#The Miami Showband

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1975 – Miami Showband massacre | UVF volunteers (some of whom were also UDR soldiers) shot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, Co Down.

Three members of the Miami Showband are killed by Ulster Volunteer Force members posing as members of the security forces when returning from a performance at The Castle Ballroom in Banbridge, Co Down. (Four of the killers were actually members of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an official reserve force for the British army). At the time, the Miami Showband were one of the most popular…

[classicrocker2000]

[eileen-crys]

A showcase of some digital commissions I made recently for the lovely @classicrocker2000 who always challenges me to draw new musicians 🥰💕 In order: The Miami Showband, a Vampire Kurt Cobain and a cute Peter Tork from The Monkees! All of these have been very fun and challenging and I'm so grateful to have made them 💜💕💖💜💕💖

Reminder that my commissions are always open and I have a bigcartel shop where you can buy stickers and prints with my art and a TeePublic account where you can order shirts, mugs and more! 💖

Please do not repost! Thanks! 💜💜💜

[dadrockconfessions]

[misseyres]

Have you been reading or listening to anything good lately? If so would you spare some recommendations? 💕

dear aubs hello!! so lovely to see you on my dash again!

listening: self-healers soundboard; the ezra klein show; jaguar sun; sarah kinsely; HARBOUR; matt maeson (a beloved!); the national (& matt berninger’s solo album); raffaela; mt. joy; andrew montana, taylor swift

current playlist

reading: absolutely loving how to hide an empire: a history of the greater united states. also been reading natalie diaz (when my brother was an aztec), louise glück (averno), anne carson (eros the bittersweet, also revisiting glass irony & god). monsters: a fan’s dilemma is a++, first book in a while that’s lived up to expectations. all down darkness wide, warlight, and say nothing are some other standouts from this year! on the lighter side, recently read howl’s moving castle trilogy; happy place; the enigma of room 622 (a meta mystery that was SO FUN), daisy jones & the six (TSHOEH was better imo).

psa i am on goodreads for anyone interested, i like new friends :)

watching: 45 rpm, the miami showband massacre, abbot elementary, witcher s3, say yes to the dress: england (SO WHOLESOME!!!), ted lasso s3, idk i don’t watch much tv rn!

[mediamonarchy]

https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240627_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Phone of the dead, crazy town and predator catchers + this day in history w/Matsumoto sarin attack and our song of the day by The Harlem Gospel Travelers on your #MorningMonarchy for June 27, 2024. Notes/Links: Environments (album series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environments_(album_series) Beloved K-9 Officer Dies [on June 20th] in Sweltering Hot Car, Community Demands Answers https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/beloved-k-9-officer-dies-in-sweltering-hot-car-community-demands-answers/ar-BB1oOCum Horus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR: WICCAN SABBATS https://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-calendar-litha-summer-solstice/ Vigil https://search.brave.com/search?q=vigil+definition Mysterious Monolith in Las Vegas Mountains Triggers Police Warning https://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-monolith-las-vegas-police-1914329 28 people rescued after getting stuck upside down on Oaks Park ride https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-fire-rescues-30-stuck-upside-down-oaks-park-ride/283-1edf9f32-5edb-4e4e-b97c-d128b83e9bac Man struck by roller coaster while trying to retrieve keys in restricted area dies: police https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/man-struck-by-roller-coaster-while-trying-to-retrieve-keys-in-restricted-area-dies-police/ar-BB1oOvHy Video: Cemetery Lets Mourners Creatively Talk to Loved Ones (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWmZ9dNR8cc Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show Band – “Woman Cry The Blues” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/1337298-Dutch-Rhythm-Steel-Show-Band-Funky-Limbo // https://www.discogs.com/artist/386350-The-Dutch-Rhythm-Steel-Showband // ANOTHER MONARCHY EXCLUSIVE! Dancing FBI agent Chase Bishop who accidentally shot someone won’t face jail time (Dec. 23, 2018 // Updated Jan. 25, 2023) https://www.kxly.com/news/national-and-world-news/dancing-fbi-agent-who-accidentally-shot-someone-won-t-face-jail-time/article_65a71f5e-68f9-591e-9232-fb658be7b028.html Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gallagher_(Navy_SEAL) No Charges in Deadly ATF Arkansas Home Raid; ‘This is not over,’ said the attorney for the family of Bryan Malinowski, former executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/no-charges-in-deadly-atf-arkansas-home-raid-5669051 Miami-Dade firefighter’s son dies 28 after blaze breaks out during training exercise, father confirms https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/man-dies-at-hospital-after-blaze-breaks-out-at-miami-dade-fire-rescue-training-exercise-police-say/ Woman found dead at Isle of Wight Festival campsite https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/isle-of-wight-festival-death-campsite-woman-dead-b1166024.html Ryan Hadley Dies: ‘Ink Master’ Alum Was 46 https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ryan-hadley-dies-ink-master-alum-was-46/ar-BB1oHSA4 Crazy Town Frontman Shifty Shellshock, Famed for ‘Butterfly,’ Dies at 49 https://www.thedailybeast.com/crazy-town-singer-shifty-shellshock-famed-for-butterfly-dies-at-49 Video: Crazy Town – “Butterfly” (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEDrU85FLE The Brimstone Sluggers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brimstone_Sluggers The Leviathan Cross (Satanic Cross) Symbol and Its Meaning https://mythologian.net/leviathan-cross-satanic-cross-symbol-meaning/ Crazy Town’s Shifty Shellshock shares cryptic final post about ‘scaring’ people away before his death aged 49 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13567597/Crazy-Towns-Shifty-Shellshock-shares-cryptic-final-post-scaring-people-away-death-aged-49.html Forever No. 1: Crazy Town’s ‘Butterfly’; The 2001 smash was the lone hit from the peak rap-rock era to reach the Hot 100’s apex. https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/crazy-town-butterfly-forever-number-one-hot-100-1235717449/ Rob Stone, Co-Founder of Cornerstone Agency and the Fader Magazine, Dies at 55 https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rob-stone-co-founder-of-corners...

[flaviatomaello]

Fran O’Toole era el cantante de Miami Showband en 1974. Tenía 28 años y con su esposa, Valerie, eran padres de dos hijas pequeñas. Rachel tenía tres años, Kelly dos. Era el suceso local de una banda que se había iniciado en 1962 y había atravesado decenas de formaciones diferentes hasta lograr estabilizarse con su presencia y la participación del guitarrista Tony Geraghty, el trompetista Brian McCoy, el saxofonista Des Lee y el bajista Stephen Travers. Cuando decidieron juntarse, desconocían su condición de origen, su opinión política y su religión.

Eran tiempos de “The Troubles” (los problemas), el conflicto que mantuvo en vilo a Irlanda del Norte entre fines de los ´60 y 1998.

En mi último #reportaje para #Conversaciones te cuento la #trágica #historia de #MiamiShowband , los #Beatles #irlandeses y entrevisto a uno de sus #sobrevivientes @StephenTravers

#FlaviaTomaello #periodismo #journalism #crónica

[hockles]

Watching ‘the Miami showband massacre’ and I’m so fucking angry

[bostonfly]

I watched a documentary called something like “The Miami Showband Massacre” about this band who may have been targeted by Unionist/British forces a few years after Bloody Sunday.

[tiarnanabhfainni]

i don't even like sinn féin that much but the handwringing from thatcherites over their electoral success is really too much to bear

"look at me im a british journalist, i think the ira were bad but that government collusion with murderers like the shankill butchers was an unfortunate consequence of intelligence work 😞"

[seachranaidhe]

Showband massacre survivor's doubts over memorial calls

Showband massacre survivor’s doubts over memorial calls

EXCLUSIVE

The band fell victim to a bombing in 1975

A SURVIVOR of a notorious massacre during the Troubles has raised concerns over demands to honour a murdered undercover soldier whose name has been linked to Northern Ireland’s so-called “dirty war”.

Stephen Travers, a musician in the popular 1970s group the Miami Showband and now campaigner for peace and reconciliation, said it was not for him…

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1975 – Miami Showband massacre | UVF volunteers (some of whom were also UDR soldiers) shot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, Co Down.

#OTD in 1975 – Miami Showband massacre | UVF volunteers (some of whom were also UDR soldiers) shot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, Co Down.

Three members of the Miami Showband are killed by Ulster Volunteer Force members posing as members of the security forces when returning from a performance at The Castle Ballroom in Banbridge, Co Down. (Four of the killers were actually members of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an official reserve force for the British army). At the time, the Miami Showband were one of the most popular…

[classicrocker2000]

Fran c. 1970

[ayeforscotland]

The British state and Northern Ireland

Would thoroughly recommend you all watch the Miami Showband Massacre on Netflix. It’ll give you an insight into how the British state operates and the lengths they will go to to exert their power.

[haverwood]

ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre Stuart Sender 2019 ★★★

[partybi]

Good watch on Netflix.

From wiki: The Miami Showband killings was an attack on 31 July 1975 by the Ulster Volunteer Force(UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group. It took place on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down, Northern Ireland. Five people were killed, including three members of The Miami Showband, who were one of Ireland's most popular cabaret bands.