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Links for 15-04-26

“At half-time, Tony Woodcock, one of the Miracle Men who won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, will be presented with his long-overdue winners’ medal for the part he played in winning the second trophy. He featured in four of the nine games Forest played to retain the trophy, before signing for Cologne — his departure upset manager Brian Clough, and he never received a second winner’s medal, until now. John McGovern, who captained that side, will hand it over.”

Woody Woodcock!

Put your records on: eleven Notts vinyl stores worth visiting on Record Store Day

via Left Lion

Links for 08-04-26

" if you’ve noticed that someone’s been hanging around for a long time then you probably have too, so just turn yourself in and be done with it."

Arf. via Diamond Geezer

Vinyl’s days are numbered: CDs are the future of music listening

via Far Out

Links for 06-04-26

“I fear that the art of building dams in the woods is just another of those important artisanal professions that die out due to ’the internet’. Perhaps I’ll host a £450 day-long course in the skill, and I’ll rejoice in the fact that Woody Guthrie wrote me a song about my exploits.”

via Caught by the River

Links for 02-04-26

“As cliche as it sounds, to us, punk is very much an attitude rather than an outfit or a sound. It’s about going against the mainstream, doing things for yourself, being respectful of other people, and making different types of people feel welcome and included.”

via Morning Star

The Daily Mail Backed the Blackshirts. It Can Shut up About Antisemitism

via Novara

Links for 01-04-26

“I’ve been doing social media for nearly 20 years and I was brilliant at it, but today’s social media, all about reels and fancy videos targeted at the increasingly shorter attention spans of today’s generation mean this is a very different social media, far less fun.”

via the Coffee Ponce of SW8

“I remember the sort of grittiness. It was a mixture of the wonderful smells of the city mingled with the diesel from the buses and the coal dust in the air. The smell of the urban environment struck me as something I will always remember.”

via Left Lion