10th January – Out The Window

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Back into work today.  Get up late.  Drive in.  Meet Henry and Kat on the way in.  Great day for verticals and Easy Leads!  Managed to add some data to my car spreadsheet. It now gives a much more realistic view of the costs of running the car per mile.

Day went OK but bit discombobulated by the late start.  C gave me the fright of my life when she called on the way home.  Blue and Me works well in the car.

Make soup as soon as I get in, takes it’s time but relaxing chopping the veg and getting things going.  Finish off with steam pudding.  Must remember to find peppers on the way home for tomorrows Enchiladas.

C has cleaned out and tidied my shit.  With a view to getting rid of some stuff.  Not overly happy about it, things work as they were.

Bit of a relax and TV time, get a film in and jobs a good ‘un.  Back is painful end up grabbing one of C’s cocodamols to help me get to sleep and reduce the amount of pain.

Review #10 – The Fadeaways – The Fadeaways

Consistently fiery, high-energy Japanese garage rock, blending raw ’60s punk energy with tight, fuzzy production, it’s infectious, no-frills sound that’s both classic and powerful. Reminiscent of very early The Pretty Things or The Gruesomes. The drums are lovingly blown-out, as are the vocals, and the fuzz is there but not so shaggy as to get in the way of tightly-arranged tracks that get to the core of what’s still satisfying about rock’n’roll all these decades in.

Music

  1. Various Artists – We Can Fly: Psychedelic Obscurities From The 60s And 70s
  2. Various Artists – Make More Noise! Women In Independent Music UK 1977-1987
  3. The Fadeaways – The Fadeaways
  4. The Fadeaways – Dirty Water EP
  5. The Fadeaways – 50years From ’66!
  6. The Fadeaways – Uncle Jazz Records Single 2023
  7. The Fadeaways – Rack My Mind
  8. The Fadeaways – Pretty Wild

Movies

  1. Kelly’s Heroes

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9th January – A shadow

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Day begins with the schlep to take herself to work.  Leave a little later today and it works out much better, would have been dead stressed of I’d have been at work today.

Car hoover arrives and set it charging.  Take the car for a bath, end up in Leigh and fill it up. Update spreadsheet.  Bit of shopping in Morrisons and grab a coffee.  Home and it’s time to clean the fridge out which is achieved, cooker cleaned and cat litter changed.  Hoover the car and jobs a good ‘un.  Decide I’d better do something with this year so new year, new learning.

  1. Tai Chi
  2. Photoshop

Much discussion around the notion of C’s retirement.  We find some sort of financial solution.  Not my best moment but C believes it so.  That in itself is rewarding.

Review #9 – The Headcoats – The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular

Pure garage sounds from Billy Childish et al.  Classic no-nonsense stuff.

Music

  1. The Headcoats – The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular
  2. The Headcoatees – Mantrap
  3. The Headcoatees – The Man-Trap Sessions Vol. 1 (EP)
  4. The Headcoatees – The Man-Trap Sessions Vol. 2 (EP)
  5. The Bad Beats – His Vengeful Hand
  6. The Bad Beats – Gotta Get Loose
  7. The Bad Beats – Off The Hook
  8. The Bad Beats – Demo
  9. Stereolab – Cloud Land / Flashes In The Afternoon (EP)
  10. Green Seagull – Cloud Cover
  11. Green Seagull – First Snow Of Winter
  12. Green Seagull – Scarlet Fever
  13. The Knight Shades – Switch on! With..
  14. The On and Ons – Menacing Smile
  15. The On and Ons – Let Ya Hair Down!
  16. The On and Ons – Back For More
  17. The On and Ons – Welcome Aboard
  18. The On and Ons – You And I / Hard To Say Goodbye 7″
  19. The Sences – Done With You
  20. The Sences – Better Than Before
  21. The Sences – We Had Tyme To Spent
  22. The Crystal Teardrop – The Crystal Teardrop…Is Forming
  23. The Crystal Teardrop – By The River
  24. The Crystal Teardrop – Nine Times Nine

 

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My shadow

August 6th 2025 My shadow

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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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Shapes in the clouds

August 3rd 2025 Shapes in the clouds

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Shapes in the cloudsShapes in the clouds. Up and prepare a tomato sauce for tonight’s dinner.  Not overly happy with it but it’ll have to do.  Work and it’s not a stellar day.

Music

  1. The Orange Peels – Trespassing
  2. The Orange Peels – Begin the Begone
  3. The Orange Peels – Circling the Sun
  4. The Orange Peels – Dreams Keep Me Awake, Vol. 1
  5. The Orange Peels – Dreams Keep Me Awake, Vol. 2
  6. The Orange Peels – Square³
  7. The Orange Peels – So Far
  8. The Orange Peels – Embers [Single + Remixes]
  9. Allen Clapp And His Orchestra – Mixed Greens (Mastered for Analog)
  10. Allen Clapp And His Orchestra – One Hundred Percent Chance Of Rain
  11. Allen Clapp – Six Seasons
  12. Allen Clapp – Something Strange Happens (Four Track Forecasts by Allen Clapp 1990 2000)
  13. Nick Drake – The John Peel Session EP

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Under My Feet

1st August 2025 Under my feet

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Under My Feet

Under my feet

Music

  1. Various Artists – Krautrock – Music For Your Brain Vol. 1
  2. Various Artists – Krautrock (Music For Your Brain) Vol. 4
  3. Various Artists – Krautrock (Music For Your Brain) Vol. 5
  4. Various Artists – Peace & Love – The Woodstock Generation
  5. Cosmic Analog Ensemble – Les Sourdes Oreilles
  6. Del Shannon – Daydreams
  7. The Hi-Fly Orchestra – Violet
  8. Underwater Bosses – Aqua La Vista
  9. Underwater Bosses – The Night Divides The Ride
  10. Underwater Bosses – Hyrule Castle Theme
  11. Underwater Bosses – Queen Of The Sea
  12. The Head Henchmen – Oh No! It’s The Head HenchmenOh No! It’s The Head Henchmen
  13. The Surferific Dudes – Mountain Wave
  14. The Surferific Dudes – Sharks In Tuxedos
  15. Q-Tips – Q-Tips
  16. Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies – Art, Religion and Chocolate Biscuits

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Shadows

31st July 2025 Shadows

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ShadowsShadows

Music

  1. Darling Little Jackhammer – Fifth Grade Bicycle Accident EP
  2. Joseph Hooligan – An Unmarketed Product
  3. Nicole Yun – Tropical Robots
  4. Vida En Marte – Flunky Minnows
  5. Strapping Fieldhands – Jupiter Spin
  6. She Bee Vee – Billy Wire
  7. Sleepy Kitty – Blue Babbleships Bay
  8. Brown Company – The Browning Element
  9. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume One
  10. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Two
  11. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Three
  12. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Four
  13. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Five
  14. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Six
  15. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Seven
  16. Various Artists – Frankie Is A Killer & Crazy (On You)
  17. Various Artists – Bunnygrunt / Trauma Harness Split
  18. Various Artists – The Northerns Meet Bunnygrunt
  19. Various Artists – Collapse The Collectors
  20. Various Artists – Cool English Jumpsuit
  21. Various Artists – Poor Substitutes A Tribute To Ricked Wicky (Supergroup)
  22. Various Artists – A Very Bert Dax Halloween
  23. Various Artists – Keep It In Motion: A Tribute To Guided By Voices Circa 20 Something And 12

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Flat Lay

29th July 2025 Flat Lay

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Flat LayFlat Lay

Music

  1. Cub – Come Out Come Out
  2. Cub – Betti cola
  3. Cub – Box of Hair
  4. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends – Furnace Room Lullaby
  5. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends – The Virginian
  6. Neko Case – The Tigers Have Spoken
  7. Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
  8. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
  9. Neko Case – Blacklisted
  10. Neko Case – Halls Of Sarah (RAC Mix)
  11. Neko Case – Wild Creatures
  12. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

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In this moment

July 23rd In this moment

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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

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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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Where I sit

July 15th Where I sit

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Where I sitWhere I sit – on the bus heading to work.  Back into a set of earlies and second week of the new bonus scheme.  Computer dead so I’ve lost last weeks results.  Swap it out, thank gawd I was early enough to do so.

  1. Rosalie Cunningham – Two Piece Puzzle
  2. Rosalie Cunningham – Live at Acapela
  3. Rosalie Cunningham – To Shoot Another Day
  4. Rosalie Cunningham – Rosalie Cunningham
  5. Buzzcocks – Sonics In The Soul
  6. Public Enemy – Black Sky Over The Projects Apartment 2025
  7. Camille O’Sullivan – Camille Sings Brel live At Wilton’s London
  8. An Amerikan Automobile Company – Sings Jacques Brel (in English)
  9. Collecting Brel – The Aria Of Stupidity
  10. Collecting Brel – The Good Lord (Le Bon Dieu)
  11. Collecting Brel – Vol. 1
  12. Collecting Brel – Vol. 2

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