Glimmer 18

April 18 Glimmer 18

18th, Abstract, April 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Friday, Indie, Music, Photos, Psychedelia, Reggae, Ska, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 18Friday and I’m knackered, a pleasant day with C.  Just chilling.  Glimmer 18 done on the heap of lost causes,

Music

  1. Absolute Grey – Broken Promise – An Absolute Grey Anthology 1984-87
  2. Absolute Grey – Greenhouse
  3. Absolute Grey – What Remains
  4. Rainy Day – Rainy Day
  5. The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
  6. The Beat – Wha’ppen?
  7. The Beat – Special Beat Service
  8. Peter Holsapple – The Face Of 68
  9. Neil Young – Coastal Soundtrack (Live)
  10. Various Artists – Different (The Dennis Bovell Singles Collection 1977-1981)

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Glimmer 6

6th April Glimmer 6

6th, Abstract, April 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, Mod, Music, Photos, Psychedelia, Punk, Rockabilly, Ska, Street Photography, Sunday, Surf, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 6Glimmer 6 and it’s back to the past.  A wee bimble around the shops and a quick snifter with herself.  Sort some metadata and clean the kitchen.  C makes the bed.

  1. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Skeddadle
  2. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Go Hog Wild
  3. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Tombstone Rock
  4. Future Pilot AKA Featuring Robert Wyatt – Tutti Shrutti
  5. Future Pilot AKA featuring Emma Pollock / Ron Sexsmith – The Art Of Good Breathing
  6. Future Pilot AKA with The Family Orkestra featuring Vinita, Radhika & Anurudh – Jai Gopala
  7. Jowe Head – Diabolical Liberties
  8. Jowe Head & Infernal Contraption – Infernal Contraption
  9. Jowe Head & The Demi-monde – Visionaries EP
  10. Jowe Head – Lyke Wake Dirge
  11. Jowe Head – The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
  12. Jowe Head – The Other Side Of The Forest
  13. Soundtracks & Head – Daga Daga Daga
  14. Lori Stott & Jowe Head – Godstar
  15. Jowe Head – Strawberry Birthmarks
  16. Jowe Head – Screeches, Scribbles, And Scrawls

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Texture

15th March Texture

15th, Abstract, Blues, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, March 2025, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Saturday, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

TextureSaturday and another day off. Lie in it’s nice!  Then off to get Greg the bear shrink wrapped.  We go via the ATM and follow the shrink wrapping with a coffee. Nip back home and drop the bear off.  Meet C at Lidl and shop.  Back home for a bacon sarnie.

Afternoon and it’s a trip to the Turkish barbers.  Pint and home.

  1. Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings (The Centenial Collection)
  2. Subcoda – Wide Awake
  3. Cowboys International – Revisited
  4. Cowboys International – Original Sin
  5. The Jeunes – The Jeunes
  6. The Jeunes – Four Songs
  7. The Jeunes – Strangers In The Night
  8. Shake Some Action! – Wait For The Summer
  9. Shake Some Action! – Secrets and Lies
  10. Shake Some Action! – The Only Way Is Up
  11. Shake Some Action! – Christmas In The Sun
  12. Shake Some Action! – I Don’t Think So
  13. Shake Some Action! – Wait For The Summer
  14. Shake Some Action! – Fire And Ice
  15. Shake Some Action! – Sunny Days Ahead
  16. Shake Some Action! – Live At The Crocodile
  17. Shake Some Action! – Full Fathom Five
  18. Shake Some Action! – Catch The Sun

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Detail

8th March Details

8th, Abstract, Beat, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, March 2025, Music, Photos, Saturday, Surf, , , , , , , , , , , ,

DetailLazy start to another day off, not up till 9.40’ish.  Wander into Wigan with C who is looking for shoes.  First port of call is the market where she deems the shoes too frumpy.  A brief coffee as I scarf the rest of my tabs.  Then into the Grand Arcade.  Shoezone (no wide fit), Clarks (too frumpy) fail to provide.  In desperation it’s Schuh and we find some Doc Marten’s she loves, Klarna makes them affordable.

Nip into The Raven in search of lunch, first time we’ve been in since it changed hands and was refurbed.  Unimpressed we don’t stay.  So we wander into Gallimore’s (later learn it is shutting down on Sunday) and have another of their superb steak baguettes.

Home and a cuppa before wandering off to Lidl.  Pint in the Lickers on the way back and bake scones and cook pancakes for tea.  Wash up and watch old films with herself.

  1. Dead Mint – Dead Mint
  2. Dead Mint – Dreamers
  3. Palooka 5 – Drive You Around Space Mix
  4. Palooka 5 – Drive You Around
  5. Palooka 5 – Alien Grace
  6. Palooka 5 – Rough Magic
  7. Palooka 5 – Ultra Marine
  8. Palooka 5 – Radio Telescopes EP

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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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Solo

Solo

5th, Abstract, April 2023, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, Psychedelia, Wednesday, , , , , ,

SoloBeen a bit of a bizarre day tbh.  Up and out early, off to Wigan to capture some images.  Still playing catch up with this place. New Long Ryder’s album on the way in.  Vaguely thought a coffee might be welcome but cancelled out on the idea, got into work to no chair, Liam next to me had used it, grabbed it back, no headphones, he’d had those too I later dicovered.  Have been allocated a locker which is useful because I’ll stash my stuff when we go away to keep thieving mitts off!

Home and a nip to the shop and then a quick meatballs and beetroot pasta produced.  Was ok.  Pasta was a bit watery.

Still suffering from anxiety and not feeling great.  Think it’s change and getting used to things.

 

Music

  1. Live Manchester Albert Hall 2015 – Ride
  2. The Rosemarys – The Rosemarys
  3. Providence – The Rosemarys

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Colour

Colour

13th, Abstract, FMS Photo A Day, Friday, Indie, January 2023, Psychedelia, , , , , ,

Colour

Poxy colour prompt today, always a challenge when trying to deal almost exclusively in monochrome. Thankfully this red man at the crossing benefits from shape in addition to colour as a tool to convey the message!

Luckily it’s still wintery here so was able to wander about in the dark looking for this image.

In other news am keeping busy which is keeping the blues at bay.  My mental health is still a little on the fragile side.  Could do with finding some sort of mood tracker for this place.  Theres a challenge for me.

Musically has been a bit of a good day, new single from Kevin and discover the delights of The Blake Babies courtesy of a link via Bob of the Dentists. Always good to come across new stuff!

Music

  1. Autumn Brings- Kevin Robertson
  2. Earwig – The Blake Babies
  3. God Bless The Blake Babies – The Blake Babies
  4. Innocence and Experience – The Blake Babies
  5. Nicely, Nicely – The Blake Babies
  6. Slow Learner – The Blake Babies
  7. Sunburn – The Blake Babies

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