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B&H people! Stella Goes To Mars - the French-influenced 'luna lounge' band formed by Matthieu Hartley (ex-The Cure) and singer Jane Parker - launch their new EP with two afternoon sets at the Brunswick in Hove from 2.30pm-5.30pm on Sun 18 Oct, and I'm DJing between sets (Spellboundy stuff and more).

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Who knew that all the Greenham Common women needed to do was piss about with a white van in some nearby woods, call the cops on themselves and claim Iran sent them?

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Quickly deleting my list of famous Danes. To be fair, Scooby Doo was a stretch.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

JOLENE IN WELSH! I never knew Dolly Parton had Welsh heritage. A massive percentage of people I follow (and people who follow me) are about to absolutely lose their shit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dolly Parton sings Jolene in Welsh in recording released after her death

Parton's niece Jada Star and Welsh singer Bronwen Lewis say the country artist was proud to sing in Welsh.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Henrik Ibsen! Morten Harket! Edvard Munch! Jo Nesbo! Edvard Grieg! Jan Garbarek! Jens Stoltenberg! Anni-Frid Lyngstad! Varg Vikernes! Roald Amundsen! Thor Heyerdahl! Vidkun Quisling! Harald Hardrada! Liv Ullmann! Royksopp! Can you hear me, Royksopp? YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING! #CYMNOR

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Who do I know in BRISTOL? I'm DJing at Goth night BANSHEE at The Fleece on Fri 13 Nov, playing a @spellboundclub.bsky.social-esque Trad Goth/80s Alternative set (before DJ de4dpeg4sus moves into EBM/Industrial). Tickets thefleece.co.uk/whats-on/clu... Facebook Event www.facebook.com/events/16200...

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Things which were the norm once but seem completely mad now... I'm old enough to remember when your first name or forename was commonly termed your 'Christian name'. When you stop and think about it, that feels utterly insane. 'Christian name'! Imagine asking someone "What's your Christian name?"

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you ever find yourself doing a thing that's absurdly stereotypically YOU, and it crosses your mind that "I bet this is exactly how people imagine I spend my time"? Anyway, I've spent the last few days listening to Siouxsie And The Banshees B-sides.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Mark E Smith is getting 2Pacced. Give it a couple of years and we'll hear him shouting incoherently over an Elton John song.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That photo of Delcy Rodriguez with Donald Trump is revolting. I'm sure the two finger gesture doesn't mean in Venezuela what it does in the UK, but it might as well do, as she's flicking the Vs to her own public and to any idea of Latin American self-determination. What a disgusting sell-out she is.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There’s an episode of Shaun The Sheep in which the farmer, in fancy dress as a sheep, gets snogged by an actual sheep in red stilettos. The following morning it’s heavily implied that either they’ve had sex or the farmer fears they have. All I can say is, children’s TV has changed since Andy Pandy.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You know those Little People, Big Dreams children's books that tell simplified versions of a famous person's biography in order to inspire young minds? I had a look on eBay to see what's going cheap, and four of the six cheapest are Captain Tom Moore.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The only 'normal' completely theme-free Spellbound in a while, so if you're craving that classic old-school Alternative 80s night, here it is...

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Last call, Goths, Alternative Rockers and 80s Lovers of Brighton! It's @spellboundclub.bsky.social at Komedia TONIGHT! Advanc3 t!ck3t5 are 50ld 0ut but you can still pay cash at the door, so just come down anyway and join us on the dancefloor from 9pm-3am! Full info: www.facebook.com/events/12869...

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Cradle bars... beckoning voice... spinning... etc

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Goths, Alt-Rockers and 80s Lovers of Brighton! It's @spellboundclub.bsky.social at Komedia TOMORROW (Sat 19 Sep)! A single-figure handful of advance tickets remain, so get yours at www.komedia.co.uk/shows/spellb... and join us on the dancefloor from 9pm! Full info: www.facebook.com/events/12869...

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I was at the bus stop last night, waiting for the 49 to East Moulsecoomb, and suddenly a convoy of 30 to 40 rollerbladers, mostly with purple lit-up wheels, came whooshing past in the bus lane while blasting out "Gypsy Woman" by Crystal Waters. Brighton's gonna Brighton.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had a lovely time interviewing the genius pop video director Tim Pope at @resident-music.com Brighton last night, about his memoir I Shoot Rock Stars. Thank you to all who came. (Also sold and signed a few copies of Curepedia while I was at it!)

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A friend of mine brought me a bar of 100% cocoa chocolate from Colombia. It's a bit intense. My advice to them would be to pour away 30% of it, and replace it with sugar, milk or some lovely palm oil.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The ever-shifting What3Words three metre box of land around me is holding an ongoing referendum about independence from the rest of the UK. The results at any given moment are always 100% Yes. Mainly because the rest of the UK is full of too many vile bell ends like the ones who live in Piddington.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Brighton! I'll be interviewing TIM POPE, described in my book Curepedia as “the other genius in this story”, about his memoir I SHOOT ROCK STARS at @resident-music.com this Thursday. Tim's directed videos for The Cure, Soft Cell, Bowie, Style Council & loads more. Tickets: link.dice.fm/i97f389ea8bd

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Macklemore "every child deserves to live" Ed Sheeran "this is hurtful to a lot of people"

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Well, I never said we play them back to back!

The Proclaimers out themselves as transphobes, stating "You've got the right to stand up for science and logic." This has been staring us in the face all along.

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That's interesting, because a lot of Swansea fans perversely fly the Union Jack and sing "London is our capital", just to troll the Bluebirds.

Basically if you're looking for a club night that can play Orange Juice and Fields Of The Nephilim within the same set and somehow make it work, look no further.

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I used to be against Welsh independence, but I've been persuaded of the case for it for some years (largely due to events during Boris Johnson's reign, funnily enough). If referenda happen (clue: they won't), it'd be interesting to see where traditionally independence-shy Wales is at these days.

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Chain of Flowers @craigatcof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Brighton! @spellboundclub.bsky.social is at Komedia THIS SATURDAY (Sat 19 Sep), and advance tickets are well over 2/3 gone, so get yours at www.komedia.co.uk/shows/spellb... and join us from 9pm-3am for another fantastic night of Alternative 80s classics! Full info: www.facebook.com/events/86632...

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From Tim Pope: #IShootRockStars I’ll be talking about my music vid career with the very excellent @simonprice.bsky.social , at Resident Brighton this Thursday, 17 Sept, starting at 18.45. There’ll be a Q&A, followed by a signing of copies of my book. Miss out at your peril! dice.fm/event/v3xvx7...

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You know when you're halfway across the road and a car comes, so you break into a funny apologetic little walk-run with knees bent, to let the driver know you're not dawdling? Next time you do that, keep it going on the pavement for the next 60 seconds or 100 metres, doing the same face. Dare you.

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Looks like I've made BlueSky unusable for myself for the next three or four days. Like the good old bad old days of Twitter all over again. Completely self-inflicted, as well. If only I'd done something completely non-contentious, like slagged off Oasis. See you if and when it's died down...

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By the way, I'm hosting the event with Tim at The Groucho on Friday, followed by a @spellboundclub.bsky.social type DJ set till late. (No idea whether it's members only, but who knows, maybe I've got some fancy followers...)

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Oh, let's all bow down to 'professional', shall we? Expecting a known political artist, with a track record of politics in their work, to silence themselves just because they're a support act is bizarre.

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We shouldn't assume people's views based on their ethnicity, nor should we fail to be disappointed when people of any ethnicity abandon their basic humanity. Shrugging "Oh, but she's Jewish" is all kinds of problematic.

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...probably playing lots of 80s Goth and Post-Punk, plus a few bits of 90s Industrial that I don't get the chance to play at Spellbound.

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