Glimmer 24

24 April Glimmer 24

24th, April 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, Krautrock, Music, Panniers, Photos, Psychedelia, Still Life, Thursday, , , , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 24Glimmer 24 and stamps with Betty that must really piss off Charlie are still on sale!  Needed to post some stuff to HMRC for herself.  Last of three shifts before being off and keep the calls down and the sales up.  Shit value like but hopefully everything will balance.

Music

  1. Lois – Shy Town
  2. Lois – Press Play and Record EP
  3. Lois – Snapshot Radio
  4. Lois – Strumpet
  5. Lois – Infinity Pluss
  6. Lois – Bet The Sky
  7. Lois – Butterfly Kiss
  8. Glimmerpit – Nein Danke
  9. Absolute Grey – Six Song Demo
  10. Absolute Grey – Tell Me When It’s Over

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From Above

25th March From Above

25th, Architecture, Bike, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, March 2025, Music, Photos, Psychedelia, Tuesday, , , , , , , , , , ,

From AboveCycle in today, nice wee ride in the rain, the glasses definitely need the addition of windscreen wipers.  Quick change of plan to go to the top of the Mill to take this.  Escherisc view of the stairs from above.

Day starts slow, then improves and then slows down again.  Dash back home to be back for C’s appointment at the hub.  Hop on the bus and wait in the surgery.  We get seen and then have a 20 minute wait for the next bus.

Tea from the Chippy, ’tis Steven’s birthday and he’s been for a curry with his Dad and Ryan.  That’s cool.  Meanwhile Elsie has been paddling in the sink bowl and has orange paws.  Apparently she was indignant as Ryan used baby wipes to clean her paws.

  1. Tame Impala – Tame Impala EP
  2. Tame Impala – Sundown Syndrome
  3. Tame Impala – Lonerism
  4. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker

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My View - a photo of grass and dew from a day off.

24th March My View

24th, Bike, Country, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Gardening, Indie, March 2025, Monday, Music, Nature, No Dig, Photos, Pump Up, Punk, Reflector, Soul, Tyres, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

My View - a photo of grass and dew from a day off.Day off.  Day starts with me taking the piss… literally to the GPs. Whereupon NHS IT strikes, they have to hand write the sample form because the printer is dead.  On the way up a couple of photos.  Need to look at them to see if they are prompt suitable. Jump a bus back home.

Herself off work, still recovering from Asthma attack. Take a wee dander to get a photo for tomorrow in the afternoon.

Pump up the tyres and sort rear reflector on the bike.  Usual day off preparation for first early of the week.

In other news there is some movement on the Roots allotment situation.  They’ve announced it will be 16 minutes away from Ashton… presumably by car, ‘cos perish the thought you wouldn’t have a car.  As long as it’s reasonable cycle ride, I’m in!  Looks like a £40 upfront then for a baby patch about a tenner a month.  Not looking for anything huge, it’s not like I have a clue what I’m doing!  As much as anything it’s a healthy thing to do on a day off for the old mental health.

  1. Sunny War – Simple Syrup
  2. Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel
  3. Sunny War – With The Sun
  4. Sunny War – Shell Of A Girl
  5. Throwing Muses – Moonlight Concessions
  6. Edwyn Collins – Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

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New Beginnings

1st March New Beginnings

1st, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, March 2025, Music, Nature, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Pump Up, Saturday, Tyres, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New BeginningsCurry night, a Punjabi Tomato Curry with Chicken, rice and Naan. Slow cook and caramalise some onions.  Also bake some fruit scones. Wee shop with C earlier and swift pint.  Pump up the bike tyres in anticipation of tomorrow’s cycle to work.

C tidy’s upstairs as I cook.

  1. Glass Raspberry – Washed Up
  2. Glass Raspberry – The Final Call
  3. Glass Raspberry – Walk With Me / Getaway
  4. They Might Be Giants – Join Us
  5. They Might Be Giants – At Large
  6. They Might Be Giants – Working Undercover For The Man
  7. They Might Be Giants – The Else
  8. They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun
  9. They Might Be Giants – Miscellaneous T
  10. They Might Be Giants – The Spine Surfs Alone
  11. Alex Chilton – Set
  12. Alex Chilton – A Man Called Destruction
  13. Alex Chilton – Feudalist Tarts
  14. Alex Chilton – Clichés
  15. Alex Chilton – Like Flies On Sherbet
  16. Alex Chilton – Bachs Bottom
  17. Alex Chilton – High Priest

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Free Choice

28th Free Choice

28th, Abstract, Ambient, Bike, Date, Days, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Friday, Indie, Luggage, Music, Panniers, Pedals, Photos, Pop, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Free ChoiceFriday and I’m given a list.  But first its time to sort the panniers on the bike in daylight.  Discover I’d put them on back to front.  Relatively easy to sort.  Pop in the bike locks and job’s a good’un.

Onto the list. First off I am sent to the doctors to fetch blood forms, pots to piss in and to rearrange the time of the telephone consult.  Then to book a bloods appointment, ring the people concerned only to discover I have to book it online.  So online I go.  Next a trip to the post office to send Christine’s birthday card.

Next to sorting the pedals on the bike.  Much easier than I thought it’d be.

  1. Durutti Column – Chronicle
  2. Durutti Column – Tempus Fugit
  3. Durutti Column – A Paen To Wilson
  4. Durutti Column – Fidelity
  5. Durutti Column – Sunlight To Blue… Blue to Blackness
  6. The Come Ons – Come On In

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X

24th February X

24th, Bike, Date, Days, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Garage, Indie, Mod, Monday, Music, Pedals, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Punk, Street Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

XLast day off for a wee while and it’s a busy one. Laundrette day, change pedals day, bake custard pie, make mince and potato pie, give the cat her flea and worming treatment. Hoover and clean the oven and kitchen.

So Laundrette had a dryer hog, it started pissing down as I left. Cat avoided the pills. But on the plus side the custard pie seems to have worked. Mince and potato pie is a work in progress.

Feeling really shit, hit the booze to deal with it, not certain that that’s a good idea. That being said I just continue.

  1. The Veras – Spaceman
  2. The Veras – If You Get The Feeling
  3. The Veras – Something To Say
  4. The Veras – Ladies First
  5. The Veras – Get It While You Can
  6. The Veras – V for Veras
  7. Jim Shepherd – The Circle
  8. Fallen Leaves – It’s Too Late Now
  9. Fallen Leaves – Out In A Forest / The Inside Of A Chair
  10. Thee Girl Fridays – Double Crossing Double Agent / Ejector Seat
  11. Nasser Bouzida – The Lynx / The Hapshash Swing
  12. Nasser Bouzida – Cookin’ At The Organ
  13. Lines – Soft Science
  14. Wild Billy Childish & CMTF – Love Comes In Spurts
  15. Jake Thackray – Ideal
  16. Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color

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V

22nd February V

22nd, Date, Days, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Funk, Garage, Indie, Luggage, Music, Panniers, Photos, Portraiture, Psychedelia, Reggae, Saturday, Soul, Street Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

VSaturday, little light shopping, drink with C at the Tom & Gerry which seems populated by geriatric one armed bandit raiders with loud voices.

Home and sort the cat litter and wash up.  Simple food tonight in terms of Haloumi burgers and sweet potato fries.  Making some fruit scones too.

  1. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Party to Make Music to Party to Make Music to Party to Make Music to, Pt. 1
  2. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Peace, Love & Mustard
  3. The Fleshtones – It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves)
  4. The Fleshtones – The Band Drinks For Free
  5. The Fleshtones – Blast Off!
  6. The Fleshtones – American Beat

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P

16th February P

16th, Apps, Bike, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Funk, Hip Hop, Indie, Photos, Psychedelia, Street Photography, Sunday, , , , , , , , , , ,
P

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An early shift today.  Deep joy!  Bit of a mixed day with lots of listening from Krish.

  1. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – The Difficult Number 2
  2. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Fitbaw Fitbaw Fitbaw GOAL GOAL GOAL
  3. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – These Are Not The Drugs (You Are Looking For)

 

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O

15th February O

15th, Beat, Bike, Days, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Indie, Inner Tubes, Pedals, Punk, Rock, Saturday, Tools, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
O

Obviously this screen is not going to tell me anything useful.

A day of lazy shopping and gentle cooking.  Pedals, Hex Keys and Gloves arrive.  The 15mm spanner the web tells me is useful for pedal changing is in fact no use, looks like an 18mm is needed.  Which spanner is missing from the set I own.  Yep, the 18mm… order one.  Need grease as well which I order.  C is convinced the bike is costing a fortune.  It’s not, more a case of well being.

  1. Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking
  2. Pentangle – A Maid That’s Deep In Love
  3. The Beatles – At Stowe School
  4. Shonen Knife – Candy Rock
  5. Shonen Knife – Ready! Set!! Go!!! Adventure Tour

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N

14th February N

14th, Bike, Blues, Electronica, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Food, Friday, Funk, Grips, Handlebars, Indie, Photos, Punk, Soul

NDay off and it’s been a busy day. Off to Wigan to fetch the bike. Get off and nip into Go Outdoors… third set of handgrips and new daysack, (zips on the last are pissing about so bin beckons). Coffee at Kawa’s. Train, fetch meds for Elsie and then to Aldi. Get stuff for tonight’s tea. Discover it’s only C and myself. Cook us a bolognese. Then off for a new Qi charger, the bits I forgot, grab a quick pint, then a haircut. Go to find C a wheatbag, proves to be a more problematic thing than it should be. Sort handgrips (the hairspray tip works!) and cook.

Pre-order the new Jetstream Pony album. Meet C off bus and a wee drop in the hand in the lickers. Back and food.

  1. Isaac Hayes – Black Moses
  2. David Byrne – The Forest
  3. David Byrne – David Byrne
  4. David Byrne – Rei Momo
  5. David Byrne – Uh-Oh

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