Thank you! So kind!!

It's taken some time, but my podcast finally reached 25,000 downloads.
Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to check out an episode or two.
If you don't know what I'm banging on about, follow the link to check it out on Apple, Spotify or YouTube: lnk.bio/rogerquail

The Dublin Docker statue, officially titled "The Linesman," is a life-size bronze sculpture by artist Dony MacManus located on City Quay in the Dublin Docklands. Photo by me, 18th March 2026.

Dublin docker.

Meanwhile, in Central Spain.
An imposter is spotted in the solemn Easter week procession...

Hiya, ah thanks so much, really appreciate it. No, it's buried in the vaults somewhere, I've not heard it since we recorded (and rejected) it. Thanks for digging out 'Big Slam'! All the best and thanks again, Rog

The Box, Sheffield 1984. (L-R) Pete, Paul, me, Charlie and Terry. Photo by Pete Care. Never used because I'm smiling.

New blog & podcast up.
Back to January 1985 and the last night of The Box at The Leadmill in Sheffield.
Blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
podcast options - lnk.bio/rogerquail
RSS - feeds.buzzsprout.com/289673.rss
Box photo by Pete Care. Sheffield 1984.

Sheffield band The Box, photographed by Pete Care in the summer of 1984. (L-R) Paul Widger, Charlie Collins, me, Peter Hope and Terry Todd.

New blog & podcast episode up!
The last gig by Sheffield band The Box at The Leadmill in January 1985.
Links: blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
podcast - lnk.bio/rogerquail
(I've just switched to Lnk.Bio so please let me know of any gremlins in the links.)
Enjoy!

On this day in 1980.

Help needed.
Can't stop saying "In the Straits of Hormuz" in the same sultry style of D. Bowie's "On the streets of Brazil".

Here's another one of Mons Railway Station.

GV even. Had not had enough coffee earlier.

Julie - Et c'est comme si (V.F. de "I go to sleep") YouTube video by Discopuce

youtu.be/gv0HHePkm88?...

Yeah, I've heard that GC just focus on the early 4-track stuff.

Mons railway station. Imagine this in Swindon?

"The next ship from platform 9 will call at all stations to Alpha Centauri..."
Mons railway station doing a good impression of an interstellar space port.

Creperie Voltaire, Lille.

Spotted in Lille.
The lesser-known French tribute act.

Detail from one of the many superb paintings by Georges Seurat. Currently on show at The Courtauld Gallery in London.

The magnificent staircase at the Courtauld Gallery in London.

The Courtauld Gallery.
Come for the Seurat, stay for the staircase.

Excellent!

Former Clock DVA members Roger Quail and David Hammond. Pictured in Dublin with Electronic Sound magazine in Dublin.

It's only taken 45 years but I've finally made it to the cover of a magazine. (I took the photo too, which is a bonus.)

Myself and fellow X-DVA guitarist David Hammond celebrating in Dublin over the weekend.

Thank you so much!

Clock DVA Unveil 'Thirst' Reissue | The Quietus Clock DVA’s 1981 album Thirst is getting reissued. Marking 45 years since its original release, the band’s second studio LP has been newly remastered especially for the updated edition. The reissue wi...

Snail, meet Ark.
thequietus.com/news/clock-d...

21 years and 2 days since I moved to Ireland.
Happy out.

Thank you for sharing @nancypreg.bsky.social

Sheffield 15th December 1979. Clock DVA, Stunt Kites, I'm So Hollow and Vice Versa. Photo by Pete Hill.

15th December 1979 and members of Sheffield bands Clock DVA, Stunt Kites, I'm So Hollow & Vice Versa gather to have their photo taken by Pete Hill, ahead of the release of "1980: The First 15 Minutes" on VV's Neutron Records label.
Remembering Judd and Steve Chapman.
Long gone, not forgotten.

Lift Up Your Skirt And Fly was a banned lyric in "Desdemona" by the English cult band John's Children. With the song being released on 24th May 1967, and this image known to have been taken in December of that year, it is believed the shop was named in opposition to the BBC's decision to ban the song by boutique owner Roger Howe, who went on to become a business associate of Peter Stringfellow.

December 1967. Sheffield boutique Lift Up Your Skirt And Fly, at the junction of Howard St. and Norfolk Street. (Photo: JR James Archive).

Me and Marc, at home in Trim, November 1984

Thank you folks for checking out my latest blog & podcast about Marc Almond's visit to The Leadmill in October 1984.
If you haven't dipped in yet, here are the links:
Apple - bit.ly/4rtcl0G
Spotify - bit.ly/4pdo4yQ
YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6
Blog - bit.ly/3Mvj89S

Thank you. I'm sure it will be a great night.

The free postcard that came with the 7" single of 'You Have' from the summer of 1984. Source - Bluebeart / Flickr.

Saturday morning plug for my latest podcast and blog episode.
October 1984 and a trip to see Marc Almond launch his solo career at The Leadmill in Sheffield.
Links: podcast - pods.to/ex8mxwr
blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6

Mal from Cabaret Voltaire. Live at Gorilla in Manchester, 18th November 2025. Photo by me.

Chris smiling. Mal nag-nag-nagging. Cabaret Voltaire live in Manchester 18th November 2025.

Gorilla people. CV live in Manchester, 18th November 2025.

Really enjoyed catching up with Mal & Chris at their Cabaret Voltaire gig in Manchester this week.

Marc Almond on his UK tour in the autumn of 1984. Photo credit Bluebeart / Flickr.

New blog & podcast!
Marc Almond kicks off his 'Vermin In Ermine' 1984 tour at The Leadmill in Sheffield, which has just been blown to smithereens in the BBC TV film 'Threads'.
Interested?
Follow the links:
podcast - pods.to/ex8mxwr
blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6

Marc Almond live 1984. Photo from Japanese music magazine Fool's Mate.

New blog & podcast up.
October 1984 and Sheffield has been destroyed in 'Threads' on the BBC.
A trip thru' the fallout to The Leadmill to see Marc Almond offers some light relief.
Links:
podcast - pods.to/ex8mxwr
blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6