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In 1980 Roberta Flack appeared on ITV kids' music show Razzmatazz to promote "Back Together Again", her duet with Donny Hathaway. Presenter Alastair Pirrie excitedly babbled "Great single! Will you be working with Donny again?" "Probably not," said Roberta. "He's dead." Back together again. R.I.P.

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A question for Cure experts or Crawley/Horley people: what became of Marc Ceccagno? (In music, and in life generally.) What we all know: he was the guitarist in pre-Cure bands The Obelisk and Malice, but left to form Amulet. After that, the trail goes cold.

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The Welsh don’t really do St David’s Day the way other countries do their national days, do we? That said, does anyone know of anything happening in Cardiff/Barry this year, from wholesome kid-friendly daytime to boozy adult night time events?

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You never see Robbie Williams and mid-80s Iggy Pop in the same room.

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I honestly can't remember the last time Spellbound DIDN'T sell out. It must be years ago. I love the fact that everyone who comes along knows they'll be part of a proper crowd and not dancing on a near-empty floor.

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Alternative 80s lovers of Brighton! Advanc3 t!ck3t5 for SPELLBOUND @spellboundclub.bsky.social tonight are 50ld 0ut (thanks!) but don't worry if you missed out - just come down to Komedia with cash we'll get you in (we hold back places). See you on the floor! Info: www.facebook.com/events/15463...

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Waiting for another war, and Waiting for my Valentine...

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Happy Valentine's, Spellbound-goers! You've given us the best gift of all: advanc3 t!ck3t5 for @spellboundclub.bsky.social tomorrow are 50ld 0ut. Thanks! Missed out? Don't worry, come with cash and we'll get you in (we hold back places). See you on the floor! Info: www.facebook.com/events/15463...

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1979-1989 from 2100-0300...

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Brighton! Just a handful of tickets remain for THIS SATURDAY's Spellbound @spellboundclub.bsky.social so if you're an advance tickets kinda person, get yours at www.komedia.co.uk/shows/spellb... and we'll see you on the dancefloor for a night of Alt-80s bangers! Info www.facebook.com/events/15463...

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Don’t let The Power Station Ultras hear you say that.

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One of the all-timers.

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Documentaries on Old London are my jam. This one features a young long-haired Chas & Dave rocking the pubs, Don McCullin earnestly snapping the homeless and a Pathe report on East End rebuilding which cheerfully informs that the main materials are "asbestos and wood". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oume...

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People talk down The Smiths' self-titled debut cos the production's a bit flat. And it is. But I'm a lyrics guy. At 17 I binged on that LP to an unhealthy degree. I drank in its seriousness and desperation. (Early Manics had that too.) Before M's self-regarding humour set in. Underrated if anything.

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The finest Prefab Sprout lyric? For me it's between: "The dream helps you forget/You ain't never danced a step/You were never fleet of foot/Hippy..." (King Of RnR) and "We were songbirds/We were Greek gods/We were singled out by fate/We were quoted out of context/It was great." (Electric Guitars)

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I'll be honest. If I was The O'Jays, the first stop on the Love Train would not be England. In fact, no offence to my English friends, neighbours, family and colleagues, but if I was in charge of the Love Train, I might totally do a Dr Beeching on England. (And on a few other scheduled stops, TBH.)

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I wonder if there's a more heteronormative, gender-conservative song in the classic pop canon than "The Game Of Love" by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders.

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Brighton people! Round off Valentine's Weekend with a CLASSIC Spellbound @spellboundclub.bsky.social on Sat 15 Feb! No theme, just Goth/Post-Punk/New Romantic/Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie/Synthpop/Ska bangers 1979-89. Tickets www.komedia.co.uk/shows/spellb... Info www.facebook.com/events/15463...

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It’s not the biggest deal right now, admittedly, but I would like it if British people stopped saying ‘felon’ like it’s a word we all use.

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I used to love listening to foreign radio stations (via the RadioGarden app or their own websites). Now it just says “Stations outside the UK unavailable”. Does anyone in the industry know when or why the law changed, and whether there’s any hope of changing it back?

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Every time I scan my news feeds, I see @repjasmine.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett being brilliant, funny and bang on the money. Why can’t we have (more) politicians like that?

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Dress You Up Borderline 4 Minutes Holiday Lucky Star

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She slid through life on charm. Marianne Faithfull R.I.P.

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I can't claim credit for this observation (it was Alexis Petridis five or six years ago), but Sailor are the 1970s Franz Ferdinand. Imagine FF covering Girls Girls Girls. "Shy girl, sexy girl..." This is in no way a diss to EITHER band, by the way. Both really great! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Yp...

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I don’t know enough about boujee restaurants to joke about which boujee restaurant will be serving this as a starter, but there’s a joke there somewhere. 66 million-year-old fish vomit discovered in Denmark www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The era of the Blobject in car design is long gone, isn't it? Most modern cars look angry and martial. Smooth curves have given way to side-panels with sharp ridges and black rubber cladding. The computer mouse look is out, the Tonka toy look is in. I expect designers have a name for this aesthetic.

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That thing when you discover an artist you're excited about, only to find they played your town two nights ago. FFS. Anyway. "Fairy In A Bottle" by Jacob Alon has stunned me. Very Nick Drake, obvs. The best new singer-songwriter I've heard since Benjamin Clementine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzpL...

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Here's something I wish I'd known when I was writing the Cure book: there's a place in Crawley called Goffs Park, and it's next to the cemetery. crawley.gov.uk/culture/park...

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Words which would have caused "Did you see THAT?!" Emergency General Meetings in playgrounds across the country when I was a kid, if uttered on TV, but are now commonplace on kids' shows, even in adverts: Bum. Poo. Crap. Wee. Pee. Face it, we're counting down to Peppa Pig dropping the Oedipal.

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Just confirming that tonight’s Curepedia/Spellbound event in Belfast IS STILL HAPPENING, despite the worst efforts of Storm Eowyn. (We’re at the airport as we speak.) See you later at Black Box for Cure chat and Alt-80s tunes!

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I nicked my ear with the razor earlier. There was quite a bit of blood, so it needed a plaster. My main concern now is that the people of Belfast will mistake me for a deranged Donald Trump supporter.

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100% the correct call. You're either in or you're out. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Alternative, Ulster.

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Belfast! I'm doing a Curepedia (@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social) talk at Black Box on Saturday night with writer Joe Nawaz as part of Out To Lunch festival (from @cqaf.bsky.social) followed by book signing and @spellboundclub.bsky.social (Alt 80s) DJ set. 8.00pm-11.30pm. Tickets cqaf.com/curepedia-an...

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A lot of what Mic has picked up here is sadly unsurprising. One thing stunned me, though, and I quoted it in my previous post.

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