A driving force behind some of the most influential albums in British music history.
Rest in peace Andy Rourke, former bassist of The Smiths. A formidable talent we will forever be thankful for.
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@furiousgerbil I started a Mastodon account on Tuesday. Still finding my feet but it's simpler than I was led to believe. I'm keeping Twitter for all sorts of reasons until I see how things work out. Feels more like olden days Twitter there, content wise and definitely not confrontational.
Twitter, as a source of any information, is now even less reliable than it was a week ago. Like writing half truths on paper planes and launching them at randoms.
All the people still supporting Brexit on the basis that power will return to their hands, as if if ever has been, couldn't be more deluded. 'Taking back control' is a sleight of hand, performed by an aristocratic elite who won't let you within ballistic range of it.
"It is not a human right to vandalise a work of art."
Home Secretary Suella Braverman urges police to "take action against the radicals," saying there has been "an erosion of confidence" in their ability to enforce the law.