Simon Philo
@profpop.bsky.social
Writer, DJ and (for the time being at least) academic .. in no particular order. I’ve got plenty of Java and Chesterfield Kings and I’m waiting for your call.
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Who’s up for another fun #musicchallenge? December’s #ArtistFave15 starts on Monday 1 December. I’m in. Are you?
#SoundtrackThis #MusicChallenge
Day 1: Cow Sign
Toyah | It’s A Mystery | 1981
“Somewhere in the distance /
Hidden from view / Suspended in the atmosphere / Waiting to come through”.
youtu.be/CrN5WpObRco?...
Day 1: Cow Sign
Toyah | It’s A Mystery | 1981
“Somewhere in the distance /
Hidden from view / Suspended in the atmosphere / Waiting to come through”.
youtu.be/CrN5WpObRco?...
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#SoundtrackThis #MusicChallenge
Day 1: Cow Sign
Toyah | It’s A Mystery | 1981
“Somewhere in the distance /
Hidden from view / Suspended in the atmosphere / Waiting to come through”.
youtu.be/CrN5WpObRco?...
Day 1: Cow Sign
Toyah | It’s A Mystery | 1981
“Somewhere in the distance /
Hidden from view / Suspended in the atmosphere / Waiting to come through”.
youtu.be/CrN5WpObRco?...
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
The Jam | But I’m Different Now | 1980
@ no.15
“Because I know I done some things / That I should never have done / But I'm different now”.
youtu.be/35438LmHx9A?...
The Jam | But I’m Different Now | 1980
@ no.15
“Because I know I done some things / That I should never have done / But I'm different now”.
youtu.be/35438LmHx9A?...
But I'm Different Now (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Jam - Topic
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
The Jam | But I’m Different Now | 1980
@ no.15
“Because I know I done some things / That I should never have done / But I'm different now”.
youtu.be/35438LmHx9A?...
The Jam | But I’m Different Now | 1980
@ no.15
“Because I know I done some things / That I should never have done / But I'm different now”.
youtu.be/35438LmHx9A?...
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For December's #MusicChallenge we've chosen some photos for everyone to pick a tune to that turns each snapshot into cinema. We invite you to #SoundtrackThis
Join @firstnamebob.bsky.social and I for the fun!
Join @firstnamebob.bsky.social and I for the fun!
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For December's #MusicChallenge we've chosen some photos for everyone to pick a tune to that turns each snapshot into cinema. We invite you to #SoundtrackThis
Join @firstnamebob.bsky.social and I for the fun!
Join @firstnamebob.bsky.social and I for the fun!
Who’s up for another fun #musicchallenge? December’s #ArtistFave15 starts on Monday 1 December. I’m in. Are you?
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Who’s up for another fun #musicchallenge? December’s #ArtistFave15 starts on Monday 1 December. I’m in. Are you?
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.1 “Only You”
Pop perfection. Gets better with age. And utterly indestructible of course. Flying Pickets, I’m looking at you.
youtu.be/iRithoXhhZI?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.1 “Only You”
Pop perfection. Gets better with age. And utterly indestructible of course. Flying Pickets, I’m looking at you.
youtu.be/iRithoXhhZI?...
Yazoo - Only you
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.1 “Only You”
Pop perfection. Gets better with age. And utterly indestructible of course. Flying Pickets, I’m looking at you.
youtu.be/iRithoXhhZI?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.1 “Only You”
Pop perfection. Gets better with age. And utterly indestructible of course. Flying Pickets, I’m looking at you.
youtu.be/iRithoXhhZI?...
#ArtistFaveLP #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.2 “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)”
Coulda, shoulda been a single. And there’s no higher praise I can think of coming from this pop kid. That’ll be yet another synth-pop banger then!
youtu.be/t-ztDcwIT84?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.2 “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)”
Coulda, shoulda been a single. And there’s no higher praise I can think of coming from this pop kid. That’ll be yet another synth-pop banger then!
youtu.be/t-ztDcwIT84?...
YAZOO - Bring Your Love Down HQ Audio Original
YouTube video by Zoran Petrovic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#ArtistFaveLP #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.2 “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)”
Coulda, shoulda been a single. And there’s no higher praise I can think of coming from this pop kid. That’ll be yet another synth-pop banger then!
youtu.be/t-ztDcwIT84?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.2 “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)”
Coulda, shoulda been a single. And there’s no higher praise I can think of coming from this pop kid. That’ll be yet another synth-pop banger then!
youtu.be/t-ztDcwIT84?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.3 “Don’t Go”
Almost as good as Just Can’t Get Enough. Which - as those of you who follow my #ArtistFave15 posts will know - is by no means intended as faint praise. Far from it. A synth-pop banger as the kids say.
youtu.be/sR-mo2yVUXs?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.3 “Don’t Go”
Almost as good as Just Can’t Get Enough. Which - as those of you who follow my #ArtistFave15 posts will know - is by no means intended as faint praise. Far from it. A synth-pop banger as the kids say.
youtu.be/sR-mo2yVUXs?...
Yazoo - Don't go
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.3 “Don’t Go”
Almost as good as Just Can’t Get Enough. Which - as those of you who follow my #ArtistFave15 posts will know - is by no means intended as faint praise. Far from it. A synth-pop banger as the kids say.
youtu.be/sR-mo2yVUXs?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.3 “Don’t Go”
Almost as good as Just Can’t Get Enough. Which - as those of you who follow my #ArtistFave15 posts will know - is by no means intended as faint praise. Far from it. A synth-pop banger as the kids say.
youtu.be/sR-mo2yVUXs?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.4 “Bad Connection”
Vince-penned synth-pop perfection. Has a touch of New Life about it. Not a bad thing.
youtu.be/gER5lcuJZl4?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.4 “Bad Connection”
Vince-penned synth-pop perfection. Has a touch of New Life about it. Not a bad thing.
youtu.be/gER5lcuJZl4?...
Yazoo - Bad connection
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.4 “Bad Connection”
Vince-penned synth-pop perfection. Has a touch of New Life about it. Not a bad thing.
youtu.be/gER5lcuJZl4?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.4 “Bad Connection”
Vince-penned synth-pop perfection. Has a touch of New Life about it. Not a bad thing.
youtu.be/gER5lcuJZl4?...
#ArtistFaveLP #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.5 “Goodbye 70s”
.. and ‘hello’ 80s.
youtu.be/XO728Z63SUc?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.5 “Goodbye 70s”
.. and ‘hello’ 80s.
youtu.be/XO728Z63SUc?...
Yazoo - Goodbye 70's
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#ArtistFaveLP #MusicChallenge #musicsky
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.5 “Goodbye 70s”
.. and ‘hello’ 80s.
youtu.be/XO728Z63SUc?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.5 “Goodbye 70s”
.. and ‘hello’ 80s.
youtu.be/XO728Z63SUc?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.6 “Midnight”
Like “Winter Kills”, a Moyet composition. But, unlike “Winter Kills”, a conscious and highly effective/affective marriage of torch song to synth-pop.
youtu.be/ti65HZb-qUo?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.6 “Midnight”
Like “Winter Kills”, a Moyet composition. But, unlike “Winter Kills”, a conscious and highly effective/affective marriage of torch song to synth-pop.
youtu.be/ti65HZb-qUo?...
Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's - 04 - Midnight (1982) (HQ)
YouTube video by k3vin
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.6 “Midnight”
Like “Winter Kills”, a Moyet composition. But, unlike “Winter Kills”, a conscious and highly effective/affective marriage of torch song to synth-pop.
youtu.be/ti65HZb-qUo?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.6 “Midnight”
Like “Winter Kills”, a Moyet composition. But, unlike “Winter Kills”, a conscious and highly effective/affective marriage of torch song to synth-pop.
youtu.be/ti65HZb-qUo?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.7 “Winter Kills”
Moody. Minimal. Mostly Moyet. Magnifique.
youtu.be/_qNAkQsHrxU?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.7 “Winter Kills”
Moody. Minimal. Mostly Moyet. Magnifique.
youtu.be/_qNAkQsHrxU?...
Yazoo - Winter kills
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.7 “Winter Kills”
Moody. Minimal. Mostly Moyet. Magnifique.
youtu.be/_qNAkQsHrxU?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.7 “Winter Kills”
Moody. Minimal. Mostly Moyet. Magnifique.
youtu.be/_qNAkQsHrxU?...
Reposted by Simon Philo
Thanks again to anyone who's continued to keep pace with this series. It's hugely appreciated.
Continuing with an assertion: We all need a musical hero. It's a universal truth...
52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 49
🖤x
lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...
Continuing with an assertion: We all need a musical hero. It's a universal truth...
52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 49
🖤x
lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thanks again to anyone who's continued to keep pace with this series. It's hugely appreciated.
Continuing with an assertion: We all need a musical hero. It's a universal truth...
52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 49
🖤x
lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...
Continuing with an assertion: We all need a musical hero. It's a universal truth...
52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 49
🖤x
lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...
Reposted by Simon Philo
In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.8 “In My Room”
Just the right side of “I Before E ..”. Although not sure in ‘82. Gets better as the years pass.
youtu.be/ozLmN19ZId8?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.8 “In My Room”
Just the right side of “I Before E ..”. Although not sure in ‘82. Gets better as the years pass.
youtu.be/ozLmN19ZId8?...
In my room - Yazoo
YouTube video by J MusicNet
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.8 “In My Room”
Just the right side of “I Before E ..”. Although not sure in ‘82. Gets better as the years pass.
youtu.be/ozLmN19ZId8?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.8 “In My Room”
Just the right side of “I Before E ..”. Although not sure in ‘82. Gets better as the years pass.
youtu.be/ozLmN19ZId8?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.9 “Too Pieces”
Lyrically twinned with “Tuesday”. Musically twinned with Speak & Spell.
youtu.be/M1UU_c0_gr0?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.9 “Too Pieces”
Lyrically twinned with “Tuesday”. Musically twinned with Speak & Spell.
youtu.be/M1UU_c0_gr0?...
Yazoo - Too pieces
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.9 “Too Pieces”
Lyrically twinned with “Tuesday”. Musically twinned with Speak & Spell.
youtu.be/M1UU_c0_gr0?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.9 “Too Pieces”
Lyrically twinned with “Tuesday”. Musically twinned with Speak & Spell.
youtu.be/M1UU_c0_gr0?...
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.10 “Tuesday”
Hmm. A sort of junior “Ballad of Lucy Jordan”. Nice vocal though.
youtu.be/Bppvu9LOv68?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.10 “Tuesday”
Hmm. A sort of junior “Ballad of Lucy Jordan”. Nice vocal though.
youtu.be/Bppvu9LOv68?...
Yazoo - Tuesday
YouTube video by Izolika68
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#ArtistFaveLP
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.10 “Tuesday”
Hmm. A sort of junior “Ballad of Lucy Jordan”. Nice vocal though.
youtu.be/Bppvu9LOv68?...
Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982
@ no.10 “Tuesday”
Hmm. A sort of junior “Ballad of Lucy Jordan”. Nice vocal though.
youtu.be/Bppvu9LOv68?...
Reposted by Simon Philo
Are you ready for the Nov round of #ArtistFaveLP? 🥳
If not … there’s still a few days to pick another fave LP & order your trax 🤩
Deets below 👇 Early posting from 5pm EST 19 Nov 📬
I’ll reveal my album in the next day or so … going to my a regular well 😜😍
💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌
If not … there’s still a few days to pick another fave LP & order your trax 🤩
Deets below 👇 Early posting from 5pm EST 19 Nov 📬
I’ll reveal my album in the next day or so … going to my a regular well 😜😍
💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Are you ready for the Nov round of #ArtistFaveLP? 🥳
If not … there’s still a few days to pick another fave LP & order your trax 🤩
Deets below 👇 Early posting from 5pm EST 19 Nov 📬
I’ll reveal my album in the next day or so … going to my a regular well 😜😍
💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌
If not … there’s still a few days to pick another fave LP & order your trax 🤩
Deets below 👇 Early posting from 5pm EST 19 Nov 📬
I’ll reveal my album in the next day or so … going to my a regular well 😜😍
💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌
Reposted by Simon Philo
The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
Reposted by Simon Philo
The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Reposted by Simon Philo
Now started the LIVE Stranger Radio Show
The Cutting Edge connect and join in the station chat room
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672260
90 mins of mainly new music plus 3 tracks from a classic album I purchased in 1983
Full show playlist below
The Cutting Edge connect and join in the station chat room
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672260
90 mins of mainly new music plus 3 tracks from a classic album I purchased in 1983
Full show playlist below
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Now started the LIVE Stranger Radio Show
The Cutting Edge connect and join in the station chat room
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672260
90 mins of mainly new music plus 3 tracks from a classic album I purchased in 1983
Full show playlist below
The Cutting Edge connect and join in the station chat room
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672260
90 mins of mainly new music plus 3 tracks from a classic album I purchased in 1983
Full show playlist below
Reposted by Simon Philo
Kicking off on Stranger Radio's The Cutting Edge with 40 mins or so playlist shuffle, could be any tune from a 7000 playlist, then at 7,30 the planned show will commence.
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672254
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672254
STRANGER RADIO | The Cutting Edge show 16 Hosted by Clive Clemens
TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE
strangerradio.mixlr.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Kicking off on Stranger Radio's The Cutting Edge with 40 mins or so playlist shuffle, could be any tune from a 7000 playlist, then at 7,30 the planned show will commence.
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672254
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672254
This month’s Record Club features an LP celebrating its 50th anniversary. Recorded ‘just down the road’ from us, 10cc’s THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK will be played in full on vinyl. Plus, if you have a favourite record from ‘75, bring it along and we’ll give it a spin.
Join us on Tuesday from 7.30pm 🎶
Join us on Tuesday from 7.30pm 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This month’s Record Club features an LP celebrating its 50th anniversary. Recorded ‘just down the road’ from us, 10cc’s THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK will be played in full on vinyl. Plus, if you have a favourite record from ‘75, bring it along and we’ll give it a spin.
Join us on Tuesday from 7.30pm 🎶
Join us on Tuesday from 7.30pm 🎶
Why not join us for #ArtistFaveLP? Fun starts on Thursday 20th.
I’m in. Are you?
@paulamt.bsky.social
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
@ellibin.bsky.social
@swatkiss.bsky.social
@clivesnr.bsky.social
@kennybrown131.bsky.social
I’m in. Are you?
@paulamt.bsky.social
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
@ellibin.bsky.social
@swatkiss.bsky.social
@clivesnr.bsky.social
@kennybrown131.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Why not join us for #ArtistFaveLP? Fun starts on Thursday 20th.
I’m in. Are you?
@paulamt.bsky.social
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
@ellibin.bsky.social
@swatkiss.bsky.social
@clivesnr.bsky.social
@kennybrown131.bsky.social
I’m in. Are you?
@paulamt.bsky.social
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
@ellibin.bsky.social
@swatkiss.bsky.social
@clivesnr.bsky.social
@kennybrown131.bsky.social
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 1982
@ no.1
“She's the one in front of me / Siren and the ecstasy ..” And 24/25/26/27. This gold has never lost its lustre.
🙏 for hosting @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social
youtu.be/vo_iotqFTLQ?...
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 1982
@ no.1
“She's the one in front of me / Siren and the ecstasy ..” And 24/25/26/27. This gold has never lost its lustre.
🙏 for hosting @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social
youtu.be/vo_iotqFTLQ?...
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 1982
@ no.1
“She's the one in front of me / Siren and the ecstasy ..” And 24/25/26/27. This gold has never lost its lustre.
🙏 for hosting @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social
youtu.be/vo_iotqFTLQ?...
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 1982
@ no.1
“She's the one in front of me / Siren and the ecstasy ..” And 24/25/26/27. This gold has never lost its lustre.
🙏 for hosting @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social
youtu.be/vo_iotqFTLQ?...