Orcutt Shelley Miller at Strange Brew in Bristol.
Blessed to enjoy an evening in the company of drumming legend Steve Shelley (hiding here behind Big Jeff), in tandem with Ethan Miller (that bass tone 😍) and master shredder Bill Orcutt, belting out freeform headmelters aplenty. Thanks to Strange Brew and Bristol New Music for making it happen.
I'm in a record club and someone's proposed it this fortnight. Hadn't heard of it but first impressions are good...
This thread. 👏 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration etc. The creative act is the doing, not the conceiving.
Precisely why @marcdavenant.bsky.social's vital Outsiders project encompassed temporary accommodation as well as sleeping rough www.buzzmag.co.uk/marc-davenan...
Fantastic thread. #2 🤯👏 #7 😂
The fact that this cosplay wanker is a living, breathing #AccidentalPartridge would be funny, if he wasn't one of our technofascist overlords.
Dry Cleaning performing at Tramshed
I'd been told seeing Dry Cleaning live would change my mind on them. After Tramshed last night, if anything, I now like them less...
'The expectation of presence': @danieldylanwray.bsky.social talks to Stewart Lee, @benefitstheband.bsky.social, @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social, Black Country, New Road and more about social media and self-promotion silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/04/expe...
Yeah, big fan of GP but I don't think I can bring myself to watch this.
It's great, as is the latest album. Hope you're enjoying. Well worth seeing live (maybe in a church). www.buzzmag.co.uk/bill-ryder-j...
One kid has turned up to my son's 13th birthday party wearing a Sabbath T-shirt. Another has a Ride the Lightning T-shirt. 🤘 #thekidsarealright
Cast after a cameo as a suave heart surgeon in Casualty.
oh FOR FUCKSSSSS SAAAAAKE
Glad to be of assistance 🙏
You can hear me enthusing about this book with Jude Rogers on the Songbook podcast >
shows.acast.com/songbook/epi...
That title track... 😍
Admiring the others there too! I enjoyed Renegade and Touching from a Distance. Got but still haven't read Girl in a Band - shameful...
Got this on the bookshelf to read, having heard @adellestripe.bsky.social talking about it on the White Rabbit podcast. Sounds fantastic... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nico-song...
Morning all.
Photographer Tony Ray-Jones.
Weymouth 1968.
Cartoon image of a chef cutting Shawarma with the words“unknown pleasures” underneath
#NowPlaying Playing with Fire by Spacemen 3. Who would have thought I'd be urgently seeking sonic oblivion following a NUFC match? spaceagerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/playin...
Sad to say I think you're right. Dismal. We're so fucking fragile and keep making the same mistakes.
I've had MICM on a couple of times already today - really like it!
Feathered dinosaurs?! Sorry, not having it.
Judging by the footage online, the Coachella show looked amazing.
The start of a new demer-era? @steviechick.bsky.social talks to Sugar ahead of their UK tour next month silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
Ordered! Looks good.
I don't think it would work for any other band (or at least it would get tedious quickly) but there's such a wealth of political, cultural and sociohistorical reference in Manics lyrics that even the songs that are musically dull have the potential for an engaging chapter.
#NowPlaying Wuthering Heights by Charli XCX m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
Nice! I'm seeing him in Bristol next week with Steve Shelley and Ethan Miller. Not familiar with his solo work though - would Music in Continuous Motion be a good place to start, do you reckon?
My highlight of the 1998 FA Cup final (the only highlight, as a Newcastle fan) was Tony Hadley on Abide with Me duties pre-match.