Punk rock. Music. Scottish. Independent mind.
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Loving these designs for possible sales at @th3minds.bsky.social shop It has to be represented when all 3 were in the band for me, 1st one is my fave t-shirt @brucerisk.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @abesq.bsky.social @lnfg.bsky.social @overourwall.bsky.social
It’s ‘Suicide Prevention Awareness Month’…I don’t like the idea of dedicated months, this should be at the forefront of our mind at all times… I hope the pain of loss I hold, and my willingness to speak about the death of my beautiful daughter Sophie can help someone, in some way 🤍
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Fond memories of him at Tynecastle
Fond memories of him at Tynecastle
🚨 Over 18,000 people have already emailed the Home Office demanding they shut down this Nazi gig. Let’s turn up the pressure. If you haven’t added your name yet, now’s the time – and don’t forget to share the link with friends and family. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/176528/...
More MAD!❓
What we're seeing in the UK (predominantly England) today is simply thinly-veiled racism dressed up as patriotism. Just call it what it is: scapegoating immigrants for problems created by decades of government policy and corporate greed.
100%
I’d have come!
Where’s Zara?
#firstnameinsong #musicchallenge Day 30 My next door neighbour is called Kennedy not sure it was after this tune though. Class if it was The Wedding Present - Kennedy youtu.be/PuNYyNqCSSg?...
John Oliver on the famine in Gaza. Posted on Insta by #NevineElazeinab
Good morning Laying in bed thinking about breakfast wishing you all a wonderful day Madness Bed And Breakfast Man + Night Boat To Cairo OGWT 1979 youtube.com/watch?v=h9kI...
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 The truth about protests fuelled by fascism
The BBC’s reporting is a farce. It is obviously true that Israel is committing every war crime in the book, as it is that cats and dogs exist. But the BBC’s official narrative remains that this is simply a matter of opinion, writes Owen Jones ✍️
An amazing place for seafood is the Lobster Pot at Blackness - just a few miles west of Edinburgh. It has the added bonus of a Castle nearby, a whisky distillery that offers tours, and lovely sea views. In town Cadiz on George St is great for Mediterranean food.
A group of women who have made their home in the Highlands told me about the harrowing experiences they faced in the past, and their relief in reaching a country like Scotland, where they could live their lives free from misogyny and intimidation. It was night and day for them, writes Kate Forbes ✍️
Love Horace Andy’s voice
Our campaign may be over, but the message continues ✊🏾 Keep the fire going with a reminder at home that you’re #partofthebiggerpicture in making Scotland more welcoming & inclusive. We’ve teamed up with the brilliant Melt Pool for these beautiful new candles — available now! 🕯 ow.ly/ZA5m50WKhkb
Nice one
Had enough of experts?
Wild. But at the same time strangely predictable
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Beautiful
It’s true! 😂
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🙏❤️ A woman of the utmost integrity that I’m proud to call a friend.
#weekendsingles
Gorgeous
Baby goats are wild... 😍🤣 #bluesky #animals #babygoats
I hope they let you go Andy. I trust you’ve had a great time
And well done to Crystal Clean Windows who cleaned it for free "A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness." www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
Excellent
This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads. Race hate.
Performative cruelty.
Mostly Debbie Harry!
Link here youtu.be/6Gtbz00A75s?...
Lots of fun flag counting on the usually tedious journey from Edinburgh to the MidlandsFinal score 🏴 43 🇬🇧29 Mind you some looking precarious from motorway bridges. If some poor sod gets one stuck on the windscreen let’s hope it’s a true patriot - they can say made the ultimate flag sacrifice
#FallFriday "We're always portrayed as scruffy and things like that, but fashion-wise we're always about three years ahead of everybody." The Fall on Snub TV in 1990 youtu.be/mbdNNF-W-uI
I think Bob Vylan sums it up nicely youtu.be/ckf5Awk4fuU?...
Thank you for being #partofthebiggerpicture 🧩 YOU have raised an incredible £19,102 to help refugees to rebuild their lives here in Scotland. At a time of increased hostility, your compassion & generosity shows that a more welcoming and inclusive Scotland is possible. Thank you all! 🧡
Released 48 years ago today Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977 #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
I saw them in 78 in Edinburgh. It was ESP that stayed with me
There is no love in this world anymore… seems made for these times.
His ‘All for Unity’ party he formed to fight the SNP was a disgrace where he openly embraced fascists as long as they opposed Scottish Independence. That should have been the end of him.
Now on Netlix - a documentary that renews my love for this band, who only seem to get cleverer, funnier and more seditious (and on the money) with time - www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
49 years ago today An original little poster of the famous Screen on the Green punk concert, August 29, 1976, featuring the Sex Pistols, TheClash (performing in London for the first time) and the Buzzcocks, all for £1. #punk #punks #punkrock #screenonthegreen #punkrockhistory #history #otd
Evil
Wrong colour apparently.
On the final day of our Refugees Are Welcome series, Scottish Refugee Council CEO Sabir Zazai writes about the 10 things we can do in Scotland to turn the tide on anti-refugee sentiment 👇
Yet no flag on the wall. What a disgrace!
Meet three groups supporting refugees in Scotland amid a rise in threats 👇
World’s gaun tae f*ck
It is striking though. A definite policy decision has been made
Define young 😂
taking walk on a promenade. Lovely views, sea air , 3 old men with walking sticks standing having a chin wag. 15 minutes later still there chatting away. I’m thinking ‘how sweet’ - but a string of f*cks and how they hope the judge ‘sides with the people vs migrants’ etc. miserable old bastards.
Trying to get the young uns on board
#ArtistFave70s #MusicChallenge T-Rex Number 1 - Children of the Revolution youtu.be/PP2FyYSUJ54?...
Ended up drinking with them in a bar upstairs from a gig in Derby in around 94 (I think!), great but very hazy memories 😂
I got mine
Thanks to @scotnational.bsky.social for bucking the trend and sharing positive stories about the people behind the statistics
Tomorrow's front page 📰 'Let us not be defined by the loudest voices of division'
Nail on the fucking head.
#ArtistFave70s 10 Wire I Am The Fly youtu.be/Cwhia6wX0_A?... 🙏🏻😊✨️ @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social #MusicChallenge
Had me at ‘upright jacuzzi’
When people talk about legendary guitar tones this is it right here — so warm that’ll light a log fire #acdc #angusyoung #malcolmyoung
Rylan Clark's ITV This Morning migrant rant wrong on three points www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Hot summer nights, Aug 77. Fun fun fun. I knew times would get harder. But not like this. Imagine going out every night. Parties. Shows. Ramones in 76 to Clash in 79/80. X, Germs, Go-Go's, Blondie, Joan Jett, Cheap Trick, Stones. Great fun when WE ruled Hollywood!🎸📸 punkpioneers.com/product/fash...
Scottish glam rockers The Sensational Alex Harvey Band covering the Jacques Brel song "Next" live on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973. Title track to the group's 1974 album. #GlamRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=dpl_...
The first ever show in Hong Kong is happening — Sparks will be performing at Clockenflap in December❗️ Tickets on sale now: www.clockenflap.com
Loved them
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)
Was going to tag you @mikec1977.bsky.social but you got here first
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Its edging closer 😃 4 Sundays to go before we welcome #TheBluebells to the intimate surroundings of #theExchangeTwickenham for what promises to be a special night of music. The date - Sun Sep 21st. The time - 6 til 8.30pm. Tkts www.exchangetwickenham.co.uk/choose-seats/?dsp=792930DbzAkZq9zd5Zwgva
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Fraser. Here's a thread of Cocteau Twins live performances, starting with From The Flagstones and Musette And Drums filmed for The Tube in 1984 youtu.be/7x0FbC5njbY
It’s what they want
I bet they argue that by the wonder of trickle down economics it’s making more poor people homeless.
The far-right mob will be all over this. Oh wait!
His wife, who is also his agent, went on a racist anti-Muslim rant, saying “there are no innocent Gazans”, literally wishing death and destruction on them, and Froome backed her.
You were amazing in Scotland!!
Live highlights from Sparks’ MAD! Tour 2025 ( youtu.be/HI1awqCqByo ) The tour continues to North America in September!
Last time I heard about him he was backing his wife’s rant against Muslims
While riding for Israel?
Jeez
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
Tony Blair has a complicated legacy. On the one hand, he plunged Britian into decades of war, scarring a generation, destabilising the middle-east and slaughtering countless innocent people. On the other hand, centrist bald men say he was great, actually. It's impossible to say who is correct.
Five years after their home was destroyed in a Saudi-led airstrike, a young Yemeni couple found a home in Scotland 🏴 This is their story ⬇️ www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Of course he has
Aye, that’ll help
No. He spouted far right bollocks
This Morning is only NOW being seen as a right wing propaganda machine because of Rylan?!? While he sat at a table with Camilla Tominey and Josie Gibson. On a show that used to be hosted by Eamonn Holmes, helped Boris Johnson, platforms Nick Ferrari and created Katie Hopkins?!?
Happy birthday to Hugh Cornwell. Here are The Stranglers performing Duchess live in 1982
@glenmatlock.bsky.social Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to Glen Matlock. Love this footage of Rich Kids performing Ghosts of Princes in Towers on Revolver in front of Birmingham’s young punks youtu.be/Ok8IYHu0Fng
