Another slideshow of images I posted on Tiktok (same user as here if you want to follow) but decided if I was gonna cross post the one I’d do the other
The Jesus and Mary Chain - “Sometimes Always” feat. Hope Sandoval from the album Stoned & Dethroned (1994)
Probably the most accessible JaMC have ever been. No feedback, no distortion—just a straightforward pop song. A duet between Jim Reid and Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, it is, even without the typical hallmarks of their sound, thoroughly JaMC and captures them at perhaps their most charming.
if I had a Nickle for every time a main character's horrible father was named William, I'd have 2 nickles which isn't alot but it's weird it happened twice
The Reid brothers as captured by Kevin Cummins in Sept. 1989 in a London scrap yard as part of the NME cover session for the Jesus & Mary Chain before flying to the US to promote “Automatic”.
According to the Sept. 30th NME article, William Reid used to be member of a pre-teenage East Kilbride gang called the Krazy Young Woodie who hang about the local Calderwood Shops scrounging money to buy bottles of Old English Sherry:
William: “Being a member of a gang was like being a member of a group, a bit of notoriety, though I wasn’t a member in the way you imagine, with knives or anything. It’s the best way to stay out of fights, you get the reflected glory and veil of dangerousness. Touring the world with your road crew is like being in a gang -but if you like Rice Crispies, it’s like getting Rice Crispies every night for dinner”.
Jim: “This was pre-teen punk days, this was ‘can you lend me two shillings & sipence, please?’ I remember when he was going through that phase, it was his ‘Clockwork Orange’ phase, but he couldn’t get to grips with the violence. The false eyelash kept falling off into his dinner.
I was on of these guys whou could never get in a gang. I used to go down to the gang hut and they’d boot me in the bollocks and tell me to ‘Get to f---!”.
Two little boys had two little toys, one had a guitar the other had a gun...
I am going to keep an eye out to make sure it’s true, but I’m almost positive the Riley Jenkins episode (s4e7) is the last time William Reid is mentioned, let alone seen. Like I don’t even think he’s mentioned once Diana is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Spencer gets desperate for treatment.
B-Side Magazine December 94/January 95/ The Jesus and Mary Chain
(text concluding other articles has been blurred out)
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Hii! I'd like to order a party punch with the question of opinions on William Reid. (What do u think? Do u think he physically/sexually abused Spencer?) I'm curious! :)
Also, congratulations with your birthday! I also want to ask if u mind sharing your birthday since I would love to wish you an amazing birthday on your actual date of birth. Thank you for everything!
Much love
Maya xxx
Of course I can share my opinions on William Reid! I have a lot of them so buckle up lol
As for my birthday, thank you for asking! My birthday is on August 2nd!
tw: mentions CSA, physical abuse, cheating
birthday bash | ask box
i am a firm believer that William Reid sexually assaulted Spencer.
as seen in SYGB 12 👀
the way child!Spencer flinches when he touches him on the shoulder in Memoriam? the way Spencer responds to Samantha Malcolm's electro-shock therapy in The Uncanny Valley?
there's no way he didn't assault Spencer in some way or another
here's a post by @tobias-hankel that goes more in-depth about reasons why Spencer might've been SA-ed if anyone is interested
even if he didn't sexually assault him, i wholeheartedly believe he physically abused him.
he just seems like he'd have such bad anger issues that results in him slapping the nearest person or throwing something at them
he definitely cheated on Diana, i feel like
he would have the mindset that if he couldn't get any from Diana, he'd get it from someone else, yk?
i could also see him hitting Diana during fights, especially when she yells at him
master manipulator, this guy. he knows exactly how to gaslight other people and get under their skin.
gives me conservative vibes tbh
seems like he'd have a kid by someone else later in life and treat them like absolute royalty
omg Spencer randomly finding out when he's like 35 that he has a half-brother in college
they become besties, despite Spencer's trauma
after finding out what happened to Spencer and Diana, William's new wife gets a divorce like the queen she is 😌
anyway yeah in conclusion, William Reid is a piece of sh!t and i hate him 🫶🏻