Simon Coates
@simonjcoates
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writer: (New York) Observer, The New World, Discogs, Art UK & more "utterly cretinous" - man on Facebook "brilliant work" - Amnesty "finally..." - Dua Lipa
London, UK
Joined February 2009
Legendary Jamaican trumpeter Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton has died aged 94. A member of Georgie Fame's Blue Flames band, Tan Tan also played with Rico Rodriguez (pictured), Jazz Jamaica, Aswad and on The Beatles' track, 'Got To Get You Into My Life'. RIP.
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More sad news. The inimitable British photographer Martin Parr died yesterday. RIP to a gifted social documentarian and image maker.
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I contributed an utterly broken beats track (as Tse Tse Fly Middle East) to @citiesandmemory's new Echoes For Palestine compilation album curated by Rafael Diogo. All proceeds go to Gaza children's charity Hope and Play. Get it on Bandcamp here 👇
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This is quite something - Erykah Badu and band performing live for a surprised New York Times office 👇
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David Byrne Tiny Desk Concert courtesy of @nprmusic 🔥🔥🔥
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
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"Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy" - this petition is really gaining traction. Get involved by signing here👇
petition.parliament.uk
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence...
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Check out our new video about what you can do on Art UK ✨ Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. 👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at https://t.co/r4OHkAxbjr
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Rarely is an artist the soundtrack to a whole life. Jimmy Cliff was one of those rare individuals. RIP.
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Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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A rare Klimt painting has sold for $236.4 million, becoming the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at an auction
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What do a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Gustav Klimt work have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first sale out of its new US headquarters in New York on Tuesday in a buzzy,...
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Reading this makes me feel physically sick
I pressed Trump on MBS's role in the Khashoggi killing during a tape-recorded interview on Jan. 22, 2020: “I’ve gotten involved very much,” Trump said. “I know everything about the whole situation.” So what happened, sir? I asked. “I saved his ass," Trump said. “That’s what
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Our ArtConnects programme links communities to their local culture, tackling loneliness and unequal access to museums. Here's what some of our participants had to say. Want to support us? Look out for our @BigGive challenge launching soon! đź’ž #GivingTuesday #ArtEducationCharity
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My latest short film, 'The Moon is a Pyramid Under Water', is screening at the IDK Festival in Stuttgart on November 28th. Taking place at the Kulturinsel Stuttgart, GĂĽterstraĂźe 4, doors open at 6PM and entry is free. - pictured: stills from the film
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"For most of her life, she helped her family bring up their kids and worked on cattle stations. Then, in her late seventies, she began to paint." Read my @observer review of the Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition on now at London's Tate Modern here > https://t.co/Vt2ifX39QA
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With W.I.T.C.H. currently touring Europe, maybe it's time to find out how they helped shape the Zamrock sound via my @discogs list on the psych-heavy 70s rock sound here 👉 https://t.co/qdDRU1qdvX
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"Jimi Hendrix and Ike Turner jamming Zambian Badima drum grooves." For another @discogs piece, I zoomed in on Zamrock, the short-lived but fiery mash-up of rock and Zambian rhythms that surfaced in the early 1970s. Check it here 👉 https://t.co/qdDRU1pFGp
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We want to speak to this man and woman following an incident in which a woman was racially abused and assaulted at Bond Street Underground station. Got info? Text 61016 ref 413 of 12 October. More ⬇️ https://t.co/wFotJs9iC3
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OK, but here's Miss World Chile 2025 candidate Ignacia Fernández performing in the comp's talent section. Ignacia is also the vocalist for progressive metal band, Decessus. Enjoy.
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The New World believes in the power of words, and of reading – which is why we're launching Read Against Racism ✏️ Matt Kelly https://t.co/nNqSVR4I3T
thenewworld.co.uk
The New World believes in the power of words, and of reading – which is why we're launching Read Against Racism
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@simonjcoates I appreciated that - for the five records that are continually referenced in any period there are always fifteen that nobody talks about
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@simonjcoates @discogs Nice to see some less predictable choices I have an inchoate theory that Rakim was the culmination of one thing, rather than the beginning of another, and that De La Soul marks the true beginning of what came later, especially in the otherground... (ELUCID is so Native Tongues)
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