Paul McGee

@paulmcgee

Semi-pro loudmouth. "My mind ain't so open that anything could crawl right in..."

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Paul McGee@paulmcgee· 2d

RIP, Gary Dwyer a/k/a Rocky a/k/a Buff Manilla a/k/a the gentle giant of post-punk Liverpool. I know a lot of my old mates are heartbroken today. What a lovely, lovely guy you were.

Image is of the Wilder-era configuration of The Teardrop Explodes. L-R; Gary Dwyer (drums), Jeff Hammer (keys), Troy Tate (guitar), Alfie Agius (bass).

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· 12d

One of the 🐐 and the platonic ideal of the one-club player. RIP, Franco Baresi.

Image depicts legendary Italian international defender Franco Baresi, who has died aged 66. He is shown in his prime, wearing the red & black club colours of AC Milan, for whom he played his entire career.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· 23d

As I just saw someone else put it; three old First Division trophies, one European Cup, one FA Cup, two UEFA Cups, one Bundesliga, three lower division titles as manager, two Ballon d'Ors and one of the greatest memes ever. #YNWA

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· 23d

Aw, man. RIP, King Kev.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· 25d

Finally, this is me preparing a response to anyone describing Andy Burnham as "a scouser".

Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell in NOBODY (2021, Ilya Naishuller) sounding the bell on one of the greatest bus fights in movie history with the words, "I'm gonna fuck you up."

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jul 3

#Forever20 #LFC #YNWA

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 27

Honestly, I think I preferred Blair when he looked like a cross between Bob from Twin Peaks and the sort of raw food/tantric sex/wellness guru who'll corner you at a house party and subject you to a 20-minute lecture on the proven health benefits of drinking your own piss.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 25

21 years ago today, at around 10pm-ish, I came back into the house following a much-needed half-time ciggy (I was still a smoker then), plonked down on the sofa, turned to my beloved and said; "This is going to be the longest 45 minutes of my life." Suddenly... #LFC

Steven Gerrard grins and raises a clenched first as he holds up the European Champions Cup, following Liverpool FC's penalty shoot-out victory in the final against AC Milan, which took place in Istanbul on May 25th 2005.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 24

And what is there left to say about Robbeaux? Greatest LFC left-back of all time in the greatest #LFC side of all time, and you can argue with your mam. Laughing in the face of the fucking tit Pickford and shithousing the🐐as we shove Barca off a cliff and ruin their season. God, I'll miss him.

Andy Robertson laughs in Jordan Pickford's face during LFC's 2-0 derby win against Everton during the 2022/23 season.

Andy Robertson and Lionel Messi square up during the legendary 4-0 CL win at Anfield.

Robbo reminds Messi that the world does not bend to meet him just because he happens to be the best footballer on the planet.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 24

This was my favourite moment of the 2019/2020 season that didn't directly involve winning a trophy. Ali sprints the length of the park to be first to congratulate Meaux after his injury-time winner against Yanited in the 2-0 at Anfield. Mashallah, Mo Salah, and thank you for everything. #LFC #YNWA

Alisson Becker runs the length of the Anfield pitch to be first to congratulate Mohammed Salah after his injury-time winner in Liverpool FC's 2-0 victory over Manchester Utd during the 2019/20 Premiership season.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 16

Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland in PROMETHEUS (2012, Ridley Scott).

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· May 7

To all who celebrate... #LFC

The entire Liverpool FC team - players, substitutes, coach, backroom staff - lines up in front of The Kop for a rendition of the club's anthem You'll Never Walk Alone, late in the evening of May 7th 2019. LFC had just beaten Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield, overturning the three-goal deficit from the away tie at the Camp Nou and securing a place in the Champions League final for the tenth time. They would go on to defeat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on June 1st, becoming European champions for the sixth time (including the four times we won it back when they only let the league title winners enter).

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 29

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 23

#JFT97

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 22

When you've just got the Chelsea job boxed off.

Robert Shaw, as "Quint", shares a joke with the titular star of JAWS (1975, Steven Spielberg) during a break in filming.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 22

Roger Hill as Cyrus in THE WARRIORS (1979, Walter Hill), making the legendary "can you dig it" speech.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 22

Celebrate every win, no matter how trivial or petty.

Blocked by Bsky's Technical Advisor for being mean about the ego-massaging plagiarism machines. Aboohoo.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Apr 2

Image depicts the "pointing Spiderman" meme.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Mar 26

Leonardo DiCaprio in the famous "sell me this pen" scene from THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013, Martin Scorsese)

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Mar 15

Afternoon, Reds. Not been here for a long while. #LFC

A rare sighting of yours truly at Anfield.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Feb 28

He was a genuinely great pop songwriter. When he caught his second wind during the 70s, it seemed as if he was never off the radio. Then there's this NME cover from a little over 50 years ago. Here we are, with punk about six months away, and a forthcoming Neil Sedaka tour is still front page news.

Image depicts the front cover of the New Musical Express, dated January 24th, 1976.

The cover image itself is a black & white shot of a man with collar-length dark hair, wearing jeans & a plaid western shirt. His back is to the camera and he looks into a mirror which reflects a much older man with grey hair, wearing the same shirt. Headlines down the left-hand read; "Is your fave rave rock star old enough to be your father?", "Is rock 'n' roll an old man's game?" and "We name the aged men."

In the upper right-hand corner is a banner running diagonally from upper centre down to the right, and in black text on a red background it reads "Box office concert details: Neil Young, Rod, Purple, Sedaka".

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Feb 28

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Keith Haring's "Untitled (Boxers)" sculpture at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, where it was displayed until 2025.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Feb 26

stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

A fake op-ed headline in the raving mad style of The Telegraph's Allister Heath, someone whose own family would have walled him up 150 years ago. The headline reads: The public will never forgive the establishment for the disaster of beans on a fry-up.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Feb 16

What an actor. One of that rare breed who was always great, even when he was appearing in absolute crud (which wasn't often, to be fair). RIP, Colonel.

Robert Duvall (1931-2026) photographed by Mark Arbeit.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Feb 14

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.

The cover of Fear Of Music, the 1979 album by Talking Heads.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jan 30

54 years ago today.

Along Glenshane and Foreglen
and the cold woods of Hillhead:
A wet wind in the hedges and a dark cloud on the mountain
And flags like black frost
mourning that the thirteen men were dead
The Roe wept at Dungiven and the Foyle cried out to heaven,
Burntollet’s old wound opened and again the Bogside bled;
By Shipquay Gate I shivered and by Lone Moor I enquired
Where I might find the coffins where the thirteen men lay dead.
My heart besieged by anger, my mind a gap of danger.
I walked among their old haunts.
the home ground where they bled;
And in the dirt lay justice like an acorn in the winter
Till its oak would sprout in Derry
where the thirteen men lay dead.

This is a poem on ‘Bloody Sunday’, an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Twenty-six unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders are shot by soldiers of the British Army. The incident occurs during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march; the soldiers involved are the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (1 Para).

Thirteen males, seven of whom are teenagers, die immediately or soon after, while the death of another man four and a half months later is attributed to the injuries he received on that day.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jan 27

“Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to survive we must force ourselves to save at least the skeleton, the scaffolding, the form of civilization. We are slaves, deprived of every right, exposed to every insult, condemned to certain death, but we still possess one power, and we must defend it with all our strength for it is the last — the power to refuse our consent.”
― Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jan 23

Image depicts the Bernie Sanders "Once Again Asking" meme, with the caption; "I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER WHY JD VANCE'S MA SOLD HIM TO BUY DRUGS"

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jan 14

This is at the front entrance of the apartment building in Mpls where my friend lives. Obviously there's the "that sign can't stop me cos I can't read" factor to consider, but I imagine it might cause at least a few of these shitheads to hesitate rather than immediately try to force their way in.

Image shows a sign on the entrance door of a Minneapolis apartment building. Sign is an A4 sheet of paper, the upper half of which is white text on a mid-grey background. It reads, "This is private property". Beneath is black text on a white background, reading "Use by any federal, state or local government entity or personnel is not authorized for staging, processing, operations, or similar uses for civil immigration enforcement". The second part of this sentence is in bold text.

Paul McGee@paulmcgee· Jan 10