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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Against The Grain: What’s wrong with hauntology?

In The Wire 501, @robinjames.bsky.social argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

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Against The Grain: What’s wrong with hauntology? - The Wire

In The Wire 501, Robin James argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuri...

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MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 3d

While I’m in a motorway services somewhere between Manchester and Southampton you could be listening to MORE REALISTIC GOALS on Reform Radio - it’s on now.

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 3d

MOR Noire

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 3d

Don't fucking smirk

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 3d

MJ: shimmering Disco nightmares and Vincent Price narrative epilogue from the mind of Cleethorpes' Rod Temperton

Bucks Fizz: shimmering Disco daydreams and a child's narrative take-down of the British Conservatism which destroyed places like Cleethorpes in the 1980's

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 3d

Aqua's "Barbie Girl" is a bizarro mutation of Real McCoy's "Another Night" - both feature gravel-voiced rapguys, both blast out of deepest Mitteleuropa Discoland, both completely bang.

Similar to how "Land of Make Believe" is Bucks Fizz opening an alternate reality wormhole to MJ's "Thriller".

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MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 4d

Life gets in the way. So we bring an interlude of sorts - a show to soundtrack the roof car park at The Trafford Centre.

I just made that up, its not true.

The Trafford Centre bit.

But you can listen to this Sunday at 6 on Reform Radio.

reformradio.co.uk

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MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight at 6 x

MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 4d

Life gets in the way. So we bring an interlude of sorts - a show to soundtrack the roof car park at The Trafford Centre.

I just made that up, its not true.

The Trafford Centre bit.

But you can listen to this Sunday at 6 on Reform Radio.

reformradio.co.uk

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of wankers in this KR team aren't there. Fair play, best team of the year, but massive wanker energy.

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 10d

Shitshow

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 10d

Drink your Victory Gin and shut the fuck up

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 10d

When a band makes a complex, multi-sectioned pop song, it ends up being their "Bohemian Rhapsody". SFA only really make Bohemian Rhapsodies: "Receptacle For The Respectable", "Arnofio/Glo In The Dark" and this colossal bastard -

Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair

YouTube video by SFAVEVO

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 12d

Apologies, somehow only just seen this. #HardAgree

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 12d

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Gruff Rhys @gruffrhys.bsky.social · 15d

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Super Furry Animals

Super Furry Animals - Sign Up

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 18d

Mood x

Abide With Me (Eventide)

YouTube video by Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Topic

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 20d

INNIITTT

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Spenny @spennyt.bsky.social · 20d

This is ace

Bleep @bleep.com · 20d

Wevie Stonder returned to Skam with their first album in 16 years, and such an occasion requires further celebration. This mix for Bleep unravels all of the wildly eclectic sounds and styles that have powered over two decades of iconoclasm.

Listen Now: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-309-wevie-stonder

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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 20d

Unlimited Editions: Collapsing Drums

To accompany his report on Collapsing Drums in The Wire 500, Spenser Tomson explores a playlist of releases from the pandemic-born label

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...