I saw Mike’s supporting The Clash in Manchester in 1980. Apparently he produced Bankrobber, which was recorded there.

Replacing Trent Alexander Arnold with Conor Bradley YouTube video by Andrew Beasley Football

I write and I write and I write.

So I made a video for a change. Can Bradley replace Alexander-Arnold??

#LFC

My wife is planning her attending this year’s The Festival Of Quilts, which always makes me snigger given what a “quilt” can mean in Scouse. I also enjoy explaining why I think it funny to all and sundry. A highlight of my year 😂

Thanks to our recent diner Paul for this lovely 5-star Google review 🙏

#wales #abergavenny #foodies

Oh Rae, I’m so sorry to hear such desperately sad news. Take care x

Jetstream Pony: Bowerbirds and Blue Things A blog about music. The good stuff only.

Their sound switches between rather polished power pop, late 60s psychedelica, and the jagged punk riffs that would give birth to New Wave.

www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/03/jets...

@jetstreampony.bsky.social
@shelfliferecords.bandcamp.com
@spinoutnuggets.bsky.social

PALESTINE LIBRE

What a man #YNWA #JFT97

'Ten Thousand Acres', the 2nd single from my new album 'Elan' is out tomorrow!

Based on Benjamin Malkin on the Elan Valley in 1803...

“Mr Groves is a Wiltshire gentleman, who purchased ten thousand of these almost worthless acres a few years since, and is making a paradise of the wilderness…”

The CWN one

I have that lp but can’t have played it since the year it came out 😬

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation

FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

Ramones supported by Talking Heads - incredibly different but breathtaking together

A four mile walk seems to have worn Betty out

24 years ago today, #TheFastShow finally said goodbye in what was then the ‘last ever episode’. (Clip edited for Bluesky 60 second limit)

The Golden Tree - Trees and Flowers (Strawberry Switchblade cover) YouTube video by Strawberry Switchblade

We've all got a Christmas present - a new cover of Trees & Flowers was released today. The Golden Tree is a project of Bobby Bluebell (The Bluebells) and Grahame Skinner (Hipsway) covering songs by Scottish artists.
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Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special was a joyful reminder that TV can still be a shared experience | Frances Ryan As people fall out of love with streaming, they’re rediscovering the collective pleasure of ‘event television’, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

I wrote about Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special and why - in the age of streaming - “event television” is a small pleasure to hold onto. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two of my favourite and socially eloquent Liverpudlians come together in this piece by Tony Evans which includes the words of Ian Prowse’s masterful Does This Train Stop On Merseyside @tonyevans92a.bsky.social @ianprowse.bsky.social

So pleased our midfield is scoring

2024's Albums of the Year 10 essential, must-hear, obsession-worthy albums from the year twenty-twenty-four.

Fun fact:

Back in 2019, around 40,000 songs were being uploaded to Spotify every day

In 2023 it jumped to 120,000 tracks a day!?

With AI slop this is expected to rise further this year

And yet I still attempted to make an albums of the year list 🤷 www.drownedinsound.org/2024s-albums...

An extract from an interview with Wally Salem which you can find in the 2nd issue of In The April Sun - link in bio

Fans and friends of the marvellous @wallytbm.bsky.social will remember he spent time in the UK this summer. He told @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social all about it and here is the first page of their chat from the Assistant zine. Grab one to read the rest of their lovely chat.

The non-absorbent festive towels are out

I loved a surprise dub version on the B side of a punk single. I played Wild Dub more than I did Wild Youth by Generation X

The xx - 'Last Christmas' in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge YouTube video by BBC Radio 1

Aprovechando que hoy "Last Christmas" ha vuelto al número 1 de la lista del Reino Unido, dejo por aquí la versión que hicieron The xx (que además los covers no cuentan para el #whamaggedon).

Wow! 🤩
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New 70-minute long interview with yours truly on the excellent podcast - Songs from a Padded Envelope: X
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I was in the Gwladys Street End for some reason and remember this vividly. It’s a little cruel that it ended up a joke quiz question “When did a donkey win The Derby?”

In Bristol airport for a flight to Cork to meet up with friends from university for a few days. We have been getting together on the first weekend in December since graduating in 1980! One of our number has emigrated and it’s his turn to host so Ireland it is 🇮🇪 🎄

I’ll do that, Brychan 👍