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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 5d

What a joy to spot International out in the wild (Southwark tube) @bobpetesarah.bsky.social @rockingbob.bsky.social 👀

Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 16d

Extremely grateful to @leftlion.bsky.social for doing this lovely piece on my chat with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social for the release of International - whatever funny thing was said in the photos, I wish I could recall... but my money is on Wiggs

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Live Q&A: Saint Etienne in conversation at Rough Trade

Saint Etienne graced Rough Trade for a Q&A about their final album, International - a release which marks the last chapter in the band's career after 35 years in the industry....

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 27d

That’s her!!

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 27d

Congrats Tom, love your writing and always laugh at your social posts 👏

P.s. my sister Claire worked on the student paper with you in York, approx 100 years ago

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 27d

Here is the resulting piece - from Leeds Student in June 2000. This was the Sound of Water tour 💛

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 27d

What an absolute dream to host the Q&A with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social at Nottingham Rough Trade this week for their new (and last 😢) album, International…

I wheeled out some of my Leeds Student questions from June 2000 - will dig out the piece I wrote back then & share in replies 👇

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 27d

@thebodyserve.bsky.social Thanks for a great post-US Open show… laughed out loud a few times & completely agree on the mixed dubs atrocity!

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 28d

Oh my!!! What a hilarious/glorious piece of kit

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 29d

I once scored a surprise Unchained Melody and filed it alongside my 25+ Common People.

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · 29d

Hello. And amazing! Let me hunt down the tiny tape…

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 8

A pure beaut, this 🧡

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Echobelly pissed all over Oasis as a live band"

A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌

www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · Sep 6

New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of

@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

www.drownedinsound.org

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 2

Amazing! 👏

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you Moseley Folk & Arts Festival & Catherine at The Heath Bookshop - what a great event …honoured to chat ‘90s once again!

Connection is a Song - get yer paperback now 💗

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Aug 28

My newest reader is Mikey the beautiful cat!

Thanks @williamleeadams.bsky.social 😺

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Aug 20

On this day 30 years ago, Blur beat Oasis and reached number one in the Battle of Britpop. I bought Country House. But there was another Britpop...

Feat. @jamesbpcook.bsky.social

foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/20/t...

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you, Nige!

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Aug 19

Found my own book in Fopp. Reduced sticker, maximum joy...

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Why I’m thrilled my book has ended up in Fopp

When I saw my book about the music of the 1990s heavily discounted in record shop Fopp, I was delighted not dissappointed. Here’s why.

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Cal Cashin @calcash.in · Aug 11

I can’t believe there was a referendum on Brexit but we didn’t get to have a referendum on whether to keep the headphone jack

Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social · Aug 11

The removal of the headphone jack was just another way of bleeding us dry through planned obsolescence. Bring forth the planet destroying meteor. ☄️

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Aug 11

Well pleased to see I am now on the bargain shelves at Fopp in central London!

Six quid for a trip to the ‘90s 🙃

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Jul 26

That was fun!! 🍹

TRE - Talk Radio Europe @tre.radio · Jul 25

On Anna Glowinski's 'Fri-Yay Cocktail' from 16.00CET, Marie (#Lootie) Leautey on 'Lootie's World Run: The Extraordinary True Story of the Fastest Woman to Have Run Around the World', and @annadoble.bsky.social 'Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the '90s'

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Iain McDermott @poprambler.bsky.social · Jul 5

Needing a 90s pop fix?

Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here!

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Jul 4

I tried very hard not to like Oasis in the mid-1990s. Then 'Live Forever' happened.

Happy Oasis day to all of you who celebrate it

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Live Forever: The ’90s in one song

I try very hard not to like Oasis in the mid-1990s, even wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of their rivals Blur, to the famous gigs in Knebworth Park. But something about Liam Gallagher’s ag…

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