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No one tells you the true allure of Bluesky is going back in time to an ad-free existence. The viral moments here are great, but they're now ingrained with the spectacle. The commodification & gentrification of the once global village is too much to take. See you later twitter
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"My Chemical Romance cannot be spoken of in any reverential terms within music. Any artist whose half-life exceeds their active existence is always a commentary on society and not on the musicians."
MCR came to The Astoria in 2005 & brought a plague: open.substack.com/pub/urblin…
2 Jan 2025
The first entry in the recently discovered
'London A-Z: A time-shuffled Dictionary of its Sonic Soul' is now live.
It is on The London Astoria, London Angels & Immolated Ascendancy:
open.substack.com/pub/urblin…
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The first entry in the London A-Z is a rather violent remembrance of the London Astoria and its redevelopment that ultimately redeveloped the author's dreams.
Read here & please subscribe for the following entries:
open.substack.com/pub/urblin…
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In english, we call this a ramp. In dutch as well.
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Fully transcribed first entry: A - The Astoria, Angels, and Tottenham Court Road.
Centred around 16 month stretch of London shows by My Chemical Romance in 05-06 and the precipitous erasure of each of the three London venues: Astoria, Hammersmith Palais & Earl's Court.
01/01/25.
Those of you who followed me a few years back will know that I wrote for an esoteric music website called urBlindSpot. i'm trepidatious to announce that it will be resurrected in a new form, that is available to follow via substack. Link update is here: substack.com/@urblindspot?ut…
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Those of you who followed me a few years back will know that I wrote for an esoteric music website called urBlindSpot. i'm trepidatious to announce that it will be resurrected in a new form, that is available to follow via substack. Link update is here: substack.com/@urblindspot?ut…
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War on drugs, war on terror, war on woke. It's boring how obvious it is
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16 Dec 2024
M.I.A. is so good that sometimes I turn the 5G on my phone off for a few minutes out of respect
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16 Dec 2024
🚨SMALL ALBUMS BEST 50 ALBUMS OF 2024!🚨
here is our list Sampler Playlists⬇️
smallalbums.com/best-50-albu…
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No EOY top ten albums or tracks, but this song was about as shamanic as anything came. This was a deep soul voyage for me. Totally personal, but communal in its own way
open.spotify.com/track/2pEk7…
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I think 99% of podcasts are complete brain babyfood and if you think they're educational, it's because we've dumbed down expectations of what 'educational' is so much. Whatever the subject, it would have been better presented, detailed, and been more insightful in a book.
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As a Spurs fan, I've decided that wherever this guy goes, I'm just going to start supporting them instead.
13 Dec 2024
"I'm sick of that"
Ange Postecoglou on the "mythical" thing preventing success at the club and players giving excuses.
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