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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7th January – Something inspiring

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So today was a bit of a strange one. Systems went down. A HBB and laugh as the systems played up and a heap of cancellation.

Get home and C is on the warpath with Barclay’s.  3 agents in and two dropped calls because I was making the delicate little flowers uncomfortable.

Think Barclays may be getting an introduction to the OED definition of final.

Hare up to the bank and pay off the little buggers on the interest they did not tell us about when giving us a final settlement figure.  Bring back dead thing that I really don’t do justice to.  On the plus side it is done… until they invent something else.

Meanwhile I’m behind on some things I  promised myself I’d try and achieve this year.  Catch up tomorrow.  Nip for a quick pint at the Tom and Gerry, served by my fave barman, Sam.

Review #7 – The Violet Mindfield – Hello Darling

Lots of variety in terms of the feel and mood of the tracks on this album, the album flows as it goes along bringing fuzzy and jangly delight.  Was a great accompaniment to doing the laundry!

Music

  1. The Violet Mindfield – Your Mind On Violets
  2. The Violet Mindfield – Mammals in Love and Ambivalence
  3. The Violet Mindfield – Odds & Ends
  4. The Violet Mindfield – Stranger In The Mirror
  5. The Violet Mindfield – Hello Darling
  6. The Violet Mindfield – California Burning
  7. The Violet Mindfield – Distorted Portrait
  8. The Violet Mindfield – The Forgotten Streetlamps of Time
  9. The Violet Mindfield – Tell Me / Moonlight Love
  10. The Violet Mindfield – After Before
  11. The Violet Mindfield – Orange EP
  12. The Violet Mindfield – Hard Times, Easy Love / Gimme, Gimme Single
  13. The Violet Mindfield – The Violet Mindfield
  14. The Violet Mindfield – Beautiful Nightmare – Single
  15. Mooon – Safari
  16. Mooon – Hurtin’ My Heart b/w How I Learned (To Say Goodbye)
  17. Mooon – Mooon’s Brew
  18. Mooon – III
  19. Mooon – Mary You Wanna / She Makes Me Feel EP
  20. Mooon – MOOON – EP

 

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6th January – My Shoes Day

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Tuesday and the first day of driving C to work.  The roads are truly horrible, icy and bits of snow.  On way to the school we discovered the boot was open.  Pulled in sorted it.  Was tbh a bit stressed by road conditions and the unknowns of getting to work on time (turned out reet!)

Day was ok but full of numptiness.  Home and takeaway tonight because we had suddenly moved to three for tea rather than the pair of us.

Food Plan

  • Pie and Mash
  • Leek and Potato Soup
  • Meatballs

Working the weekend so will need to plan food for then, but at least I have a plan for the next couple of days.

Review #6 – L.A. Witch – Octubre

Spookily moody and with a bit of a psych post-punk vibe.   Very reverb, could come out of Eric’s but is from the States. One for dark early winter mornings or winter nights.

Music

  1. L.A. Witch – Your Ways (Demo)
  2. L.A. Witch – Play With Fire
  3. L.A. Witch – Octubre
  4. L.A. Witch – L.A. Witch
  5. L.A. Witch – Kill My Baby Tonight (Single)
  6. L.A. Witch – Doggod
  7. L.A. Witch – Drive Your Car
  8. Various Artists – One Way Or The Highway
  9. Shadow Show – Silhouettes
  10. Shadow Show – Contessa (Remix)
  11. Shadow Show – Silhouette Acoustic
  12. Shadow Show – The Machine
  13. Shadow Show – What Again Is Real (Acoustic)
  14. Shadow Show – What Again Is Real? b/w Is This a Dream?
  15. Shadow Show – Glass Eye
  16. Shadow Show – Radiant Hue
  17. Shadow Show – Fantasy Now!

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My reflection today

August 10th 2025 My reflection today

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My reflection todayMy reflection today – not particularly inspired but there you go.  Bleach the bathroom floor… C a wee bit stressed by the toilet which she is convinced is leaking.

Music

  1. Marshmallow Coast – Antistar
  2. Marshmallow Coast – Vangelis Rides Again
  3. Marshmallow Coast – Marshmallow Coasting
  4. Marshmallow Coast – Seniors & Juniors Strikes Back
  5. Marshmallow Coast – Ride the Lightning
  6. Marshmallow Coast – Marshmallow Coast
  7. Marshmallow Coast – Seniors and Juniors
  8. Marshmallow Coast – Say It In Slang
  9. Marshmallow Coast – Phreak Phantasy
  10. Marshmallow Coast – Memory Girl
  11. Katie Lass – Hypnopomp
  12. Katie Lass – Sunshine1 // Long Window
  13. Is/Ought Gap – SUA
  14. Outer World – Coming Down
  15. Outer World – Who Does The Music Love?
  16. Dahlia Seed – Survived By
  17. Dahlia Seed – Valentine Kid’s Litter
  18. Dahlia Seed – Please Excuse All the Blood
  19. The 17th – Unreleased post-Dahlia Seed project

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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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Worn

July 20th Worn

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WornWorn

Music

  1. Voxtrot – Early Music
  2. Voxtrot – Esprit De Cur
  3. Voxtrot – Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives EP
  4. Voxtrot – They Never Mean What They Say
  5. Voxtrot – Cut from the Stone: Rarities & B Sides
  6. Voxtrot – New World Romance
  7. Voxtrot – Another Fire
  8. Voxtrot – My Peace
  9. Voxtrot – Blood Red Blood 7
  10. Voxtrot – L’adieu А L’ete! EP
  11. Voxtrot – Trouble
  12. Voxtrot – Your Biggest Fan EP
  13. Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies – Is there life in Rhyl?

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Current view

July 11th Current view

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Current viewCurrent view, a blisteringly hot day so I resort to Leffe.

Music

  1. The Motorcycle Boy – Scarlet
  2. The Motorcycle Boy – PRE 052: The Motorcyle Boy – John Peel session 14.09.87
  3. The Frames – I Am The Magic Hand
  4. The Frames – Fake
  5. The Frames – Headlong
  6. The Frames – Happy
  7. The Frames – Rent Day Blues EP
  8. The Frames – Lay Me Down
  9. The Frames – Sad Songs
  10. The Frames – Finally
  11. The Frames – Pavement Tune
  12. The Frames – Sideways Down
  13. The Frames – Falling Slowly
  14. Glen Hansard – Take Heart
  15. Glen Hansard – Cold Comfort

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Simple

5th July Simple

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SimpleSimple – bee and honeysuckle.

Music

  1. Cindy – Saw It All Demos
  2. Cindy – Cindy
  3. Cindy – 1:2
  4. Cindy – Little Liability / Take My Place
  5. Cindy – Standard Candle Demos
  6. Cindy – Likely Story / Saw It All
  7. Cindy – Swan Lake
  8. Cindy – Why Not Now
  9. Flowertown – Theresa Street
  10. Flowertown – Flowertown
  11. Flowertown – Half Yesterday
  12. Flowertown – Tourist Language
  13. Flowertown – Time Trials
  14. The Paranoids – Fuzz Folk
  15. Kneecap – Fenian Cunts
  16. Kneecap – Kneecap: Music From The Motion Picture
  17. Kneecap – H.O.O.D 2025 (EP)
  18. Stevie Wonder – Mono Singles

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Too Many Mugs

June 22nd Too many mugs

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Too Many MugsToo many mugs, there’s always too many mugs.  Back in for the last early of the week and then we have 4 lates before the bliss of 4 days off.  Ash is away this week so Lib’ll step up.

Jump on the bus and the driver let’s it turn itself off, can’t turn the bugger on again so any chance of a grabbed coffee in Wigan has gone. Bugger…

Music

  1. Papercuts – Baxter’s Bliss EP
  2. Papercuts – Can’t Go Back
  3. Papercuts – Covers
  4. Papercuts – Kathleen Says
  5. Papercuts – Life Among the Savages
  6. Papercuts – Mokingbird
  7. Papercuts – Past Life Regression
  8. Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want
  9. Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want Demos
  10. Papercuts – Parallel Universe Blues
  11. Frankie Rose – Interstellar (extended Reissue)
  12. Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
  13. Frankie Rose – Red Museum
  14. Chime School – Coming To Your Town
  15. The Smashing Times – Bloom
  16. The Smashing Times – Come Along With Me
  17. The Smashing Times – Dreams on Union B/W A Changing Letter
  18. The Smashing Times – Mrs Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys
  19. The Smashing Times – Summer Inside
  20. The Smashing Times – This Sporting Life

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A Pet Judging Me

June 21 A pet judging me

21st, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, June 2025, Photos, Pop, Portraiture, Psychedelia, Punk, Saturday, , , , , , , , , , ,

A Pet Judging MeA pet judging me.

Music

  1. Neutrals – Bus Stop Nights E.P.
  2. Neutrals – New Town Dream
  3. Neutrals – Personal Computing
  4. Neutrals – Rent / Your House E.P.
  5. Neutrals – Promotional Cassette (official demo of summer 2016)
  6. Neutrals – Promotional Cassette 2
  7. Neutrals – Kebab Disco
  8. Neutrals – Leisureland Demos
  9. Autocamper – You Look Fabulous!
  10. Autocamper – Summertime
  11. Autocamper – Blanche / Budge
  12. Kevin Robertson – Kings Of Most Of Yesterday
  13. Kevin Robertson – Of The Night
  14. The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine
  15. The Laughing Chimes – A Promise To Keep
  16. The Laughing Chimes – Laurel Heights
  17. The Laughing Chimes – In This Town
  18. The Laughing Chimes – Zoo Avenue EP
  19. The Laughing Chimes – High Beams (Dead End Mix)
  20. The Laughing Chimes – Tomorrow’s 87
  21. The Laughing Chimes – Arboretum Miles

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