Ted Kessler
@tedkessler.bsky.social
Former editor of magazines that no longer exist.
Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit http://bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish
Also, http://thenewcue.substack.com
Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit http://bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish
Also, http://thenewcue.substack.com
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Ted Kessler
@tedkessler.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Pleased to say that Hamish MacBain and I have written ‘A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded’.
Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come…
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Preorder:
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come…
thebookseller.com/rights/pan-m...
Preorder:
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
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Crisp Lovers!
This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
UP THE PACKET: SIMON WILLIAMS’ CRISP ODYSSEY
The Affectionate Crunch! Man Writes Book About Crisp Packets. And Rock’n’Roll.
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June 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Crisp Lovers!
This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
My dad, Felix, who died last November aged 92, wrote this obituary of Sonny Rollins, who died this week aged 95. It was published yesterday, from beyond the grave.
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Sonny Rollins, Saxophonist Who Drew on Jazz History, Dies at 95
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist who played with bebop pioneers Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in the 1950s and continued to per…
financialpost.com
May 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My dad, Felix, who died last November aged 92, wrote this obituary of Sonny Rollins, who died this week aged 95. It was published yesterday, from beyond the grave.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Had some great Zoom time with the Poet Laureate for @thenewcue.bsky.social
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #579 March 23: Simon Armitage
"I heard him say, ‘Armitage! You’re so boring!’"
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March 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Had some great Zoom time with the Poet Laureate for @thenewcue.bsky.social
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Zoomed it up with the great Bill Callahan for this week's New Cue Life & Times interview.
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The New Cue #571 February 23: Bill Callahan
"Life is so good that death has to be good too."
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February 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Zoomed it up with the great Bill Callahan for this week's New Cue Life & Times interview.
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Get 25% off our forthcoming paperback of A Sound So Very Loud: Oasis, song by song, when you order from Waterstones between Feb 17 and 20th. Use code Feb26 online
www.waterstones.com/book/a-sound...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-sound...
February 17, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Get 25% off our forthcoming paperback of A Sound So Very Loud: Oasis, song by song, when you order from Waterstones between Feb 17 and 20th. Use code Feb26 online
www.waterstones.com/book/a-sound...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-sound...
Reposted by Ted Kessler
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 AM
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 AM
We at The New Cue have started a publishing imprint, TNC Books. First up is the new story collection by PJ Smith aka ROY, Boomerang Process. Extract, interview and link to order in today’s edition.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
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"Elton John had a crush on me..."
Wreckless Eric takes on our Life & Times interview, including tales of Captain Beefheart, Ian Dury, Elton John, drunk driving, getting nicked, the misery of poverty, the majesty of love and much more. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Wreckless Eric takes on our Life & Times interview, including tales of Captain Beefheart, Ian Dury, Elton John, drunk driving, getting nicked, the misery of poverty, the majesty of love and much more. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #554 December 15: Wreckless Eric
"Elton John had a crush on me."
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December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Elton John had a crush on me..."
Wreckless Eric takes on our Life & Times interview, including tales of Captain Beefheart, Ian Dury, Elton John, drunk driving, getting nicked, the misery of poverty, the majesty of love and much more. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Wreckless Eric takes on our Life & Times interview, including tales of Captain Beefheart, Ian Dury, Elton John, drunk driving, getting nicked, the misery of poverty, the majesty of love and much more. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
560 PSG fans were arrested, 192 injured and 260 cars set on fire after they won the CL this summer. Worst football related violence in decades.
I wonder why Spurs aren’t banning their fans in November, nor Newcastle in January?
I wonder why Spurs aren’t banning their fans in November, nor Newcastle in January?
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
560 PSG fans were arrested, 192 injured and 260 cars set on fire after they won the CL this summer. Worst football related violence in decades.
I wonder why Spurs aren’t banning their fans in November, nor Newcastle in January?
I wonder why Spurs aren’t banning their fans in November, nor Newcastle in January?
No fans have behaved more violently, sung more racist chants than the British. For decades, fans have sung about gas chambers etc. CFC fans were not banned after years of violence and AS. Police routinely mobilise for far bigger supporter threat than Maccabi...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Chelsea anti-Semitic chants: Football fans 'using political atmosphere to cover racism' - Fare
Some football fans are using the
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October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
No fans have behaved more violently, sung more racist chants than the British. For decades, fans have sung about gas chambers etc. CFC fans were not banned after years of violence and AS. Police routinely mobilise for far bigger supporter threat than Maccabi...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Music journalists: does anyone know who does press for the new Elias Rønnenfelt album please? Also, keen to hear Tame Impala LP before Friday release, but so far no dice.
Some artists I cannot shake. Others, I cannot find. Make music PR great again!
Some artists I cannot shake. Others, I cannot find. Make music PR great again!
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Music journalists: does anyone know who does press for the new Elias Rønnenfelt album please? Also, keen to hear Tame Impala LP before Friday release, but so far no dice.
Some artists I cannot shake. Others, I cannot find. Make music PR great again!
Some artists I cannot shake. Others, I cannot find. Make music PR great again!
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"An honest person doesn't need to speak."
The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #530 September 22: Cass McCombs
"If I went to ancient Greece, would I be able to talk to Socrates?"
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September 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"An honest person doesn't need to speak."
The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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"There’s probably a German word for when you’re robbed of your time via the internet..."
Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #527, September 15: Baxter Dury
"I was the illest person in the hospital."
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September 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"There’s probably a German word for when you’re robbed of your time via the internet..."
Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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*NEW*
Kevin Rowland
Bless Me Father - A Life Story
with @tedkessler.bsky.social
Walthamstow 30 Sept
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1671094301...
Kevin Rowland
Bless Me Father - A Life Story
with @tedkessler.bsky.social
Walthamstow 30 Sept
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1671094301...
KEVIN ROWLAND - A Life Story - In Conversation
Dexys Kevin Rowland in conversation with Ted Kessler with stories from his Sunday Times Bestselling memoir Bless Me Father
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September 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
*NEW*
Kevin Rowland
Bless Me Father - A Life Story
with @tedkessler.bsky.social
Walthamstow 30 Sept
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1671094301...
Kevin Rowland
Bless Me Father - A Life Story
with @tedkessler.bsky.social
Walthamstow 30 Sept
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1671094301...
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The first episode focuses on Oasis and how the band's rise kickstarted the decade! @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @tedkessler.bsky.social discuss the Britpop phenomenon. Take a listen ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
July 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The first episode focuses on Oasis and how the band's rise kickstarted the decade! @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @tedkessler.bsky.social discuss the Britpop phenomenon. Take a listen ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
Number 7 in The Sunday Times Bestsellers today…
Pleased to say that Hamish MacBain and I have written ‘A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded’.
Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come…
thebookseller.com/rights/pan-m...
Preorder:
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
Published by Pan Macmillan on 3 July in UK, Pegasus in US. Story. Lots more to come…
thebookseller.com/rights/pan-m...
Preorder:
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ted-...
July 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Number 7 in The Sunday Times Bestsellers today…
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In a special edition of TNC, our man @tedkessler.bsky.social reports from night one of Oasis' comeback tour. You've probably read reviews of the show already but not like this one. Absolute carnage. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #507: The Return of Oasis - 24 hours in Cardiff.
"'Pissing' is not a swear word.'
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July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In a special edition of TNC, our man @tedkessler.bsky.social reports from night one of Oasis' comeback tour. You've probably read reviews of the show already but not like this one. Absolute carnage. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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Superb by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social esp on Rod Stewart:
"Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom."
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"Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom."
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #505: Dorian's Adventures in Glastonbury, 2025
'It’s the best place I’ve ever known.'
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June 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Superb by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social esp on Rod Stewart:
"Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom."
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
"Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom."
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
I’m not saying ours is the best Oasis book. But that’s what MOJO Magazine has decided
June 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m not saying ours is the best Oasis book. But that’s what MOJO Magazine has decided
Everyone! But especially Oasis and literature fans. We're putting on a party on Oasis Eve, July 3, to celebrate the publication that day of our book A Sound So Very Loud at @thesocial. Do come! Tix only £5 from newcue.co.uk.
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Everyone! But especially Oasis and literature fans. We're putting on a party on Oasis Eve, July 3, to celebrate the publication that day of our book A Sound So Very Loud at @thesocial. Do come! Tix only £5 from newcue.co.uk.
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I just finished reading To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish by @tedkessler.bsky.social
A profoundly human work. I find myself sad that I have finished and the book is over. Even if you don’t know Billy’s art/music/writing, it is an inspiring read.
A profoundly human work. I find myself sad that I have finished and the book is over. Even if you don’t know Billy’s art/music/writing, it is an inspiring read.
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I just finished reading To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish by @tedkessler.bsky.social
A profoundly human work. I find myself sad that I have finished and the book is over. Even if you don’t know Billy’s art/music/writing, it is an inspiring read.
A profoundly human work. I find myself sad that I have finished and the book is over. Even if you don’t know Billy’s art/music/writing, it is an inspiring read.
We're hosting some Oasis music quizzes in boozers this summer with the Sounds Familiar crew to promote our Oasis book. First two announced today, more to come:
11/6: Boogaloo London
9/7: Diego's, Liverpool
Tix: soundsfamiliar.co/oasis?utm_sour…
11/6: Boogaloo London
9/7: Diego's, Liverpool
Tix: soundsfamiliar.co/oasis?utm_sour…
May 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We're hosting some Oasis music quizzes in boozers this summer with the Sounds Familiar crew to promote our Oasis book. First two announced today, more to come:
11/6: Boogaloo London
9/7: Diego's, Liverpool
Tix: soundsfamiliar.co/oasis?utm_sour…
11/6: Boogaloo London
9/7: Diego's, Liverpool
Tix: soundsfamiliar.co/oasis?utm_sour…
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What do you wish the 18-year-old you knew?
"That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things."
Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
"That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things."
Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #493 May 19: Robert Forster
"Nothing is ever straightforward."
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May 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What do you wish the 18-year-old you knew?
"That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things."
Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
"That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things."
Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...