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John Mulvey

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Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com

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John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 4h

Well, this is quite an issue. A CD of unheard John & Yoko. An exclusive, substantial new Springsteen interview. Prince, Miles, Lucinda Williams, Hendrix, Replacements, Brigitte Fontaine, Congos, Mavis Staples. Such good, diverse writing. Such rich design. It's a classic @mojomagazine.bsky.social 1/2

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 4h

This new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is in UK shops Tuesday 14th, but you can order one now from us: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-decembe.... Thanks more than ever to Danny, Jenny, Ian H, Simon, Wag, Del, Keith, Matt, Ian W, Chris and all the great writers for making this one happen. 2/2

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 4h

Well, this is quite an issue. A CD of unheard John & Yoko. An exclusive, substantial new Springsteen interview. Prince, Miles, Lucinda Williams, Hendrix, Replacements, Brigitte Fontaine, Congos, Mavis Staples. Such good, diverse writing. Such rich design. It's a classic @mojomagazine.bsky.social 1/2

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 5h

Lots of egregious things this govt are doing right now, and this maybe isn't the most pressing. But withdrawing funding for the IB in state schools is a petty, low-level, stealth xenophobic way of further isolating the UK from the international community and it stinks. www.change.org/p/oppose-the...

Sign the Petition

Oppose the funding cuts for IB ( international baccalaureate)

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 21h

5 goals last year, a season after no central midfielder got one.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 1d

I'm OK with it really. Kind of works.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 1d

I think it'd be more likely to be Tanaka in for Stach against West Ham. Feels like he only ever wants to risk one properly attacking winger so while Okafor is on the left, Aaronson will be on the right. Then when Okafor gets knackered after an hour and Harrison comes on, he's free to risk Gnonto.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 1d

I think there's an option to go a bit more attacking in home games against weaker teams, but we've only seen Everton in that bracket so far - when he played Tanaka over Longstaff of course.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 1d

Snakes alive

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 1d

"Supernatural, perhaps. Baloney ... perhaps not." —BELA LUGOSI,
in The Black Cat (1934)

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic writing here.

MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social · 2d

“This was an album forged in the fug of war at CBGB and Max's Kansas City, built for eternal life and transfiguration - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”

Patti Smith’s landmark debut Horses celebrates half a century with an expanded anniversary edition. MOJO’s David Fricke revisits its raging, renewing magic...

Patti Smith Horses Review: An eternal masterpiece

Punk poet’s landmark 1975 debut celebrates half a century with an expanded anniversary edition. Read MOJO's review and the track listing in full.

www.mojo4music.com

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 2d

Just commissioned Steve Lamacq to write the On The Road piece.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 3d

So good. I don't check on Wet Tuna for a while and there are another half-dozen records to dig into. "Dank, dubby dark magus" pretty much nails this one.

Jeff Conklin @thetrailhead.bsky.social · 5d

The best thing you can buy today for #BandcampFriday is this new Wet Tuna joint. It’s a dank, dubby dark magus. wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/sound-...

SOUND DIMENSION: FMB, by WET TUNA

wettuna.bandcamp.com

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 4d

I can hear voices which are clearly technically good, characterful, emotionally compelling, exciting etc but which I don’t like. I used to try and avoid writing about them - there are singers I’ve barely written a word about in 35 years for precisely this reason

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 4d

Not liking certain voices for uncertain reasons has always been the hardest thing for me to deal with as a music journalist. It’s often a gut thing which is a nightmare to justify.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 5d

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 5d

I feel weird when I keep going on about a record that everyone else is going on about.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry to be a music journalist, but I really cannot stop playing this incredible record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5nf...

Geese - Getting Killed (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Geese

www.youtube.com

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 6d

And also be tough enough to take follow-up questions.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 6d

Personally preferred it when pop stars actually did substantive interviews and slagged off rivals there, rather than were a bit snide in songs. But obviously I have skin in the game.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 6d

Finally someone talking sense. Why so many people are obsessed with the season when everything dies is beyond me.

Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 6d

October and November are the shittest months aren't they?
December would be shit but for Xmas. January and February are shit but spring is just about imminent enough that you feel like you're heading in the right direction.
But these two? Nah, fuck 'em.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 9d

"Age yourself with a movie you saw in theatres as a kid"

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah but which one of them has worked with Sting?

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Nottinghamshire CCC @trentbridge.co.uk · 13d

We. Are. Champions 🏆

#Champions25

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 13d

I'm afraid I keep them for years.

John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · 13d

Possibly my MOTM on Saturday, great as Stach, Ampadu and DCL were.