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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 10h

Exciting news that Friends Again are reforming to play the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow in January. Here they are on Switch in 1983
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Friends Again 1983 04 08 Live 3 tracks @ Switch

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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 22h

To mark his 85th birthday:
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Cliff RICHARD: Love Songs

(#248: 11 July 1981, 5 weeks) Track listing: Miss You Nights/Constantly/Up In The World/Carrie/A Voice In The Wilderness/The Twelfth Of ...

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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 23h

D'Angelo made some of the greatest music of the nineties and of the 21st century, while you were all too busy swooning over Britpop and emo hunks to pay it or him any proper attention. R.I.P.

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 21h

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 23h

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 20h

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 1d

Three albums in 30 years, each creating its discrete aural terrarium. I still love BROWN SUGAR best b/c of its sweetness, but what I admired about D'Angelo is how he made me work to cultivate the admiration. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/d...

Done worked a groove: the best of D’Angelo

When Michael Eugene Archer emerged in 1996, he sounded like a gleaming throwback: a little Donnie Hathaway here, two tablespoons of Smokey there. No gentility, though: his ethos absorbed Redman and…

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD GOD. RIP BIG MAN

si oppington (fat general, antifa 3rd battalion) @stillwellgray.ca · 1d

Fuuuuuuuuuuck

D'Angelo, Soul's Modern Visionary, Dead at 51

D'Angelo, the soul and R&B great whose three albums — 'Brown Sugar,' 'Voodoo,' and 'Black Messiah' — are all revered as modern classics, has died.

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 1d

I must be the only person looking forward to the new Dry Cleaning and the new Hilary Duff, whenever that happens...

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Jamie Woon, Say She She, SPRINTS and hopefully soon Quad90 in the house. Took the other cd to the charity shop, the new uh *popular* one, just as I took Wolf Alice there...

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 1d

There are some movies where there's so much in them you have to see them again, for whatever reason...

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

This is an incredible thread, and if you live in Newcastle and want to hear more about it, next Tuesday evening at the Hancock, and book your place immediately (I can give you a discount code to get it free), I might not have to cancel it for lack of uptake www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 1d

losing my mind at that shark

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 1d

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, if they snore that loudly then I think it is a medical issue - if they are nice then they should know (if they don't) for their own good, not to mention yours. I hope your back is better!

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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody has ever satisfactorily figured out exactly what these lyrics mean - this old ILM thread made a valiant attempt:
www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSe...

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 2d

This may be of some help? www.ageuk.org.uk/information-...

Neighbour disputes: noise, anti-social behaviour, planning & boundary issues | Age UK

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 2d

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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 10d

Down five to #31, having peaked at #23, Alex Chilton and the Box Tops with "Soul Deep":
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The Box Tops Soul Deep

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Lena Friesen @agincourtgirl.bsky.social · 2d

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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 4d

Other Super Bowl Halftime performers:
U2: Not American citizen
Paul McCartney: Not American citizen
Rolling Stones: Not American citizens
Phil Collins: Not American citizen
Shakira: Not American citizen
Rihanna: Not American citizen
Sting: Not American citizen

Bad Bunny: Actual American citizen

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 4d

#Epstein

Deb Farmer @thewarriorwoman.bsky.social · 5d

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Linus yelling “If your presidency can be destroyed by releasing the Epstein files, it deserves to be destroyed by the Epstein files.”

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 3d

The mumbles, hesitations, nose scratches, nervous laughter that Brando, Clift, et. al. introduced to acting — Diane Keaton incorporated them into a range of performances. She was a superb dramatic actor (SHOOT THE MOON) and a dizzy comedian. RIP. wp.me/pzXeC-e5Y

On Diane Keaton (now RIP)

La-dee-da, la-la. Few actresses have based a performance, let alone an early career, on the melodic and rhythmic possibilities of this aside, uttered by Diane Keaton in Annie Hall when she needs sp…

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