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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 4h

Happy birthday John Lennon. Here’s a piece I wrote about @thisistheloves.bsky.social covering his first Christmas song “Cold Turkey” simonloverules.substack.com/p/c1-cold-tu...

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C1 "COLD TURKEY" by THE PLASTIC ONO BAND

Another diversion

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El rey de los cuñaos @mrdanielbro.bsky.social · 20h

Well, according to @darrenhayman.bandcamp.com I’ve been paying attention having drummed for @thisistheloves.bsky.social

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #bandcampfriday today and yet again, I've not done anything new to promote my non-award nominated album "THE ONE TRUE PRINCE OF WALES (in exile after abdication)" so instead, I've knocked some money off the cost of buying the vinyl version for today only (unless I forget to put it back up)

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The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #bandcampfriday Why not have a look around our Bandcamp page? We've got @daytriprecords.com "TRUE LOVE- THE MOST OF THE LOVES" "career" spanning thing and the @precrecs.bsky.social "LIVE AT THE BBC" compilation of our BBC radio sessions. #bargains #muchcheapness theloves.bandcamp.com/music

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The Loves

The Loves 21/03/2000 to 13/02/2011 Occasionally resurrected for good causes.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that I got dumped? You can read all about it here- simonloverules.substack.com/p/32-the-ex-...

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32 THE EX-GURLFRIEND

Here she comes...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tomorrow’s issue of “MY SO-CALLED LIFE IN 101 SONGS” Substack contains details of one of the worst nights of my life #fucknorthampton

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today I write about Jonathan Richman on my blog thing

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Read all about this @thisistheloves.bsky.social single custom built for success that wasn’t

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Read all about “How Does It Feel To Be Loved?” where I detail the one time we played the club of the same name.

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The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It would’ve been Freddie Mercury’s 80th birthday today. What better way to celebrate than to listen to us covering “You’re My Best Friend” live at Peel Acres on Valentine’s Day 2002 theloves.bandcamp.com/track/you-re...

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You’re My Best Friend (Peel), by The Loves

from the album PRELP 5: Live at the BBC

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was supposed to be putting up a new t-shirt for sale today on #BandcampFriday but our broadband got fucked on Wednesday night, the engineer isn't coming out until Monday and my anxiety is THROUGH THE ROOF. Please by my album if you haven't already. simonlove.bandcamp.com/album/the-on...

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The One True Prince Of Wales (in exile after abdication), by Simon Love

14 track album

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The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you’ve been enjoying @simonloverules.bsky.social blog thing, why not buy a record featured in it on today- hashtag Bandcamp Friday. There’s the @daytriprecords.com “career” retrospective or/and @precrecs.bsky.social “LIVE AT THE BBC” album. Both contain bangers. Link below.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Read about a song by @thisistheloves.bsky.social called "Summertime" just as the summer is ending. The piece also includes 3 (three) cocktail recipes. #foodanddrink #jillygoolden #cocktails simonloverules.substack.com/p/26-summert...

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26 SUMMERTIME

Cocktail recipes included...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today’s Substack will take longer to read than it’ll take to listen to the song.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I've just learned that it's Green Man festival this weekend so to celebrate, I've put up the OFFICIAL lyric video that I made with MS Paint and ClipChamp. youtu.be/zPDyL9TlO4E?...

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"GREEN MAN BLUES" by Simon Love

YouTube video by Simon Love

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today's Substack is about @thisistheloves.bsky.social cover of The Muppets "The Rainbow Connection" featuring a photo of me as a Kermit loving child...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today’s Substack (after 2 b-sides) is for “Je T’aime, Baby”, the first song off @thisistheloves.bsky.social second album “Technicolour”

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We're already at the second @thisistheloves.bsky.social album on my Substack thing with "XS AND OS" One of my favourite songs of mine. Please read all about it at the link below...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Today’s Substack is about the last song on the first @thisistheloves.bsky.social album “Love” It features many middling reviews and a right stinker from a lowdown cunt. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Look at me looking so young and thin. I cycled 9.5 miles in under an hour this morning. I’ll be back to this weight (approx. 9 stone) in no time!! open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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Andy the Storyteller ᚛ᚐᚅᚇᚔ @andygwaith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Song for the day: @thisistheloves.bsky.social - Ode To Coca-Cola Hey fact fans! Me and @simonloverules.bsky.social weren't drinking cola when recording these beats! It was lager! Also, under Simon's strict guidance, I made this LP cover...

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Ode To Coca-Cola

YouTube video by The Loves - Topic

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Precious Recordings of London @precrecs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Go on, you know you want to !

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today's Substack thing is about a song we recorded twice- once fast and once slow. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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13 CHELSEA GIRL and CHELSEA GIRL (2007)

Hoi Polloi...

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The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Happy birthday to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Here we are with him almost 20 years ago… You can no relive the sessions we did for him on 6Music thanks to the good people at @precrecs.bsky.social here- theloves.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-...

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Andy the Storyteller ᚛ᚐᚅᚇᚔ @andygwaith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Third song for the day: @thisistheloves.bsky.social - Sweet Sister Delia I'm actually in this video. The crotch that The Superstar vomits into, yeah that's mine. I also made the fake sick! @simonloverules.bsky.social paid me in vodka and generic-Redbull-substitute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps4Q...

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Sweet Sister Delia (Fortuna POP!, 2008)

YouTube video by The Loves

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This morning I am up to the first song on the first @thisistheloves.bsky.social album, “The Sound We Make Is…” open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today's Substack is another unmemorable b-side that makes zero sense lyrics wise. Read me berating my past self and then look at some photos of @thisistheloves.bsky.social looking all moody. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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9 COOL

You always look so...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I can’t remember much about the song (again) in today’s Substack so I just wang on about my early Britpop life and the first gig I went to open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Back to the hits today with @thisistheloves.bsky.social smash "Shake Yr Bones" with diversions to The Rapture and Michelle Thorne.

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The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Suno has been trained to write songs using our great hit “WTF (Or How I Realised I’d Wasted My Life)” We have nothing to do with those other two “Loves” songs.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I’ve written about another cover @thisistheloves.bsky.social did. It’s back to the long rambling entries about a song I wrote on Monday me fans. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I’m not only documenting all the great/golden hits that I’ve written, but I’m also shining a light on the people who’s songs I’ve covered over the years, starting with John Lennon’s first Christmas song, “Cold Turkey” open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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C1 COLD TURKEY by THE PLASTIC ONO BAND

Another diversion

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wrote about the four (4) John Peel sessions that @thisistheloves.bsky.social did in an 18 month period in the early 2000s for today's Substack. It also features mention of @robynhitchcock.bsky.social and the Soft Boys. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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The Peel Sessions

A second diversion...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's Thursday, which means it's time for my Substack thing again...this time, I am again diverting from the regularly scheduled program(me) to write about the John Peel sessions we did in 2001 and 2002. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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The Peel Sessions

A second diversion...

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For the commuters, with computers, read about what @thisistheloves.bsky.social did when we went to New York in 2002 open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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6 I Know I'm Going To Heaven When I Die

A short diversion from the regular service

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My latest Substack is out now. I can't remember anything about writing or recording the song it should be about, so instead I talk about when @thisistheloves.bsky.social went to New York to play the CMJ Festival in 2002. open.substack.com/pub/simonlov...

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6 I Know I'm Going To Heaven When I Die

A short diversion from the regular service

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Read this. Next Monday’s one was going to be short because I have no memory of writing or recording the song, but then I started writing about @thisistheloves.bsky.social going to New York and couldn’t stop.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Alleluia! Alleluia!! There's a new Substack post about @thisistheloves.bsky.social "Just Like Bobby D" available now... simonloverules.substack.com/p/5-just-lik...

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5 Just Like Bobby D

"Keep a good head and always carry a lightbulb"

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My new Substack post about a @thisistheloves.bsky.social b-side is up now. You lucky people. Liz look up here! simonloverules.substack.com/p/4-patty

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4 Patty

SLA-OK!

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El rey de los cuñaos @mrdanielbro.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Bought a single by @thisistheloves.bsky.social and ended up in the band. I’ll be in the Beatles soon, I know it.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It's time for another Substack post, this time about @thisistheloves.bsky.social second single "Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang" simonloverules.substack.com/p/3-boom-a-b...

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3 Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang

(Woah-Oh-Woah-Oh-Woah)

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My second of 101 entries on Substack...yeah... simonloverules.substack.com/p/2-shell-br...

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2 She'll Break Your Heart

And She'll Break Your Heart Again...

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Andy the Storyteller ᚛ᚐᚅᚇᚔ @andygwaith.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live @thisistheloves.bsky.social Bearsuit Suede Manics The Hidden Cameras SFA Candi Staton Cate Le Bon The School Dressy Bessy (This is in order of how good they were)

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