRANGLERS - 5 MINUTES

YouTube video by Paul Hodge

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 18d

My punk '76/'77 top twenty, #3. The Damned! First single marketed as punk in Britain. Still a classic.
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#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead

The Damned - New Rose (Official HD video)

YouTube video by UnionSquareMusic

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 19d

My '76/'77 punk top twenty, #4. The ur-song of the whole movement...
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#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead

Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the Uk - 1976 - Live

YouTube video by machinegunkelly111

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 21d

Spirit of 1976 - a punk review from Mark Hayes.

The spirit of 76

This book is a window on an era, a moment in musical history, a moment of social change and upheaval. The beginning of the end of post war establishment Britain. Punk had arrived…

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Autumnal Equinox, everyone. This Mooch track from 2010 is a firm fan favourite...
#prog
#progressiverock
#progrock
#psychedelia
#psychedelicrock

Autumnal Equinox, by Mooch

from the album The Pagan Year

mooch2.bandcamp.com

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 21d

My punk '76/'77 top twenty, #5. White Riot. Anti-racism, though Joe had to explain why to those who didn't get it...
#punk
#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead

The Clash - White Riot (Live)

YouTube video by theclashVEVO

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 22d

My '76/'77 punk top twenty, #6. A classic tune from Buzzcocks. ❤️
#punk
#punks
#punkrock
#punkrockhistory
#punkrockmusic
#streetpunk
#punksnotdead

Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video)

YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.

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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · 23d

Out next week - a new back catalogue release from my band Mooch. Ambient, floaty world electronic music. Let me know if you want a copy. #Ambient #Electronica