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(I post this partly to humbleflex about how much signing I’m doing BUT ALSO because it makes me think about how only 15 years ago I was a borderline-failed novelist, age 40, with one flop and one very modest break-even book to my name. Never give up, amazing things can happen)
My boys @NBThieves won Hottest Record of the Year on @BBCR1!!!
"Welcome to the DCC" is my own favorite song of the year and the first song I got to hear them play live - I just got my tattoo last week! 🖤🫶🏻🎶
#nothingbutthieves#bbcradio1
After 8+ years of listening to @NBThieves, I finally got to see them in concert in Chicago. I had the incredible luck of running into Joe at the bar... and then I froze up completely. I meant to say THANK YOU for your music! Happy birthday, @NBTJoe! Neon Brother forever 🖤
Abandoned bank vault in Gary, Indiana.
Gary is one of the most abandoned cities in the U.S., yet is perhaps most famous for being the hometown of the Jackson 5.
The city came to prosperity in the early 1900s, seeing rapid growth due to the United States Steel Corporation building its largest steel plant in the city, Gary Works.
It had a successful and diverse population all the way until the 1960s. From the 1960s though, Gary followed the fate of the so-called Rust Belt. Growing overseas competitiveness in the steel industry caused U.S. Steel to lay off many workers from the Gary area. As the city declined, crime increased while more and more buildings were abandoned.
Today, it is estimated that one-third of all homes in Gary are unoccupied and/or abandoned. Less than 80,000 people live in the city today, 55% less compared to 1960. The city faces large levels of unemployment, decaying infrastructure, and low literacy and educational attainment levels.
I name my Pokémon after things I love and things that make me laugh, so I am thrilled that I achieved this masterpiece today #nothingbutthieves#PokemonGO