Tweekly FM Stats – Jan 29th
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Category: rock
It’s Always In The Eyes…
Yep…the eyes have it… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Catlin (@andrewcatlin)
Holy Guacamole! Who Da Pretty Boy?
ERMAGERD!!!!! AESTHETIC SCALE ???????? *rocks self in foetal position* View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Catlin (@andrewcatlin)
Simple Minds – Group Of The Year (3rd) 2018
The results of the Classic Pop Readers Poll is in and printed in the latest edition of the magazine. And, well, in the eyes of all Simple Minds fans they are top of the tree…not just in 2018, but eternally. In the “Group of the Year” category, Simple Minds came in at 3rd place. Nothing…
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Rejuvenation Box Set – Now As A 7CD/DVD Package
A bunch of bonus tracks and B Sides come with it including: from the Cry sessions, Lead The Blind, For What It’s Worth, The Garden, New Sunrise and Where Is The Max? (Never heard of this song before): From Black And White 050505, Bird On A Wire, Too Much Television and Mighty Joe Moon: With…
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Is The “Four Letter Word” – Horn?
A batch of Simple Minds connected new releases today. Phunk Investigation and their multitude of mixes of Four Letter Word (which I am going to assume having listened to the lyrics a couple of times is actually the rather genteel “love” – perhaps I am being naive? At one point Jim admits to being “addicted…
We Keep Getting Up – Over And Over And Over…
Because you have to. Because life is an endurance test. Because the pockets of good make the mountains of shit just about manageable. Resilience. Perseverance. Strength. Tenacity. Possibly not the things Oscar Wilde was thinking of when this (not quite verbatim) quote was linked to him. But I can think he meant this kind of…
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The Collared Shirt Aesthetic
A man in a long-sleeve plain cotton collared shirt. It is an aesthetic I love and by God, there are few men who pull it off better than this absolute Adonis. Yep…the collared shirt aesthetic and the 1981 Kerr aesthetic are converging and hitting me something rotten right now. So this post is basically an…
The 60’s Paisley Print Kaftan
This dress is bloody gorgeous. Proper vintage from the 1960s. I have dreamed of having a piece of vintage clothing for the longest time and when I found this dress – and it fitted me – I died! I *had* to have it! I have owned it for a year, and have never worn it…
To Jones Via Lancaster
An article in Mojo magazine about David Bowie’s brief musical evolutionary period with The Lower Third via interview and book extracts with the band’s drummer, Phil Lancaster. The book sounds like it could be an interesting read, actually. I still find the story of David endlessly fascinating. I no doubt forever will. “It’s too late…