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Mark E-ish

@truthinthegroove.bsky.social

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Northern. Anti-fascist. Still laughing, just not sure why. Here for Political Snark and Post Punk fury mostly.

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Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 16h

So the enemy is now anyone with a bookshelf.
Blames education, fears punctuation.
Wants Britain thick, loud and grateful.

The Left-Overs @left-overs1971.bsky.social · 16h

He needs an “enemy within” to keep his narrative moving.
Migrants done. Elites done.
Now Farage blames teachers .
Middle,class, unionised, and guilty of knowing things.
Nothing frightens a wannabe,demagogue like literacy.
He's importing Christian right, bollocks.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Funny, innit.
Two ex-footballers say something half decent about people and the right wing panic
Lineker talks refugees, Neville talks decency, and suddenly it’s war on “woke pundits.”
They’re terrified of anyone with a platform who can string a sentence together without blaming immigrants.

KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder to all the ‘we put Britain first’ flag raisers who are targeting
@gneville2
- he housed NHS workers for free in his hotels during the pandemic. That’s far more patriotic than hanging a coloured rag from a lamppost.

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Buzzcocks.
Boredom (1977).
Still sharper than most of what passes for rebellion.
Two chords, one truth,
the future got boring faster than they did.

Buzzcocks - Boredom (1977 Spiral Scratch version)

YouTube video by Soraj Music

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Bowie .
Moonage Daydream (live, ’73).
Whole stage looks like it’s running on ego and eyeliner.
Mad, messy, brilliant.
Like Britain before the hangover.

David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973) [4K Upgrade]

YouTube video by David Bowie

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

They ask why Thatcher still looms.
Because we never scraped her off our shoes.
Every lot since just polished the stain and called it progress.

BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 1d

Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"

It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Desmond wants £1.3 billion for losing.
Fuckers made a fortune floggin’ misery,
now havin’ a sulk in Saudi.
Built his empire on tits and telly,
still reckon’s he’s the victim.
We’re all skint,
but the bastards want tipping.

Richard Desmond asks for ‘generosity’ in £1.3bn National Lottery claim

Payout likely to be funded by taxpayers if media mogul wins case against gambling regulator

www.theguardian.com

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Parallel universe?
Nah, Same one, just the lights flickering
They’ll cheer a car crash if it’s waving a flag.
Badenoch talks bollocks in full HD
and they call it vision.

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Water bills up again.
Raw sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom.
We’re paying extra to swim in our own mistakes.

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

www.theguardian.com

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Turdsday it is.
The nation’s true religion.
Admin, banking, and family diplomacy.
Every flag’s a warning sign.
Hanging there like the laundry of decline.

Untidy Music @untidymusic.com · 1d

Calling today Turdsday because I have admin, banking and family shite to do.

At least one these will involve having to travel through areas where raggedy flags hang like forgotten wanker capes.

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

The Police.
Synchronicity II (1983).
Middle management apocalypse set to a hi hat.
Office stress, suburban despair,
and Sting shouting like he’s late for enlightenment.
Still bangs, still bleak.

The Police - Synchronicity II (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 1d

Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (1981).
Drama in eyeliner form.
Two blokes making heartbreak sound like a cabaret exit.
Still hurts, still perfect.

Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

YouTube video by SoftCellVEVO

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Buzzcocks “Harmony in My Head. 1979”
Sounds like a mind in discord,
singing back at itself.
Let the noise sharpen your hearing.

Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head (1979) (Stereo)

YouTube video by Strawberries_Ban_Again

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Cocteau Twins.
Heaven or Las Vegas.
Sounds like angels on helium arguing in a lift.
Dream-pop for people who can’t face daylight.
Still glorious, still baffling.

Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (Official Video)

YouTube video by Cocteau Twins

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Bauhaus doing Bowie, 1982.
Shot under Camden Lock , tunnels, feedback, eyeliner.
Ziggy through a hangover,
all grandeur, no gloss.
They didn’t cover him, they exhumed him.

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust HD

YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Re my previous post,
yeah, that chair.
The Maxell ad.
If you know, you know.
Everyone else?
That’s what goths did before ring lights.

Maxell Tape featuring Peter Murphy

YouTube video by Neon Electric

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Murphy.
Cuts You Up.
Beautiful melodrama from a man
who made a career out of sitting in a leather chair.
Still, it bleeds better than most.

Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up (full version video)

YouTube video by Wes Wallace

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Kate Bush, Army Dreamers.
Pretty tune about dead kids.

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Bronski Beat said more truth in falsetto
than most manage sober.

Joe Strummer (the living one) @stroejummer.bsky.social · 11d

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Late Night Music Break

Bronski Beat's debut album, The Age Of Consent was released in 1984. Jimmy Somerville owns the most amazing falsetto.

As their only top 100 song, it got a lot of play in the dance clubs in Boston at the time. Great album, but not for the narrow-minded.

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Official Video)

YouTube video by London Records

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

They’re on about keeping pubs open later.
Can’t see the point.
The 80s and 90s crowd are ready for bed by ten,
necks creaking, feet done in.
The young ones don’t even drink ,
they just film the pint and go home.
Different century, same bad ideas.

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

www.theguardian.com

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

World’s gone daft and half burnt.
Everyone’s arguing with the weather.
Anyway, here’s Hüsker Dü.
Louder than reason,
shorter than hope.

Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If you are Lonely

YouTube video by jat13

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer says Jenrick’s not serious.
He’s serious about one thing, the till.
They’ve done the maths racism pays.
If not that, it’s just racism.
Either way, the bill lands on us.

Starmer says Jenrick is ‘hard to take seriously’ after Birmingham comments

PM says Jenrick is ‘still running his leadership campaign’ after he complained about ‘not seeing another white face’

www.theguardian.com

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Stiff Little Fingers “Bits of Kids.”
Still rattles like a bin in a gale.
A song about growing up angry
and staying there.
Same riff, different decade.
The country never did tidy its room.

Bits of Kids (2002 Remaster)

YouTube video by Stiff Little Fingers - Topic

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Britain’s flirting with the far right again.
Waving flags for people who’d sell the poles.
Thinks it’s rebellion.
It’s just goose ,stepping with better branding.

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Leatherface. “Baked Potato.”
Sounds like someone wired guilt to a generator.
Three chords, one grudge.
Heartbreak in work boots.
Proper music no filter, no feelings, just fumes.

Leatherface - Baked Potato

YouTube video by Spiderhead1000

Mark E-ish @truthinthegroove.bsky.social · 2d

Julian Cope “Safesurfer.”
Wired, weird, and glorious.
Idiot son of Donkey Kong.
You wouldn’t trust him with a plug,
but you’d still listen.

Julian Cope - Safesurfer

YouTube video by Revolutionary Spirit