Looking forward to my non-bearded self playing at Bearded Theory next month on the Friday.

I’m off to see THE BRIDE! tonight fully expecting an entertaining hot mess of a film (and to fail to get the Lupino reference).

The joy of grassroots venue like The Tin Music and Arts is seeing an act you’ve never seen before in an intimate setting and leaving feeling you’ve got a new favourite band. It’s happened to me many times before and it happened again today with the marvellous Hedera.
#IVW

Born To Be A Barista (live at The Tin 2025) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

I never wanted to be an accountant. I want to be a lumberjack. Wait, wrong song. I want to be a barista.
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Wordle Addict (live at The Tin) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

I had a blast supporting Mik Artistik last night. It was also the first time I played my Pinball Wizard parody Wordle Addict live. Though I refrained from smashing my ukulele up at the end.
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Tonight at The Tin in Coventry.
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip with a support set from yours truly.

📸 Graham Whitmore

Wordle Addict (Pinball Wizard parody) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

NEW MUSIC VIDEO
I’ve no idea if Pete Townshend plays Wordle, but once I had the idea of updating Pinball Wizard I couldn’t resist.
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Did someone mention it was Bandcamp Friday?
Did someone mention I have a new album out?
Was that someone me in both cases?
😎

Mik Artistik is a true Glastonbury legend. The archetypal crazy thing in the green fields that you remember more than a Pyramid Stage headliner viewed from miles back. I’m delighted to support him at the Tin to give folks a double dose of musical weirdness.
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What would young Nick Cave do? What’s Pete Townsend’s favourite online word game? Is Thom Yorke a morning kind of person? On Questionable Behaviour I try to answer all these questions and more. Take a listen on Bandcamp or streaming to see if I come up with better answers than generative AI.

Godwin's Law (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

Godwin's law. As true today as in 1990 as the guy from Jojo Rabbit just gets mentioned out of habit.
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Lady Godiva (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

A fourth Beatles anthology album and still no trace of McCartney’s original version of Lady Madonna. You’ll have to make do with my recreation of it instead.
#beatles #anthology
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Bandcamp Friday. Or buy more of the Gondwana Records back catalogue day as I like to call it.
I think my prevailing music taste at the moment is “token jazz nomination for the Mercury Prize”.

Farewell Tom Lehrer. Thanks for your minor musical miracles.

I Don't Need A New Phone (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

My phone is now 8 years old, two operating systems out of date and has 24 apps I can no longer update. Not sure how long I can keeping singing to myself that I don’t need a new one.

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Spon End Santa (a Coventry Christmas song) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

Heartily enjoyed The Specials At Coventry Cathedral on Sky Arts last night, particularly seeing Horace Panter, the only man funkier than Spon End Santa, having a whale of a time.

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Hans Gruber Is Coming To Town (A Die Hard Xmas song) YouTube video by David Goody

It’s a watch Die Hard and do Christmas prep kind of evening so time to post this.
🎶He’s making a list, gives it to the police
🎶He wants Asian dawn to be released
🎶Hans Gruber is coming to town

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Songs For Crow, by The Real Tuesday Weld 13 track album

It’s not typical Christmas music, but if the idea of Yann Tiersen soundtracking Amelie watching crows on a winter afternoon in a Clerkenwell churchyard appeals then I’d recommend cocking an ear to this, freshly released by The Real Tuesday Weld

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Lady Godiva (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

The Beatles have strong links with Coventry.
🌱 Lennon planted his first acorns for peace at Cov Cathedral.
🚗 McCartney got a speeding ticket at malfunction junction
🐴 The original version of Lady Madonna was about Lady Godiva.

Some of these statements may be true.

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Rules Of The Coventry Ring Road (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

Thanks to @aaronashmore.bsky.social for adding me to his Coventry Creatives starter pack (go.bsky.app/4RGGMeE). As a welcome here’s my song about the Coventry Ring Road - “a modern marvel for commuters, designed on Coventry’s first computer”.

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Like the rug in The Big Lebowski it really ties the song together.

Lazy Parking (music video) - David Goody YouTube video by David Goody

First new music video in a while.
A tirade against terrible parking married to the chorus of Crazy Horses by The Osmomds.

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10 years on and the Cov Ring Road song is still going strong. This time as part of Vic Minett’s celebration of the road’s 50th birthday on BBC C&W Radio.
🎶It is a road without end
🎶And it’s driving me around the bend

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Does the sleeve of The Queen Is Dead count?

Trying to remember if I saw Plein Soliel as part of a Ripley film talk at the Arts Centre or whether I’ve just seen a lot of clips of it.

Can’t think who the ukulele player in this Bristol mural reminds me of…
(thanks to Kryzi for spotting it).

Wrapped recording on album 9 and already into writing songs for album 10 (a tribute to buying physical media over streaming to the tune of Lets Get Physical).

Withnail & Who (music video) - David Goody Ever wondered what a full series of Dr Who with Paul McGann as the Doctor would be like? How about if it had Richard E Grant playing Withnail as his companio...

This weekend’s episode making Richard E Grant’s Shalka Doctor officially part of the Dr Who canon is all well and good. But what we really want is Disney+ bankrolling a series where Withnail crashes into the life of McGann’s Doctor.

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If I ever I needed a sign that I need to stop writing more songs it’s forgetting that I’d written this given the weekend’s events. 🤦‍♂️

This Never Stopped Kilgore Trout (music video) - David Goody A celebration of Kilgore Trout, the alter ego of Kurt Vonnegut (or possibly Theodore Sturgeon) and patron saint of anonymous creatives throughout the world. To learn more about the wonderful world of Kurt Vonnegut I'd recommend: Mia Nacamulli's TED talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwwK7NmfF9w The Unstuck In Time documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbunvLdbWxA For more like this visit http://www.davidgoody.co.uk​​​​​​​. More songs available at https://davidgoody.bandcamp.com/​​​​​ and on all major streaming & download services. Lyrics If at first you don’t succeed Maybe defeat you should concede Abandon creativity And embrace Chat GPT But failures fine, it could be worse As fame and fortune are a curse Financial compensation Takes all the fun out of creation When failures not in doubt And indifference is all about Then remember to cry out This never stopped Kilgore Trout Once you’ve read the title There’s nothing else that’s vital Don’t bother with a story arc Just treat it like conceptual art It’s the idea that is glorious The execution? Laborious So have your fill, do what you will Just don’t expect it to pay the bills [Chorus] So in the moment of Genesis Say if this ain’t nice, don’t know what is Then ignore those who discourage you Because you’re wide awake and there’s work to do [Chorus]

Kilgore Trout is the fictional alter ego of Kurt Vonnegut, the patron saint of failed creatives everywhere and possibly my spirit animal. I felt he deserved a song.
“It’s the idea that is glorious, the execution laborious”
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