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Jason Finch

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Turku-based academic (Prof. of English, Åbo Akademi U). Londoner; St Louis fan; Estophile. Books, cities, trams, metros, weird old cars, jazz, blues, hip-hop, THFC, England cricket, STL Cards.

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Bob Mazzer spent two decades commuting to work and back on the tube. As he travelled, he used his Leica M4 to capture images from of the London Underground in the 1970s and 80s.

12.03.2026 08:24 👍 65 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2

Thanks! Yours too.

10.03.2026 20:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Most of my students in Finland are hostile to AI. They have been brought up in a society that pushes 'the latest technology' down every child's throat by making all schoolbooks and homework screen-based from a young age.

10.03.2026 20:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Barry White, Esther Phillips, The Pharcyde, The Doors

10.03.2026 20:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

On my list.

09.03.2026 16:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Agree it's better than Loveless.

08.03.2026 17:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love it, ta.

07.03.2026 20:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just watched the film for the first time. Thanks -- amazing stuff. In 2001-02 I lived about two minutes' walk from where it was filmed.

07.03.2026 20:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dre has a few questions to answer i.m.o.

07.03.2026 19:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Melody
My Melody YouTube video by Eric B. & Rakim - Topic

People go on about Rakim Allah and here's why:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnl6...

#5debutalbums8589

Talk about pioneering. It would be good if Eric B. actually were president.

Eric B. & Rakim, 'My Melody' from Paid in Full (1987)

07.03.2026 18:16 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Exactly!

07.03.2026 07:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Mondays - Weekend S
Happy Mondays - Weekend S YouTube video by London Records

Not such an indie kid as I was in the late 80s but this one from '86/'87 holds up brilliantly.

youtu.be/PdwvwGlAnz0?...

#5debutalbums8589

Happy Mondays, 'Weekend S' from Squirrel and G Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) (1987)

Check Paul Ryder's bass work🙏

06.03.2026 15:34 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

👍Yeah I know that's the rated one by Stetsasonic but there's great use of the Roland TR-808 plus scratching by the mighty Prince Paul on this one, as well as lots of other fun stuff.

05.03.2026 10:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good shout, Graham. Wore this one out (on cassette! -- driving my Mini 1000) in 1989-90.

04.03.2026 18:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Total classic.

04.03.2026 18:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Stetsasonic - My Rhyme
Stetsasonic - My Rhyme YouTube video by Tommy Boy

Many of the heavy hitters in #5debutalbums8589 have paled for me thanks to over-listening so I'm going to seek out some I've not heard before. Like this:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=faZR...

Stetsasonic, 'My Rhyme' from On Fire (1986).

Knew of them in the late '80s but never really heard their stuff.

04.03.2026 17:59 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Absolutely love that album and 'Life'.

03.03.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Been listening to this today and it's total class. Those beats go hard.

02.03.2026 20:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's just so good.

02.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don't love it either, although it was big when I was in my late teens at the time it came out!

02.03.2026 13:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

On a hip-hop tip, I'd add Long Live the Kane and Straight Outta Compton.

02.03.2026 13:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Soooo good.

02.03.2026 11:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great list, thanks 👌

02.03.2026 11:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Jealous!

02.03.2026 06:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Top 5 for the whole decade in my view. Still sounds fresh as a daisy.

01.03.2026 20:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Loved this so much when it came out.

01.03.2026 20:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours
Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours YouTube video by maxakamestesso

#5debutalbums8589

I'm starting here.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbl...

Public Enemy, 'You Gonna Get Yours' from Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)

Life-changing like few other albums, for me.

01.03.2026 19:33 👍 33 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Yep.

01.03.2026 19:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ooooh, this is gonna be fun. My first years of full-on record buying :) thanks for compiling the list for 2005-09, Rich.

01.03.2026 19:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Always looked out for the Lesney toy car factory when I was in the back of my dad's car on the way back from London in the 70s.

01.03.2026 19:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0