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I was at this gig (with @robertbaldock.bsky.social). The first half was a performance by Psychic TV - strangest double bill ever?

The ACR set was definitely the release after the tension. So glad a half decent recording exists.

MAY 1974 The highlight of the month – if you could call it such – was being visited by the woman from the   Hamilton Advertiser , asking what the...

Aargh, sorry; I went so far down the #totp '80s rabbit hole that I forgot to post this week's Young Punctum upgrade! OK, it's May 1974, with a lot of extras which could best be described, musically and stylistically, as "going South":
funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/02/may-...

Another Cabs example is “The Voice of America” (1980); not very pop obviously. Actually sampled speech is all over the early 80s records of the post punk and industrial groups: 23 Skidoo, Chris & Cosey, etc. Massive inspiration for me: I made a Burroughs-sampling track with a mate around same time.

LP version of “Norman Bates” by Landscape (1981) is preceded by part of Mrs Bates’ internal monologue from the end of Psycho. But it’s a re-record not a sample.

The version of “Flight” on ACR’s 1985 live album starts with an actual sample of Anthony Perkins’ dialogue from the same film.

Finale of the Irreparable Parables tour tonight @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk Newcastle! Special guests @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social & Public Footpath.

A few 🎟s on the door.

@claypipemusic.bsky.social

#ClassicAlbumThursday

Erasmo Carlos, ‘Sonhos e Memórias 1941-1972’ (1972)

A Brazilian artist I stumbled across while down a rabbit hole looking for something else. A singular fusion of rock, soul, country and singer-songwriter. Pretty much every song has a different arrangement. Wonderful record.

Hot Metal: The Andrea True Connection's More More More | The Quietus Manhattan was a mess in the mid 70s. The middle classes had upped sticks to the suburbs, leaving the city centre to fester as Mayor Beame led New York to the brink of bankruptcy. In the thick of a fis...

How do you like it?

I celebrate 50 years of More More More by Andrea True Connection in @thequietus.com

You may have heard some of this story before, but not like this. So, let’s get the cameras rolling… thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Tomorrow at Rich Mix

Doors open at 7.30
@muizyu.bsky.social on stage at 8.20
@andrewwasylyk.bsky.social at 9.10

Last tickets available now via Dice
dice.fm/event/6909ed...

You think?

*scratches St Winifreds School Choir from noms slate*

I'm giving away this copy of For You by Tatsumo Yamashita. Arguably Japan's finest City Pop album.

Comment 'For Me?' and a random wheel thingy will choose a winner.

Giving this away as a thank you for joining me on my Tokyo trip. Trust me... you want this amazing LP.

More info below...

Jello Biafra is currently hospitalized but stable. Speaking for the Alternative Tentacles family, we are all just very thankful he is okay and getting the care that he needs.

We will update you all as we are able.

The Peel Sessions, by The Gentle People 4 track album

#NowPlaying
The Gentle People, ‘The Peel Sessions’ EP

wereleasewhateverthefuckwewantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

#NowPlaying
Crushtrash, ‘Reclamation Yard’

Such a good album. Released by @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social in 2017

Also, in theory anyway, the crowd / other managers could scupper the chances of Really Well Known Song from Big Nation in the group stage by voting in large numbers for Big Nation’s other two songs. Now there’s some 3D chess for ya 😬

Ah right, I’d glossed over that bit. So there’s never any more than 3 songs competing per country across the whole tournament. No substitutes parachuted in for the “knockout” stages then? Makes life easier for a manager, I guess.

Me either for 12a (and 4d for that matter). Is 29 alliteration minus all?

APRIL 1974 The fascinating stuff is beginning to outnumber the dubious stuff at this point, although it's clear at this point that if you wanted a ...

In the meantime, here's this week's Young Punctum upgrade - April 1974, with tons of additional material, some of it possibly remembered only by me:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/02/apri...

Fond PWC memories of Lex managing the USA and fielding… “Rad” by Smoosh. The real Origin Story for that famous Alan Hansen quote (uh-huh uh-huh yo)

LOL all of my top 3 choices have been snagged already. Will have to ponder some more.

Three "A Little Light" tapes are left:

aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/a-litt...

Thanks to @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social for releasing this album 🖤

Jacques Lejeune - Petite Suite (1970) YouTube video by dogsfromabove

#NowPlaying
Jacques Lejeune, ‘Petite Suite’ (1970)

(Another example of the sort of thing Tim Gane was sneaking into radio mixes 25 years ago)

youtu.be/665ct5Yfpvw

From Cobalt to Aquamarine, by The Metamorph 15 track album

New!

themetamorph.bandcamp.com/album/from-c...

Anthony Moore - Pieces From the Cloudland Ballroom (1971) YouTube video by UnderRatedAlbums

Minimalist in a very strict sense, with repetition to the point of exhaustion and hysteria (not least for the singers on Side 1). Not your cosy Glass and Reich sort of minimalism, then. Listen if you’ve a mind here:

youtu.be/tbQao6BsHy0

#ClassicAlbumThursday

Anthony Moore, ‘Pieces from the Cloudland Ballroom’ (1971)

fsvo “classic”. Debut solo LP from UK experimental composer/ songwriter, co-founder of Slap Happy and (later) collaborator with Pink Floyd. I chose this cos its final track was once included in a Stereolab radio mix.

Just realised I’m confusing them with The Colourfield

Bandcamp Fridays In 2026

The next Bandcamp Friday of 2026 is this Friday, March 6th. From midnight to midnight PDT, we'll waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists and labels.

#NowPlaying ‘Inundated Indentations’ by Andrew Wasylyk (@andrewwasylyk.bsky.social) on @claypipemusic.bsky.social

#FebAudit
#NowPlaying
27 & 28/28. Bernard Grancher, ‘Astra Lumen Solaria’ and ‘Tape X’ (both 2026)

This series ends with my favourite releases of the year so far: two contrasting albums, albeit both underpinned by synths & drum machines. LP is beautiful and dreamy, the tape more brutalist in style.

MARCH 1974 Not much to say about this month other than what I said about it at the time, except for dodgy Freddie Starr and Gary G; since Joan Jett...

The ongoing weekly refurbishment of early Young Punctum continues. This week I revisit and refresh March 1974, with lots of incredible music that in some cases was clearly never, ever, EVER going to disturb the charts, and all the better for it:
funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/02/marc...

Hver gang vi møtes

So, as far as I can work out, this is Marit singing songs by the other participants in the current season of a Norwegian reality TV show. (They each in turn interpret one of hers). Still fab though; she could sing the Oslo phone book and it would be, most likely.

open.spotify.com/album/6gZcqi...