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@Tim_Burgess No stops in Atlanta, Charlotte or Asheville, so it wasn't meant to be. Will be epic tho

Good morning 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 Anyone got themselves a pre-sale ticket yet???

Blake Miller was the only potential first-rounder for Clemson to not opt out of the Pinstripe Bowl. He's the first one taken at No. 17 overall by the Lions. postandcourier.com/sports/clemson…

Memphis means music

Cherki smiled at Hincapie as he prepared to take his soul. This guy is box office

Pete Shelley was born as Peter McNeish in Leigh on this day in 1955. Life's an illusion, love is a dream.

Chilton, Bell, Hummel, and Stephens would say yup. @BigStarBand

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has always been a strange proposition. The idea of a committee deciding what qualifies as “rock and roll” feels fundamentally at odds with the spirit of the thing itself. And yet, every year, it’s hard not to get pulled in, if only to have a wee moan when The Replacements are overlooked once again. Getting upset about who is in and out is all part of the game. The HoF thrives on it. But every so often, a decision stands out not as provocative, but as baffling. This year, it’s the decision to induct Joy Division and New Order as a single entity, a move that suggests not just contrarianism, but a fundamental misunderstanding of the music itself. Joy Division are one of the most singular bands in modern music. They are one of those “music as a complete world”bands. You know the ones? You put an album on, it pulls you under, and when it finishes you think “right, where do I go from here? What else is there to listen to but stark soundscapes as backdrop to an enigmatic punk poet’s visions of urban decay?” So you listen to them again, and again, till sleep takes you and you’ve escaped their world. Until next time. Not all bands do that, construct something so self-contained it resists anything that comes after it. And it’s a big part of why this decision feels so wrong. If you’re looking for a trapdoor to escape the world of Joy Division, New Order is not it. One does not lead to the other. Their debut album, Movement, serves as a mournful bridge between two worlds, but it is a New Order album. And very quickly, even that connection fades. What follows is something entirely different: a sound that fuses dance, indie and pop into a language of its own, a schizophrenic hybrid of euphoria and melancholy, like coming up and down simultaneously. To fold these two bands into a single induction is to miss what makes them so special. Joy Division represent one of rock’s most complete and self-contained statements; New Order, one of its most extraordinary acts of rebirth. Joy Division’s story ended, abruptly and tragically, but it did end. There is no mistaking that. What followed was a reset not a continuation. Where most bands absorb loss and carry on, New Order did something far rarer: they started again. A new identity. A new sound. The past set aside rather than built upon. A shy guitarist stepping forward to become a singular frontman. They share a history, but they are not the same band. To treat them as one is not to honour each group, but to overlook what makes them so remarkable.

Driving 3 hours to Memphis

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (Live In France, 1995) Love the northern soul/Motown vibes on this classic by @EdwynCollins. A top 10 hit in several countries & both NME & Spin magazines ranked it as one of the top singles of 1995. Featured on his third album, Gorgeous George.

What an honour - thank you! See you at the ceremony… @rockhall @joydivision @neworder

@JayneMoobs 💔

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The Fridge William Perry from 1986 - original mail-away packaging.

OTD in 1964 Alan ‘Reni’ Wren was born. Without doubt a master on the drums, angelic backing vocalist, plus a multi instrumentalist and supreme song writer, his talent know no bounds. Wishing him a very Happy birthday Enjoy this isolated live take of Elephant Stone Valencia 89

Bo Diddley

He's right about Memphis/Detroit. I spent about a week in Detroit last year; it was perhaps an 'unconventional' choice, but I had one of the best vacations of my life.

Aye @KingJames if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…it might be @PeabodyMemphis “The Peabody Hotel has been named the "best classic hotel in the South" by readers of Southern Living for the second consecutive year, officials said.” fox13memphis.com/news/peabody-n…

“Memphis has long existed in a tension between what it contributes to the culture of the league and how it is perceived within it. LeBron did not introduce that tension. He articulated it.” Thank you @SharonShyBrown for this moving and heartfelt piece. memphisflyer.com/lebron-said-it…

Peabody Memphis named best classic hotel in the South ebx.sh/aIRRPi

The Memphis hotel looks crazy nice. If this is a BAD hotel, what do these NBA players typically stay in??? 😭😭😭