Happy birthday to Robert Smith

Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat YouTube video by sham64andahalf

And here's the master at work - Buzzcocks - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat
youtu.be/HbQSFWAEc8k

Here's another photo of birthday boy John Maher, taken at Mason Hall, Birmingham in early 1982

As today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Prince, I've updated @thequietus.com #ThePortal archive dive with writing on his utter genius: John Higgs on Prince & William Blake, a guide to Prince's Minneapolis, classic albums revisited, Prince beyond the hits & much more

thequietus.com/portal/

Happy birthday to Robert Smith

Happy birthday to John Maher. Photo taken in Birmingham in 1982

He was a director of the club at the time

RIP Desmond Morris. His many achievements include writing The Naked Ape, having his paintings exhibited alongside those of Joan Miró, presenting the Zoo Time TV series, and designing a new logo for Oxford UnIted that is still in use 47 years later #OUFC

Panic by The Smiths not an option!

The song that plays at the end of the documentary was released by the mighty Trojan Records
▶️ youtu.be/OLbL4ecuDhM

The Unbelievable Has Happened: The Story of Oxford United’s 1986 Milk Cup YouTube video by Oxford United Official

Oxford United won the Milk Cup 40 years ago today. This is lovely celebration of a very special day
youtu.be/ZuyO_HjHoHs

PAWA! (w/ Crazy P and Boys' Shorts Remixes), by Asha Puthli & Say She She 5 track album

Enjoying this excellent new single by Asha Puthli & Say She She - Pawa!
▶️ nayabeat.bandcamp.com/album/pawa-w...

Very excited to have tickets for the matinee. Can't wait

The Tate Corner Bar

Brilliant. Three is a magic number

Where I'm calling from

The Mr Bongo crew just dropped this at the Tate Corner bar and it sounded immense

Ta. Enjoying that. Hadn’t heard it before

Ta. Didn’t know that. Good choices!

Glad to hear that - great songs and a delightful performer.

Rough Trade Singles 1978-1983

You can find all of them apart from The Pastels on my Spotify playlist of Rough Trade singles from 1978 to 1983
▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2l0...
Also recreated on Apple Music at
🍏▶️ music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
And here's The Pastels 45
▶️ youtu.be/tFQ6Uk7NhKk

Ha! Fittingly, Mr Pattinson now lives in Australia and he would be my choice to be our cultural attaché

My fourth batch of Rough Trade 45s for #WeekendSingles, including Zounds, The Fall, Red Crayola, @thepastels.bsky.social, Blue Orchids, The Go-Betweens, Microdisney, Robert Wyatt, Aztec Camera, TV Personalities, The Gist, Cabaret Voltaire. Heading to Rough Trade West later for #RSD

Happy birthday to Les Pattinson. Here's Echo & The Bunnymen's video for In Bluer Skies taken from their Porcupine VHS 📼

Make It Funky

Enjoy lots more essential breaks from Clyde Stubblefield and other funky drummers on this playlist
🔥🥁🔥▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6f5...

James Brown - Medley: Cold Sweat / Ride The Pony / Cold Sweat YouTube video by James Brown

That Clyde Stubblefield drum solo is taken from this classic footage of James Brown's concert at the Boston Garden in 1968. It took place on the night after the assassination of Martin Luther King and was broadcast live in an effort to quell potential riots in the city
youtu.be/FIqJQOA-s5E

Remembering Clyde Stubblefield on his birthday

Happy birthday to Bez. Here are Happy Mondays performing Wrote For Luck in NYC in 1990. Watch their Call The Cops tour film in full at youtu.be/NA0qK-bdmlk

We didn't have tickets for the concert, sadly! We were just skint school kids hanging around outside the theatre. We took Ian and Barney round Oxford to help them get a guitar strap fixed

Brought back very fond memories of nights at Thames Poly, The Ambulance Station, The Old Tigers Head...