Michael Donovan

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[Mark Watson, still here but very much also Bluesky @watsoncomedian]

The payoff in the final one second of this clip would have been worth waiting much, much longer for.

[Mark Watson, still here but very much also Bluesky @watsoncomedian]

Peak English football: call a two-week ‘winter break’, but there are still matches during it, then some of THOSE matches get called off, so the fixture backlog ends up worse.

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Patti Smith’s 1975 debut was a monumental combination of symbolist poetry and snarling guitars https://t.co/uD3pm6AHYK

[Joy Division @joydivision]

On this day in 1980, Joy Division performed at @ULU_Live in London.

The band played;

Dead Souls
Glass
A Means To An End
Twenty Four Hours
Passover
Insight
Colony
These Days
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Isolation
The Eternal
Digital

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

.@TheStrokes are teasing something new https://t.co/DxTtDZrPl1

[NME @NME]

Gene Gallagher and Sonny Starkey have denied affray. https://t.co/NRN5EqeqgQ

[The FADER @thefader]

.@denzelcurry and @kennybeats share new music in “Unlocked” short film

https://t.co/ExTVdPuk1h

[NME @NME]

George Miller's 'Mad Max 5' movie set to start filming in Australia https://t.co/HDx75gQGpR

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

New visuals from King Krule https://t.co/eF3IdRqJ4Z

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

New music from Sufjan and Lowell https://t.co/FOQb47571M

[NME @NME]

The current Queen frontman has confirmed only two UK dates so far https://t.co/FgQvJUGfzf

[David Bowie Official @DavidBowieReal]

The new @ViveLeRock1 (issue 70) has a 12-page cover feature on how Bowie paved the way for punk rock. It’s a superb piece by Kris Needs, who is more than qualified, having rubbed shoulders with the midwife at both the birth of Ziggy Stardust and punk rock https://t.co/UL2WdlyUDm

[The FADER @thefader]

Watch @inglewoodSiR's Tiny Desk Concert.

https://t.co/9D2UbEWi5w

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

.@JustinBieber's "Yummy" has a new remix from @IAmSummerWalker https://t.co/lqbrlWbSTo

[NME @NME]

Do call it a comeback @BTS_twt

https://t.co/lEWpWwS3Ri

[The FADER @thefader]

Watch @rosaliavt's video for “Juro Que."

https://t.co/N7DxPwjgjq

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Gang of Four’s Andy Gill has died https://t.co/aRkgFj8B1y

[NME @NME]

.@gorillaz x @tameimpala anyone? https://t.co/sfTOMQXOdq

[New Order @neworder]

I used to think that the day would never come… 🎵🇪🇺

Read more from Bernard here 👉 https://t.co/AHttx9PzXj

[Thom Yorke @thomyorke]

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