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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 8h

#ClienteleTop15 11. The Neighbour. How do you separate these songs from one another? Impossible. They’re all magnificent. This lavishly arranged gem sounds like the greatest Sixties band you’ve never heard. youtu.be/INb5icjQjaE?...

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The Clientele - The Neighbour (Official Music Video)

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 8h

#ClienteleTop15 12. Everyone You Meet Loved the video for this. Very Clientele. This is simply a beautiful pop song, a slice of chamber pop with Byrdsian harmonies and surprising melodic shifts à la Forever Changes. youtu.be/KaU2L9D8rw4?...

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The Clientele - Everyone You Meet (Official Music Video)

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 8h

#ClienteleTop15 13. Fables of the Silverlink. An epic multipart rumination on the nature of grief, initially envisaged as the first single from I Am Not There Anymore. Complex, experimental, it weaves and dips and soars. More ideas here than others can manage on a whole LP. youtu.be/lQAWVZ_tGA4

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Fables of the Silverlink

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo, taking a break from recording with Kraftwerk, in order to attend his 40th birthday party.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ignore the headlines. Those kids who are said to be brain-dead, tik-tok-ed out of consciousness, apathetic, etc etc, are the exact opposite. They're smart, imaginative, they're asking the questions their elders do everything to avoid, with the right words, without fear. They are the voice of hope.

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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Very brief but very cool — color footage of Talking Heads at Max's Kansas City 50 years ago tonight.

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Talking Heads - Live at Max's Kansas City (October 8th, 1976) - 16mm Film

YouTube video by Don't Worry About Talking Heads

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The arrangement is perfect, and it’s so cleverly worded.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Found over on FB. Sun Ra Arkestra, Germantown, Philadelphia PA 1980.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I spoke to Gail Ohara of chickfactor about my forthcoming book on The Clientele. www.chickfactor.com/an-interview...

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An interview with The Clientele biographer Johnnie Johnstone – chickfactor

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#ClienteleTop15 14. We Could Walk Together The first Clientele song committed to vinyl (Cry Me A Liver compilation EP on Fierce Panda, 1997) . Haunted by the ghosts of Felt and the Chills, it serves as a gorgeous calling card to their inner sound world. youtu.be/O7vdBGW2R5U?...

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We Could Walk Together

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When the series started in 1973, the average age of the trio of retired elderly men in The Last of The Summer Wine was 53 years old.

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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

MC5 in 1967, before the first lp when Rob was still on the straighteners

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#ClienteleTop15 15. Since K Got Over Me A statement of intent - the opening track on 2005’s Strange Geometry, purred with confidence. Chiming guitars, a sneaky Beach Boys lift, and Alasdair’s vocal range (from melancholic lament to snotty garage sneer). A stunner. youtu.be/4cYNj2SeVdA?...

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The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing has given me more joy this year than rediscovering the music of Prefab Sprout. I first heard Swoon when I was 16 in 1984. I had never heard a male perspective on love like that before. This guy was literate sure, but hopelessly vulnerable too. This sent me on my way. youtu.be/1T_GU1rwkYQ?...

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found these pics of ‘60s Swedish outfit the Knotts over on FB. I love how they look 10 years old. Anyone know anything about them?

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#16. Missing. Anwen Crawford has spoken of the sense of ‘’missingness” integral to Clientele’s songs. Here’s a perfect example of what she means. youtu.be/bXK90KprpGU?...

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the clientele - missing

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two for the price of one tonight. #17. Joseph Cornell Jazz time signatures, bold rhythms, Howard Monk on traps. youtu.be/abuW3tBBXqY?...

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The Clientele - Joseph Cornell

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chirun Ilya Evening light

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Then I discovered Prefab Sprout and the Velvet Underground. Things changed.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#NowPlaying Peak Todd. I love the Runt stuff and S/A is packed with great songs, but this and its follow-up (74’s ‘Todd’) are acid-fried Todd in excelsis. By ‘73 he could do anything - the missing link between Zappa, Brian Wilson and Stevie Wonder - with a medley of R&B covers thrown in. Wonderful.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Completed the GSR half marathon today after doing no training whatsoever. This is not empty boasting but an admission of utter stupidity. The event photos (available to buy) show a man who seems to be undergoing a cardiac arrest in public. And no, you shall not see them.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In the studio? 😮 - or do you mean on the telly line everyone else? 😂

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The UK singles chart - 50 years ago this week. Can in there, rubbing shoulders with rock legends the Wurzels.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#NowWatching First saw this in the early 90s on video. Haven’t seen it since. I needed a 30-year breather. Seriously messed with my head.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tim Packer (Canadian Artist, born 1961) "Northern Marsh", 2023. Giclee on Canvas

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lumberyard, Seattle, WA 1937. Alfred Eisenstaedt.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The famous bill poster reworked for the cover of Curtis Mayfield’s 1975 LP, There’s No Place Like America Today. Margaret Bourke-White, Kentucky, 1937.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Friedrich Kunath (German, b.1974) "Storms Never Last," 2023 Oil on canvas 48 x 38.5 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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