The Carnegie Library in my ’hood. Built when the uber rich used their wealth to bring education, health, arts, libraries & museums to the masses. Today’s mega rich spend their money on joy rides into space, and subverting democracy
Carnegie Free Library
13th March 2026
#photography #blackandwhite
But for the parked car and the modern litter bin, I feel this could quite easily pass as a daguerreotype from almost two hundred years ago, rather than when I took the photo this morning. ❤️ x
Royal Oak pub, St. John’s Church, and Failsworth Pole Gardens
4th March 2026
#photography #blackandwhite
Been in a bit of a songwriting trough lately. Then my lovely friend Pauline MacLeod posted this pic. And it’s really cheered me up. I’ve still not written anything new, but you can find my old music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon, iTunes, Deezer, etc. ❤️ x
#MusicSky #Music #Songwriter
I’ve been in a bit of a songwriting trough lately. I really needed to see this today! Thank you so much, matey. ❤️ x
I never tire of this panorama. Tonight I was joined again by my beautiful, lonesome swan friend. ❤️ xxx
#photography #manchester #waterfront
An old friend, and fellow singer-songwriter, Tim O’Connor sent me this wonderful pic over the weekend that he’d taken of me playing at one of CC/Brickwall’s legendary Funbox shows many moons ago. Thank you so much for the memory, Tim. I’m incredibly grateful to you. x #MusicSky #blackandwhite
“On the Waterfront”
Manchester, UK. 21st Jan 2026
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome
Including a very nice shot of the REDD.51 mixing console. 👍😎
“Manc-hattan” 🐝🗽❤️
Manchester, UK. 17th Jan 2026
#photography #blackandwhite
Anyone on here know why Lucy’s been gone so long from Bluesky? I miss reading her random, wacky posts. Hoping she’s ok.
I love this painting and have a print of it above the fireplace in my lounge (I couldn’t afford the original as it was about half a million quid!) 😁
And here’s a pic of the dapper chap who painted it, Marie François Firmin-Girard. 🙂
‘Le Marché Aux Fleurs Paris‘ by Marie François Firmin-Girard
(1838-1921)
#ArtSky #Art #Realism #LaBelleÉpoque
A comedic genius. ❤️
‘Pictures of Lily’ - The Who
Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937)
Salvador Dali
#ArtSky #Art #Surrealism #Dali
Milky Waz
Stop breaking into my house!!!
***FANTASTIC NEWS!!!*** My latest single ‘Before the Flood’ has jumped a massive nine places to this week’s NUMBER 8 on the UK Revival Chart Top 40!!! ❤️
A textbook trait of malignant narcissism.
I’d much rather be woke than half-asleep. 👍
If only she’d been a distant cousin of the Queen or something… 🤔
I have to say I’m absolutely loving your musical tastes! 👍😊
I’m a bit disappointed. I thought it was a chunk of sausage.
An early publicity photo by Philip Ollerenshaw (who, random fact, was the official photographer for Take That in the ‘90s!) very much in the style of Astrid Kirchherr’s early Hamburg photos of The Beatles. x
#thebeatles #astridkirchherr #hamburg #musicsky
Niggly Fromage is an utter twunt.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it very often rhymes”, as Mark Twain is often reputed to have said. In America right now, ‘never again’ is happening again, only this time the Gestapo are now called ICE, and the Brownshirts are now the National Guard…
Just wait until they develop opposable thumbs…
My favourite Lennon LP. I borrowed heavily from the stripped-back piano/bass/drums vibe of some of the songs on JL/POB to record this particular track on my own ‘Kool for Katz’ album (although I did veer from the original brief, by including a Mellotron halfway through!) 😁
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