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2 years

I’ve just found a “Guide To Acid House Parties” by the Pay Party Unit (anti-rave police squad set up in 1989) in the National Archives. This, which I don’t remember ever seeing before, is their logo.

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Of all the UK’s big 90s dance acts, I increasingly feel like Basement Jaxx were the ones, and don’t get nearly enough credit. 15+ years of unstoppable chart bangers, each album at least interesting, genuinely inventive live shows / collabs, packed it in before it got embarrassing

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Weird how BBC News’ famed commitment to balance and airing competing or contentious views apparently doesn’t extend to even the mildest criticism of the monarchy as an institution during a period of intense public attention on its functions and powers.

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@ImogenWK Tbh if he married his stepsister then he probably deserves haunting

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This is a truly exceptional piece of writing: deeply but rightfully uncomfortable, beautifully descriptive, and honest enough to let its frictions and contradictions percolate rather forcing them into some kind of resolution.

Róisín Murphy: Hit Parade review – a masterful album with an ugly stain

To DJ Koze’s warped soul and dub techno, Murphy examines unrequited love and the ecstasy of being seen for who you are – a theme that jars with her recent comments about trans kids

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3 years

In case this little 🧵 is useful for anyone else: I ditched Spotify recently, and now have a streaming / listening setup which is loads better, pays artists more, and doesn’t fund Joe Rogan or gross military tech.

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@keewa @demarionunn You’ve missed the best bit - he named the fake Polish man after a character from his own terrible novel, but no-one made the connection for ages because it sold about four copies.

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SE London people: far-right homophobes are protesting outside a drag show in Honor Oak a week today, there’s a counter-protest planned which urgently needs your support. I’m going with a bunch of mates, feel free to DM if you’re on your own and we can fold you into our group.

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Party Lines is the Observer’s book of the week, and this review has just made me cry a little bit:

Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain by Ed Gillett review – the fight for a...

This deep, engrossing history locates the Black blues roots of British clubbing and its role in a centuries-old commoners’ cause

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11 months

So after giving this speech calling for a ceasefire, the MP of which I was so proud… abstained on the vote actually calling for a ceasefire, less than an hour later. Truly some of the most craven cynical bullshit I’ve seen from an MP of either party, which is saying something.

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@ehgillett

11 months

I’m incredibly proud of my MP @helenhayes_ for listening to her conscience and her constituents, and putting the lives of Palestinians ahead of her career by calling for a ceasefire. Labour as a whole urgently need to show the same moral clarity & leadership on this issue.

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2 years

And with that, I’ve just sent the final edited version of Party Lines off to get proofs printed. If you’d like to review it, or are very famous and might write a blurb for the cover, please slide into my DMs forthwith.

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@jonholmes1 Hi Jon, sorry to see such one-note replies here. Just as a counterbalance to everyone criticising you on the basis of the show’s politics, I wanted to let you know that it’s also terminally unfunny and appallingly produced. Everyone involved should be fired. Hope this helps!

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2 years

Belatedly spotted the news that the hedge fund which bought up every single railway arch in the country from Network Rail is now doubling rents for music venues and forcing them to close.

Bethnal Green nightclub Space 289 is closing for good

Another club casualty of rising rents

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2 years

I’ve written about the unnecessary and wrong-headed funding cuts to the excellent @PRSFoundation announced this week - a subject which everyone who cares about grassroots UK music should be extremely angry about.

‘Do we want music to be a pursuit only of the wealthy?’ Anger grows at PRS Foundation cuts

Royalties company PRS for Music has announced a major funding cut for its charitable arm. Artists such as Black Country, New Road explain why it could damage the UK music scene

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Other people’s weekend moods are coloured by how their football team fares; mine’s similarly affected by whether the Guardian Blind Date is good or not. And boy, is today’s a winner.

Blind date: ‘We’re already planning his trip to visit me in France’

Deborah, 65, an international property consultant, meets Graham, 71, musician

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If you’re a musician or producer who has even the faintest concern for trans lives, then stop buying Spitfire Audio products and supporting their deeply suspect anti-trans owner.

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Between the £3 pints, pickled onion Monster Munch behind the bar and someone bringing their dog onto the dancefloor, I’m fairly certain that Walthamstow Trade Hall is now officially the best venue in London.

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2 years

Not even exaggerating when I say that this is one of the greatest pieces of archive-collage filmmaking I’ve ever seen. Gen Z does Koyaanisqatsi in 2m47s, no notes.

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Not sure exactly what it says about dance music journalism that there's currently an editor-in-chief role being advertised at £21k a year, but I'm pretty sure it's not good.

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1 year

Beyond surreal to finally hold the finished hardback of Party Lines in my hands, beyond excited to share it with the world very soon!

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6 months

Party Lines is out in paperback TODAY, and looking very fit even if I say so myself. Buy a copy, tell your friends, etc. I’ll be on @bbc5live at 12.30 today to celebrate, chatting raves and riots with @chriswarburton_

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@TanyaGold1 Thank you, Tanya, for bravely reminding us that the person most deserving of sympathy in this story is the serial sexual harasser who’s spent decades being protected by his powerful allies.

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2 years

Finally submitted a first draft to my editor yesterday. 114,000 words, dozens of interviews, countless hours in the British Library, near-infinite cups of tea and 18 months of my life in here. Cannot wait for you all to read it.

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If we’re genuinely interested in immoral / illegal behaviour by media personalities, then we’re looking in the wrong place. This thread of allegations regarding Dan Wootton - stalking, harassment, blackmail and more - is properly horrific.

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This is about Dan Wootton and the things he has done that have been covered up by News UK are MIND-BLOWING

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Confidential memo from West Yorkshire police to the Home Office, regarding the Love Decade party outside Leeds at which 836 people were arrested. Second paragraph confirms the presence of undercover police before the venue was raided.

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2 years

“Slow-motion Balearic dub techno remix of Simply Red” is surely a phrase to strike terror into the heart of even the strongest among us. Imagine my surprise, then, to discover that not only does such a thing exist, but that it absolutely fucking slaps.

Thrill Me (Steppin' Razor Mix) (2008 Remaster)

Provided to YouTube by RhinoThrill Me (Steppin' Razor Mix) (2008 Remaster) · Simply RedStars℗ 1992 Warner Music UK LtdUnknown: Bernie GrundmanUnknown: Daren ...

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11 months

Last thing before I disappear from here again, but this “the SNP motion was divisive / wouldn’t have actually led to a ceasefire” is such absolute horseshit. Of course it was divisive: that’s the whole point. Voting in the Commons is literally called a “division”.

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My letter to constituents today following the votes in the House of Commons last night

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@morgan_hislop Presume you already know this one too, but it blew my mind

Casio MT-40 keyboard (sleng teng riddim)

Casio MT-40 keyboard (sleng teng riddim)This is the "rock" preset on the keyboard

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@RobBurl @bbclaurak Lmao if the journalists you oversaw approached their work with even half the tenacity of those on today's round, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. The odds of Laura unlearning a lifetime of lukewarm lobby-based backscratching are zero.

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1 year

Party Lines comes out one week today! This is the point where pre-orders can make a huge difference to the book’s visibility, so if you’ve been thinking about getting a copy, then now’s the time!

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Printworks is dead, long live Printworks? I’ve got the exclusive inside story on the closure and resurrection of London’s biggest club.

The Guardian

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Save the last dance: London superclub Printworks aims to reopen in 2026

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2 years

At the Honor Oak pub for today’s counter-protest: huge numbers, great atmosphere, only mildly soured by the inevitable presence of the SWP. Saw the Turning Point protest on my way past: a dozen depressed middle-aged people pleading with the police, properly laughable.

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And here’s Lib Dem hereditary peer and Bertrand Russell’s son Earl Russell in 1992 (post-Castlemorton, as what would become the CJA was being devised) arguing that it should be “a criminal offence to make noise above a certain volume”

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At the risk of sounding completely unhinged: I’ve had stuffed-up sinuses for basically my entire life, but this video has just done an insanely good job of clearing them. Proper black magic stuff. Urge any perma-sniffly types out there to give it a go.

Drain Sinus & Clear Stuffy Nose in 1 Move | Created by Dr. Mandell

This technique opens up the eustachian tubes, increases sinus drainage, and opens the nasal passages in seconds. I hope this works for you! Dr MPlease subs...

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2 years

Not expecting them to put someone on just to call the Queen a dickhead, but some acknowledgement of the millions of people who aren’t absolutely thrilled about systems of hereditary privilege and wealth might be nice.

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2 years

@Mr_Dave_Haslam Stratus Dance Club in LA:

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1 year

It was also presumably written in full expectation of the anti-trans crowd’s response, which has been precisely as confused & abusive as you’d expect. Exposing yourself to their attention in pursuit of these nuanced, muddy truths is an act of journalistic courage in my view.

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8 months

I see that Amy Lamé’s coming in for renewed criticism again, this time from the Daily Mail. A couple of things that are worth remembering every time her role comes up & people start asking if we even need a Night Czar:

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10 months

Heartwarming old boys’ update from Marlborough College, detailing dear Frederick’s successes in 2023 with someone called Four Set.

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2 years

Great to see nightlife workers unionising. If independent venue owners like Dan Beaumont can do the right thing, so can those backed by multi-billion pound property developers. Next time you're in Printworks, ask yourself where your money's really going.

An east London nightclub has shown how to unionise the nightlife sector – and win | Owen Jones

Bars and clubs are some of the worst places to work in Britain. Dalston Superstore shows how unions can change that, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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1 year

Fuck developers - Old Paradise Yard, one of the capital's strangest, most beautiful and peaceful little spots, including the wonderful Iklectick Arts Lab, is threatened with demolition. Please get involved in trying to save it.

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@DruidsPlace

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To imagine a haven and creative space like this exists just a stone's throw from Waterloo Station. And that it should face destruction...

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3 years

Just finished a (first draft of) 12k words on the early 90s free party scene, Castlemorton and the Criminal Justice Act which ends with Orbital dropping Chime at Glastonbury and inventing stadium techno. Absolutely buzzing. Writing a book is extremely tough but by god it's fun.

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2 years

Having spent the first part of this year trying (& largely failing) to get an insanely good slate of music documentaries & other shows commissioned, the continued existence of stuff like this boils my piss beyond all reasonable bounds.

Mick Jagger: My Life As a Rolling Stone review – the singer would hate this documentary

Jagger starts the film telling us how he despises the exact rock mythology this cliche-ridden show indulges in. Worse still, it fails to ask difficult questions about his band’s problematic past

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1 year

Really good rundown of the different gigantic financial interests muscling into dance music at the moment. Not a new phenomenon, obviously, but the sheer scale of the forces involved has definitely shifted.

Resident Advisor

@residentadvisor

1 year

Recent years have seen an influx of venture capitalists and private equity companies investing in electronic music. What does this mean for club culture?

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@NewStatesman @octaviarose So many interesting things to say about dance music, and you go for rage clicks: how tedious. Genuinely concerned about NS’ safeguarding of its writers, if you’re prepared to commission, edit and publish something so obviously intended to rile people up & get torn to shreds.

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@brokenbottleboy This is the same Jimmy Carr, presumably, who has famously never said a single mean thing about anyone anywhere for any reason whatsoever.

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2 years

God this looks dire. Why do UK cultural institutions remain so hugely resistant to funding or engaging with dance music as current, living culture, but so keen to fetishise / endlessly recycle the same narratives about what it was 30 years ago?

IN PURSUIT OF REPETITIVE BEATS trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2022

A euphoric interactive VR adventure that transports you into the heart of the acid house movement, where finding the party is the only thing that matters.Dis...

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I wrote about this possibility four years ago, just before the sale went through, to the surprise of venues and industry bodies and denial / disinterest from government. Infuriating to see that no-one's done anything to prevent it happening in the interim.

Why The Sale Of UK Railway Arches Is A Disaster For Underground Music | The Quietus

If you live in the UK and have even the faintest interest in underground music, chances are you’ll find yourself enjoying it under a railway arch at some point in your life: getting sweaty to some...

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A noise musician comes home from a gig, his girlfriend asks him how it went. “Yeah really good” he says, “got some great feedback”.

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Let’s brighten up Monday 🌞 Tell us your best musical joke 👇

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Try not to give airtime to bad people saying stupid things, but this guy coming up with “provide legal refugee routes into the UK, remove the ban on asylum applicants working and give them free social housing” as some kind of right-wing gotcha is just perfect. Welcome, comrade.

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@lighghtmusic Who amongst us in the Tethead community could have foreseen a mass-market pivot like this, away from such fearless experimental masterpieces as his Ellie Goulding collabs and remix of Eric Prydz?

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1 year

Party Lines is out tomorrow! Last bit of pre-release spam, I promise. Buy a copy here: And come celebrate with us tomorrow:

Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain a book by Ed Gillett.

A Guardian Guide Cultural Book of the Year 2023An Irish Times Music Book of the Year 2023'A deep, engrossing history' The Observer'A fascinating deep dive' Jeremy DellerFrom the illicit reggae blues...

uk.bookshop.org

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2 years

@roselyddon Regretfully,

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2 years

This is grim. Anyone working with, supporting or giving a platform to Felix Hall needs to have a serious think about whether sending people death threats for supporting Palestine is something they’re happy to stand behind.

Nihal | نهال

@nihalist___

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two days ago, i was shocked to see that someone deeply embedded in the seemingly outwardly progressive music community in London can show this virulent hatred and violence to Palestinians in the midst of the violence currently being wrought against them. statement below

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Where to even begin with this. Genuinely one of the most depressing things I've read in months. Appallingly written and edited, deeply misguided in its assumptions and utterly misleading for aspiring artists.

How to Make It as an Artist · Feature ⟋ RA

How can artists succeed in the electronic music industry today? To help make sense of a rapidly shifting landscape, a variety of experts weigh in on the recipe for fame in the age of the algorithm.

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2 years

@matthewcarter7 @peterjukes It depends on context, as with basically every other form of culture: some forms will be appropriate for kids, others won’t. Mid-afternoon storytime is about as transgressive as panto, and attempts to censor it have nothing to do with protecting children.

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Have belatedly clocked that the company responsible for this are The same ones who own Printworks, Drumsheds, The Beams, WHP etc, who are also bankrolled by billions in investment from property developers & global media corps.

Will Pritchard

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East London club Oval Space — shut down in September — has relaunched as Oval Studios, which is now a space described as “unrivalled” for “brand activations”

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@youngvulgarian It’s like Eurovision but for absolutely, unambiguously fucking it.

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In case any #QPR fans can help out, the saxophonist from Pigbag - yes that Pigbag, the guy responsible for the riff we all know & love - is currently facing eviction from his home. Crowdfunder to help him keep a roof over his head is here:

Help my Dad avoid eviction from his home

We need to raise £7000 by 6th April, 2023, or else my Dad will be evicted from his home, where he has lived for nearly 30 years...

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Classic example of the half-arsed, evasive celebrity non-apology making someone look even more out of touch than the thing they’re apologising for, from someone I really hoped would have known better.

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First sighting of Party Lines out in the wild, on my lunchtime dog walk. If you’re quick then the first ever signed copy is waiting in @HerneHillBooks

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So - deep breath - here's the first publicly-available snippet from Party Lines, exploring how unlicensed Black music spaces laid the foundations for UK dance music, for @factoryintl as part of their runup to @mifestival , guest edited by @kemioliviax

Blues dances and rare grooves

Writer Ed Gillett explores how unlicensed Black British music spaces laid the foundations for UK dance music – as part of Kemi Alemoru’s guest edit of Factory+ exploring the political nature of space.

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3 years

@francesbarber13 Please get help. Spending your Saturday night posting this stuff is not normal.

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Also, thinking about it, I can’t help but wonder if their influences, guest vocalists & general cultural associations being noticeably less white, male, straight and / or rockist than their peers might have affected their place in the stadium rave pantheon?

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@shockproofbeats There was no drill, hip-hop or R&B on the lineup at all, as far as I can see. Closest thing was probably Blackhaine, an experimental noise act who cites drill as an influence. Massive and extremely suspicious dogwhistle.

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Extremely long shot but has anyone ever heard of a zine called Pod, which covered the free party / squat rave scene in the early 90s? Just found this from 1992 but I can't find any other mention of it anywhere. Would love to track down some old copies

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The single greatest piece of evidence for the unfair privilege conferred by private schools is the seemingly constant stream of dogshit articles by privately-educated journalists attempting to defend them.

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@elle_hunt One of: enthusiastically Lib Dem; mild Tory but too embarrassed to say so; largely disinterested in politics altogether.

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That guardian trans piece is an abject failure of editorial standards and a safeguarding risk for pretty much everyone involved. Should never have been published and carries substantial threat of long-term harm to the people who now risk being defined / haunted by it.

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@thugclive Music journalists get paid peanuts, platforms are broke, big artists are more selective about access & online fandoms much more aggressive about negative coverage. Power balance is so lopsided that picking a fight with big pop stars is rarely if ever worth it.

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I have discovered my kryptonite, the online hill I will die on, the Twitter spat I will refuse to leave alone no matter how dumb it gets: Americans’ insistence on treating band names as singular. “The Pixies is reforming” “The Ramones is four guys” 🤬🤬🤬

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@elle_hunt This is so good! Absolutely nails the issue, without ever straying into being nasty to individual nepotists (which would be deserved in a few places, but would weaken the overall argument I think). Lots to think about for everyone on both sides of the class divide.

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1 year

Interesting parking job on Railton Road last night.

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2 years

This is the final straw for me, just resigned my membership. What's the point of the Labour party if they refuse to support workers?

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

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Labour leader Keir Starmer sacks shadow transport minister Sam Tarry who backed rail strikes

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3 years

Some personal news: after two years of patience and hard work, I’m delighted to announce that I’ve officially contracted the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. I’d like to thank so many people, but particularly the government for removing all restrictions while cases are rising.

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The owners of the venue in question - Depot Mayfield, also home of WHP if you're wondering why Sacha Lord is being uncharacteristically quiet - are Broadwick Live, who also own Printworks, Drumsheds, The Beams, Oval Space / Studios etc.

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@ccl_url

Pulp Fiction (2015 Remaster)

Provided to YouTube by MetalheadzPulp Fiction (2015 Remaster) · Alex ReecePulp Fiction / Chill Pill℗ Metalheadz LtdReleased on: 2015-01-01Composer: Alexander...

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@RoriMoseli @timeforjaya If you can spend $700 on dinner, you can absolutely spend an extra $140 to ensure the people providing it are paid properly. The US system is fucking grim but cheaping out on tips is entirely about entitlement, whatever hoops ppl jump through to try & justify it.

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I've started a Substack for "Party Lines" w/ lots of cool stuff on dance music and politics planned ahead of the book release: weird archive finds, interviews which didn’t make the cut, launch party invites etc Please subscribe / RT / tell your mates!

Them few seconds

“You'd get to the party after about half an hour, you'd lock your car, run down the street, and get into the warehouse as quick as you could.”

partylines.substack.com

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@mrjamesob @DorMin @HadleyFreeman I'd invite you to step back, and consider why someone might respond to a finding of deep-seated institutional bigotry within the Met by suggesting that they should just have been nastier to trans people specifically.

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Obviously the ideal solution would be to overthrow the current streaming model entirely - shout out @Bandcamp & @resonatecoop - but until that happens, a combination of Tidal, @plex and @songshift means I don’t need to put a penny more in Daniel Ek’s grubby little hands.

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@M0kujin Even better: the unit HQ was in Gravesend, so... Kent boppers.

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“Heartbroken ambient vaporwave built entirely around samples of Celine Dion” sounds like the sort of thing you’d get if you trained an AI using nothing but Boomkat reviews, but holy shit this is so good, far far better than it has any right to be really.

Once Upon A Time, by Romance

6 track album

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@ehgillett

2 years

Just a quick reminder about this for any SE London folks, please do come along tomorrow if you can

Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

SE London people: far-right homophobes are protesting outside a drag show in Honor Oak a week today, there’s a counter-protest planned which urgently needs your support. I’m going with a bunch of mates, feel free to DM if you’re on your own and we can fold you into our group.

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

This is fucked. PRS For Music collected £670m in licensing in 2020. They spent £80m on their own admin, and less than £3m on artist grant support. For the sake of less than 2% of their office budget, they’ve gutted one of the most vital funding sources for new UK artists.

PRS Foundation

@PRSFoundation

2 years

As part of the AGM @PRSforMusic have announced a 60% decrease in funds for @PRSFoundation from 2024 - please get in touch to find out how you can help us support talented music creators

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

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Me, an idiot: capital co-opts nightlife as a marketing tool while simultaneously hollowing out actual culture Some random office block, an intellectual:

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

1 year

Having spent most mornings during the writing of Party Lines listening to NTS, and regularly procrastinating by replying to everyone’s Matters Of The Heart in the chat room, getting a shout out from the one and only @flollid last week was very special indeed.

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

1 year

Online now, and in the Saturday supplement tomorrow, yours truly wanging on about how it was house music wot won it in '97:

‘From the dancefloor to the ballot box’: how house music helped Labour win a landslide in 1997

In an extract from his new book, Ed Gillett argues that although Tony Blair hosted Noel Gallagher at Downing Street, it wasn’t Britpop that swept New Labour to power; it was the escapism of rave...

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

6 months

@lottelydia Obviously because it gives Tory candidates a better chance, but the official reason was voter confusion, wasted votes, and… it’s what Churchill would have wanted?

First Past the Post to be introduced for all local mayoral and police and crime commissioner...

The government will deliver on its manifesto commitment by scrapping the electoral system of Supplementary Vote.

www.gov.uk

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

Think this might mark the point at which it becomes impossible to describe the government of this country as anything other than fascist.

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

2 years

If you come to the UK illegally: ➡️ You can’t claim asylum ➡️ You can’t benefit from our modern slavery protections ➡️ You can’t make spurious human rights claims ➡️ You can’t stay

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

@ShippersUnbound @Bec2043 @cooperphil156 Ppl from Hong Kong, many of whom are *already* British Nationals by law, make up >100k of that figure. We've accepted four Afghan refugees via UNHCR since Kabul fell. The idea we're going above & beyond to welcome refugees is a lie told to soothe right-wing consciences.

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

Hello! I'm desperately looking to speak to anyone from the early 90s rave scene / opposition to the Criminal Justice Act who can help me find Michelle Poole of the Advance Party, one of the main anti-CJA protest groups, or her partner Andy. Any info / RTs appreciated, DMs open.

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

@Mr_Dave_Haslam Here’s the same clip you posted with original audio:

Circa 1986-1987 Part Three

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

@brianthehuman Bjork, Bowie, Radiohead?

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

I obviously love and respect Bjork unconditionally, and the new record is very interesting, but I really miss her ability to combine weird avant-garde stuff with something closer to pop. What I'd give for a massive heartstopping tune along with the dissonance.

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Ed Gillett

@ehgillett

2 years

Very belatedly getting round to giving @wordcolour 's debut album a proper listen, and it's extremely special: some strange amalgam of Midori Takada, Gregory Whitehead, Trevor Horn, Digital Mystikz and The Books.

Wordcolour - Cloud Room (Official Video) [Houndstooth]

More info: https://hth.lnk.to/treesCloud Room - taken from the debut LP, 'The trees are buzzing, and the grass.'Release date: 24th June 2022Tracklist:01. (l...

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