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15th February O

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

3rd February C

3rd, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Funk, Indie, Monday, Music, Photos, Punk, Streetart, , , , , , , , ,

CMonday… holding text.

  1. The Shop Window – A Four Letter Word
  2. The Gang of Four – Change the Locks
  3. The Gang of Four – Second Life
  4. The Gang of Four – Who Am I?
  5. The Gang of Four – Happy Now
  6. The Gang of Four – Content
  7. Fresh – Merch Girl
  8. Various Artists – The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and the Gang of Four

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Peaceful

Peaceful

24th, April 2023, Architecture, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Funk, Hip Hop, Monday, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Punk, Street Photography, , , , , , , , , , , ,

PeacefulA week of lates beckons. News full of Ofcom’s Affordability of communications services: April 2023 update a day of drops beckons.  Sure enough the day pans out that way,  a usual week may have one or two in it.  Today 4 of the buggers.

In other news I end up chatting to someone who works at SLAIS and who knew the McIlwaine’s.  Ia has apparently shuffled of this mortal coil which is sad.  Turns out she has a Wikipedia page the obit is here.

Bus home was a bit of an adventure, came home via Winstanley, no idea why, was a touch weird but what the heck.

Photo today was a Sunday snap when I got beyond a set of gates that are usually shut.  I guess a little light urbex. Either way it was interesting and the string of lights set things off nicely.

Tomorrow’s prompt is ‘found’ so will have to channel my inner Marcel Duchamps.  Be interesting to see what sort of found objects I come across.

Music

  1. On Air (The BBC Sessions) – June Tabor
  2. Quercus – June Tabor With Iain Ballamy & Huw Warren
  3. The Ultimate Collection – Grace Jones
  4. A Night Of A Thousand Vampires (Live) – The Damned

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Above Your Head

Above your head

4th, April 2023, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, Portraiture, Psychedelia, Punk, Tuesday, , , , , , ,

Laundrette on the day off, usual change collection route, cash machine, newsagents, chicken shop and coffee at the Tom and Gerry. Bob back to the house to fetch the laundry and it’s away I go. Soundtracks to Ride’s ‘4 EPs’. Read ‘Keep Music Evil’ as I do the laundry. Follow up with ‘Methodrone’ from The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

C meets me at laundrette and we repair unto the Gerry for a swift drink. Flip flop about eating there and decide against.  Instead sourdough rye and turkey bacon sarnies at home.  Surprisingly tasty!

Next on the agenda a trip to the Turkish Barbers in anticipation of the holiday which begins on Monday next week.

P60 arrives, am feeling really down right now, combo of anxiety and depression not helped by dwelling on a whole heap of shit!  It’s not a great place to be!  Still onwards and upwards and all that bollocks.  

C continues to prepare for our jaunt to Scarborough.

Finally getting this place into some semblance of order and beginning to catch up with the photoaday.

Music

  1. Thanks For Reaching Out – Jim Bob
  2. Electromagnetic Steamboat: The Reprise Recordings – The Fugs

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