Reposted by AndrewMFCThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/03/2026Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying theonion.com/rising-conservative-st… 5175961519
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Incredible radio voice. The word "stentorian" comes to mind. 010
Reposted by AndrewMFCBlock Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026How Chicago blues musicians are preserving — and redefining — the genre’s sound: blockclubchi.co/46pAFYr 0206
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Aww man that's great. If you've got August 1985 at the same venue I'll faint. 🙂 100
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Never mind that, I want to know more tracks that have tire iron them. 000
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026May 6, 1988, was quite a night at Metro. Billy Bragg w/Michelle Shocked was the early show, and the late show that same night was Peter Murphy. Quite a few of us went to both. I couldn't do it these days at a standing venue, my back would take days to recover. 😬 000
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Listening back to shows I attended nearly 40 years ago is the closest I will ever come to time travel. Feeling very sentimental, nostalgic and yes, very old today. Thanks Aadam. 010
Reposted by AndrewMFCA Head Full of Wishes @fullofwishes.co.uk · 29/12/2025Yo La Tengo, with Luna - “Friday I’m in Love” (The Cure cover), 12/28/25, San Francisco Yo La Tengo and Luna perform The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” to close the first of three nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, December 28, 2025.youtube.comYo La Tengo, with Luna - “Friday I’m in Love” (The Cure cover), 12/28/25, San FranciscoYo La Tengo and Luna perform The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” to close the first of three nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, December 28, 2025. 071
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Thanks for this Aadam. I was at this show, great memory. 030
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I was at both of those shows - fortunately I was up in the balcony for FGTH. I remember Holly Johnson returning to the stage to resume the show after a delay to move the crowd back from the stage a few yards, and uttering the immortal line, "We have just witnessed the sinking of the Bismarck!" 140
Reposted by AndrewMFCToscha 🍂 @poemless.bsky.social · 25/10/2025People are so brainwashed about Chicago being a crime infested hellhole that they assume white people and single family homes must be in the burbs. This is in the city. 16421101
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I just finished reading it, got it based on @robhatch.bsky.social description. It's magnificent. Have just ordered a Jan Morris omnibus to read while on holiday. 020
Reposted by AndrewMFCPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Back in 1992 I got James Ellroy to sign my copy of WHITE JAZZ and his inscription — “Fear the comedy of the patriarchy on the skids!” — is exactly what we’re experiencing right now. Frightened wanna-be alphas who are lashing out for the lulz. 25102499
Reposted by AndrewMFCBob Mehr @bobmehr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025My latest for The New York Times, a profile of Irish music legend Christy Moore. Got to chat with the great man & some of his many admirers-U2’s The Edge, Elvis Costello, The Late Late Show's Patrick Kielty & Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland-for this feature. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/a...nytimes.comChristy Moore, Ireland’s Folk Music Legend, Is Still Writing History 0174
Reposted by AndrewMFCDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Smashed my head so hard on a megalith in a Stone Age passage grave that I’ve gone into a hard reboot. 8992
Reposted by AndrewMFCMichael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 09/05/2025New York City really has it all 517216
Reposted by AndrewMFCRaven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 65145074000
Reposted by AndrewMFCrobynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Sad news. Mike Peters was a good man… 3928
Reposted by AndrewMFCMike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Rock in peace, Mike Peters. First sighted with The Alarm, Dingwalls, 1982, the night Johnny Thunders came on for Sylvain Sylvain's encore. Last connection - the happy and optimistic email he sent me a month ago, still full of life and good feeling. Travel on well, Dude. 1626522
Reposted by AndrewMFCunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 28/04/2025I went to the Lincoln Square closed street and there were kids betting on monkey knife fights. Chicago has fallen 612410
Reposted by AndrewMFCGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is a must-read article, by @corbintrent.bsky.social znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Right Builds Power. The Left Hosts Rallies. That's Why We Lose.Bernie Sanders is back on the road. He's touring the country on an "anti-oligarchy" crusade, warning that billionaires are running the show and that we, 64594211
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Yes, Bobby McClure! His track "I'm Not Ashamed" is one of my favorite tracks of all time: youtu.be/tGRlFe9HHU0?...youtu.beI'm Not Ashamed - Bobby McClure - 1965YouTube video by The Vintage Soul Machine 110
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Oooh this is splendid! Will the CD version also have the same booklet (albeit smaller) as the vinyl, or will it be an unfortunate starved and emaciated facsimile? 000
Reposted by AndrewMFCPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 07/03/2025What sad news, what a great loss 💔 Founder of The Damned guitarist Brian James dies at the age of 70 Brian James died peacefully on Thursday, March 6, surrounded by his wife Minna, his son Charlie and his daughter-in-law Alicia #RipBrianJames 🖤 23586117
Reposted by AndrewMFCSean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Sorry to hear Brian James, guitarist for punk rock bands The Damned and Lords of the New Church, has died at 70. In his career, he also played on solo ventures by Iggy Pop and Stiv Bators. James with The Damned live in 1977. #RIPBrianJames m.youtube.com/watch?v=QCaB...m.youtube.comThe Damned - Neat Neat Neat - Problem Child - Fan Club Live 1977YouTube video by ScottishTeeVee 939758
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Bonus fact: Walter Gretzky's mother, Wayne's grandmother, was Ukrainian and Walter and his parents spoke Ukrainian in their household. 030
Reposted by AndrewMFCJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/03/2025You cannot disabuse people of empirically false beliefs that immigrants depress wages or increase crime rates if those beliefs are just functioning as socially acceptable substitutes for “I don’t like seeing a lot of Mexicans around.” 14494108
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Fantastic! We were lucky enough to see Suzanne in Chicago last year, phenomenal show. She and guitarist Gerry Leonard have a wonderful musical chemistry. 000
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Sad news. I remember meeting Joey at Mabel's in the 80s. He seemed like a nice guy. 010
Reposted by AndrewMFCIndivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Thousands of pro-Ukraine marchers end up at Chicago's Daley Plaza. This fight for democracy is worldwide, and we will never let up. 09217
Reposted by AndrewMFCSPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Chicago Stands with Ukraine! From the city of big shoulders, bold spirit, and the best pizza on Earth, Chicago joins the global wave of support for Ukraine today. Thank you, Chicago, for standing with us! 💙💛 Your voice matters, and we hear you loud and clear! 518628
Reposted by AndrewMFCGreg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social · 01/03/2025David Johansen, the last NY Doll standing, is gone. The band had it all: smashing songs, a singer who sounded like a New York City cabdriver at rush hour shouting at the traffic, a rhythm section that roared like a subway train, and a couple of guitarists with a killer array of riffs. And ... (1/2) 413621
Reposted by AndrewMFCJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It took a while, but they did it. 521782472
Reposted by AndrewMFCGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/02/2025President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.apnews.comLive updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow upUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in Washington, seeking backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression. 646246384554
Reposted by AndrewMFCPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent. 490122702429
Reposted by AndrewMFCElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves. 1499384687089
Reposted by AndrewMFCNeil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter'd, When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again?" — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth" 2173
AndrewMFC @liaroforpheus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Chumbawumba -Tubthumping. When the time eventually comes for us to form a new country we could do worse than having this be our national anthem. 010
Reposted by AndrewMFCThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/02/2025Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell theonion.com/tenth-c... 14295851594
Reposted by AndrewMFCGreg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social · 21/02/2025RIP to one of the great soul singers of all time, Jerry Butler. Some words of appreciation about "The Iceman": shorturl.at/kPUtkshorturl.atGreg KotI've loved Jerry Butler's voice since I first heard it as a kid. My parents loved it too. They thought of the Impressions' "For Your Precious Love," which Butler sang and cowrote, as a hymn. Which it.... 13511
