Paul McDowell
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Was drummer in ‘Cease To Exist’😉 Used to do #justice stuff. Actually did see #JoyDivision. Enjoying life on the farm in Devon #LutonTown #Glasto
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I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.
July 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.
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Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released 'Murder Ballads' 29 years ago on February 5, 1996 | Visit https://album.ink/NickCavePoll to listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released 'Murder Ballads' 29 years ago on February 5, 1996 | Visit https://album.ink/NickCavePoll to listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll
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#5albums70s2 @dark_shark Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975) A change in Eno's direction that sent him sailing in a direction away from the rocky coast and into deep uncharted waters. In the ambient pieces, you can hear pre-echoes of Low and Bush Of Ghosts. #NowPlaying
January 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#5albums70s2 @dark_shark Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975) A change in Eno's direction that sent him sailing in a direction away from the rocky coast and into deep uncharted waters. In the ambient pieces, you can hear pre-echoes of Low and Bush Of Ghosts. #NowPlaying
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#5albums70s1 @thepattismith_fans Horses (1975) Wild and beautifully primitive. They seem unique and free. One foot in 60s garage and beat poetry and another stepping forward into the New Wave. A watershed 40 minutes. Best track - Free Money #Watusi #NowPlaying
January 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#5albums70s1 @thepattismith_fans Horses (1975) Wild and beautifully primitive. They seem unique and free. One foot in 60s garage and beat poetry and another stepping forward into the New Wave. A watershed 40 minutes. Best track - Free Money #Watusi #NowPlaying
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It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
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January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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This terribly humiliating Farage business reminds me of that ancient proverb, “He who shall insert himself too deeply into the colon of another egomaniac for self-advancement must risk being shat out at very short notice”.
January 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This terribly humiliating Farage business reminds me of that ancient proverb, “He who shall insert himself too deeply into the colon of another egomaniac for self-advancement must risk being shat out at very short notice”.
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Here's Farage on #LauraKuenssberg calling Musk "a hero" whose endorsement made his party "look cool."
Less than 3 hours later, Musk said he should be replaced.
Less than 3 hours later, Musk said he should be replaced.
January 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here's Farage on #LauraKuenssberg calling Musk "a hero" whose endorsement made his party "look cool."
Less than 3 hours later, Musk said he should be replaced.
Less than 3 hours later, Musk said he should be replaced.
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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It’s five years since Robbie Keane’s little lad decided to bin off mascot duty… and grab the glory instead.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
January 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It’s five years since Robbie Keane’s little lad decided to bin off mascot duty… and grab the glory instead.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
The La's - There She Goes on Letterman (LIVE TV)
YouTube video by Music Stories
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November 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Have always loved all things #DavidByrne and #talkingheads So this is yet another treat
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Choir! Choir! Choir!/David Byrne sings David Bowie "Heroes" in NYC!
YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir!
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November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Have always loved all things #DavidByrne and #talkingheads So this is yet another treat
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7HJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7HJ...
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I love the music of QOTSA 🎸 I’ve been lucky enough to see them live three times. Enjoy this amazing performance of ‘No One Knows’ from Glastonbury 2023! 🔈
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Glastonbury 2023)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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November 27, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I love the music of QOTSA 🎸 I’ve been lucky enough to see them live three times. Enjoy this amazing performance of ‘No One Knows’ from Glastonbury 2023! 🔈
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“One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election”
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November 23, 2024 at 7:23 AM
“One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election”
@aoc.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
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The Browns survive the elements to upset the Steelers in an AFC North showdown 🌨️
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November 22, 2024 at 4:20 AM
The Browns survive the elements to upset the Steelers in an AFC North showdown 🌨️
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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Tom Petty’s debut solo album 'Full Moon Fever' (1989) celebrated its 35th anniversary earlier this year | Read our tribute by Steven Ovadia + listen to the album here:
Tom Petty’s Debut Solo Album ‘Full Moon Fever’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
‘Full Moon Fever’ suggests that Petty may have been ready for a new band, if only for an album or so, and the solo record presented the opportunity to explore a Heartbreaker-less life.
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November 23, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Tom Petty’s debut solo album 'Full Moon Fever' (1989) celebrated its 35th anniversary earlier this year | Read our tribute by Steven Ovadia + listen to the album here:
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Is Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ (1990) one of YOUR all-time favorite albums? | Discover why Albumism’s @justinchadwick.bsky.social includes it among his 25 favorite albums + explore all of our writers’ favorites here: https://album.ink/JChadwick25
November 23, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Is Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ (1990) one of YOUR all-time favorite albums? | Discover why Albumism’s @justinchadwick.bsky.social includes it among his 25 favorite albums + explore all of our writers’ favorites here: https://album.ink/JChadwick25
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23 November 1965:
The Beatles film promotional clips for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket To Ride, and I Feel Fine.
Watch them here:
www.beatlesbible.com/1965/11/23/p...
The Beatles film promotional clips for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket To Ride, and I Feel Fine.
Watch them here:
www.beatlesbible.com/1965/11/23/p...
Filming: promos for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket To Ride, I Feel Fine
The Beatles returned to Twickenham Film Studios on this day to film promotional videos for their forthcoming single 'We Can Work It Out'/'Day Tripper', as well as older songs 'Help!', 'Ticket To Ride'...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM
23 November 1965:
The Beatles film promotional clips for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket To Ride, and I Feel Fine.
Watch them here:
www.beatlesbible.com/1965/11/23/p...
The Beatles film promotional clips for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket To Ride, and I Feel Fine.
Watch them here:
www.beatlesbible.com/1965/11/23/p...
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RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of US drinking water. Here's how and why it's there, in 3 charts: cnn.it/3CGlONf
3 charts that help explain why there’s fluoride in drinking water | CNN
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services secretary and while we don’t know what the policies will be, one thing Kennedy has signaled he would look...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM
RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of US drinking water. Here's how and why it's there, in 3 charts: cnn.it/3CGlONf
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Happy 25th Anniversary to Beck's seventh studio album 'Midnite Vultures' originally released November 23, 1999 | Visit https://album.ink/BeckPoll to discover where it ranks in our readers' poll
November 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Happy 25th Anniversary to Beck's seventh studio album 'Midnite Vultures' originally released November 23, 1999 | Visit https://album.ink/BeckPoll to discover where it ranks in our readers' poll
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Imagine the shock for the Daily Express when it finds out that almost all of the aid grants that make up the £500m total quoted were given by Conservative governments
November 23, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Imagine the shock for the Daily Express when it finds out that almost all of the aid grants that make up the £500m total quoted were given by Conservative governments
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Father John Misty's new album 'Mahashmashana' is in stores now and it's wonderful | LISTEN to the album via album.ink/Mahashmashana + add it to your collection
Listen to Father John Misty's New Album 'Mahashmashana'
Add Father John Misty's new album 'Mahashmashana’ to your record collection now.
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November 23, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Father John Misty's new album 'Mahashmashana' is in stores now and it's wonderful | LISTEN to the album via album.ink/Mahashmashana + add it to your collection
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Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.