"You can't spell Leeds without LSD and a couple of Es."

I’d forgotten this

Tom Waits - "Altar Boy" YouTube video by Tom Waits

Beefheart sings Sinatra

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Like, it seems, a few on here I've been playing Drop Dead by Olivia Rodrigo on virtual repeat ALL DAY. It's perfect. Once more...

Remastered Bastards

So smart. My grandaughters are growing weary of hearing her in the car.

Nation of Language - Tougher Than the Rest (Official Audio) YouTube video by Nation of Language

I was a bit concerned when I saw Nation Of Language had covered Bruce Springsteen's Tougher Than The Rest. Had no need to be, it's great.

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Blonde On Blonde/ Bob Dylan (1966).

It’s ridiculous that this is nearly 60 years old. ‘BoB’. ‘Brecht on Brecht’. An aural enigma. Not a wasted second or syllable and a cultural turning point. And Kenny Buttrey’s drums. Oh boy.

I’m up for this

The final is etched into me. Not just Porterfield (next to Ronnie) but the grinning Micky Horswill who out-Bremnered Bremner

Looking forward to this

Our hardest on paper. 6 more pts and it might be goodnight Spurs

That is SO satisfying #lufc

Screenshot of Fuzzy Warbles Vol 1 album by Andy Partridge available to stream on Tidal.

It seems Andy Partridge's 'Fuzzy Warbles, Vol 1' album is available on various streaming sites (I have the collection on CD already). Think it's legit.

Erm…lufc

🟡 Contra2026-4 11042026 (-all new-)

🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...

#allnew #playlist #mixcloud #2026

ID’d in Florida. I’m 65.

Hurst yawning!

Dream-pop at its most divine: Cocteau Twins’ 20 greatest songs – ranked! Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, we rank the Scottish band’s 20 best tracks, from goth beginnings to weightless masterpieces

Aside from the inexplicable absence of The Spangle Maker I’m relatively alright with this

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Thomas Pynchon in charge of the local weather

Teatro/Willie Nelson, a suitably ethereally-produced collection by Daniel Lanois

The Life Of The World To Come/ The Mountain Goats. A career high point in John Darnielle’s songwriting, invoking the Old Testament prophets to (try) make sense of the modern world

Divine Symmetry: The Journey To Hunky Dory/ David Bowie. More than happy to have six versions of Changes

Closer To The Bone/ Kris Kristofferson. On which he gets visceral, with a voice borne from experience and outrage at the state of the world in 2009. Plus, songs about Johnny Cash and Sinead O’Connor

Transatlantic flight imminent so loading the phone with altitude-friendly tunes

More of the same riff-heavy Stones-fest but they do it so well I’m always ready for more

Luke Combs - The Way I Am
New Pornographers...The Former Site Of
Cut Worms - Transmitter
Johnny Blue Skies - Mutiny After Midnight
Black Crowes - A Pound Of Feathers

XTC live at Emerald City with sound engineer Gary Bradshaw - xtclimelight.com XTC sound engineer Gary Bradshaw on jumping aboard the Police’s tour bus, seeing Andy Partridge collapse and why XTC are among the finest bands ever

On Record Store Day, XTC are releasing Live Boots, a recording of their gig at Emerald City, New Jersey, on 17 April 1981. Sitting behind the sound desk was Gary Bradshaw, today’s guest on What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.
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Peak Partridge (Andy, not Alan)

Happy - in fact I prefer - not to know a single word of what Skids are on about

Cancelled as the 'stage was too small', rearranged Leeds Rollarena (my first gig).

We’re both wrong - 28 June

My Love Explodes

'Call my name on your dream telephone
Catch a saucer and I'll be around'.

Psychedelic cover of the 25 O'clock EP by The Dukes of Stratosphear.

TIME... ! 41 years ago today saw the release of the 25 O'clock EP by The Dukes of Stratosphear! From the six original tracks, which is your favourite? (mine's Your Gold Dress) #XTCmusic #DukesMusic

Sweet Deth/ Crooked Fingers (2026)

Eric Bachmann’s water mark has always been very high and Crooked Fingers’ first record in ages raises it several notches. Some stellar collabs (Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, Superchunk) to elevate that precious niche of country-inflected, hangdog indie pop.