markdoyle.bsky.social
Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. In Nashville. Wrote a book-and-a-half on Belfast & one on the Kinks. Latest is John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical”-Mail on Sunday
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I'll make time for it one of these years.
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Yep, they lifted and extended a chapter I wrote some years ago about a Black man arrested in a Belfast riot in 1872. Sent me down a rabbit hole that I've yet to climb out of.
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🤣
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Yup
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Oh yes, they're talking about the softball, too. I get all these balls mixed up.
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Two of my faves are:
REM, New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Neil Young, Broken Arrow
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Oh, for sure.
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Ah, don't know the Jeff Wayne. Wildflowers is a great pick.
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Ooh, nice one
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We'll be driving for much of the next two weeks and need something to play when the 13yo allows us to take a break from audiobooks and My Chemical Romance.
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www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pave...
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That's a great word.
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Do it!
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"Holdforth Braggadocio took a deep breath, parted the curtain and stepped through into the limelight."
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A skinny braggadocio with pumpkin spice please
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Come to Nashville, folks. We have great parks.
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And Stereolab!
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So glad you like it, Don!
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Looks great, Stu!
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That's great to hear. The CPM people are wonderful, very supportive of students and eager to get their collections into the hands of researchers, etc.
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"'We want people to realize that in one fell swoop, The Center for Popular Music is going to be the new epicenter of punk-related research,' said Greg Reish, the organization’s director."
Hey, ho, let's go!
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Ah, very cool - thanks.
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I imagine you're right. Looks like there was a new, highly acclaimed English translation of The Plague in 2021, so that makes sense.
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Oh, it's been ages since I've read that. Seems like something first-years, in particular, would really relate to.