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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fabulous @sqrrlflwr.bsky.social show tonight on Bleecker Street for a wfuv broadcast

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Julian Velard,a delight as ever, at Joe's Pub last night

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great seeing Suki Waterhouse last night at Radio City, it was fun seeing something a little more pop than I normally do

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another amazing show by The Beths @thebeths.bsky.social, the all requests format is a lot of fun!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Superb Swervedriver show on Saturday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg, they played their debut album in full to celebrate its 35th anniversary, and a host of other classics. Always love seeing bands from Oxford and it had been 11 years since I last had the pleasure of seeing them!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Acid Bath and Obituary last night at Pier 17, I needed a fun metal show. It was a shame that openers Thou had to drop off the bill as I'm a big fan

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Flew to Portland to catch @thebeths.bsky.social and @beachbunnymusic.bsky.social, my two favourite bands of this decade playing together was too good to not see

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Glad I got to do three of the four Rush shows at MSG, Thursday night was the emotional can't believe they're playing again show, Saturday was the party show and tonight I had a very nice centre seat ticket in the 100 section and got to my calmly appreciate everything, they're performing so well!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Another amazing Rush show at MSG last night, so glad they're mixing up the sets each night on this tour, one of life's joys is not knowing what a band is going to play next. Can't wait to see what they'll play on Monday #rush

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Stress of getting tickets in the first place aside, so glad that Rush are back, they sounded amazing. Caught them at MSG last night and also going Saturday and Monday

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today's #sundaydaiquiri I made with some watermelon syrup (just juiced a watermelon, equal parts sugar on the stovetop), it's good!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Said goodbye to my best friend today, our dog Jackson, who we think was 16 years old. My heart is broken but I know we gave him a long and incredible life, my life is rich beyond words for knowing his love

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you're going to play a meaningless match of football it should at least be care free and entertaining, fair play to England and France for providing a fun game

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's easy to forget that England were getting knocked out by Iceland ten years ago and we've made two world cup semi finals and two euro finals since, but it's so frustrating to see the team panic whenever in a leading position

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Typical England, actually play well, score a great goal then think sitting back and defending for the rest of the game is a good idea, limp dick stuff

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Not one for the ages but England have been efficient this world cup, wish we were playing better but I'll visit the Jude Bellingham statue whenever it gets built

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Forgot to mention seeing Spoon and Ratboys at central park on Wednesday. I love Ratboys but their set was difficult since everyone in the crowd was talking and not actually listening to the band, which can happen a lot at these free shows. Spoon were pretty good

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A great night seeing Jejune and Ethel Meserve at Mercury Lounge followed by a late night Katz's

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The worst thing about this world cup, and maybe the most offensive thing I've ever seen in football, is a man of the match vote appearing in the 55th minute. What kind of monster signed off on this.

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

That felt like more of a cage fight than a football match... I don't think I enjoyed it at all but it's nice to come out the other side of a game like that

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My obligatory "thanks to Andrew Cuomo and RFK Jr for idiotically closing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant, that happened to be providing almost all of NYC's clean energy" comment

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Great few days in Montreal for work, including a spectacular show by Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse band.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Bit grim, but this is a very useful graph for why we are more likely than not to rejoin the EU.

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Got to see greatest band of all time @delamitri.bsky.social last night at Le Poisson Rouge, every show is a gift at this point and the crowd were also fantastic

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Forgot to post about the superb Jimmy Eat World show on Tuesday at Brooklyn Paramount, playing Bleed American in full to celebrate its 25th anniversary

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

never in fucking doubt, greatest city in the world, knicks in fiiiiiiiiiive

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What a treat to see Asian Glow last night at Market Hotel. I was possibly the oldest person in the venue but it's reassuring that the kids are listening to good music!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It is simply not possible to play All The World's A Stage too loud #rush

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My latest #qcomp is up on qcomps.blogspot.com or this direct spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/37D... A lot of great releases already this year

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Spending the weekend in Baltimore and kicked things off with a Future Islands and Dan Deacon show

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

No band does raggedy Americana as well as Friendship

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Love to read this about my local subway station...

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The Radiohead thing over at the Navy Yard was pretty cool, probably not $75 a ticket cool, but the actual film was visually and socially stunning. Felt like art for art's sake in the best way

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Great Courtney Barnett show last night at King's theatre (still the best room in the city), hadn't seen her since 2018, and I've been a fan of Momma since their first record but hadn't seen them until now either!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

You don't need me to tell you that Copper Blue is one of the great albums of the 90s, but I didn't think I'd see Sugar play live, they played a good mix of their brief discography, including a couple of tracks from their Beaster EP, and the somewhat underrated File Under Easy Listening album.

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Killing time before seeing @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social at Webster hall with a couple of drinks at Paradise Lost

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We just had some custom shelves and cabinets installed, truly a thing of beauty! @egtheog.bsky.social is great for many reasons, having the vision to help design this is one of them, accepting my hobbies and record collecting should probably earn her a medal of some kind

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A pleasure to see Brazilian psych band Boogarins last night at the sultan room, I hadn't seen them since 2014!

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Cool show last night seeing Health, Carpenter Brut and Desire. I went in mostly blind for Health and enjoyed them, but the other two band stole the night

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Went to see Sunn O))) last night and my bones might still be vibrating

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Telling that as big of a piece of shit as orban is, he managed to concede to defeat. Something Trump has never been able to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

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Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So sad that this is an AI fake. Fucking AI, what a waste of everyone's time. Evolution is a goddamn marvel on its own, and octopuses incredible without this bullshit.

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Just upgraded my ortofon 2m blue to a bronze and holy shit, I could cry it sounds so good

Ortofon 2m Bronze on a technics sl-1500c

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Watching my beloved Creighton blue jays and the entire second half of this game has been both teams constantly fouling the other, it's so boring. I propose fouls should lead to three free throws instead of two #englishmanimprovesbasketball

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Chris Quartly @chrisquartly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Latest #qcomp is available at qcomps.blogspot.com Or directly on Spotify at open.spotify.com/playlist/4bo...

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Q#166 - February to March 2026

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