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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 19h

"That was Bananarama with 'Butter All The Time', surely heading straight for the Top 10. Now, this week's breakers..."

Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies on Top of the Pops.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 19h

Just an all-timer greatest "hits".

A hand holding an MP3 player featuring David Sylvian's A Victim Of Stars compilation.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 29/09/2026

And what's not to like – Erling, Antoine – proper fully costed football under the lights.

Dartford and Whitehawk football players on a floodlit pitch.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 29/09/2026

Think I'll watch this tonight, misty-eyed, reflecting on the fairytale magic of their 'meteoric' rise.

A Sky Sports documentary called Drink It In: The Rise of Man City (2022). The blurb goes: Manchester City's rise has been nothing short of meteoric; from an 8-1 humbling in 2008, to five-time Premier League winners. Follow the record breaking journey of the noisy neighbours.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 29/09/2026

Yes, it's 30% off all 33 1/3 titles in the #BackToSchool sale until 4 Oct. An unmissable opportunity to build up a collection of Faiths to rival mine. @3313books.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/33...

Several copies of Matthew Horton's 33 1/3 book on George Michael's Faith, in a pile.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 29/09/2026

New Channel 5 cosy crime strawberry-blond amateur detective just dropped.

M&S packet of dry cured ham boasting a Marmalade Glaze.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 27/09/2026

If you're googling something you've heard of it, or you wouldn't be googling it because you wouldn't be aware of the juxtaposition of words to type. So, at the point of declaration, you can't be blamed for not having heard of it as you haven't had a chance to google it yet (Aristotle, 331 BC).

An excerpt from a Rolling Stone article about Ella Langley's song Choosin' Texas.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 23/09/2026

Here's the new 1986 edition. Includes forgotten bangers too, of course, and the revelation that Sigur Rós nicked Hoppípolla from the intro to Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force's terrible All Cried Out.

CDONE
01 PAUL MCCARTNEY
ONLY LOVE REMAINS
02 EURYTHMICS, ANNIE LENNOX,
DAVE STEWART
THE MIRACLE OF LOVE
03 THE LOVER SPEAKS
NO MORE "I LOVE YOU'S"
04 STING MOON OVER
BOURBON STREET
05 CHRIS REA ON THE BEACH
06 THE BANGLES IF SHE KNEW
WHAT SHE WANTS
07 BELINDA CARLISLE
MAD ABOUT YOU
08 BILLY IDOL TO BE A LOVER
09 DARYL HALL DREAMTIME
10 PAUL YOUNG SOME PEOPLE
11 WAX
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
12 NICK HEYWARD
GOODBYE YESTERDAY
13 NIK KERSHAW
NOBODY KNOWS
14 THOMPSON TWINS
NOTHING IN COMMON
15 HOWARD JONES ALL I WANT
16 ULTRAVOX SAME OLD STORY
17 BELOUIS SOME
SOME PEOPLE
18 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES
IN THE DARK WE LOVE YOU
19 ABC OCEAN BLUE
CDTWO
01 DAVID SYLVIAN TAKING THE VEIL
02 TALK TALK
LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD
03 ARCADIA THE FLAME
04 JOHN TAYLOR I DO WHAT I DO (THEME FOR 91/2 WEEKS)
05 CHINA CRISIS ARIZONA SKY
06 IT'S IMMATERIAL
ED'S FUNKY DINER
07 THE MISSION STAY WITH ME
08 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
SOME CANDY TALKING
09 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
CANDYMAN
10 COCTEAU TWINS
LOVE'S EASY TEARS
11 MINT JULEPS ONLY LOVE CAN
BREAK YOUR HEART
12 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
COME ON HOME
13 SANDIE SHAW ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN?
14 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE
C'MON EVERY BEATBOX
15 THE STRANGLERS ALWAYS THE SUN
16 THE HOUSEMARTINS SHEEP
17 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
FUNNY HOW LOVE IS
18 THE BLOW MONKEYS
WICKED WAYS
19 SIMPLY RED JERICHO
20 ELTON JOHN CRY TO HEAVEN
CDTHREE
01 THE COMMUNARDS
DISENCHANTED
02 BRONSKI BEAT C'MON! C'MON!
03 YELLO GOLDRUSH
04 GRACE JONES
I'M NOT PERFECT
(BUT I'M PERFECT FOR YOU)
05 ARETHA FRANKLIN
ANOTHER NIGHT
06 CHAKA KHAN
LOVE OF A LIFETIME
07 CAMEO CANDY
08 HOLLYWOOD BEYOND
NO MORE TEARS
09 EL DeBARGE WHO'S JOHNNY
10 MATT BIANCO
DANCING IN THE STREET
11 CARMEL SALLY
12 DEE C. LEE
COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH
13 MAXI PRIEST STROLLIN' ON
14 UB40 ALL I WANT TO DO
15 LOOSE ENDS SLOW DOWN
16 RUBY TURNER FEATURING
JONATHAN BUTLER IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)
17 BILLY OCEAN LOVE ZONE
18 LIONEL RICHIE
LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL
19 GLORIA ESTEFAN
WORDS GET IN THE WAY
CD FOUR
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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/09/2026

I remain very in love with the Attica Blues remix of Galliano's Prince Of Peace. Seek it out.

Galliano and Diana Brown/Barrie K Sharpe records on decks plus sleeves.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/09/2026

And they said you can't mix Carleen Anderson into Innerzone Orchestra. And I can't. Someone might though.

Carleen Anderson and Innerzone Orchestra records on decks with sleeves nearby.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 17/09/2026

Ahhh, who am I kidding? I play it every week.

A record deck playing Boogie Box High's Gave It All Away. The sleeve is adjacent.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 17/09/2026

Tonight's theme: records you'd forgotten you'd bought.

A record deck playing the compilation LP Upfront 1. The sleeve is propped up on the mixer. There's some Mickey Mouse art on the wall. And a fish. There's a twilight hue. A shadow.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 16/09/2026

Going for some Wilco myself.

The CD cover of Wilco's A Ghost Is Born.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 12/09/2026

Indisputable photo evidence of Steve Earle and The Waterboys.

Probably a photo of Steve Earle on stage with The Waterboys at London's O2 Arena.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 08/09/2026

Those famous European nights under the lights at Dartford's Princes Park.

Dartford and Westfield players on a floodlit football pitch, competing in an FA Cup first qualifying round replay.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 19/08/2026

I wanted to live in this song when I was 16.

MP3 player featuring Lloyd Cole & The Commotions' Hey Rusty from Mainstream.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/08/2026

Naturally, kind relatives and my v generous big sister gave me record tokens so I went straight out the same day and bought this thematically oddball selection.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/08/2026

What every spoilt 15-year-old boy got for his birthday in 1987 along with his new Philips midi system.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 16/08/2026

Playing the biggest selling singles of 1991.

A turntable playing E-Zee Possee's Breathing Is E-Zee, with the sleeve propped up on the mixer.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 15/08/2026

Would you believe, here's a bit of me right now.

A man in a House Sound of Chicago T-shirt.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 12/08/2026

Hulda Guzmán painted that too.

Equine Therapy by the artist Hulda Guzmán.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 12/08/2026

Funny what you realise looking back. Just listened to this for the first time since about 1991 and it's basically an Al Green song. Back then I just knew Green as the guy who did the original Let's Stay Together and appeared on an Arthur Baker record.

A hand holding an MP3 player featuring Aztec Camera's The Gentle Kind.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 11/08/2026

Anyway, in real football news, I'm at Dartford v Brentwood, the titanic Kent/Essex clash, first home game of the season, majestic.

A football match in dappled evening sunshine.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 07/08/2026

Today I'm cosplaying Brit abroad about to order a Stella and fried egg on toast at 10.30am. Having a gr8 time wish u were here

Old guy in sunglasses and an Arsenal top next to a swimming pool in a hot climate.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 05/08/2026

It being a pre-season friendly and everything.

3m ago
Nancy Froston
Senior Writer, Live
16' Arsenal 0-1 Real Betis
So then, not an ideal start for Arsenal but no need for concern... yet.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 04/08/2026

No one talks about how good this album is, do they? Curse of an overpowering single.

MP3 player featuring Womack & Womack's Friends (So Called) from their 1988 album Conscience.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 01/08/2026

Popped down to Margate yesterday for some brutal Norwegian deathcore from Saint Etienne and Belle & Sebastian, and both were excellent, thanks.

Saint Etienne on stage at Dreamland in Margate.

Belle & Sebastian on stage at Dreamland in Margate.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 29/07/2026

The Now Vault comps are great for unearthing what I've forgotten and what I didn't know in the first place, but they also have an unheralded knack of juxtaposing singles I bought in the WHSmith bargain bin. Here it's Good-Bye Bad Times and ...(And That's No Lie). 67p each in 1985.

An MP3 player showing a tracklisting from Now Yearbook Vault '85.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 22/07/2026

😮 The #1 from the day I was born is on Now Yearbook Extra 1972, which arrived earlier.

The tracklist on the rear of the CD of Now Yearbook Extra 1972.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 22/07/2026

Clearly one might own several of these songs already. But still. This is why I continue to obliterate my finances with Now Yearbooks.

The 85-song tracklist for Now Yearbook 1960s Vol 3.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 22/07/2026

Ludicrous 4-CD compilation. Shouldn't be allowed for 12 quid.

Now Yearbook 1960s Vol 3 CD compilation propped up against a MacBook on a stand. Nearby are a Bluetooth keyboard, a yellow Arsenal mug and some wires.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/07/2026

Really great. All the hits and more, played superbly. He's even got the between-songs patter sorted. Here's a pic for you.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 18/07/2026

Went there, bought the sweatshirt.

An orangey yellow sweatshirt slung over the shoulder of an old man in glasses.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 17/07/2026

Seeing Scritti Politti tomorrow in the *afternoon*. That's what I call a gig. Even better—if that's possible—I think they might be selling these.

Lurid but beautiful orange sweatshirt emblazoned with the words Cupid & Psyche 85.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 06/07/2026

Chappers: "Wayne, Micah – was it a red?" Wayne and Micah:

Post 1:
Anna Bower • @annabower.bsky.... • 5h
I need everyone in Europe to stop pretending that "automatic" means
"non-derogable."
It doesn't mean that. We all know that it doesn't mean that. Are y'all okay???

Reply:
Dr Matt Lodder • @mattlodder.com
Only if you're using a very tortured, textualist hermeneutic. There is no a priori reason you have to do that.
Normative and intentionalist and consequentialist interpretative methods get you very different answers.
4:43 PM • Jul 6, 2026

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 06/07/2026

"Little, er, richer experience for the reader? Make those second hundred pages really keep the reader guessing what's going to happen? Some twists and turns? Little epilogue, everybody learns the hero's journey isn't always a happy one? Oh, I look forward to reading it."

Harry Kane being interviewed post-England game with a squeaky voice.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 05/07/2026

And, well I never, Rio does actually dance on the sand.

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