Matthew Quinlan

Journalist & writer. Music & sound tracker. Appeared on BBC & NPR, in Mojo, FT, Record Collector & arguably the opening crowd scene of Queen Live at Wembley.

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45 RPM came out of two egos battling over the speed of sound. To mark the single's 75th birthday and Record Collector's 45th, I tell the story. @RecCollMag

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@bpfallon @RalphMcLeanShow @PaulMcCartney One of my absolute favorite pieces. It makes me cry every time (and I listen to it a lot).

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I funded a memorable holiday to Turkey by selling Pet Shop Boys rarities in the back of Record Collector. Excited to share this PSB-led issue with my piece on 1984 and the format wars. Get your copy now on newsstands and at https://t.co/DD6JDWLcU8 @RecCollMag

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AI is a shiny new hammer. Don't forget the old and rusty nails: us. https://t.co/8dbp2NPiQ8
#audio #medicaldiagnostics #soundrecording #ai #generativeai

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Could you boil a product down to one design principle and set it free to change the world? Lou Ottens did and we all walked to the sound of music. It's all pretty simple really.
#productdesign #branding #audio #cassette #sony #philips https://t.co/RgHtzZc4AT

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Here we go. Creators: In Election Year, Do as Bing Crosby Said, Not as He Did https://t.co/vJ37ChAtrD via @LinkedIn

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Elections are coming so listen carefully. My piece for the World Economic Forum on a side of AI that sounds all too familiar. https://t.co/ExwTRR9SjA #GenerativeAI #deepfakes #Election2024 #worldeconomicforum #sound

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AI has given The Beatles another crack. Should it have? https://t.co/ZTd1umAJu4

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@20korg "Here's looking at Euclid."

[Half Moon Run @halfmoonrun]

Someone dm'd us asking for the SUCCESSION theme song, and we like to give the people what they want!

@succession
@HBO
@hbomax

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@profgalloway Life on Mars. Go during happy hour and pick vinyl off the shelves and they'll play it.

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@quinlan_carrie 6

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@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK What is Alastair's take on the broadcasting ban in NI in the late 80s and the use of actors to voice leaders' words. Could a policy like that be upheld today or is the media landscape now too decentralized to enforce it?

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@quinlan_carrie @cbrookmyre @ColumbiaRich Thanks for the correction.

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@cbrookmyre @ColumbiaRich +1 on Counting Crows. Saw them at the Shepherds Bush Empire on the same tour; they were dreadful. Very loud heckle late on "Cheer up, mate, FFS!"

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@Tim_Burgess @rideox4 1000 Miles

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@Tim_Burgess @notionofanguish at the THING festival in Port Townsend. @sigurros at the Paramount in Seattle.

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@tracey_thorn I watched it on Saturday. Then I watched it again on Sunday. He's smashing.

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@petepaphides Well played @NikKershaw

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@20korg Car talk. Motor mouth.