Richard Long lives down my street
For da trainspotters
Picked up, among other things, some cheap Tom Lehrer CDs today, & was singing heartily to old faves in the car. Apparently he died only last year at 97...How did that pass without being commented on a lot? He's an all-timer for me, the snarky ol' kook.
Finally got to the legendary Greg's Greats (Peel's 78 dealer) in Foxton: bustin out, feels like he has every 78 ever, & 1000s affordable, alongside th big hitters. He also put up w/me rummagin his dance band boxes & askin nube Qs. He has a radio show, a Bestival stage, Facebook, eBay: check him out!
I was blissfully unaware of the crap TWELVE MINUTE video for that crap Cyndi Lauper Goonies theme song til just now...
Just spotted Funny Pages of up on Channel 4 free in the UK, if you've not seen it. Not for everyone, but enjoyably grubby recentish film!
I shall now have "Immanuel Kant was a real pissant..." stuck in my head throughout today's 6 hour drive!
I hate how I can't seem to get notifications on here. YES that's the one...I wonder how I got Liszt involved there, must be a false memory based on the obvious rhyme!
Just had to do the age verification face scan to pick up my messages & am a bit disappointed/relieved it didn't guess my age!
Hive mind: watching the whole of Monty Python & have been expecting a song which I now can't even find on Google...It must be Eric Idle surely...About composers, starts "Franz Liszt was often pissed..." 😂 Surely I haven't imagined this!
Music to do with some celebration of Jodrell Bank.
Hannah Peel on the evening news: well deserved.
That 10 year old photographer/voiceover girl who is on the box all the time at the mo clearly either has VERY pushy parents or is completely driven, but is almost uncannily good at communicating for her age - I would imagine she will likely be seen much more in the years ahead.
Watching that Girlbands Forever on the Beeb today - not something I've exactly followed, but interesting stuff, especially on the industry and pre-fame side. Glad they got Vanilla in there briefly! Would have expected 5 mins on Supremes>Bananarama etc, but otherwise well worth a watch.
Deadnaming Prince Andrew
I guess the coolest mailer I've ever been sent! Doubtless prohibitively expensive, but where do you get these?!
Just been sent a second absolutely killer Lea Bertucci album, definitely shaping up to be a modern fave.
AI, you are soooo not up on the proto-Goa scene.
It was an open mic, line up drifting per piece, rather than pre-set bands. Not the most amazing music ever, but wonderful to see 15 mins from my village, and quite a lovely little atmosphere as well.
It’s on the site of a medieval cathedral in the centre of Coventry, so please vibrate carefully.
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Hey @astralsocialite.bsky.social , actually made a (slightly) weirdo gig in ELY (godammit!) tonight, with folks I think you might know from Crushing Death... & Bad Timing jamming away on their electronic gubbins. Should hit em up to get you down, was decent turnout for a small room really!
Punishing myself by looking at what stuff I sold on Discogs in the last 15 years is going for now. It is crazy, stuff I got good prices for going for many times that price. Most of it I sold cos I didn't like it (that much), or there's a much cheaper edition available. Madness.
"...Their classic power ballad about cruel workplace regimes..."
Catching up with promos from the last year or so...I know he is now an old git with hairy ears, but that Dennis Bovell Sufferer Sounds comp is the real deal.
Deleting old promo emails...what is it that makes these folk think no-one will want to look at them less than a year later and that it is cool to delete the online pix that make up half the message?
Erm.
Chuckling away as I make my annual Sonay "Vybz" Kartal joke to myself.
Bit harsh the Beeb currently jumping on people leaving Glasto for vox pops...Think he would get short shift from me at this time on the Monday!
I've been what I imagined might be 'forcing' my way thru the minor Larry Clark films I hadn't seen, but kinda enjoyed em all, the randy ol'bugger! Teenage Caveman is kinda stoopid but fun; I'd suggest seeing both Marfa Girls, works better; & now on Smell of Us, probably his most pro since Ken Park.
Looked the Diz Willis 1 up again & I HAD seen the cover of wot is indeed a poetry book b4, & prob it 4 sale 4 £30 (bit much 4 me!) British Library does indeed have it. The press is from Norwich, which fits w/Diz @ the time, but doesn't look 2b his own. They also published an early Marc Bolan poem!
