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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5th January – A Quiet Moment

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Yay a HE.  Felt good, job was a good ‘un and a phone sale out of it too which I’ve not coded.  Brief dusting of snow, the weather is best described as brass monkey’s.  Driving continues to be OK, getting a wee bit more confident.  Home via Aldi to pick up bread products.

Am back on the sertraline full time right now, struggling a bit mentally right now.  Feel a bit more level as a result.

Other than that it’s a quiz night on TV.  Just chill with herself.

Review #5 – The Mike Bell Cartel – The Cartel and I

Fuzzy psych, with organ accents.  Bits remind me of 13th Floor Elevators and any number of Texas Punk bands of the 60’s. or maybe The Electric Prunes are a better comparison.  Think it’s the vocals that are vaguely Ericksonesque.  Some nice Byrdsy 12 string too.  Well worth a listen and fab to drive to.

Music

  1. The Mike Bell Cartel – The Cartel & I
  2. The Mike Bell Cartel – Ain’t No High
  3. The Wrong Society – Misery Has Got Me Down
  4. The Woggles – Anyway The Wind
  5. The Violet Mindfield – Evil Eye
  6. The Thanes – Les Thanes
  7. The Sound Reasons – Today’s Another Day
  8. The Smoggers – Please, Never Change
  9. The Sences – Emilia
  10. The Reverberations – Les Reverberations
  11. The Poppermost – Les Poppermost
  12. The On And Ons – Looking Out Of A Mirror
  13. The Night Times – I’m Leaving You
  14. The Low Spirits – Outta Sight
  15. The Maharajas – Just Drink Wine
  16. The Maharajas – Talkin’ To The Man
  17. The Jack Cades – Infectious Covers
  18. The Baron Four – She
  19. Green Seagull – Lightning Girl
  20. The Mourning After – She Left Me Today
  21. The Mourning After – Lately
  22. The Loons – High And Lonesome
  23. The Knight Shades – Why (Baby Why!)
  24. The Crystal Teardrop – Running Out Of Time
  25. The Crimson Shadows – When I’m Going Away
  26. The Crimson Shadows – Even I Tell Lies
  27. The Basements – Feelings
  28. The Bad Beats – Lucy Mei
  29. Shadow Show – Baba Yaga / Spy Balloon
  30. Muck & The Mires – Tripping Out On Love
  31. Mooon – You Got It All
  32. Les Rencards – Boite A Malice
  33. Dom Mariani – Jangleland

 

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A tiny detail

12th August A tiny detail

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A tiny detailFirst of the earlies, bit of a stressful week beckons. A tiny detail – value is shite for the day.

  1. The No Ones – All The Stupid Days
  2. The No Ones – A Christmas Voice I Don’t Want To Bring You Into This World
  3. The No Ones – My Best Evil Friend
  4. The No Ones – The Great Lost No Ones Album
  5. Peter Case – Doctor Moan
  6. Peter Case – Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
  7. Peter Case -Wig!

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Something that comforts me

August 5th 2025 Something that comforts me

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Something that comforts meSomething that comforts me – always getting lost in a book. Another late.

Music

  1. Moby Grape – Long Gone
  2. Moby Grape – Truly Fine Citizen
  3. Moby Grape – Moby Grape
  4. Moby Grape – Wow / Grape Jam
  5. Moby Grape – ’69
  6. Jacques Dutronc – Jacques Dutronc
  7. Alison Moyet – Alf
  8. Alison Moyet – Singles

 

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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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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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A list

8th July A list

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A listA list… back to Remember The Milk.

Music

  1. Paul B. Cutler – Les Fleurs
  2. The Wolfmanhattan Project – Summer Forever And Ever
  3. Tam Lin – Tam Lin
  4. Tam Lin – Tam Lin II
  5. Tam Lin – Across A Snow flecked Mountain Valley
  6. Kevin Robertson – Yellow Painted Moon
  7. Martha – Standing Where It All Began – Singles and B-Sides: 2012-2025

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Currently loving

July 1st Currently loving

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Currently lovingCurrently loving and being loved back, Elsie the Cat in action.  Back to work today and I get to challenge my Tuesday hoodoo.  Conversion is positive, the value is shite!  Some of the conversation is fun, some of it not.

Music

  1. Pale Lights – Pale Lights
  2. Pale Lights – You And I
  3. Pale Lights – Jean, Bring The Flowers EP
  4. Pale Lights – Séance For Something EP
  5. Pale Lights – The Stars Seemed Brighter
  6. Pale Lights & Lake Ruth – Only an Ocean Through the Lychgates
  7. Pale Lights – EP
  8. Pale Lights – Fourteen Stories Tall / Twisting The Knife
  9. Pale Lights – Waverly Place
  10. Pale Lights – Before There Were Pictures
  11. The Soft City – The Soft City EP
  12. The Soft City – The Soft City
  13. The Soft City – Snow Keeps Falling
  14. The Soft City – Four Stories EP

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A snack I didn’t share

June 17th A snack I didn’t share

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A snack I didn’t shareA snack I didn’t share.

Music

  1. Blue Ocean – Blue Ocean
  2. Blue Ocean – Fertile State
  3. Blue Ocean – Fade
  4. Blue Ocean – Blue Ozone
  5. Blue Ocean – Summer Of Hands
  6. The Chocolate Watchband – Melts In Your Brain Not On Your Wrist – The Complete Recordings 1965-1967

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