JMW Turner painting
This time last week | was at the final evening at Tate Britain for Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals exhibition.
This hadn't been seen in Britain for over a century:
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October, 1834
exhibited 1835
Oil paint on canvas
The final goal was the 100th of the season. Hutton deservedly promoted with 93 points. Second should be automatic promotion with a third through the playoffs. But second means home games for the semifinal and final, if we get there. The 1712 crowd is a CCFC record home attendance #CCFC
Old Spotted Dog football ground
April Skies over the Old Spotted Dog, London’s oldest senior football ground, after the season’s last regular game. A 4-2 win for @claptoncfc.co.uk v FC Romania secured 2nd place in the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Football League Division One South with 90 points from 40 games #nonleaguefootball
Clapton and Hutton players shake hands before a game
Congratulations to Hutton, who are promoted as worthy champions of the Eastern Counties League Division One South 👏
We pushed them to the final day but Hutton have been relentless with a 24-game unbeaten run and finish the season three points ahead.
Saw Placebo for the first time @royalalberthall.bsky.social for @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social the Saturday before last, a stripped back set. They didn’t play Nancy Boy, but did a fabulous Pure Morning #Placebo
Sixth round even. Wembley would be next.
West Ham v Leeds 2022
West Ham United v Leeds United in the league in January 2022
West Ham v Leeds today in the FA Cup 3rd round. Last FA Cup game was 4 years ago, third round, we won 2-0. We lost to them 3-2 a week later in the league, Jack Harrison scoring a hat trick. As we play Leeds at home on the last day of the season, wonder if Hammers fans would accept the same results?
That Summer! Don’t know how good the film is but the soundtrack is fantastic
The Shadracks
This is what it was supposed to look like. The Shadracks at the Lexington in the King’s Cross area of That London. They were really good
The Mojave Indians weaving Blue Flax, and Captain Beefheart's liking of Bo Diddley, all nodding to The Seeds. (Sky Saxon once told me that Thee Headcoats played the way The Seeds should have.)"
Billy says about the song:
"Keep Mojave Weird' is a tune about the road trip I took with my family to the Southwest in 2025. It mentions three UFOs which I saw over Pioneertown, the lone phone box they've got in the desert
Been to so many gigs, but only a couple of matinee shows. Maybe more artists should play them? This time last Saturday I was enjoying Wild Billy Childish & CTMF at the Lexington and it was brilliant. This is Keep Mojave Weird, which, Billy pointed out, was promoting his new EP #WildBillyChildish
Edwyn Collins has just released an EP of live recordings from his triumphant show at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this year
▶️ open.spotify.com/album/3g5mFv...
matgeorgewhu The Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First @royalacademyarts is on for another fortnight, closing on April 19. It's in the Main Galleries in Burlington House, and this is: Pink Table Cloth, Short Shot Film Notes) 2013 Oil on canvas The reviews have been decent, if somewhat patronising about Wylie's age. Some of the comments have been on the lines of, “I could have done that”, but they didn't, and couldn’t. And there were plenty of people enjoying it when I visited.
matgeorgewhu The Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First @royalacademyarts is on for another fortnight, closing on April 19. It's in the Main Galleries in Burlington House, and this is: Pink Table Cloth, Short Shot Film Notes) 2013 Oil on canvas The reviews have been decent, if somewhat patronising about Wylie's age. Some of the comments have been on the lines of, “I could have done that”, but they didn't, and couldn’t. And there were plenty of people enjoying it when I visited.
matgeorgewhu The Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy closes April 19. This is Pink Table Cloth, Short Shot Film Notes) 2013 Oil on canvas
Reviews have been decent, if somewhat patronising about Wylie's age. Plenty of people were enjoying it when I visited #RoseWylie
Easter Bunny Waterlow Park
On this day, 2021, Waterlow Park in that North London. Still in Covid lockdown, pubs and restaurants are closed #Easter
Split Dogs at the Underworld in Camden Town on Good Friday, early curfew, same unbelievable energy. This is And What? They're never knowingly not touring and there's plenty of shows coming up as they prepare to release new album Nice'N' Rough in September #splitdogs
Photo that is blurry
Perhaps I’m entering my abstract impressionist era. Is there still CIA funding?
It’s one thing to consider playing Pet Sounds all the way through, quite another to actually do it. A magical evening at the Jazz Cafe in Camden, in that London with Aqualung
Bird feeders at Upper Holloway railway station
Upper Holloway railway station has an impressive wildlife garden, including bird feeders. So good to see them using their land to help nature, and congratulations to those giving their time and efforts #UpperHolloway
The Alessandro Mendini exhibition @estorickcollection in Islington until May 10 Includes Futurist Masks, of five significant figures in the movement. This one Giacomo Balla (1871-1958), whose oil on canvas The Hand of the Violinist (1912) is in the permanent collection, so a ticket for the fabulous Mendini exhibition means you can also go upstairs and see it
The Alessandro Mendini exhibition @estorickcollection in Islington until May 10 Includes Futurist Masks, of five significant figures in the movement. This one Giacomo Balla (1871-1958), whose oil on canvas The Hand of the Violinist (1912) is in the permanent collection, so a ticket for the fabulous Mendini exhibition means you can also go upstairs and see it
The Alessandro Mendini exhibition @estorickcollection in Islington until May 10 Includes Futurist Masks, of five significant figures in the movement. This one Giacomo Balla (1871-1958), whose oil on canvas The Hand of the Violinist (1912) is in the permanent collection, so a ticket for the fabulous Mendini exhibition means you can also go upstairs and see it
The Alessandro Mendini exhibition
at the Estorick Collection in Islington until May 10 has Futurist Masks, of five significant figures in the movement. This one is Giacomo Balla (1871-1958), whose oil on canvas The Hand of the Violinist (1912) is in the permanent collection #EstorickCollection
Playing another (bleedin) gig (as Down For You Is Up) this Sunday @ The Spice of Life, Soho (just about)
wegottickets.com/event/690918/
Keely Hodgkinson poster
Keely Hodgkinson on the 2029 World Athletics Championships possibly being held at London Stadium: “The GB team will bring back more medals to that stadium than west ham have seen in their entire history 🫢🫶🏼😂” Only 10 would be needed. She broke the British 800m record at the stadium in 2024.
West Ham United v Manchester United
Arsenal v West Ham United
Two games, four days apart. West Ham United Women draw 0-0 with Manchester United at Victoria Road in Dagenham, then lose 5-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates. Arsenal play every home WSL game there, while West Ham Women have played exactly one match at the London Stadium.
Film still
Guess the film
Happy birthday to Pete Wylie. Here's Sinful filmed for Wogan in 86. Everything about this is great - Pete and Josie are so cool while the dancing nuns doing the Koyaanisqatsi-style interlude is the icing on the cake
Saturday afternoon is the right time for a couple of examples of the surprisingly rare art/ football Venn diagram. From the Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, central London until April 19. The first is Arsenal & Spurs (2006, oil on canvas). I'm not sure if the shirt numbers are accurate to a specific match. The second is Yellow Strip, also oil on canvas, 2006, featuring Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Jens Lehmann and John Terry.
Saturday afternoon is the right time for a couple of examples of the surprisingly rare art/ football Venn diagram. From the Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, central London until April 19. The first is Arsenal & Spurs (2006, oil on canvas). I'm not sure if the shirt numbers are accurate to a specific match. The second is Yellow Strip, also oil on canvas, 2006, featuring Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Jens Lehmann and John Terry.
Saturday afternoon and two football paintings from the Rose Wylie exhibition The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy until April 19. Arsenal & Spurs (2006) and Yellow Strip, also 2006 and featuring Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Jens Lehmann and John Terry #RoseWylie
Here’s a bit of Art Objects. If you get a chance to see The Blue Aeroplanes live, take it #TheBlueAeroplanes
Don’t think I will ever really understand why The Blue Aeroplanes aren’t the biggest band in the known universe. The double LP Magical Realism: The Best of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is a good place to start. There’s a 7-inch included with Showing Off To Impress The Girls, from origin story group Art Objects in 1981 (and a demo of new song I Will Love You). The cover art is a painting by Ann Sheldon.
Don’t think I will ever really understand why The Blue Aeroplanes aren’t the biggest band in the known universe. The double LP Magical Realism: The Best of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is a good place to start. There’s a 7-inch included with Showing Off To Impress The Girls, from origin story group Art Objects in 1981 (and a demo of new song I Will Love You). The cover art is a painting by Ann Sheldon.
Don’t think I will ever really understand why The Blue Aeroplanes aren’t the biggest band in the known universe. The double LP Magical Realism: The Best of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is a good place to start. There’s a 7-inch included with Showing Off To Impress The Girls, from origin story group Art Objects in 1981 (and a demo of new song I Will Love You). The cover art is a painting by Ann Sheldon.
Not sure I’ll ever understand why The Blue Aeroplanes aren’t the biggest band in the known universe. The double LP Magical Realism: The Best of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is a good place to start. There’s a 7-inch with Showing Off To Impress The Girls, from origin story group Art Objects in 1981
