Soft focus

15th August Soft focus

15th, August 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Friday, Garage, Gardening, Mod, Music, No Dig, Pop, Psychedelia, Surf

Soft focusSoft focus. Had to be Elise Cat….  Start the day with a piss delivery to the quacks for C.  Then onto the allotment.  Water, weed and chat.

Music

  1. Trabants – Lockdown
  2. Trabants – Lockdown (PT II)
  3. Trabants – live at New Alliance an evening with… TRABANTS
  4. Trabants – Coast of Capri
  5. Trabants – Freakout
  6. Trabants – Mantra
  7. Trabants – Highwire Surfing

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My shadow

August 6th 2025 My shadow

6th, Abstract, August 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, Mod, Music, Photos, Punk, Rock, Street Photography, Wednesday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

My shadowMy shadow, phew enough sun for this one.

Music

  1. The Guy Hamper Trio (feat. James Taylor) – Mary Mary / Type 2 Error
  2. The Dynatronics – My Eyes Are Turned Inside / I Feel Obscene
  3. Comet Gain – Tickets To The Underneath EP
  4. Love, Burns – Dear Carol / Drawn Together
  5. Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Going Down To The River To Blow My Mind
  6. Elvana – From The Muddy Banks Of Disgraceland
  7. Lena Hall – Obsessed: David Bowie (EP)
  8. Lena Hall – Songs From Your Friends & Neighbors
  9. My Raining Stars – 89 Memories
  10. My Raining Stars – Momentum

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Hidden gem

27th July 2025 Hidden gem

27th, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, July 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Reggae, Soul, Street Photography, Sunday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hidden gemHidden gem

Music

  1. Burning Spear – Creation Rebel: The Original Classic Recordings From Studio One
  2. Michael Stipe – In The Sun EP
  3. Paul Weller – Find El Dorado
  4. Pete Astor – Unsent Letters – Home Recordings 1984-2024
  5. Andy Bopp – Camera
  6. Andy Bopp – Space Camp
  7. Andy Bopp – I Am A Jetfighter
  8. Andy Bopp – Bicycle Parts
  9. Andy Bopp – Wherewithal
  10. Andy Bopp – Time To Rock!
  11. Andy Bopp – Tower City Vol. 1
  12. Andy Bopp – Maker (The Album)
  13. Andy Bopp – King Of The Day
  14. Andy Bopp – AB
  15. Andy Bopp – Blisters And Thorns
  16. Andy Bopp – Maker The Single
  17. Andy Bopp – Push And Pull
  18. Andy Bopp – An Andy Bopp Compendium Reimagined and Compiled by Nick Bertling

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Something I bought

24th July Something I bought

24th, Date, Days, Dream Pop, FMS Photo A Day, Gardening, Indie, July 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Street Photography, Thursday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Something I boughtSomething I bought

Music

  1. The Asteroid No.4 – Collide
  2. The Asteroid No.4 – Introducing…the Asteroid No.4
  3. The Asteroid No.4 – These Flowers of Ours: A Treasury of Witchcraft & Devilry
  4. The Asteroid No.4 – The Asteroid No.4
  5. The Asteroid No.4 – Honeyspot
  6. The Asteroid No.4 – Hail to the Clear Figurines
  7. The Asteroid No.4 – The Windmill of the Autumn Sky
  8. The Asteroid No.4 – The Apple Street EP: A Classic Tale of Love and Hate
  9. Peter Daltrey & The Asteroid No.4 – The Journey
  10. The Asteroid No.4 – Under My Umbrella bw The Seventh Moon
  11. The Asteroid No.4 – Northern Song
  12. The Asteroid No.4 – Ticking Timebomb b/w Broken Moon
  13. The Asteroid No.4 – King Richard’s Collectibles
  14. The Asteroid No.4 – No One Weeps
  15. The Asteroid No.4 – The After Glow
  16. The Asteroid No.4 – Swiss Mountain Myth
  17. The Asteroid No.4 – Ignition Slated for Eight
  18. The Asteroid No.4 – An Amazing Dream
  19. The Asteroid No.4 – B Sides & Singles 1997

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In this moment

July 23rd In this moment

23rd, Abstract, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Food, Indie, July 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Rock, Street Photography, Wednesday, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In this momentIn this moment

Music

  1. Andy Bopp – Broken Ties b/w Minneapolis
  2. Andy Bopp – Cannibal
  3. Myracle Brah – The Peach EP
  4. Myracle Brah – The Myracle Brah
  5. Myracle Brah – Plate Spinner
  6. Myracle Brah – Life On Planet Eartsnop

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Mirror

July 22nd Mirror

22nd, Abstract, Date, Days, Dream Pop, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, July 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Street Photography, Tuesday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MirrorMirror

Music

  1. Cotton Mather – The Big Picture
  2. Cotton Mather – Kontiki
  3. Cotton Mather – Wild Kingdom
  4. Cotton Mather – Death of the Cool
  5. Cotton Mather – Watching the Kid Come Back
  6. Cotton Mather – Cotton Is King
  7. Cotton Mather – Young Life and Other Mysteries
  8. New Radiant Storm King – The Steady Hand
  9. New Radiant Storm King – Singular, No Article
  10. New Radiant Storm King – Winter’s Kill
  11. New Radiant Storm King – Drinking in the Moonlight

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Out the window

July 21st Out the window

21st, Ambient, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Hip Hop, Indie, July 2025, Mod, Monday, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Street Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Out the windowOut the window

Music

  1. Various Artists – Saint-Germain-Des-Pres Cafe Vol. 17: The Best Electronic, Lounge, Trip-Hop & Hip-Hop Playlist From Paris
  2. The Telepathic Butterflies – Wow & Flutter
  3. The Telepathic Butterflies – Plan B
  4. The Telepathic Butterflies – Introducing The Telepathic Butterflies
  5. The Telepathic Butterflies – Songs From A Second Wave
  6. The Telepathic Butterflies – Breakfast in Suburbia
  7. The Wurzels – Don’t Look Back In Anger

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What’s this even for?

June 30th What’s this even for?

30th, Abstract, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, June 2025, Mod, Monday, Music, Photos, Psychedelia

What’s this even for?What’s this even for?  Yep, that item you add to a Temu order to get the free postage! So experiment with the notion of speech to text as a form of blogging. It’s a short cut that requires an edit! Been up to the doctors to sort out meds, there is no 45mg pioglitazone, but there are some 30mg tablets. Seems a bit much that I have to inform them…. It’s things that they don’t seem to be getting right at the moment. It’s a Brexit benefit that I get to thoroughly enjoy.

Meanwhile Amazon have been busy delivering kit.  Roll on the main event!

Sort this months video.

Music

  1. Love, Burns – Fiftieth And Marlborough
  2. Love, Burns – Live at Pete’s Candy Store
  3. Love, Burns – Blue
  4. Love, Burns – It Should Have Been Tomorrow
  5. Love, Burns – Wired Eyes / Hard to Fall
  6. Love, Burns – Gate and the Ghost / It’s a Shame
  7. Love, Burns – It’s a Shame (Catford Gyrations Remix) / What To Do About Us
  8. Love, Burns – Fade in the Sun EP
  9. Love, Burns – Tom Gallo Session EP
  10. Preston Pfanz & The Seaton Sands  – Return To Burnt Island
  11. The Penrose Web – The Least Of Our Concerns

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Unread books that deserve better

26th June Unread books that deserve better

26th, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, June 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Still Life, Thursday, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Unread books that deserve betterUnread books that deserve better – Hurricane bought in desperation because I was out and about with nothing to read the other day. The Home Recording Handbook is the latest Newell, a fabulous and easy read that I’m digesting a chapter at a time.

Day one of Remember The Milk in anger and it proves useful, a busy day with lots to do and breaking it down an element at a time helps.  Need to reread my way round GTD though.

The GTD method involves five key steps:
  1. Capture: Collect all open loops, commitments, and ideas in a designated system, like a notebook or to-do list app.
  2. Clarify: Process each captured item to determine if it’s actionable. If not, archive, delegate, or trash it.
  3. Organize: Arrange actionable items into relevant categories like projects, next actions, calendar, waiting for, and someday/maybe lists.
  4. Reflect: Regularly review your system to ensure it remains current and relevant, and to identify priorities.
  5. Engage: Execute tasks based on your current context, using the organized system to guide your actions. 

Music

  1. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – Goodbye Drama Queen
  2. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – High With You
  3. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – Sorry I Made You Cry
  4. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – Sun Come Up
  5. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – Twighlight
  6. Real Numbers – Wordless Wonder
  7. Real Numbers – Performs
  8. Real Numbers – Up And About
  9. Real Numbers – Only Two Can Play
  10. Real Numbers – Live on Radiant
  11. Real Numbers – Frank Infatuation
  12. Real Numbers – Brighter Then
  13. Real Numbers – Real Numbers
  14. Various Artists – Move On Up – The Very Best Of Northern Soul

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A masterpiece (sarcasm)

25th June A masterpiece (sarcasm)

25th, Beat, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, June 2025, Mod, Music, Pop, Psychedelia, Wednesday, , , , , , , , , , , ,

A masterpiece (sarcasm)A masterpiece (sarcasm) – a festival of crisps, left field and potentially brilliant and awful at the same time.

Music

  1. The Chemistry Set – Firefly
  2. The Chemistry Set – Lovely Cuppa Tea EP
  3. The Chemistry Set – Neptune Eruptus (The Fountains Of Neptune) Remixes
  4. The Chemistry Set – Paint Me A Dream
  5. The Chemistry Set – Pink Felt Trip
  6. The Chemistry Set – Elapsed Memories EP
  7. The Chemistry Set – Time To Breathe
  8. The Chemistry Set – Come Kiss Me Vibrate And Smile
  9. The Chemistry Set – The Endless More And More
  10. The Chemistry Set – Impossible Love
  11. The Chemistry Set – Hallucinations
  12. The Chemistry Set – This Day Will Never Happen Again
  13. Paul Lake – Dear Mr Fantasy / Child Of The Moon
  14. Dave Maclean – Faintly Blowing

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