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Ted Kessler

@tedkessler.bsky.social
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Former editor of magazines that no longer exist. Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish Also, thenewcue.substack.com

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Crisp Lovers! This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
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UP THE PACKET: SIMON WILLIAMS’ CRISP ODYSSEY
The Affectionate Crunch! Man Writes Book About Crisp Packets. And Rock’n’Roll.
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
My dad, Felix, who died last November aged 92, wrote this obituary of Sonny Rollins, who died this week aged 95. It was published yesterday, from beyond the grave. financialpost.com/pmn/business...
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Sonny Rollins, Saxophonist Who Drew on Jazz History, Dies at 95
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist who played with bebop pioneers Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in the 1950s and continued to per…
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Had some great Zoom time with the Poet Laureate for @thenewcue.bsky.social thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #579 March 23: Simon Armitage
"I heard him say, ‘Armitage! You’re so boring!’"
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Zoomed it up with the great Bill Callahan for this week's New Cue Life & Times interview. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #571 February 23: Bill Callahan
"Life is so good that death has to be good too."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Get 25% off our forthcoming paperback of A Sound So Very Loud: Oasis, song by song, when you order from Waterstones between Feb 17 and 20th. Use code Feb26 online www.waterstones.com/book/a-sound...
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition. open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition. open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
"Elton John had a crush on me..." Wreckless Eric takes on our Life & Times interview, including tales of Captain Beefheart, Ian Dury, Elton John, drunk driving, getting nicked, the misery of poverty, the majesty of love and much more. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #554 December 15: Wreckless Eric
"Elton John had a crush on me."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
560 PSG fans were arrested, 192 injured and 260 cars set on fire after they won the CL this summer. Worst football related violence in decades. I wonder why Spurs aren’t banning their fans in November, nor Newcastle in January?
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
No fans have behaved more violently, sung more racist chants than the British. For decades, fans have sung about gas chambers etc. CFC fans were not banned after years of violence and AS. Police routinely mobilise for far bigger supporter threat than Maccabi... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Chelsea anti-Semitic chants: Football fans 'using political atmosphere to cover racism' - Fare
Some football fans are using the
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Music journalists: does anyone know who does press for the new Elias Rønnenfelt album please? Also, keen to hear Tame Impala LP before Friday release, but so far no dice. Some artists I cannot shake. Others, I cannot find. Make music PR great again!
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"An honest person doesn't need to speak." The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #530 September 22: Cass McCombs
"If I went to ancient Greece, would I be able to talk to Socrates?"
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"There’s probably a German word for when you’re robbed of your time via the internet..." Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #527, September 15: Baxter Dury
"I was the illest person in the hospital."
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
*NEW* Kevin Rowland Bless Me Father - A Life Story with @tedkessler.bsky.social Walthamstow 30 Sept 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1671094301...
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KEVIN ROWLAND - A Life Story - In Conversation
Dexys Kevin Rowland in conversation with Ted Kessler with stories from his Sunday Times Bestselling memoir Bless Me Father
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Talk ’90s To Me @talk90stome.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The first episode focuses on Oasis and how the band's rise kickstarted the decade! @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @tedkessler.bsky.social discuss the Britpop phenomenon. Take a listen ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Number 7 in The Sunday Times Bestsellers today…
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In a special edition of TNC, our man @tedkessler.bsky.social reports from night one of Oasis' comeback tour. You've probably read reviews of the show already but not like this one. Absolute carnage. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #507: The Return of Oasis - 24 hours in Cardiff.
"'Pissing' is not a swear word.'
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Superb by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social esp on Rod Stewart: "Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom." thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #505: Dorian's Adventures in Glastonbury, 2025
'It’s the best place I’ve ever known.'
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I’m not saying ours is the best Oasis book. But that’s what MOJO Magazine has decided
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Everyone! But especially Oasis and literature fans. We're putting on a party on Oasis Eve, July 3, to celebrate the publication that day of our book A Sound So Very Loud at @thesocial. Do come! Tix only £5 from newcue.co.uk.
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Rob LaMorgese @weirdegg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I just finished reading To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish by @tedkessler.bsky.social A profoundly human work. I find myself sad that I have finished and the book is over. Even if you don’t know Billy’s art/music/writing, it is an inspiring read.
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We're hosting some Oasis music quizzes in boozers this summer with the Sounds Familiar crew to promote our Oasis book. First two announced today, more to come: 11/6: Boogaloo London 9/7: Diego's, Liverpool Tix: soundsfamiliar.co/oasis?utm_sour…
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What do you wish the 18-year-old you knew? "That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things." Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #493 May 19: Robert Forster
"Nothing is ever straightforward."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Extract from our Oasis book in reliably excellent @mojomagazine.bsky.social
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Steve - Upwards at 45 Blog @upwardsat45.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Great interview with Mick. Last night’s Shack gig in Manchester was a scorcher. So great to hear the Head Brothers’ voices weaving together their harmonies again. Next stop a full Waterpistol gig for its 50th?
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"There's no after show when you're on the double zero." Spoke with the mighty Mick Head mid-tour with his reunited Shack for @thenewcue.bsky.social. John overslept - we'll get him next time. open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu... Current setlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6V8...
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The New Cue #488: Michael Head of Shack interview, Lael Neale, BADBADNOTGOOD, Analog Africa, These New Puritans, Blondshell, Jenny Hval
"There's no after show when you're on the double zero."
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James Skelly @jamesskelly.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Great interview with Mick in @thenewcue.bsky.social
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"There's no after show when you're on the double zero." Spoke with the mighty Mick Head mid-tour with his reunited Shack for @thenewcue.bsky.social. John overslept - we'll get him next time. open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu... Current setlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6V8...
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The New Cue #488: Michael Head of Shack interview, Lael Neale, BADBADNOTGOOD, Analog Africa, These New Puritans, Blondshell, Jenny Hval
"There's no after show when you're on the double zero."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
John Power is a lovely man having a lovely time
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Tariffs, Jerry. Tariffs!
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
One of my my favourite things is the New Cue newsletter, which covers music with brilliant wit & expertise. Amazingly, Maybe I'm Amazed has its own one-off edition here: thenewcue.substack.com (If you can, subscribe - it's indispensable)
Pitch us the book
Maybe I’m Amazed is the story of my autistic son James, and how he completely transformed my relationship with music. It’s about joy in difficult circumstances, and fighting to get your child what they need – while they prove to be the only three year-old in the world who is obsessed with Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople, and insist on listening to The Beatles’ I Am The Walrus 37 times a day (no exaggeration).
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"It means a lot to me that people are saying to me after the shows, ‘God, it sounds as fresh as ever.’ I hit a zeitgeist, apparently, with Bewilderbeast..." A Life & Times interview with the great Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #479: Badly Drawn Boy aka Damon Gough
"Thunder Road changed my life..."
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Miki Berenyi @mikiberenyi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My Life & Times interview in The New Cue #476 March 24: open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu... Apologies for extreme hangover selfie - was up till 4am on Sat night and no amount of make-up and photo filtering could help 😂
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The New Cue #476 March 24: Miki Berenyi
"I’ve lost it big time only a few times in my life..."
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"Kyle McLachlan wandered in and my Mum started gushing: “My daughter LOVES Twin Peaks, she has a HUGE crush on you!”" Ahead of the excellent debut album by her new band the MB3, @mikiberenyi.bsky.social takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a freebie: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #476 March 24: Miki Berenyi
"I’ve lost it big time only a few times in my life..."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I helped with a tiny bit of editing of this book and I cannot underline strongly enough how jaw dropping and compulsive a read it is. Highly recommend it. www.penguin.co.uk/books/471401...
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Bless Me Father
'Warts and all, mainly my own.' At home, the prayerful eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere, he was thieving, lying, swearing, fighting and rarel...
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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
On this day in 1995, Radiohead put out The Bends. Here is a somewhat personal account of my relationship with Radiohead, their music and this deathlessly brilliant record. I'm making it free to read for 30 minutes – one for every year since it was released. www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...
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How to escape an iron lung: 30 years of The Bends | Pete Paphides
Get more from Pete Paphides on Patreon
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
What do you consider your greatest achievement? "My pupils didn’t react in hospital and I was practically braindead... So, it’s surviving." A heart-warming (& hilarious) Life & Times interview with indie icon Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #472 March 10: Edwyn Collins
"We saw Edwyn today, he was sitting on the wall eating a Lion bar…"
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Spent a very happy hour on the blower with the inspirational Jimi G of Doves last week. He's been through it this decade, hopefully emerging through the other side now.
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Spent a very happy hour on the blower with the inspirational Jimi G of Doves last week. He's been through it this decade, hopefully emerging through the other side now.
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"When I was 17, I went to Aberdeen University to study Divinity, by mistake..." Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos takes on our Life & Times queries. Contains an excellent Bowie & Lou Reed story, bit of Jaws, bit of Paris, some Dirk Bogarde and much more: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #469 February 24: Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos
"Alex... Alex... Alex..."
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Pleased to say that Hamish MacBain and I have written ‘A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded’. Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come… thebookseller.com/rights/pan-m... Preorder: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Pleased to say that Hamish MacBain and I have written ‘A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded’. Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come… thebookseller.com/rights/pan-m... Preorder: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"I love getting older. I don't fret about the things I used to fret about." Hot on the heels of his best record yet, Eddie Chacon takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. Includes an unexpected Metallica & Faith No More story. It's a freebie: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Nice to see 3 of ours on the Penderyn Prize longlist, in some fine company after a great year for music books. Congratulations @tedkessler.bsky.social, William and Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Questlove. Winner announced 30 March, we'll have our fingers crossed...
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The New Cue @thenewcue.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
If you could go back in time, where would you go? "Possibly 1888 because I could go over to Arles and see Van Gogh paint his sunflowers. Then I could get back to London and unmask the Ripper." Matt Berry takes on our Life & Times questionnaire: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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The New Cue #461 January 27: Matt Berry
"I feel I have some kind of cosmic link to Jaws."
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Beth Taylor @msbethtaylor.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
My Saturday night is joining a Billy Childish, Guy Picciotto and @tedkessler.bsky.social Zoom to listen to them talk about Ted’s ace book ❤️
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’m going to be doing an event on Saturday with Billy Childish for @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, speaking with the great Guy Picciotto of Fugazi. 11 AM PT/2 PM ET/7 PM GMT. All welcome. Billy Childish & Guy Picciotto: rare meeting of minds…
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Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’m going to be doing an event on Saturday with Billy Childish for @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, speaking with the great Guy Picciotto of Fugazi. 11 AM PT/2 PM ET/7 PM GMT. All welcome. Billy Childish & Guy Picciotto: rare meeting of minds…
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