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Some gems there. Think Kings of Leon prob my fave.

Morrissey is 'too tired' to perform, and 12 other excuses for cancelled concerts From ham sandwiches to cat-induced injuries, here are some of the excuses for gigs being cancelled.

After Morrissey cancelled a concert because he was sleepy, I took a look at the other bizarre excuses musicians have given for calling off their shows.

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Nine photos of Robert Crumb’s intricate thin black line ink illustrations.

R. Crumb: There's No End to the Nonsense exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery, Mayfair. Ends Saturday.

Thank you. Would love to hear more about Eddy’s experience!

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: JAMES BROWN, HYSTERICAL MODS, READY STEADY GO & HISTORIC WALTHAMSTOW SHOW (MARCH 1966) James Brown, Ready Steady Go, 11 March 1966 (Photo David Redfern) “There we were watching James Brown, the Famous Flames urging him b...

I did start writing it up for a Dubstack chapter, but got sidetracked by life, of life.

There's a good piece about it, and JB's TV spot, from a ago by @monkeypicks.bsky.social here if you want to know more monkey-picks.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-...

A poster for James Brown & The Famous Flames performing live for the first time in the UK at the Granada in Walthamstow in the far reaches of East London on this day in 1966. Support acts included Barbara Lewis, the Mike Cotton Sound, The Marionettes and compere Keith Fordyce.

I actually shopped around another anniversary piece for today because it's 60 years since James Brown played his 1st UK gig... in Walthamstow.

I pitched a article using the very detailed account of the gig which Eddy Grant shared with me last year, but somehow I couldn't find anyone who wanted it

Top beret action

Greek Street. 😃

Hahaha. Enjoy!

Current view:

I’m guessing Chelsea as the word corporate reeks of them. Don’t need to ask you to drink them dry! 🍻🍻🍻

Yeah, was rooting for her at the time but this was bit underwhelming.

Very sorry. That’s an amazing photo. Thoughts with your family.

With a Patsy Kensit bonus!

John Cale by Paul Morrissey, 1966

Happy 84th to John Cale 🧁 #BOTD

The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs acoustic demo with Cale on vocals youtu.be/oDHTwvopOdQ?...

Slowly slowly catchy monkey!

Don’t often laugh out loud at films but did a few times here.

We got there in the end!

Frances McDormand as a cop driving a vehicle in the snow.

Fargo (1996) When this came out everyone said it was great but I was* seldom interested in anything less than 30 years old. Now it is, just watched and, yes, they were quite right.

* Debatable use of past tense

Was good when it went “on tour” few years back.

“One slightly disappointing example of that approach: “Not every visitor needs to read his graphic depictions of his college sex.” So those aren’t shown.”

Oh yeah, gutted… 🙄 Would obv like to see exhibition though.

Great stuff.

Beaten to death with a baguette.

Strong four!

🎵 The Action - The Ultimate Action (1981 comp and my most played album) 🎥 Sevmek Zamani/Time To Love (1965, dir Metin Erksan, starring Sema Özcan and Süleyman Tekcan). Man loves a photograph 🎵 Lou Donaldson - Swing and Soul (1957) 🎵 Miles Davis - The Turnaround: Rare Miles from the Complete On The Corner Sessions (2023) 🎵 Chien Chien Lu - The Path (2023) 📷 Photo of brutalist Barbican estate taken from tube exit. Used to really dislike it, and it still kinda gives me the creeps, but appreciate it more now 🎥 Mademoiselle (1966, dir Tony Richardson, starring Jeanne Moreau) Jeanne causes merry hell in small village 🎵 Bob Dylan - Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol 18 1956-1963 (2025) 🎵 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Sugar n’ Spice (1969) 🎵 Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981) 🖼️ Jackeline Oasis (1975) by Beatriz González on display at the Barbican Centre, London 🎵 The Guy Hamper Trio featuring James Taylor - 5 Miles To Jerome Vol 5 (2026) 💻 Conversations with… Stewart Lee. Stew discusses the importance of music, interviewed on The YouTube by @AlbertGenower These days, they put you in jail for listening to the Bevis Frond 📕 Guy Debord - Society of the Spectacle (1966, published here - later - by Rebel Press). Read but truth be told hardly understood a word 🕺🏽 The Primitives live on the Golden Hinde, Bankside. Drummer Tig’s setlist which nobody could nab as he needed it for the next night 😃 🖼️ Honk (1962) by Ed Ruscha on display at Tate Liverpool + RIBA

That Was The Week That Was

I know! That missing apostrophe!

Golly.

Blimey.

Nina Simone: Four Women (Live in Antibes, 1969) YouTube video by Nina Simone

If you do anything today, take a few moments and see if you can hear the women's inner screams, then take another moment to imagine a world without women in it. #InternationalWomensDay
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Boom!

Thanks!