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PA affects life span as much as smoking
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#Germany’s moral authority is currently under extreme duress (to put it mildly).
The role of 🇩🇪 identity & history in its response to #Ukraine has come up again & again.
I have a new piece out that deals with both of these issues (& more)
-A 🧵
The article looks at the thoroughly *international* politics of Germany’s postwar period, from 1945 to the present by looking at the electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, their mission, context, reception & influence
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Kraftwerk are today widely recognised as one of the most influential band’s in music history – but also as being illustrative of & key actors in a moves to create a new and better German identity after the war.
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Sigue el ciclo temático #DiscosConArte para #TwitterCultural, con portadas de discos de #música creadas por grandes artistas.

¿Os suena esta portada? Seguro que sí: es "Dangerous", uno de los discos más famosos de Michael #Jackson. Hablemos de su arte y otros discos...

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Empezaban los 90s y Michael #Jackson, que sabĂ­a de mĂşsica, entendiĂł que el #pop de "Thriller" y "Bad" se estaba pasando de moda, asĂ­ que querĂ­a (necesitaba) renovarse: despidiĂł al legendario Quincy #Jones y contratĂł a Teddy #Riley.

Y en el 91 saliĂł "#Dangerous".

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"Dangerous" fue un bombazo ecléctico, una evolución de Jackson y una obra maestra revolucionaria. Hay de todo en ese disco: rap, soul, funk, R&B, swing... y todo muy moderno.
Y respecto del arte, también quería algo nuevo, diferente, y contrató al artista Mark #Ryden.

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#BIN A esta hora, #V1brraXX10nes, la música de la posguerra... Este año, en junio, cumplirá medio siglo "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" de #DavidBowie, el álbum definitivo en su vida y también el que casi acaba con ella, como si tuviera vida propia
#BIN #ZiggyStardust fue el álbum fundacional del #GlamRock, más allá de las prendas femeninas, maquillaje y manierismos que anteriormente habían presentado #Sweet, #TRexy #Slade. Fue un álbum conceptual, lleno de letras inteligentes y con músicos que se harían legendarios.
#BIN #ZiggyStardust era un "extraterrestre bisexual", por lo que yo digo, inauguró el período espacial de #Bowie, más que #SpaceOddity (1969). El solo de guitarra de #MickRonson al final de este tema (cerca del minuto 3:25) es único, imposible de olvidar.
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Wow! I’d never seen this French advert with #DavidBowie before #Bowie #BowieForever #Bowie75
...And this photograph of David Bowie, taken by Nico Van Der Stam, in 1971. #BOWIE75 #BowieForever #Bowie #DavidBowie Image
David Bowie & @MickJagger at the wedding reception of @EricIdle & @TaniaIdle (nee Kosevich) in 1981

Eric Idle at the Jones’ wedding with #DavidBowie & @The_Real_IMAN in 1992 (images from Eric’s autobiography, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life)

#Bowie died 6 years ago today ImageImage
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Six years ago, #DavidBowie died

Six days later, 1,000 #Bowie fans packed London’s beautiful @UnionChapelUK for a 5 hour celebration of his life

117 musicians...33 bands, each played one Bowie song

We’re making a documentary about this gig: his “unofficial wake”.
#JustForOneDay
If you were at @bowie_tribute gig in 2016 & have memories or footage to share, DM us

Thisđź–•is teaser for our planned documentary

If you’d like to see this film get made or would just like to see more of footage of the gig, check out #JustForOneDay #Bowie bowiejustforoneday.com
Performers included a Sex Pistol @GlenMatlock, a Bad Seed, @themagicnumbers, Maggie Ronson, the Egg, @thefeeling’s @DanGSells, David McAlmont👇& @guypratt

1,000 #Bowie fans singing their hearts out in the dimmed Gothic beauty of the Union Chapel in London
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Next week, we’ll mark the 6th anniversary of the loss of David Bowie

6 days after his death, an incredible 5hr musical celebration of his life was held in @UnionChapelUK

100+ musicians
18 Bowie songs

We’re making a documentary about how it came together
What made the @bowie_tribute gig so extraordinary the way so many people came together in so short a space of time with zero budget to make this happen

Here’s David McAlmont doing #Bowie's Sweet Thing + Malcolm Doherty & @TheRebelles doing Bewlay Brothers
Tickets for the 900 capacity venue sold out in 45 minutes

The entrance fee was ÂŁ2 to cover costs

All performers played for free

Here’s @GeorgeVjestica (@nickcave) & Dan Donovan (@BigAudioDyn) playing Kooks & @themagicnumbers playing Quicksand. #Bowie
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The Abecedarians, the first band alphabetically in my collection. I’m not sure I have listened to this since I bought it. Fac 117, is a 12” 45, just two tracks, electronic with nods to other Factory bands. No idea what happened to them.
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Backstory: In an effort to listen to a wider variety of the music I own for the first half of this year I’m dedicating a week to each letter. I thought I’d start with the disc that has sat leftmost on the shelves since some time in the eighties!
A Certain Ratio. A couple from them today, between the two marking a huge change from fucked to funky.

#factory #factoryrecords #acr #acertainratio
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David Bowie was born 74yrs ago today & died almost exactly 5yrs ago

Six days after his death, we organised an unofficial wake fror #Bowie.

900 people filled the Union Chapel for a 5 hour gig

More than 100 musicians & bands performed 33 #DavidBowie songs
Each performer or band played one #Bowie song

There were a number of highlights, but this version of Sweet Thing by @davidmcalmont, accompanied by @cliffordslapper on the piano, was a spine-tingling.

Watch the full version on @YouTube
I booked the venue on Monday

The press release went out Tuesday

On Wednesday, we sold out tickets (ÂŁ3 each) in 35 minutes!

The gig was in four days & we had NO acts. NO team

But they’d come

For the love of #Bowie, they’d come

See @guypratt & The Egg
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1) #COVID1984 makes it totes obvious that we're in midst of weird globalist mega-psyop. Power of #occultelite and #DeepState cronies to control global economy, politics and popular culture is jaw-dropping. And they've long been up to srsly sinister shit in all those fields.
2) Unless you're an utter moron, odds are you're "awakening" to hidden forces shaping much of what happens in the world. And these occult (hidden) puppet masters manipulate our perception of reality via news media with skewed reporting, etc. Also via pop music and movies.
3) Disturbing fact is that #DeepState denizens (esp from CIA) have long been applying their vast knowledge of #mindcontrol to task of conditioning the public via Hollywood in particular. There's a good doco on this called #OutofShadows. Worth a watch.
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AsĂ­ quedaron los cuartos de final del mundial de discos de #bowie.
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Llave 2
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From the digital shoebox under the virtual stairs, some oldies, part one of some more to follow. *Taken pre-Covid* #Edinburgh #urbanphotography || @LynnHenni
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@LynnHenni @PaulHenni Some more oldies. *Taken pre-Covid* #Edinburgh #urbanphotography || @LynnHenni
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@LynnHenni @PaulHenni And continuing. Oldies. *Taken pre-Covid* #Edinburgh #urbanphotography || @LynnHenni
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El 8 enero 1947 nacĂ­a David Bowie. En este hilo, voy a desvelar todos los secretos de la canciĂłn q interpretĂł junto a Freddie Mercury: "Under Pressure" considerada la mejor lĂ­nea de bajo de la historia. Desde los cielos, #Queen #FreddieMercury #DavidBowie #Bowie #UnderPressure
En julio de 1981, Queen se encontraba grabando el álbum "Hot Space" en los Estudios Mountain (Montreux - Suiza). En esta localidad no sólo Freddie tenía una residencia, sino q David Bowie se había mudado tb a la zona del Cantón de Vaud. Roger Taylor era amigo de Bowie y le pidió
q se acercara un dĂ­a x el estudio de grabaciĂłn a hacerles una visita. Ese dĂ­a llegĂł, y sugirieron la idea de hacer una canciĂłn juntos. No habĂ­a tiempo material para crear un tema desde cero, asĂ­ q mostraron a Bowie alguna maqueta (demo) de las sesiones de "Hot Space". Una de las
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