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Some sketchbook portraits of Mark E Smith from 2008, in preparation for one of the Paintwork exhibitions I think. Based on gig photos (not mine). #thefall #markesmith

Dipping in to Mick Geoghegan's photo archive today and some fantastic images of Mark E Smith and The Fall, possibly at Birmingham's Cedar Club, 20th November 1980.

Publicity for #thefall at Riley-Smith Hall, University of Leeds, 7 December 1982. Hat-tip: Ioan Humphreys.bsky.social

Important to acknowledge that today marks 7 year since the passing of MES, without whom this podcast wouldn’t exist, of course.

"Religion costs much - but irreligion costs more". Comment on "Fit and Working Again", Slates (Apr. 1981). Not MES' phrase: earliest instances I found are from US newspapers as far back as 22 Jan 1925. But MES likely saw Martin Amis's Observer article, 21 Sept 1980: Fall news

#thefall "2 x 4": "Used table leg to club son-in-law" lyric. Another example of MES use of newspaper headlines. I found this one in the Manchester Evening News, 20 August 1983 p29. Song's live debut was Nottingham 27 September 1983. Source: newspapers.com/article/manche…. Fall news

Delighted to present the proceeds from our recent Oh! Brother live event at the Albert Club to Maggie’s: a wonderful cancer support charity that’s dear to our hearts. Huge thanks to Steph, Roger, Rob, Adam, Nathan and all the staff at the Albert maggies.org/get-involved/d…

Episode #007 of #StevesMixTapes features none other than Martin Bramah as guest mixer stevesmixtapes.com/mixtape-007-ma…

Welcome back to Oh! Brother. We were delighted to speak to renowned author and less renowned A&R man, John Niven. Alongside tales of the Fall, John regales us with stories of his own attempts at being a rock star, the creation of Steven Stelfox (1/2)

HOUSE Of ALL open their spring tour in Swansea tonight. Last spring, they opened in Sheffield. Here's a medley from the night. There's been a new album (and member) since then, so expect a very different set tonight. Catch this tour in these places ➡️ linktr.ee/thefallcontinu…

In 1980, with IPC titles NME and Melody Maker on strike, publisher Felix Dennis tried to plug the gap with the short-lived New Music News. Issue 2, dated 17 May, includes a review of #thefall's live album "Totale's Turns" by friend-of-the-group Claude Bessy Fall news

Oh, my… such sad news about Clem Burke . He was such a gent when he asked (yes, asked) if it was OK for him to join us at Louder. He stayed until the early hours - what a time! Pictured here with another ace drummer’s book - image courtesy of Route . 😢❤️

Really proud to record this at Wythenshawe Forum with Dojo. Huge thanks to Manchester Libraries too.

Someone sent me this photo to see if I could identify where/when it was taken. The setlist you can see at the edge there is I think the setlist for Manchester University Students Union gig, 7 May 1993, minus the final four songs.

Really excited to share this…

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Welcome back to Oh! Brother. We were thrilled to be joined by friend of the show Brix Smith for this week's episode, as we take a look back at the year that was 1988. Tours, ballets, videos and phlegm, we reminisce about perhaps the world's busiest band's busiest ever year.

It was lovely to see Caroline Smith at Night & Day tonight. She gave me these pictures from Mark E Smith's private collection.