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The famous guitar riff for Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" originated from a "circus melody" warm-up played by guitarist Slash during a 1986 jam session.
While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.
While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The famous guitar riff for Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" originated from a "circus melody" warm-up played by guitarist Slash during a 1986 jam session.
While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.
While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.
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Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
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The music of Sly & The Family Stone will keep us dancing to the music forever. Rest in power, Sly.
JUST IN: The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s
Sly Stone, visionary funk frontman of the Family Stone, has died at age 82
The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s
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June 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The music of Sly & The Family Stone will keep us dancing to the music forever. Rest in power, Sly.
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Why is there such a generational divide in views on sex and gender in Britain? | Susanna Rustin
Why is there such a generational divide in views on sex and gender in Britain? | Susanna Rustin
I believe the key lies in our respective life stages, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Why is there such a generational divide in views on sex and gender in Britain? | Susanna Rustin
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‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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The image of frivolous women who've been "radicalised" (because they're too spoilt, passive and stupid to have their own politics) reminds me of how men spoke of feminists when I was growing up. Also of anti-suffragette propaganda. Laughable to be so sexist then call for a focus on "real issues"
April 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The image of frivolous women who've been "radicalised" (because they're too spoilt, passive and stupid to have their own politics) reminds me of how men spoke of feminists when I was growing up. Also of anti-suffragette propaganda. Laughable to be so sexist then call for a focus on "real issues"
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Humblebrag: Akua Reindorf KC was my pupil. She has far outshone me in every way. Akua is a fab lawyer, and does great work as an EHRC Commissioner. Akua happens to be a disabled, gay, working class woman of colour who is a single mother. She's the Nemesis of the knit your own yoghurt wokerati.
April 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Humblebrag: Akua Reindorf KC was my pupil. She has far outshone me in every way. Akua is a fab lawyer, and does great work as an EHRC Commissioner. Akua happens to be a disabled, gay, working class woman of colour who is a single mother. She's the Nemesis of the knit your own yoghurt wokerati.
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20 April 1970:
McCartney, the debut solo album by Paul McCartney, is released in the USA.
"They were almost throwaways, you know? But that’s why they were included. They weren’t quite throwaways…"
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
McCartney, the debut solo album by Paul McCartney, is released in the USA.
"They were almost throwaways, you know? But that’s why they were included. They weren’t quite throwaways…"
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
McCartney
Recorded: December 1969-February 1970 Producer: Paul McCartney Released: 17 April 1970 (UK), 20 April 1970 (US) Personnel Paul McCartney: vocals, guitar, steel guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, o...
www.beatlesbible.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
20 April 1970:
McCartney, the debut solo album by Paul McCartney, is released in the USA.
"They were almost throwaways, you know? But that’s why they were included. They weren’t quite throwaways…"
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
McCartney, the debut solo album by Paul McCartney, is released in the USA.
"They were almost throwaways, you know? But that’s why they were included. They weren’t quite throwaways…"
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
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The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no.
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted | Sonia Sodha
Last week’s ruling clarified the legal safeguards of the Equality Act. However, it was a travesty that the battle needed to be fought at all
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no.
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Le Ballon Rouge, ( 1956 ). Albert Lamorisse, 🎥.
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Le Ballon Rouge, ( 1956 ). Albert Lamorisse, 🎥.
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“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”
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Many thanks to readers for pointing me to this. It confirms that the four accounts I blocked over the last two days were all disbots—disagreement bots—programmed to stiffly, politely, but somewhat unreasonably disagree with benign assertions. A foreign op is possible, yes, but also a commercial one.
Who is Creating The Non-Human Army
YouTube video by hankschannel
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Many thanks to readers for pointing me to this. It confirms that the four accounts I blocked over the last two days were all disbots—disagreement bots—programmed to stiffly, politely, but somewhat unreasonably disagree with benign assertions. A foreign op is possible, yes, but also a commercial one.
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Dusty Bluebells, a 1971 BBC documentary by Davy Hammond about children’s street songs and games in Belfast at a time when the city was being torn apart by political and sectarian violence, making the innocence of it all painfully poignant youtu.be/UdpXTFy3zlw?...
Dusty Bluebells 1971 Belfast kid's songs.
YouTube video by arfer
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Dusty Bluebells, a 1971 BBC documentary by Davy Hammond about children’s street songs and games in Belfast at a time when the city was being torn apart by political and sectarian violence, making the innocence of it all painfully poignant youtu.be/UdpXTFy3zlw?...
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Adorno: "Lies have long legs, they are ahead of their time. The conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power not only suppresses truth...but has attacked the very heart of the distinction between true and false..."
November 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Adorno: "Lies have long legs, they are ahead of their time. The conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power not only suppresses truth...but has attacked the very heart of the distinction between true and false..."
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I am reading Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx and Rowland Barber and so far it's one of the best accounts of early 20th-century New York I have ever read.
June 17, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I am reading Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx and Rowland Barber and so far it's one of the best accounts of early 20th-century New York I have ever read.
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nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
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RIP John Prescott, you filed your copy quicker than any music journalist I’ve ever met amp.theguardian.com/music/musicb...
John Prescott hears a great Rumer: 'She sang only one song but it moved me' | Rumer | The Guardian
When the former deputy PM tweeted his approval of vocalist Rumer last night, we cheekily replied asking if he fancied blogging for us. Here, he praises a singer who set him on a journey down memory la...
amp.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
RIP John Prescott, you filed your copy quicker than any music journalist I’ve ever met amp.theguardian.com/music/musicb...
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700+ journalists at Britain’s only liberal newspaper(s) believe that something has gone so profoundly wrong in their own organisation that 93% of them have voted to go on strike
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Guardian strike: Staff agree 48-hour walkout over Observer sale to Tortoise
Guardian strike vote: Staff agree 48-hour walkout in protest at proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media
pressgazette.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:15 PM
700+ journalists at Britain’s only liberal newspaper(s) believe that something has gone so profoundly wrong in their own organisation that 93% of them have voted to go on strike
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pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
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pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...