I chose unwisely...went to bed at 1am, stupidly woke up and got up at 6am.

Have been useless & unproductive thus far today. I'm now sitting at the computer attempting to do some things for work tomorrow (and failing miserably).

Enjoy the warm confines of your bed & making the correct choice!

Good grief. Has it really been that long?

A large backlog of stuff to listen to, so here's the most recent:

Georgia Nevada's new disk, Back Fire.

Bought & dedicated by the lady herself last night after her gig as support to the ever-excellent When Rivers Meet.

#vinylsky #vinyl #nowplaying

Mamiya C33 Pro TLR sitting on bomb bay doors inside the bay of Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594 at Newark Air Museum.

Twin Firestreak armed wheelbarrow with yellow and black "Danger Barrow Armed" sign in front. At Newark Air Museum.

Close in shot of Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 nose with large black 630 in front of roundel under the cockpit. XN694 at Newark Air Museum.

Face on black and white shot of front fan of Pegasus engine from a Harrier jet.

Two pieces of technology approximately the same age (1965).

Mamiya C33 Pro TLR and the inside of Vulcan B.2 XM594 from a visit to Newark Air Museum on 11/4/2025.

Dev and scan in the next couple of days, here's a couple of digital images to be going on with.

#aviation #avgeek

And lastly, before I have to get on with things:

Bleach - Killing Time

Forgotten about this lot from way back in the mists of being a grotty teenager.

*gazes at shoes*

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinylsky

Next up:

Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

Not my usual listening, but I quite like it (I think it's what I've had playing in auto playlists and not realised 👍)

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinyl

First of a mixed bag of breakfast listening on bright but hecking cold Saturday morning:

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Trust

Promo copy of the 12" single, side B is way better than A (which at the runout sounds like they forgot to turn the recorder off)
#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning

Isn't it just?

I almost went with one of their solid colours, but came across this one. 😁

Latest The Darkness album Dreams on Toast. Signed cover standing on the turntable lid with translucent white with pink and blue splatter disk lying on inner slip.

Oooh, look what the postie brung today.

New album by The Darkness - Dreams on Toast

Signed, translucent white with pink and blue splatter #vinyl . Lovely 👌

Part way through side A, liking it 👍

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky

Sunday morning breakfast listening :

Marisa and the Moths - What doesn't kill you

Double signed #vinyl in a fabulous translucent red marble 👌

#nowspinning #NowPlaying #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #musicsky #vinylsky

Mamiya C33 Pro TLR being held up in front of freshly Zamboni'd ice and computer hardware for live streaming.

Back to the cold / damp place.

Live stream ready for final league game before the playoffs.

Tonight, The Brick does ice hockey. The least wieldly camera ever does the fastest sport ever.

This isn't going to end well.. 😂

#Mamiya #C33 #TLR #Analog #120filmphotography #XP2

Unfortunately, no follow on records to show because I put my phone away and started reading whilst listening and I honestly have no idea what I played for the next few hours. 😂

(Me + good book + music = world being shut out) 👍

Breakfast (well, pot of black coffee if that counts?) listening :

The Apocalypse Blues Review

A lively start to the day.

#vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky

After another of those 6 day weeks that is best left forgotten, an evening of listening to try and wind down.

First up: Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Bargain buy a couple of weeks ago.

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylrecords #musicsky

Debut album Hot Shock, in Gold vinyl by Hot Wax. Cover sleeve signed by the band standing on cover of turntable.

Debut album Hot Shock by Hot Wax, freshly arrived today.

Just what I need after the week that was.

Signed by band, Gold 140g #vinyl

Side A was good, let's see what side B brings...

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #hotwax #vinylsky

Wishing you all the best Phil. 👍

(an aside: I used to work in Oby Gyn / Childhealth in Ninewells, the world's longest hospital 😁)

Darlingside - Extralife LP (2018 release) standing on lid of deck & leaning against wall. Gatefold cover with plastic printed /embossed outer sleeve.

Not my usual thing, but I like it nonetheless.

Darlingside - Extralife

Gatefold with printed/embossed outersleve and trifold track list / lyrics sheet.

Some alt/rock/folk-y type stuff to wind down on a Friday night while I eat crisps.

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinyl #vinylsky

Some of this for breakfast on a Sunday morning when I'm supposed to be working...

The Fall - Live 1993 11th October

#vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky

Wouldn't say that it's cold in my home from home, but pingu and the polar bears have gone somewhere warmer.

Peterborough Phantoms vs Telford Tigers, warmup underway.

Live stream streaming from 1915z

#LetsGoPhantoms #WeArePhantoms #CantFeelMyFingers #ProbablyFrostbite

It is a cool green.

As a kid I had a red heart shaped 45, can't for the life of me remember who it was or what it was, but I do remember it was sharp as hell and gave a good jab if you weren't careful.

Translucent green vinyl of Those Damn Crows - Inhale / Exhale album on lid of turntable with cover leaning up against the wall.

Postie just rang & handed me this:

Those Damn Crows - Inhale / Exhale

I know, I know, colourful #vinyl. I don't care, I *like* the funky colours.

A splendid translucent green 👌

Been listening to these guys off and on for a while.

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky

Best of B. T. O. Record sleeve (yellow outlined cog with blue outlined vertical BTO) leaning on wall while standing on top lid of record player.

Some breakfast listening on a cold Wednesday morning, well, I say breakfast, I really mean another black coffee.

I don't often buy compilation / collections but:

Best of Bachman Turner Overdrive

You ain't seen nothing yet....

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #vinylsky

It wants a belly rub.

Joking aside, lucky escape for those onboard.

Screen grab of small spreadsheet of Iridium ACARS reg numbers, actual reg numbers, model/type & based at. No VHF ACARS today however.

With a spare 20 mins to hand I decided to rummage through todays #iridium #ACARS log.

10x C-135 (KC-135R & T, RC-135V - all bar 2 over UK, others somewhere in Europe) & 2x C-21A Lear Jets (these were in Germany).

The ones over UL were tracked by my #ADSB set up also.
No #VHF ACARS tho.

#avgeek

Thanks!

Awesome bit of kit. Only had it for about a month, been after a C 3/33/330 or *any* Mamiya TLR for ages.

It's in fantastic condition.

Small pyramid of six 120 roll films. Foma 400, foma 100, kentmere 100, rollei retro 400s and Ilford sfx 200 & xp2 400.

Mamiya C33 professional TLR sitting on beech coloured desk in front of a white painted wall.

Saw something weird in the sky today.

Blue for a start & something yellowish, roundish, kinda bright to look at.

I was busy rummaging through a bazillion boxes of vinyls to be able to use any of this in anger in my Brick.

#120film #analogfilm #analogphotography #analogcommunity #Mamiya #C33

Vinyl album cover and inner sleeve of the beloved album happiness.

Reverse of the happiness album and inner sleeve. Cover has track list and sleeve has a vinyl track stlye list of credits and thanks yous (in a spiral pattern).

Another #vinyl from today's visit:

Another one from way back:

The Beloved - Happiness

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity

Cover of cj bolland the prophet 12 inch (negative style image with close up of a face showing nose and left eye & cheek but in shades of blue and purple) leaning on wall above the spinning vinyl on an audio technica LP120X.

Been a busy few weeks (when is it not?).

Finally shifted the plague & am vaguely human again.

So a trip to my local #vinyl pushers was in order:

CJ Bolland - The Prophet 12"

Back to the good old days in the late 90s and the whole club thing...

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylcommunity

Screen grab from Flightradar24 showing a Cavok Air AN-12 [UR-CKM] CVK7099 en route from DUB to IST just south of my location @ FL250 and sounding like they are driving along my road.

Cavok Air AN-12 [UR-CKM] CVK7099 en route DUB-->IST just south of my location @ FL250 and sounding like they are driving along my road.

Noisy Beast.

Yet to see one in clear sky (low cloud & rain again today).

#avgeek

Screen grab of virtual radar server aircraft page showing flight path of SPAR99 USAF C-37 over UK from south to Scotland and the associated data as it returns from Brussels from NATO meeting.

Screen grab of ACARSDeco2 message data page showing VHF ACARS messages from SPAR99 USAF C-37 over UK from south coast to Scotland and the associated data as it returns from Brussels from NATO meeting.

USAF Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A [01-0076] hex:AE0978 as SPAR99

Looks like bods from the NATO meeting in Brussels RTB across the pond.

VHF #ACARS and #ADSB as they transited north over the UK.

Didn't seem to get anything from them on #Iridium ACARS though (assuming they Tx)

#avgeek

There's always these too (if you're feeling down at any point) 😉