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@radiogibbon

AKA Keith Loving, otherwise known as the Fresh Prince of Balearic. Member of @easternfrontdjs Still participating joyously in this sorrowful life. Bar owner, Wood Street Bear.

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The irrepressible Nigel Farage [FREE TO READ] Ten years after they first had lunch together, ‘the Brexit guy’ tells Henry Mance why the country needs his help once again

Almost exactly ten years ago @henrymance.ft.com had lunch with Nigel Farage www.ft.com/content/864c.... It remains legend. Quite a lot has happened over the subsequent decade so we sent him back in. as.ft.com/r/edeac2c6-0...

13.03.2026 07:05 👍 64 🔁 24 💬 23 📌 13
The Leaf Library - Catch Up, Isobel
The Leaf Library - Catch Up, Isobel YouTube video by Fika Recordings

The video for our new single Catch Up, Isobel is right here (17 thumbs up so far): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBp...

You can pre-order the album here: fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-...

23.02.2026 13:29 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast Steve Reich, Pat Metheny

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Steve Reich, Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast (1990)

Album: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

Steve Reich, a pioneering minimalist composer from New York, is renowned for his innovative phasing techniques and influential works like "Music for 18...

Listen on Spotify

06.02.2026 10:23 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.

04.02.2026 21:48 👍 2426 🔁 624 💬 25 📌 16
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Barry Malone on X: ""Peter Mandelson, right, went mad. In the 80s, Peter Mandelson lost it big time. He started, like, hearing voices in his head and shit, telling him to like kill Tony Blair and shit. He came back from it man, he fucking came back." Still one of the best videos of all time. https://t.co/vD811FU7BK" / X "Peter Mandelson, right, went mad. In the 80s, Peter Mandelson lost it big time. He started, like, hearing voices in his head and shit, telling him to like kill Tony Blair and shit. He came back from it man, he fucking came back." Still one of the best videos of all time. https://t.co/vD811FU7BK

x.com/i/status/201...

04.02.2026 02:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Michael Pollan on Consciousness and A WORLD APPEARS
Michael Pollan on Consciousness and A WORLD APPEARS YouTube video by Penguin Press

Bestselling author @michaelpollan.bsky.social once again opens our eyes and expands our minds with his dazzling exploration of consciousness. A WORLD APPEARS is available February 24.

youtu.be/jWgJbL4r7fs

03.02.2026 20:19 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3
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This post is the GOAT.

03.02.2026 19:39 👍 1516 🔁 674 💬 65 📌 59
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From incel culture to the White House: American Psycho’s dark hold on modern masculinity As the musical version of Bret Easton Ellis’s notoriously gory book returns to the stage, its tale of 80s yuppie nihilism feels more relevant than ever in the era of Andrew Tate, Trump and tech bros

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

29.01.2026 13:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 👍 97505 🔁 40875 💬 4303 📌 5361

Ice is the Gestapo.
Trump is insane.
Elon’s Grok is publishing child porn.
Stephen Miller is a white supremacist.
JD Vance is making shit up.
Somebody release the Epstein Files.

08.01.2026 21:12 👍 2727 🔁 854 💬 106 📌 29
Life on Mars
Life on Mars YouTube video by Dexter Wansel - Topic

YT Pick

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZ7...

09.01.2026 23:27 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The All Seeing I - Return Of The Crooked Cat (Visualiser)
The All Seeing I - Return Of The Crooked Cat (Visualiser) YouTube video by London Records

Love Walk Like a Panther on #totp, but it was only very recently that #RaveyardShift and specifically @dannykelly.bsky.social taught me about this, of which WLAP is just a part. Great stuff!

youtu.be/ENFecX7LsBE?...

09.01.2026 19:40 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0
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The Trump doctrine: Violence is us The message is clear—be afraid.

NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.

Please read and share.

07.01.2026 22:43 👍 1499 🔁 701 💬 71 📌 36

Renee Good, a citizen & mother was shot 3 times in the head, on camera, by a masked gang. She is smeared by Trump & MAGA lunatics.
May she rest in peace & her family find comfort.

Frankly the only surprise is it took this long.

Farage wants “ICE style raids” in the UK. #r4today

08.01.2026 07:07 👍 1109 🔁 380 💬 33 📌 8

The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.

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The Droids - The Force
The Droids - The Force YouTube video by Marc Al

This is fantastic: the Droids, French Synth group, playing their classic Do You Have The Force on RAI TV in 1978. We included this track on the Caroline True Do You Have The Force comp www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiYf...

02.01.2026 11:42 👍 59 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 3
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

13.12.2025 11:02 👍 5923 🔁 2289 💬 130 📌 324

I think we all need to know what needs to be done here....Just get rid of the guns!

14.12.2025 01:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Issue 92 / 12 December 2025 The essential DIY electronic music weekly: Your totally bumper Xmas issue featuring Album Of The Year, Track Of The Year and Compilation Of The Year rundowns...

Lovely to see the @polypores.bsky.social remix of our Flowers At The Border in the @moonbuilding.bsky.social tracks of the year!

moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-92-1...

It's a wonderful track and a wonderful list.

12.12.2025 10:47 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

THE NEW AXIS OF EVIL

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Now that America has endorsed the Russian invasion of Europe, declared tariff wars against all democratic nations, begun committing war crimes daily, and taken to the high seas in acts of contemptible piracy, we deserve this new status.

10.12.2025 23:33 👍 1860 🔁 589 💬 92 📌 27
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.

Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

26.11.2025 08:54 👍 953 🔁 687 💬 58 📌 50
SAINT ETIENNE TOO YOUNG TO DIE

SAINT ETIENNE TOO YOUNG TO DIE

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13.11.2025 00:47 👍 91 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 6
BUCKS FIZZ THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

BUCKS FIZZ THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

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13.11.2025 00:29 👍 31 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 5
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Elin Morgan: Reviving London's historic drinking fountains With the ownership of water again an issue for concerned debate, there is much to be learned from the pioneers of public provision

After a beautiful (hot and thirsty!) London summer, here's my latest piece for @davehillonlondon.bsky.social / On London
about the history of London's drinking fountains and how they're being restored. Thanks to
@holtoflondon.bsky.social
for help in my research www.onlondon.co.uk/elin-morgan-...

16.09.2025 18:15 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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135 Wood Street, London, E17 3LX. @djchriscoco.bsky.social in the house today. Free entry.

05.04.2025 12:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kicking off in 30 mins at the Wood Street Bear Walthamstow.

08.03.2025 14:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Saturday March 1st in Walthamstow, come through. X

28.02.2025 22:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Golden Age of Hip Hop: Public Enemy, Digital Underground, Jungle Bros, BDP, Ice-T & Latifah live
Golden Age of Hip Hop: Public Enemy, Digital Underground, Jungle Bros, BDP, Ice-T & Latifah live YouTube video by Salvage Operation

Happy birthday to Ice-T. Here he is hosting a hip hop special on the BBC’s Late Show in May 1990, featuring live performances by himself, Public Enemy, Digital Underground, Jungle Brothers, BDP and Queen Latifah
youtu.be/tIF1oroDuTg

16.02.2025 09:33 👍 63 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 1
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This Saturday in London at the Wood Street Bear E17 3LX Cafe Del Mar Legend Phil Mison is joined by Espen Moen- Hermansen who is flying in from Norway. Fun times. #wellbalearic X

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