Alan, were you at Bedford Esquires? I have the feeling that Mercury Rev are extremely consistent, and the differences between shows is only down to how Iβm feeling, not their performance.
16.08.2025 15:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@giascala.bsky.social
Music enthusiast, patent attorney and failed astrophysicist. Still finding my way around here.
Alan, were you at Bedford Esquires? I have the feeling that Mercury Rev are extremely consistent, and the differences between shows is only down to how Iβm feeling, not their performance.
16.08.2025 15:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 019/3/25, Islington Assembly Hall. #mercuryrev playing what may be one of the best gigs I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot of gigs.
19.03.2025 22:43 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Belfast International Airport terminal
11/2/25 Now Iβll have that Boney M song stuck in my head all day.
11.02.2025 10:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Anton Newcombe, Brian Jonestown Massacre, onstage in Santa Ana.
Another old post from the other place. BJM, 12 years ago, at Santa Ana Observatory #brianjonestownmassacre #santaanaobservatory
08.02.2025 14:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rescuing more old posts from the other place. That kid would be 16 now. I guess that song is lost to the mists of time.
05.02.2025 19:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 03 BJM shows in 3 days. And it starts up again tomorrow #antonnewcombe #bjm #brianjonestownmassacre #013poppodium
31.01.2025 11:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 030/1/25, Tilburg. Joakim Γ hlund and @antonnewcombe.bsky.social
30.01.2025 23:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 028/1/25, BJM in Hamburg #fabrik #bjm #brianjonestownmassacre
28.01.2025 23:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 028/1/25 Hamburg. Here we go again
28.01.2025 17:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Indeed. I find it so odd that Question Time makes a point of having an audience selected to reflect the voting public, but doesnβt seem to apply so much care when selecting the panel.
27.01.2025 05:31 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I replied on X to say my favourite is Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. Forgot Iβm trying to wean myself off X. Oops!
26.01.2025 22:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I had to switch off this morning. Been feeling like every time I put LBC on, Farage is getting interviewed again. (Iβm sure thatβs not actually the case, butβ¦!)
26.01.2025 22:55 β π 26 π 0 π¬ 1 π 025/1/25, London. βI am in Paradiseβ #waterloosunset
26.01.2025 20:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 014/5/12, DTLA. The BJM laser show was unexpectedly awesome! Shame on me for being sceptical.
07.01.2025 22:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Starting to repost my old tweet from the other placeβ¦. 29/4/12, Austin TX. Best merch ever.
07.01.2025 22:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 026/12/24, ε «ζΊε±±γNichirinji (εζ±ζΌ’ι³ #21). A long walk up, but a perfect day for it.
26.12.2024 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That was the craziest bit of PMQs - when Badenoch started an answer with βIf [Starmer] wants to know what a Tory government would doβ¦β. We just had 14 years of that. We all know!
28.11.2024 08:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 023/11/24, Shoreditch. Whatβs better than a #theclientele gig? A Clientele gig where they open for themselves.
23.11.2024 23:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 021/11/24, Paris. It looks like being in a snow globe round here.
22.11.2024 12:51 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 014/11/24, London. Jarvis Cocker, Will Hodgkinson and Lawrence in Foyles. This is at least the 4th time Iβve seen Lawrence on a panel this year but it is different every time. #streetlevelsuperstar
14.11.2024 21:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0First, last and next gig:
First: Orange Juice, Hammersmith Palais, London 1983
Last: Federale, Goldie, Oslo last Sunday
Next: The Clientele on the Saturday after next.
Not too shabby, methinks.
11/11/24, definite first world problem - I always feel miserable if I look out of a plane window and I can see my workplace.
12.11.2024 16:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0May 2023, Sparks at the Albert Hall. That was such a joyous show.
12.11.2024 10:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some posts from past elsewhere while I try to think of something worth saying. May 2022, Brian Jonestown Massacre - GranadaTheatre, Dallas.
12.11.2024 09:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0