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Spending the weekend spreading myself thin on every different social media, trying to work out where I fit. Basically right now I'm everywhere I'm so etc etc
August 11, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Spending the weekend spreading myself thin on every different social media, trying to work out where I fit. Basically right now I'm everywhere I'm so etc etc
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I'm not doing very well at being on all the platforms at once! But I will at least try to post my writing here. Latest column, on the loneliness of long term illness www.newstatesman.com/back-pages/2...
Long-term illness is not a battle to be “won” – it’s a weight to carry forever
You can’t truly share in pain, or suffering; you can’t share stays in hospital, or scans, or drug treatments.
www.newstatesman.com
September 18, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I'm not doing very well at being on all the platforms at once! But I will at least try to post my writing here. Latest column, on the loneliness of long term illness www.newstatesman.com/back-pages/2...
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I spin backwards in time, to my teenage years...I picture myself in the crowd at the Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, cigarette in hand, dancing to Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the Specials, or Buzzcocks. Or I’m in Victoria Park gazing at the Clash, and X-Ray Spex. www.newstatesman.com/back-pages/2...
A street rendition of “Wonderwall” sends me to seek sanctuary in a church
Inside London's Notre Dame de France, I find beautiful murals by Jean Cocteau.
www.newstatesman.com
September 23, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I spin backwards in time, to my teenage years...I picture myself in the crowd at the Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, cigarette in hand, dancing to Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the Specials, or Buzzcocks. Or I’m in Victoria Park gazing at the Clash, and X-Ray Spex. www.newstatesman.com/back-pages/2...
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"Unlike previous over-enthusiastic fans, these men were being entitled, rude and aggressive. Asking me for something and refusing to hear the word no, they seemed a hair’s breadth from anger." I wrote about modern fan encounters, and how nasty they can be. www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
Has social media pushed fandom to a point of no return?
It used to be people would respect your personal space – now, it’s all a bit sinister.
www.newstatesman.com
October 3, 2024 at 10:18 AM
"Unlike previous over-enthusiastic fans, these men were being entitled, rude and aggressive. Asking me for something and refusing to hear the word no, they seemed a hair’s breadth from anger." I wrote about modern fan encounters, and how nasty they can be. www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
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"I want to speak up in defence of the minor talent. Most of us, after all, are minor talents. I include myself in that." I read the new book about Lawrence from Felt (Street Level Superstar) and wrote about how hardly anyone is a genius www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024...
We can’t all be geniuses
The word is overused. Most of us are minor talents.
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October 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
"I want to speak up in defence of the minor talent. Most of us, after all, are minor talents. I include myself in that." I read the new book about Lawrence from Felt (Street Level Superstar) and wrote about how hardly anyone is a genius www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024...
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"I listen to all these songs now and I think about the person I was when I wrote and recorded them...There is passion here, and a kind of romanticism, which is tempered by an awareness of the riskiness of being romantic. I can hear a complicated mix of self-revelation and self-preservation...
October 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
"I listen to all these songs now and I think about the person I was when I wrote and recorded them...There is passion here, and a kind of romanticism, which is tempered by an awareness of the riskiness of being romantic. I can hear a complicated mix of self-revelation and self-preservation...
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And what an extraordinary kind of unearned confidence it takes to write a lyric like “I’m old enough now to know there’s no such thing” at the age of 19."
October 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
And what an extraordinary kind of unearned confidence it takes to write a lyric like “I’m old enough now to know there’s no such thing” at the age of 19."
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Out today - deluxe reissue of A Distant Shore - remastered at Abbey Road and featuring previously unheard tracks, some of them my solo demos of songs which would be re-recorded by EBTG and end up on our first album Eden. cherryred.co/ADistantShor...
Tracey Thorn - A Distant Shore (Expanded Edition)
Listen to A Distant Shore (Expanded Edition) by Tracey Thorn.
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October 25, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Out today - deluxe reissue of A Distant Shore - remastered at Abbey Road and featuring previously unheard tracks, some of them my solo demos of songs which would be re-recorded by EBTG and end up on our first album Eden. cherryred.co/ADistantShor...
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"From time to time you can find me in a small club usually somewhere in east London, watching my son’s band playing a gig...I get a flicker of envy, however small the audience, however dingy the venue..nothing was ever quite as exciting as those beginnings" www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
To the young, everything is fresh and new
And I must admit: I envy them for it.
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October 30, 2024 at 5:07 PM
"From time to time you can find me in a small club usually somewhere in east London, watching my son’s band playing a gig...I get a flicker of envy, however small the audience, however dingy the venue..nothing was ever quite as exciting as those beginnings" www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
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It's all I know how to do really, in these kind of times. Carry on in spite. Make a world that's a sanctuary.
November 6, 2024 at 11:40 PM
It's all I know how to do really, in these kind of times. Carry on in spite. Make a world that's a sanctuary.
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Spent the evening getting a few drinks inside me, standing in a small basement in Dalston, watching our lad's band do another gig. Music as our only salvation. On we go lovely people, singing in the dark times etc etc ❤️
November 6, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Spent the evening getting a few drinks inside me, standing in a small basement in Dalston, watching our lad's band do another gig. Music as our only salvation. On we go lovely people, singing in the dark times etc etc ❤️
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In an attempt to wean myself off social media addiction in the last few days, I have taken up playing classical piano again, something I have not really done since my teens. Apologies to my neighbours for the bad, loud Beethoven. I am upset about the US election and this is my therapy.
November 10, 2024 at 10:34 PM
In an attempt to wean myself off social media addiction in the last few days, I have taken up playing classical piano again, something I have not really done since my teens. Apologies to my neighbours for the bad, loud Beethoven. I am upset about the US election and this is my therapy.
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This place is picking up isn't it. I'm starting to see posts that are whimsical and brief, and almost like, dare I say...almost like...tweets...
November 11, 2024 at 11:44 PM
This place is picking up isn't it. I'm starting to see posts that are whimsical and brief, and almost like, dare I say...almost like...tweets...
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Been to a gig again tonight which means I'm now home and in bed with sweaty hair, tired legs, and a stamp on my hand that'll take 4 days to wash off.
November 11, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Been to a gig again tonight which means I'm now home and in bed with sweaty hair, tired legs, and a stamp on my hand that'll take 4 days to wash off.
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"The year our twin daughters were born, we recorded Temperamental & there is no mention of babies at all. Instead I wrote about post-punk suburban violence, the decline of a pop career, & the urgency of living your life while there is still time." www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
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November 13, 2024 at 10:25 PM
"The year our twin daughters were born, we recorded Temperamental & there is no mention of babies at all. Instead I wrote about post-punk suburban violence, the decline of a pop career, & the urgency of living your life while there is still time." www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
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Saw her play at Cafe Oto earlier this week and this track especially stood out open.spotify.com/track/6ZE66j...
Go Away From My Window
Myriam Gendron · Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found · Song · 2021
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November 16, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Saw her play at Cafe Oto earlier this week and this track especially stood out open.spotify.com/track/6ZE66j...
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I'm in a hotel room in Manchester and the light is going down and my view is the moon hanging over the canal, plus a BAT flying around v close to my window. So it's all quite Goth. Yes I have closed my window thank you for suggesting.
November 14, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I'm in a hotel room in Manchester and the light is going down and my view is the moon hanging over the canal, plus a BAT flying around v close to my window. So it's all quite Goth. Yes I have closed my window thank you for suggesting.
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Getting back from an afterparty with the usual huge sense of relief and reminder of what a total introvert I basically am
November 15, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Getting back from an afterparty with the usual huge sense of relief and reminder of what a total introvert I basically am
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Have devoured season 1 of The Diplomat and I'd say I was fully up to speed with the international relations being discussed but honestly I was mostly just hanging on for her getting off with the Foreign Secretary
November 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Have devoured season 1 of The Diplomat and I'd say I was fully up to speed with the international relations being discussed but honestly I was mostly just hanging on for her getting off with the Foreign Secretary
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Ideally to be written by Martin Amis but we can’t have everything
November 18, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Ideally to be written by Martin Amis but we can’t have everything
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Starter Pack idea: people who are already at Genius level today on Spelling Bee
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Starter Pack idea: people who are already at Genius level today on Spelling Bee
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Would read a novel about a writer who gets included in a Starter Pack with a load of other writers he considers inferior.
November 18, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Would read a novel about a writer who gets included in a Starter Pack with a load of other writers he considers inferior.
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Yes to all those things
#NowPlaying
#NowSpinning
Brings back Hull Uni memories of the mid 80s
Greatcoats, backcombing, brothel creepers, massive damp flats, Adelphi Club.
🎶🎵😎 @traceythorn.bsky.social
#NowSpinning
Brings back Hull Uni memories of the mid 80s
Greatcoats, backcombing, brothel creepers, massive damp flats, Adelphi Club.
🎶🎵😎 @traceythorn.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Yes to all those things
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I walk past his grave every morning and oh my
❤️
November 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
I walk past his grave every morning and oh my