Craig Austin
@thecraigaustin.bsky.social
Concrete kid
Soul-boy of the western world
Living fast because it’s too late to die young
Soul-boy of the western world
Living fast because it’s too late to die young
Remembering Malcolm McLaren’s genius turn on ‘The Baron’, one of television’s finest moments. The disparaging cockney voice you can hear at 00:15 is Mike Read’s. youtu.be/ovI-aMzOK14
Malcolm McLaren, the Baron, 2007
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November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Remembering Malcolm McLaren’s genius turn on ‘The Baron’, one of television’s finest moments. The disparaging cockney voice you can hear at 00:15 is Mike Read’s. youtu.be/ovI-aMzOK14
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Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
Bought a record from a pop star at the Groovy Fayre on Saturday. Lawrence’s cheery ‘See you in prison, boys!!’ line reminded me of that time Lionel Blair bumped into The Clash in Glasgow.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Bought a record from a pop star at the Groovy Fayre on Saturday. Lawrence’s cheery ‘See you in prison, boys!!’ line reminded me of that time Lionel Blair bumped into The Clash in Glasgow.
Lorraine Kelly choosing Grace Jones’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ as one of her Desert Island Discs is a big moment for the transgressive pop music community.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Lorraine Kelly choosing Grace Jones’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ as one of her Desert Island Discs is a big moment for the transgressive pop music community.
Ryan seems sound.
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ryan seems sound.
David Speedie, recalling his relationship with ‘the alternative footballer’ Pat Nevin, when they played together at Chelsea.
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
David Speedie, recalling his relationship with ‘the alternative footballer’ Pat Nevin, when they played together at Chelsea.
One of the highlights of 168 Songs, @keithcameron2.bsky.social’s MSP book, is the reference to JDB having attended Hüsker Dü’s 1985 show at the Stow Hill Labour Club - Newport’s own ‘Free Trade Hall’ moment.
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
One of the highlights of 168 Songs, @keithcameron2.bsky.social’s MSP book, is the reference to JDB having attended Hüsker Dü’s 1985 show at the Stow Hill Labour Club - Newport’s own ‘Free Trade Hall’ moment.
Hats off to @victoriasegal.bsky.social for sneaking an Earl Brutus quote into a TV review in The Sunday Times.
October 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hats off to @victoriasegal.bsky.social for sneaking an Earl Brutus quote into a TV review in The Sunday Times.
London’s only democratically elected freakbeat councillor and I are en route to the seaside to meet Brighton’s premier Cwmbran modernist. Feel free to join us in The Cricketers for counter-cultural tales of yore and in-depth discussion about Woodfall Film Productions.
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
London’s only democratically elected freakbeat councillor and I are en route to the seaside to meet Brighton’s premier Cwmbran modernist. Feel free to join us in The Cricketers for counter-cultural tales of yore and in-depth discussion about Woodfall Film Productions.
Couture-loving psychobillies should head to Oxfam on Marylebone High Street for:
* Two-piece Viv Westwood Suit
* McQueen trousers
* Near-mint vinyl copy of Stomping at the Klub Foot Vol. 2
* Two-piece Viv Westwood Suit
* McQueen trousers
* Near-mint vinyl copy of Stomping at the Klub Foot Vol. 2
September 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Couture-loving psychobillies should head to Oxfam on Marylebone High Street for:
* Two-piece Viv Westwood Suit
* McQueen trousers
* Near-mint vinyl copy of Stomping at the Klub Foot Vol. 2
* Two-piece Viv Westwood Suit
* McQueen trousers
* Near-mint vinyl copy of Stomping at the Klub Foot Vol. 2
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Remember when Eddie Mair told Boris Johnson, quite calmly & entirely correctly, live on BBC 1, 'You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?' Would be nice to see more of that spirit driving political interviews 12 yrs later. No shortage of nasty pieces of work in plain sight. Call them what they are.
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Remember when Eddie Mair told Boris Johnson, quite calmly & entirely correctly, live on BBC 1, 'You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?' Would be nice to see more of that spirit driving political interviews 12 yrs later. No shortage of nasty pieces of work in plain sight. Call them what they are.
Post an obscure album in your collection that you always think: ‘Surely nobody else has got this?’
September 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Post an obscure album in your collection that you always think: ‘Surely nobody else has got this?’
Watched Jaws at the cinema last night. I’d encourage you to do the same, if only to remind yourself how TOTALLY MENSWEAR Chief Brody is. A man seemingly immune to the worst sartorial excesses of 1975.
August 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Watched Jaws at the cinema last night. I’d encourage you to do the same, if only to remind yourself how TOTALLY MENSWEAR Chief Brody is. A man seemingly immune to the worst sartorial excesses of 1975.
What's a reasonable level of 'rain risk' when considering wearing a suede jacket? I'm going with '10% chance of precipitation', but all too aware that anything above 'zero' has disaster potential.
August 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What's a reasonable level of 'rain risk' when considering wearing a suede jacket? I'm going with '10% chance of precipitation', but all too aware that anything above 'zero' has disaster potential.
Take My Breath Away
August 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Take My Breath Away
If you can’t be arsed to watch that Led Zep doc on Sky, here’s the undoubted highlight.
August 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you can’t be arsed to watch that Led Zep doc on Sky, here’s the undoubted highlight.
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Ronnie Spector wrote an afterword to her memoir a few months before she died in 2022. Re-read it today on her birthday, and enjoyed her valedictory payoff in this paragraph.
August 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ronnie Spector wrote an afterword to her memoir a few months before she died in 2022. Re-read it today on her birthday, and enjoyed her valedictory payoff in this paragraph.
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Hüsker Dü Toppermost from @thecraigaustin.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/husker-du/
Hüsker Dü - Toppermost
Hüsker Dü never was more than a cult favorite. Nevertheless, their albums between 1981 and 1987 have proven remarkably influential; they provided the sonic blueprint for the roaring punk-pop hybrid th...
www.toppermost.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hüsker Dü Toppermost from @thecraigaustin.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/husker-du/
The next time I hear some rube slagging off London I’ll remind them that in the space of a week I’m getting to see My Beautiful Laundrette, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Friends of Eddie Coyle *at the cinema*. Take that, bumpkins!
August 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The next time I hear some rube slagging off London I’ll remind them that in the space of a week I’m getting to see My Beautiful Laundrette, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Friends of Eddie Coyle *at the cinema*. Take that, bumpkins!
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‘But you use a Slazenger 7 Goldfinger, no?’
July 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
‘But you use a Slazenger 7 Goldfinger, no?’
There’s a wealth of great mid-60s ‘Look at Life’ docs on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. Special mentions go to ‘London Clubland’, ‘The Air Hostess’, and ‘Comprehensive Schools’.
July 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There’s a wealth of great mid-60s ‘Look at Life’ docs on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. Special mentions go to ‘London Clubland’, ‘The Air Hostess’, and ‘Comprehensive Schools’.
Days of our lives (April ‘65)
July 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Days of our lives (April ‘65)