The Mighty Olafs live at The Vine Saturday 16th May 2026.

A slow start as I was sidetracked for a while. It's taken 300 pages but am now gripped. Subtly beguiling.

It begins …..

#rsd26

Take your time, read through the guidelines and go through the survey example, you have til May! Good luck everyone!
(wish me luck too cause I'm so nervous)

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

#basicincomefortheartsscheme #irishartists

Patrick Campbell-Lyons of Nirvana Remembered - The Strange Brew Patrick Campbell-Lyons, guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Nirvana, has died at the age of 82. Though the name would later be commandeered across the Atlantic in the 1990s, Campbell-Lyons and his...

My thoughts and memories of the great Patrick Campbell-Lyons of Nirvana who passed away recently thestrangebrew.co.uk/patrick-camp...

Very sad news. Incredible music. Rest in peace.

Thanks to everyone who made suggestions for last week's Record Club. Here's the final playlist for your listening pleasure. open.spotify.com/playlist/6qd...

open.spotify.com/playlist/5Vt...

Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escaped

I know this story isn’t actually funny for several reasons but it is full of bathos:

“They told me someone had filled up a Waitrose bag with the eggs”

‘….one of the bunnies broke into pieces. He picked a piece of the broken bunny and “threw it out of frustration” towards some shopping trolleys’

Kent County Council: stop wasting money and start prioritising Kent services KCC is planning to spend £600k on 8 parking spaces while trying to cut our libraries and tips. It's time they started serving the people. Add your name to help stop the waste:

Kent County Council is planning to spend £600k on just 8 parking spaces and £150k on personal assistants... all while trying to cut vital local services like our libraries and tips! 🤦‍♀️ We need to stop this massive waste of taxpayer money. Please sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

24 hours until your Maundy Thursday Record Club. Still time to suggest your favourite musical instrument related songs.

Kent County Council: stop wasting money and start prioritising Kent services KCC is planning to spend £600k on 8 parking spaces while trying to cut our libraries and tips. It's time they started serving the people. Add your name to help stop the waste:

Kent County Council is planning to spend £600k on just 8 parking spaces and £150k on personal assistants... all while trying to cut vital local services like our libraries and tips! 🤦‍♀️ We need to stop this massive waste of taxpayer money. Please sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Illustration from Doctor Who Annual.

The Mighty Olafs logo.

Patrick Fury with ghost piano. Courtesy of Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition at The Vaults in London.

Andrew Howe out of Kestrel and The New Eden Band.

The Mighty Olafs Record Club returns Thursday 2nd April. Broadcasting live from The Anchor in Sevenoaks from 8pm.

This month's theme Songs About Instruments. Suggestions please!

Previous playlists here open.spotify.com/user/howefam...

Godzilla

@wilde22.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/track/5kB7Iz...

The Mighty Olafs Record Club live broadcast from The Anchor.

The Mighty Olafs logo.

T Shirts available from Olafs Record Store in Sevenoaks.

My favourite tree. Kensington woods.

Thanks to all who came to last week's live broadcast of The Mighty Olafs Record Club and to everyone who made suggestions here. Here's the final Friends themed playlist...perfect on a Spring afternoon.open.spotify.com/playlist/7hICAipgE3efsQV...

Avalanche!

Morning! Haven't had a chance yet but it's on the list. I did listen to This Is How We Walk On The Moon which is a great song. Good arrangements.

For Four's Sake Pick the songs that peaked at number 4 in the UK that you like the most (as many as you like) from the list below and listen for the countdown on Noisebox's fourth birthday - 21st March.

Last call for voting on the Number Four show - ends at midnight tonight.

forms.gle/WfEqyBtYwGmM...

A Rainy Night in Soho YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic

It's weird, me and Bruce. He either gets on my nerves with the bad poetry and the gym membership sweaty emoting or he just sounds like he has access to the deep wells of sadness and love inside us all.

This works.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhj3...

Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen by the Sea

Big hit for Max Bygraves. open.spotify.com/track/7FUje3...

And you! Yes feeling a little weathered today. Listened to audiobooks earlier. Very good.

Singer-Songwriter Immer in the studio.

New E.P.from Immer out today. Perfect for this kind of a Spring. Please listen and share.
open.spotify.com/album/74brG7...

Galaxie 500 please.

Keeper of Traken...or Warriors Gate. Or Logopolis.

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**PRE-ORDER** DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Sex Packets (35th Anniversary) Pop Up Edition on Double Splatter Vinyl LP Sex Packets, Digital Underground's groundbreaking debut album, was released on March 20, 1990.Seamlessly blending funk-infused rhythms with jazz piano and satirical social commentary, the album crafts...

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Digital Underground - Sex Packets

⚠️35th Anniversary
⚠️3 Extra Tracks
⚠️Double Marbled Vinyl
⚠️Pop Up Sleeve (!)

Look at it. Just Look at it

Yes - It's Limited

Grab at www.revivedvinylrecords.co.uk/upcoming/pre...

The Mills Brothers had a long and successful career, but they were definitely at their wildest at the start. Dig this amazing number from Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934) (once you get past the announcer referring to them as "boys").

Constellation Awakening at Dawn

Constellation Awakening at Dawn www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/constellati...

Thanks to everyone who came to this week's show. Due to overwhelming popular demand here's the final playlist. Perfect for a wet Sunday stuck in the house.
open.spotify.com/playlist/583...