Mike Gough

New lot of St. George's flags making more inroads on lampposts today. Are councils going to meekly acquiesce to murals of Farage on sides of houses next?

Reflected on near zero media coverage for this kind of thing in this age (just a BBC 'new album fix' at 1am. A nineties equivalent like Veruca Salt had appearances on C4's The Word, BBC Glastonbury coverage & the like.

Momma put on a good show. Lots to their armoury and they could rock with Etta/Allegra's harmonising. Quite the up for it Manchester crowd whooping, singing and clapping along.

Dice seem to have the least add on charges to tickets if you don't mind adding another app but this alert makes it sound like I'm about to be hit with some home truths.

Probably won't get to see the Beths tonight with the GM bus strike and its knock on effects. From Setlist FM they appear to be playing ten tracks from a newly released LP. They are good tracks but that's too many: need to allow a little bedding in!

Sitting in a customary spot under an oak tree while my lad practices running but may move as, judging by the sound of acorns crashing to the ground, they may well be painful landing on your head.

An autistic relative has passed their English GCSE at 4th attempt, enabling them to progress their ambitions in the education system. In a system designed for and by neurotypicals, it’s a massive achievement for all those who achieve this against the odds.

Went in a Buxton Cafe and spotted Edwina Currie. Afterwards, when I mentioned it to the barista (under 50 & unfamiliar with the ex politician) she raised an eyebrow and said 'And the only comment I made to her was to complement her dogs on their behaviour'.

Past reviews of The Salt Path book by & large praised it. The few from past that said 'This doesn't ring true' should have that on their CVs if applying for analysis type jobs.

Today's CaleGreen Park summer Fair (juxtaposed with pic of same area from 2019 with our lad in Nick Drake 'watching the world go by' mode).

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The year long closure of the Greek St roundabout has made it pleasant to travel on its quiet artery roads. With these historical human bones being unearthed it’d be fine for them to prolong closure with an investigation only to reveal something like ‘We think the person died of the bubonic plague’.

From the same year Longarm by Wall of Voodoo has its employers working 56 hours a week to maximise profits.

The Liverpool supporting half of the family went to the Premiership celebrations today. Nice of the first team squad to allow K-2SO from Star Wars Rogue One to join them on the open top bus.

Needing to learn to the art of horizontally consistent cardboard compression with this switch to monthly cardboard/paper recycling collections.

May picture for Cale Green Park 2012 calendar.

In the spirit of the band, profits made from the film are donated to local charities in the place where the film is screened - in this case the Wellspring homeless charity in Stockport.

Watched We are Fugazi from Washington DC on the big screen. All the footage was filmed by followers from the time and was close up & visceral with the pulsating crowd. Felt like there should have been sweat dripping from the cinema ceiling.

The nearest barber to Stockport County's ground; a blue hair dye manufacturer will have done well out of the team's Division One play off challenge.

Liking the new Suzanne Vega album. Still has that recognisable wistful voice and a band behind her knocking out those songs with some versatility.

Good stuff. That's reminded me to reread it. Remembering the chapter dedicated to the day in the life of the little lad and then to learn of his fate...

Spent a fruitless few minutes searching for more on a band I heard on Oui FM translated as Coal Black only to find that they are, as a French band, the the cooler sounding Coal Noir.

I do like those gestures you see when musicians have pulled off a tricky bit of music like James Yorkston doing a low key fist pump or Hugh Cornwell shaking his drummer's hand after a song. One such moment during this when the vocalist high fived✋ our lad for his 🎹 play after a cover of StarMan.

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A sparrow got into our empty guinea pig hutch through some loose upper wire that had previously buckled (under pressure of a cat?). A magpie was circling outside. Ushered this away & lifted up hutch. Sparrow eventually swooped away. Glad we were around to spot all this

I prefer his earlier work like this & the short stories like Tonio Kroger which were actually written during a period when he was leaned nationalist before he changed political direction.

Early 90s in a reading group alongside Middlemarch! I'll look to read this again I think.

Great stuff. The boyfriend with the skeleton in the bedroom was a good touch.

Cherry tree blossoms are yet to spawn but here's the Cale Green Park calender picture for April 2012