We are thrilled to announce the induction of our 1992 album “Pieces of Africa,” into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. The album is one of twenty-five recordings to be inducted for 2024, which brings the total number of titles on the registry to 650.

Catrin Lowe I immediately thought of one of my favourite tweets
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To my regret, can't make this, but do go if you can. Fenella Humphreys

completely losing it here

the guy singing “don’t stop me now” at karaoke just sang “200 degrees that’s why they call me mr family guy” and i can feel it burrowing into my grey matter like a parasite

“You should make The Fast Show available on iPlayer!” “Nobody buys DVDs any more” “You’ll make a fortune!”

This is sad and I fear the first of many such announcements.

Reinforce those book shelves. Coming this summer, 928 pages on world music by Joe Boyd.

I’d support a social media ban on headteachers and their ‘experiments’.

Pre-ordered! I really love how, both on disc and live, Fenella Humphreys mixes familiarity, reinterpretation and the brand new in her programmes. Prism is out late April.

Really enjoying these spontaneous capsule reactions to US number one hits. Many of them songs we almost take for granted.

New podcast: Paul Hanley is in conversation for The CAT Club (Classic Album Thursdays) He highlights the lasting influence of
Buzzcocks, the special bond between a teen and their beloved band & the legacy of Pete Shelley Route thestrangebrew.co.uk/paul-hanley-on…

Officially 400 sold! I am so proud of my beautiful book. It's the best thing I've ever written and despite the complete indifference from a clique ridden publishing industry for whom I clearly no longer tick any boxes I knew it would find its tribe. Tribe's as big as the ocean.

Buy a good book instead. Doesn't even have to be mine.

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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I know it's tragic to ask for a RT but the twit algorithm isn't so kind to small businesses these days so any boost for my new workshops would help so much👆.

Thankyou x🌿