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Andrew Watson

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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#10inchTuesday
#12inchTuesday
#WeekendSingles
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I even stoop to an icy vodka As I feel the inevitable battle Creep nearer and nearer #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pq8...
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Arms Control Poseur
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Centre Point London 1974 📸 Henry Grant
Protestors outside the central London office block Centre Point, which was being kept deliberately empty by its owners during a housing shortage. One demonstrator is holding a placard that reads, ‘100,000 houses are empty in London.’
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I'm back in full attack Never give in until they crack Emergency, emergency March 1978
The self-titled debut LP by London punk band 999.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Standing on the corner
The upper floors of a building in Grove Road, Eastbourne. The word ‘corner’ from the sign for the ground floor Hyde Corner cafe can be seen at the bottom of the photograph.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Lisa O’Neill Dublin 2023
Lisa O’Neill, holding a banjo, seated by the open window of her home in Dublin. Photographer unknown.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Zigzag magazine March 1979
Zigzag magazine from March 1979 with Jackie Leven of Doll By Doll on the cover.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sunday morning with Scratch
The 1976 album Super Ape by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s group The Upsetters.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people New music from me today: Lisa ONeill’s EP, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right, released last week.
Lisa ONeill’s new 6-track EP, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Mocking mad seniors Fed up and tedious Long nights in Britland #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpi...
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Venice with the Girls
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
After Raphael Tom Phillips 1973
After Raphael, a painting by Tom Phillips. A detail from the artwork was used as the cover of the 1975 album Another Green World by Eno.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Take down the flags of ownership The walls are falling down 25 February 1973
John Cale’s 1973 album Paris 1919.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Blue skies from now on 🤞
A blue sky over East Sussex with very few clouds.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Lou Reed trying to set his hair on fire 📸 Gijsbert Hanekroot
Lou Reed photographed in the Netherlands in 1972. He is lighting a cigarette with an exceptionally large flame on his lighter.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Sunday morning with Ben North Marine Drive February 1983
North Marine Drive, the 1983 album by Ben Watt.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people Four girls
Four singles with the word ‘girl’ in the title (clockwise from top left): The Word Girl by Scritti Politti (1985); Stop That Girl by Vic Godard and the Subway Sect (1981); China Girl by David Bowie (1983); The “Sweetest Girl” by Scritti Politti (1981).
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Oh, citizens of London Enlarge thy countenance #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=WzL1...
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W.B
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Clouds and reeds
A reedbed beneath a grey cloudy sky on the Pevensey Levels in East Sussex.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Bricks in Bexhill #WallsOnWednesday
Brickwork and split flint making up part of a wall at the end of a railway bridge near Bexhill station.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Echo and the Bunnymen Oxford Street London 1987 📸 Andy Phillips
Echo and the Bunnymen performing live on the rooftop above HMV to celebrate the launch of their self-titled fifth studio album.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“We don't like you go away Come back when you've learned to play" 17 February 1978
The LP Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts by The Adverts
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Good morning
A bunch of daffodils in a jug with a yellow pear design.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Now watching
A poster for the 2017 documentary film Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Sunday morning with Bob
The 1973 LP Catch A Fire by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people Some random yellowness today
Four 7” singles in yellow covers (clockwise from top left): Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman (1977); Orgasm Addict by Buzzcocks (1977); Split Up The Money by Vic Godard & Subway Sect (1980); Where’s Captain Kirk by Spizzenergi (1979).
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I'd sing 'Solitaire' for the B.E.F But who wants to be with them, anyway? #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTJd...
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The Fall - Tempo House
YouTube video by FernzExperiment
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I’ve just read another book about The Clash…
A pile of four books about The Clash (from the top): The Clash by The Clash; A Riot of Our Own by Johnny Green and Garry Barker; Passion is a Fashion by Pat Gilbert; Last Gang in Town by Marcus Gray.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Eno AIR Studios London 1973 📸 Gijsbert Hanekroot
Brian Eno smoking a cigarette while standing behind a studio mixing desk, probably during the recording of Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Lines and angles
The front staircase at the 1930s modernist De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Forthcoming attractions…
A flyer for punk gigs at the Croydon Greyhound between February and April 1978.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Sunday morning with Mick Slaughter on 10th Avenue February 1974
Mick Robson’s debut solo album, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, released in February 1974.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people For today’s #AlbumAlmanac theme: The Right Profile, The Clash’s tribute to Montgomery Clift on London Calling, would have made a great 45
London Calling, the 1979 LP by The Clash.Actor Montgomery Clift, photographed in the 1950s, looking very cool.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Raincoats London 1979 📸 Shirley O’Loughlin
Members of the post-punk band The Raincoats reflected in a puddle in a photograph taken by the band’s manager.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Get out of my city you mediocre pseuds #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv-z...
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City Dweller
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
David Bowie and William Burroughs London 1973 📸 Terry O’Neill
David Bowie and William Burroughs photographed in Chelsea for a Rolling Stone magazine interview with the pair conducted in November 1973 and published in February 1974.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
On the marshes
A photograph of low-lying marshland at Pevensey beneath a blue sky with wisps of cloud and vapour trails.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Propping up the bars With the poets and philosophers Putting the world to rights #12inchTuesday
Uno Más (One More), a four-track 12” EP by Galen and Paul released on Record Store Day in 2024. The four tracks are Get A Life, A La Deriva, One More For The Road and While We’re Waiting.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Face February 1981
Paul Simonon of The Clash on the front cover of The Face magazine photographed by Chalkie Davies.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Sunday morning with young David
David Bowie’s posthumously released album Toy. The LP features re-recordings made in 2000 of some of Bowie’s songs from 1964-1971, plus a new song used as the title track.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people Here’s four Generation X 45s from me today
Four singles by Generation X (clockwise from top left): Your Generation (1977); Wild Youth (1977); Ready Steady Go (1978); King Rocker (1979).
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is Mr. and Mrs. Smith To whom you are speaking #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGg7...
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Slang King
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hothouse flowers
Plastic flowers and grasses beneath a ceiling light in a cafe in Eastbourne.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Superb gig by Gwenifer Raymond and Jim Ghedi for Independent Venue Week at the De La Warr Pavilion last night
Gwenifer Raymond on stage at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.Jim Ghedi on stage at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sniffin’ Glue January 1977
The cover of issue 6 of the punk fanzine Sniffin’ Glue featuring a photograph of The Clash by Sheila Rock.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
RIP Sly Dunbar
Just three of the albums I have on which Sly Dunbar played drums (l-r): Two Sevens Clash by Culture (1977); Sinsemilla by Black Uhuru (1980); Nightclubbing by Grace Jones (1981).
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Into the valley of the dolls Went the gang of four 26.1.79
The album Valley of the Dolls by Generation X released 47 years ago today.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Chock-a-block
A photograph of logs in a fully-stocked wood store.
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Good morning #WeekendSingles people Here’s some 80s Clash
Nine 7” singles by The Clash. Top row l-r: Train In Vain (1980); Bankrobber (1980); The Call Up (1980). Middle row l-r: Hitsville UK (1981); The Magnificent Seven (1981); This Is Radio Clash (1981). Bottom row l-r: Know Your Rights (1982); Rock The Casbah (1982); Straight To Hell/Should I Stay or Should I Go (1982).
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers: The Slits Mo-dettes Au Pairs Everything But The Girl The Lovely Eggs
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Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In this age of grand delusion You walked into my life out of my dreams 23 January 1976
The album Station To Station by David Bowie released 50 years ago today.
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