Obligatory Part 2 Song in Which There Is No Presently Existing Part 1, Nor the Plans to Make One

Man Or Astroman? were fine with that approach if this helps - open.spotify.com/track/4avm6F...

Robot Tunes for a Friday : www.mixcloud.com/adrian-spink...

A Kung Fu themed mixtape for your Friday listening : www.mixcloud.com/adrian-spink...

Wow, Leadbelly was really ahead of the times, with who he mentioned in his songs -

All Your Bass Are Belong To Us Some of the best videogame music of all time. Truly the 90s were a peak of the genre

Videogames have inspired or featured some of the greatest music of the last 30-40 years. None of that is on this videogames mixtape : www.mixcloud.com/adrian-spink...

Had a sudden urge to listen to music about Star Trek - and now you can too : www.mixcloud.com/adrian-spink...

Belly - Super-Connected (Official Video) YouTube video by 4AD

It's almost my birthday so... I bought Belly tickets! Never managed to see them before... youtu.be/YRWC5YueHnM?...

Well the new Good Music comp looks like a must buy, available only on Friday goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com and proceeds go to charity

Very happy as Panic Shack are coming back to Brum, and I have tickets! See you at the Castle & Falcon in May

The Line of Polit by Neil Asher, introducing Tor as an imprint

Found a proof in the charity shop for an up and coming uk publisher just starting out, Tor. Wonder what happened to them? @torbooksuk.bsky.social

A heads up that there is a decent sale at Juno records... My haul just arrived, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Starcrawler, Matthew E. White, Lords of Altamont, a pysch compilation, and a disk of every rock and roll record ever recorded about flies -

I read a load of great books but these edge it for the more recent ones-
Joe Abercrombie : the Wisdom of Crowds
Various : We Are Wolves
Owain Owain : The Last Day
Scott Leeds : Schrader's Chord
Travis Baldree : Legends and Lattes

I really liked this - but looks like you have to pay to stream it atm

A single image from a film that immediately makes me hear the song from the soundtrack in my head...

Made a Christmas mix! 45 minutes of some of my favourite surf and punk Christmas records : www.mixcloud.com/adrian-spink...

Chaise Longue EP, by Independent Country 3 track album

Country cover of Chaise Longue anyone? independentcountry.bandcamp.com/album/chaise...

Home Less Album 2024, by Home Less 18 track album

A plug for a charity Xmas album - the Home Less 2024 cd is out. Last year's was great, so go support this year as well - homeless.bandcamp.com/album/home-l...

I didn't think I had bought much new music this year, but I really struggled to get it down to 10, which is a pretty good sign for the year I think

Pom Pom Squad - Downhill
The Courettes - Shake!
Sleater-Kinney - Needlessly Wild
Sheverb - She Shanty
Katherine Priddy - A Boat On The River
Khruangbin - May Ninth
Adrianne Lenker - No Machine
The Sleazoids - VHS Death
The Boss Martians - The Sender
The Del Roswells - Set Course For Space (UFO Go!)

The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music You have had cold wave, dark wave , minimal wave .. and a compliment to these will now be The Seventh Wave. You will hear minimal synth, ambient techno, EBM, Industrial .. we will cover the inner a…

Some great stuff in Birmingham for 7th Wave festival next year. My pick is the Banco De Gaia / Pye Corner Audio / Warrington-Runcorn New Town gig, but the Zion Train / Transglobal Underground gig looks very tempting too. seventhwavefestivalofelectronicmusic.com

Stagdale part 3 is out! Go check it out

I hear the first strains (of Christmas music) YouTube video by Mild Peril

Seems an appropriate choice from today's playlist - youtu.be/rxA2vF-OjRI?...

Officially switched the iPod over to only play Christmas music from today

& I can't think of a Q or an X at the moment

can I do it... bands seen live from A to Z
Alabama 3
Bees
Cramps
Dick Dale
Eels
Fleetwood Mac
Go! Team
Handsome Family
I See Hawks in LA
Jayhawks
Kilaueas
Leisure Society
Marillion
Nouvelle Vague
Orbitsuns
Pet Shop Boys
Rezillos
Patti Smith
This Is The Kit
Unthanks
The Vagaband
Wilco
Yola
Zutons

Christmas Dinosaurs

Not really sure how dinosaurs knew about Christmas, but I liked them -

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers (loved) but you -

She Shanty YouTube video by Sheverb - Topic

And I will be posting a lot of guitar instrumentals - could be my favourite "surf" album this year - Sheverb : She Shanty www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBk...

The Courettes - "Shake!" YouTube video by The Courettes

Track from my favourite gig of the year - The Courettes : Shake!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGY5...

Pom Pom Squad - Downhill (Lyric Video) YouTube video by Pom Pom Squad

Hi Bluesky, wasn't sure what to start my opening post with, but then my old mix group asked for 3 tracks for the end of the year playlist, thought I'd start with that...
Started with my current favourite track - Downhill : Pom Pom Squad www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1H...