Matt Stanhope

Some surprisingly literal responses to this

These people are somehow still pissed off that they aren’t allowed to go and watch a good hanging any more

Oh yeah. I mean, Bowie was always more than happy to do that

I know exactly what you mean.

Vision Thing, the last studio album by The Sisters Of Mercy. Released in 1990 to a very mixed reception

Vision Thing is one of those odd albums that sounds better now than it did at the time. Eldritch sounds like he’s mostly having a bit of a laugh on this one, “learning to cry for fun and profit”. The title track, Ribbons, More, and the existential angst of When You Don’t See Me are all highlights.

Ah, that’s better. Like a hug from the perfect 80s goth leather biker jacket.

Fair, it never worked for me unfortunately

a woman in a pink dress is saying i said what i said ALT: a woman in a pink dress is saying i said what i said

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Apologies, my brain is misfiring completely this morning

Ignore me, I think I’m having an “episode”.

Enjoy the absence of driving responsibility!

I always want to like that one more than I do

The La's - There She Goes YouTube video by TheLasVEVO

Absolutely classic example of an achingly sad song masquerading as a jolly one

And people want to vote this guy in to run the entire country. The economy, the police, education, healthcare, everything. Just imagine that for a second, what that might look like. He’s an absolutely transparent charlatan, bankrolled by the media.

I might just give up on trying to understand things, I’ve obviously become “hard of thinking”

Oh FFS, just stop it with this ID bullshit.

I shall investigate

There was no wit to The Mission. No poetry, no magic.

Oh yeah, same

I think I quite liked Tower Of Strength at the time, but even that sounds piss weak now. Whereas the Sisters albums still work just fine, yes, even Vision Thing (much misunderstood at the time, pah! Some goths have no sense of humour)

I never got the appeal of The Mission. I tried to like them, they looked great, but to me they always sounded like the goth U2. Mass appeal through sheer blandness

I would recommend the album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. It’s a real smorgasbord of what the band are capable of.

The cover of Crawl Space by Steve Toase, with artwork by Mikio Murakami

As Crawl Space is now out (available to order from @journalstone.bsky.social ;) ) I wanted to highlight the wonderful cover by Mikio Murakami, and some of their other amazing art. Obviously, you should also go and check out these books. 1/9

Early Madonna kicks ass

I would have reacted that way if it was The Cure.

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“Don’t make me say it” 😆