Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙

Animator, Director and scribbler in Manchester, UK. All views and opinions are my own, even the clever ones, that a probably a fluke. It/that

[Badly Drawn Boy @badly_drawn_boy]

Looking forward to seeing you at @foolhardyfolk next month!

Tickets available here: https://t.co/avNdayPIbb

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

@slipp3000 @badly_drawn_boy @superfurry @gruffingtonpost Have a belter mate. 🤘

[Dave Haslam @Mr_Dave_Haslam]

Letter from Morrissey’s mother to Joe Moss (the first Smiths manager).

Via @joemossarchive on Insta

#TheSmiths #JoeMoss #JohnnyMarr #Morrissey February 1983

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

@The_Ren1981 This is mint!

[Stuff_By_Mark @The_Ren1981]

Pixies Gigantic meets the old Attack of the 50ft Woman poster. This took forever to draw, so please buy several prints.

[Damon Albarn Unofficial @DamonUnofficial]

Damon in Cardiff: We were taught French, German and latterly, thank goodness, some Spanish and Chinese now but never any Welsh. That doesn't make any sense because we're all neighbours and it's ridiculous we weren't taught Welsh! I was to say 'thank you' and I think it's 'diolch'

[Stuff_By_Mark @The_Ren1981]

Giving this one last retweet as I’m quite poor.

[Badly Drawn Boy @badly_drawn_boy]

Looking forward to this! Thanks @beansontoast45 for asking me to headline @foolhardyfolk 🎸
Get your tickets here:
https://t.co/avNdayPIbb

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

https://t.co/9QWx2rfqiD

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

Pucker up love x

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

Peace and love you handsome chancers. X

[Badly Drawn Boy @badly_drawn_boy]

Pleased to announce I’ll be heading to some great independent venues around the UK this Spring for a new run of “Live and In Conversation” shows, hosted by @chris_hawkins from @BBC6Music. Tickets are on sale here: https://t.co/cdesgM1Gua

[Tim's Listening Party @LlSTENlNG_PARTY]

5 years ago today we had a listening party for Banana Skin Shoes by Badly Drawn Boy. You can find the replay here https://t.co/LCKXYcDGfF. Input from @badly_drawn_boy @Tim_Burgess #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp682

[Doves @dovesmusicblog]

Some Cities was released on this day 21 years ago!

Artwork by Rick Myers.

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

@wuthering_hts That’s me animating! This was such a great film to work on! I was finding hair on my clothes for weeks. Thanks @emeraldfennell @wuthering_hts @ Arch Model Studios.

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

Here I am animating the ‘Wuthering Heights’ title for the opening of the film. It was a great experience working with Arch Model Studios to bring the vision of @emeraldfennell to life. X

[WutheringHeightsMovie @wuthering_hts]

Eternally bound. #WutheringHeightsMovie is now playing in theaters. Get your tickets: https://t.co/fj9P87WfzM

[Paul ‘Gripper’ Flannery 💙 @GripperDipper]

@badly_drawn_boy @YouTube Absolutely Amazing! Saw Bret perform this a few years back in Albert Hall, Manchester. I may have cried a little. x

[Badly Drawn Boy @badly_drawn_boy]

Looking forward to this ! My first gig of 2026.. hope to see you all there

[peter coyle @rawedgespassion]

Just read that 34% of all tracks uploaded to Spotify etc every single day — around 50,000 songs — are now fully AI-generated.
97% of listeners literally cannot tell the difference between a machine prompt and a human being who spent a lifetime learning how to say something that matters.
For my sins I have been writing, recording and releasing music for over forty years.
I’ve lived through vinyl, cassettes, CDs, Napster, MySpace, SoundCloud, every algorithm shift, every format war.
Musicians like me know they have lost the battle but they still continually get in the boxing ring because it is who they are.
I have kept going because I am a dreamer. I am someone who needs to believe in something. Life is short and I have spent mine trying to connect with songs and meaning.
Now someone types “dreamy 80s new wave ballad about lost love” into Suno or Udio and in 90 seconds they have something that 97% of people think is very listenable and very good.
My new single is now competing with 50,000 ghosts uploaded before breakfast.
It seems that over forty years of human devotion is equivalent to ninety seconds of clever code.
This is not a woe is me post.
This is just to point out the interesting reality that we live in at the moment and the huge challenges facing creatives.
I don’t care how invisible and swamped I become I will always do my best to make something that means something.