Stupefaction / Tim B.
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🍌 Fooled by the melody, reminded by the words. Sha-la-la, man. Archiving = arcmusic.org
Selling vinyl on eBay & Discogs = https://linktr.ee/stupefactionmusic
Selling vinyl on eBay & Discogs = https://linktr.ee/stupefactionmusic
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On this day in 1976, 'a night of punk rock' happened at The Electric Circus, Manchester. It was one of only a handful of gigs from the Anarchy Tour that took place.
JL photo from Corbis.
JL photo from Corbis.
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On this day in 1976, 'a night of punk rock' happened at The Electric Circus, Manchester. It was one of only a handful of gigs from the Anarchy Tour that took place.
JL photo from Corbis.
JL photo from Corbis.
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This week’s show: Brand new Voxtrot, The Damned, DIIV, Joe Pernice, Trolley, Bevis Frond, Geese, and Flying Vipers (with Roger Miller) plus The Beatles, Otis Redding, Flying Burrito Brothers, Utopia, Faron Young, Roger Miller & The Penguins; and R.I.P. Stax Records’ guitarist/producer Steve Cropper.
The Big Takeover Show – Number 568 – December 8, 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This week’s show: Brand new Voxtrot, The Damned, DIIV, Joe Pernice, Trolley, Bevis Frond, Geese, and Flying Vipers (with Roger Miller) plus The Beatles, Otis Redding, Flying Burrito Brothers, Utopia, Faron Young, Roger Miller & The Penguins; and R.I.P. Stax Records’ guitarist/producer Steve Cropper.
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I have no idea what this is...but YOU tell him Disco Sucks!
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have no idea what this is...but YOU tell him Disco Sucks!
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"The bedrock of Stax soul braved God’s wrath to become the guitar hero’s guitar hero – all thanks to 25¢ from his mom. In 2020, 'It’s just Booker T and the M.G. now,' Steve Cropper told MOJO’s Bob Mehr. In remembrance of Cropper, who has passed away aged 84, we’ve revisited the interview in full."
"Stuff would come out of us that we didn’t even know we could play.”
Remembering Steve Cropper, who has died aged 84, MOJO revisits a career-spanning interview with Stax's guitar hero. “The M.G.’s had a magic to it...”
www.mojo4music.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"The bedrock of Stax soul braved God’s wrath to become the guitar hero’s guitar hero – all thanks to 25¢ from his mom. In 2020, 'It’s just Booker T and the M.G. now,' Steve Cropper told MOJO’s Bob Mehr. In remembrance of Cropper, who has passed away aged 84, we’ve revisited the interview in full."
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James Chance & The Contortions: King Heroin (live in New York)
youtu.be/QxvvnJBgs0c?...
The album with the world’s largest barcode…
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The album with the world’s largest barcode…
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December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
James Chance & The Contortions: King Heroin (live in New York)
youtu.be/QxvvnJBgs0c?...
The album with the world’s largest barcode…
@stupefaction.bsky.social
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@creepingbent.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
youtu.be/QxvvnJBgs0c?...
The album with the world’s largest barcode…
@stupefaction.bsky.social
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social
@creepingbent.bsky.social
@ndb66.bsky.social
@dubcadet.bsky.social
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RIP Steve Cropper - one of the greatest guitarists ever
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
RIP Steve Cropper - one of the greatest guitarists ever
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
variety.com/2025/music/n...
variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
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variety.com/2025/music/n...
Gee, I’ve never thought about this before. I could’ve told them this too.
"Sources in the Trump administration have previously told Zeteo that officials will at times intentionally use popular music from vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal and provide further amplification of their pervasive culture war,"
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Gee, I’ve never thought about this before. I could’ve told them this too.
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"The fabled Billie Holiday takes slow steps into the spotlight, walking like a dreamer over a carpet of eggshells. Before the microphone, as the celebrated voice lifts and pours, she is alive again, as though all the long, long road leads always and only to this moment in the lights."
The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance
May 1959 She had come so far in her life. From hardscrabble beginnings, she had done whatever she had to do to forge a career that over time had taken her to such heights she was sometimes now refe…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"The fabled Billie Holiday takes slow steps into the spotlight, walking like a dreamer over a carpet of eggshells. Before the microphone, as the celebrated voice lifts and pours, she is alive again, as though all the long, long road leads always and only to this moment in the lights."
Sometimes I’m struck by the differences between 1966 and 1967. They can look so stark.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sometimes I’m struck by the differences between 1966 and 1967. They can look so stark.
Legend ❤️
Nov. 29, 2018: Bleecker Bob Plotnik gone 7 yrs now.
That time I bought Wire's "Dot Dash" 45 in 1978:
Bob: "Last "Dot Dash" 45 is the window copy."
Me: "Doncha have a picture sleeve without all these thumbtack holes in it?"
Bob: "Wadda you one of those fuckin' record collectors or something!?"
That time I bought Wire's "Dot Dash" 45 in 1978:
Bob: "Last "Dot Dash" 45 is the window copy."
Me: "Doncha have a picture sleeve without all these thumbtack holes in it?"
Bob: "Wadda you one of those fuckin' record collectors or something!?"
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Legend ❤️
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Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
Gary Mani Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream dead at 63 - tributes and updates
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Gary Mani Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream dead at 63 - tributes and updates
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Buzzcocks - Peel Session 1977
youtu.be/iJGYi9l1fgQ
'The complete session recorded by Buzzcocks on 7 September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 19th of that month.'
Tracklist:
1. Fast Cars (0:07)
2. Pulse Beat (2:23)
3. What Do I Get? (7:10)
youtu.be/iJGYi9l1fgQ
'The complete session recorded by Buzzcocks on 7 September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 19th of that month.'
Tracklist:
1. Fast Cars (0:07)
2. Pulse Beat (2:23)
3. What Do I Get? (7:10)
Buzzcocks - Peel Session 1977
YouTube video by Vibracobra23
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November 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Buzzcocks - Peel Session 1977
youtu.be/iJGYi9l1fgQ
'The complete session recorded by Buzzcocks on 7 September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 19th of that month.'
Tracklist:
1. Fast Cars (0:07)
2. Pulse Beat (2:23)
3. What Do I Get? (7:10)
youtu.be/iJGYi9l1fgQ
'The complete session recorded by Buzzcocks on 7 September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 19th of that month.'
Tracklist:
1. Fast Cars (0:07)
2. Pulse Beat (2:23)
3. What Do I Get? (7:10)
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Speedy and Jimmy - Flyin' High
youtu.be/TuGvIVnWnTM
"The incomparable duo of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant burning the Hometown Jamboree down with their own number, which would later be recorded as 'Cotton Pickin'. Hold on to your hats!"
youtu.be/TuGvIVnWnTM
"The incomparable duo of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant burning the Hometown Jamboree down with their own number, which would later be recorded as 'Cotton Pickin'. Hold on to your hats!"
Speedy and Jimmy - Flyin' High
YouTube video by pappyredux
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Speedy and Jimmy - Flyin' High
youtu.be/TuGvIVnWnTM
"The incomparable duo of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant burning the Hometown Jamboree down with their own number, which would later be recorded as 'Cotton Pickin'. Hold on to your hats!"
youtu.be/TuGvIVnWnTM
"The incomparable duo of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant burning the Hometown Jamboree down with their own number, which would later be recorded as 'Cotton Pickin'. Hold on to your hats!"
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OTD in 1976 I want to see the Sex Pistols for the first time. Notre Dame Hall, just off Leicester Square, being filmed for LWT. A media event - felt Warholian with the lights cameras and people wearing weird clothes acting out. I am at left back with the beret, moving in. Photo by Jonh Ingham
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
OTD in 1976 I want to see the Sex Pistols for the first time. Notre Dame Hall, just off Leicester Square, being filmed for LWT. A media event - felt Warholian with the lights cameras and people wearing weird clothes acting out. I am at left back with the beret, moving in. Photo by Jonh Ingham
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Three-Song Peel Session of neo-psychedelic Liverpool new wave band The Teardrop Explodes from April 16, 1980. Length: 12:28. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-sqI...
The Teardrop Explodes - Peel Session 1980
YouTube video by Vibracobra23
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November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Three-Song Peel Session of neo-psychedelic Liverpool new wave band The Teardrop Explodes from April 16, 1980. Length: 12:28. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-sqI...
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“I’ve been wearing Dr Martens for so long,” says tQ co-pilot Luke Turner, “that I can look down at my feet and can connect with all these different bits of my past – it’s a lovely thing for a shoe to be able to do.”
Low Culture Podcast: #DrMartens
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Low Culture Podcast: #DrMartens
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“I’ve been wearing Dr Martens for so long,” says tQ co-pilot Luke Turner, “that I can look down at my feet and can connect with all these different bits of my past – it’s a lovely thing for a shoe to be able to do.”
Low Culture Podcast: #DrMartens
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Low Culture Podcast: #DrMartens
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
They’ll turn the entire country into a concentration camp
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
They’ll turn the entire country into a concentration camp
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Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank 1959)
written & narrated by Kerouac & starring Ginsberg, Corso & others from the Beat circle.
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Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019)
written & narrated by Kerouac & starring Ginsberg, Corso & others from the Beat circle.
vimeo.com/55668342
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019)
Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank 1959)
Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank 1959)
vimeo.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank 1959)
written & narrated by Kerouac & starring Ginsberg, Corso & others from the Beat circle.
vimeo.com/55668342
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019)
written & narrated by Kerouac & starring Ginsberg, Corso & others from the Beat circle.
vimeo.com/55668342
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019)
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We need Nuremberg trials for Trump administration officials and ICE/Border Patrol agents.
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We need Nuremberg trials for Trump administration officials and ICE/Border Patrol agents.