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Frontman of Liverpool's The Wild Swans. Co-founder of The Teardrop Explodes. Author of Revolutionary Spirit - A Post-Punk Exorcism. Liverpool/Glasgow/Dublin #MDANT Lit Rep. Matthew Hamilton at The Hamilton Agency
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Happy Birthday to my ex-bandmate and friend of 47 years - the genius artist Ged Quinn. x

Bill Drummond on 'Revolutionary Spirit' by The Wild Swans. x www.penkilnburn.com/home/a-local...

I can't convey how absurdly happy Julian, Mick, Gary and I were to read this review back in the day. x

Dublin -24.2.25

Recorded last week for Groove Zone/X-Vibe Radio in the US. youtu.be/ph0oxqWO4xk

All fur coat and no knickers at the Dublin Olympia for the Brian Jonestown Massacre last night. x

Friends reunited. Ricky Maymi and I at Dublin's Olympia Theatre earlier today. Last time I walked this stage was 27 (count em') years ago, when I was supporting Echo and the Bunnymen on their Evergreen comeback tour. Really looking forward to the BJM show tonight. x

Liverpool 1978. The first ever photograph of The Teardrop Explodes. Mick Finkler was 18, I was 19, and Julian was 20.

Walked passed this window display thinking it a cool outfit, only to walk back that way 5-minutes later to find they'd ruined it by adding a pair of jeans. x

Our Brutalist pad in boho 'Baggotonia- Dublin - 'a hotbed of sexual adventure, literary feuds and malicious gossip'. x

Bit washed out after a horrible viral bug, but yesterday I was the guest of Father Alex Frost on his wonderfully named The Godcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDav...

Mojo Magazine - December 2022 wherein I ask Lawrence a question about the meeting the devil. x