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Liam McNulty

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London-based author of 'James Connolly: Socialist, Nationalist and Internationalist' (Merlin Press, 2022). PCS trade union rep. Music and vinyl records. https://www.centralbooks.com/james-connolly-socialist-nationalist-and-internationalist.html

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 20h

#Nowspinning A Parcel of Rogues by the Dubliners

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 1d

#Nowspinning XO by Elliott Smith

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 5d

Not intentionally choosing white records this evening (!) but #nowspinning Hospice by the Antlers

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 5d

#Nowspinning Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 7d

#Nowspinning Sunshine on Leith by the Proclaimers

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 14d

If I didn't have the house to myself anyway this afternoon, I suspect I would definitely have now.

Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 14d

#Nowspinning The Marble Index by Nico

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 21d

#Nowspinning #1 Record by Big Star

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 25d

#Nowspinning Crazy Rhythms by the Feelies (1980)

UK original pressing

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 25d

In a break from the relentless vinyl content, I passed Christ Church Southgate today and wandered in to see the Pre-Raphaelite stained glass windows.

Here is St. Matthew, designed by none other than William Morris himself - and widely thought to be a self-portrait.

Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 25d

V interesting. I did my final year undergraduate dissertation on Vanguard and never did fully get my head around that volte face!

Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · 29d

#Nowspinning Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 26

#Nowspinning Treasure by Cocteau Twins

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 23

#Nowspinning Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 16

#Nowspinning Smile by the Beach Boys

The 2011 double LP release, assembled from the original tapes in the structure of Brian's 2004 version. The long-lost masterpiece finally out in the world after 44 years.

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 13

#Nowspinning Music from Big Pink by the Band

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 11

#Nowspinning If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle and Sebastian

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Nowspinning A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 5

#Nowspinning Tigermilk by Belle and Sebastian

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Sep 1

#Nowspinning The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Nowspinning The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by the Incredible String Band

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 30

#nowplaying Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Always been my favourite of theirs.

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 17

Above all, in eschewing the layered Flaubtertian realism of Joyce in favour of a bleak Beckettian minimalism, Peppa Goes to Ireland uses narrative not to further any naive semblance of 'plot' but to explore epistemological questions and the very notion of "Irish-ness" itself. Highly recommended.

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 17

In a crucial plot twist, the players at the Irish dancing festival forget their musical instruments. Mummy Pig saves the day by producing some ersatz replacements from the souvenir shop. Profound questions are raised about the authenticity of folk traditions in the context of mass communication.

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Liam McNulty @liammcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 17

Indeed, the complete absence of any Irish characters - Peppa only encounters people she already knows from playgroup, who are inexplicably in rural Ireland too is a reflection of Ireland's colonial past which, at the same time, problematises the concept of diaspora in Irish identity.

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