My contribution to @cold-boy-tapes , which I forgot I actually had to post for it to be seen. Obviously, I had to choose my favourite niche side character that only me and maybe two other people care about. The playlist is as follows:
1. Seasons in The Sun- Black Box Recorder
2. I'm Eighteen- Creed
3. Big City Blues- ...So Goes The Nation
4. Groan- Dazey and the Scouts
5. Dead Boys- Sam Fender
6. Friday Fighting- Sam Fender
7. Leave Fast- Sam Fender
8. Drink- Destroy Boys
9. Bullet With Butterfly Wings- The Smashing Pumpkins
10. Them Bones- Alice in Chains
11. All I Need- Radiohead
12. Lonely Day- System of a Down
13. All These Things That I've Done- The Killers
14. Local Boy in the Photograph- Stereophonics
15. Mess Me Around- The Babies
16. Pumped Up Kicks- Foster the People
17. I Get No joy- Jade Bird
18. Smile Like You Mean It- The Killers
19. Mama's Boy- Dominic Fike
20. Army Dreamers- Kate Bush
21. Forwards beckon rebound- Adrianne Lenker
22. Indygar- Adrianne Lenker
23. Spit- show me the body
24. Placing the blame- Self
25. Child Psychology- Black Box Recorder
26. Abbey- Mitski
27. Where's my phone ?- Mitski
28. Mutt- Sophie Meiers
29. White Squall- Stan Rogers
30. Anthems for a seventeen year old girl- Broken Social Scene
31. 500 miles- The Journeymen
32. Don't follow- Alice in Chains
33. I ain't marching anymore- Phil Ochs
34. Them Bones- Alice in Chains
35. Help I'm alive- Metric
36. Go with the flow- Queens of the stone age
37. I don't wanna be me- Type O Negative
38. Not- Big Thief
39. Vienna (in memoriam)- The Army, The Navy
40. Sea, Swallow Me- Cocteau Twins
41. This is how it feels- Inspiral Carpets
42. Twighlight- Bôa
43. Every day is exactly the same- Nine Inch Nails
This playlist is kind of based on vibes alone, and I clearly got caught up in said vibes.
the pacific by hbo // emily wilson's introduction to the iliad // red river valley written by unknown // ophélie by constantin meunier // judas-redeemed // point defiance steps by cecilia blomberg // there's something inside the water by victor clemete
Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.
At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.
Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”
i wish nonfiction books, especially if they have a lot of people, would have like a chart of photos so i know what to imagine when reading. yeah i can look it up but i’m readingggh
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