Chris Hynd

Email notification came through at 10.19 am tho I wasn’t online at 10am sharp, there were still tix at 10 past or thereabouts.

I got one on o2 priority for the Saturday night. Bit pricey for that size of venue eh? (2k cap I think).

A close up of the front cover of the book “We Led In Munich” by Steven Lawther looking over Stark’s Park Kirkcaldy.

I’d still like to”Oliver Kahn broke my heart” on my headstone please…

Looking forward to this @stevenredcircle.bsky.social

A houseboat on Frederiksholm Kanal in Copenhagen

A houseboat on Frederiksholm Kanal in Copenhagen

Look I’m not saying I came to Copenhagen just to find the houseboat Marcus stayed on in season 2 of The Bear…

Looking out towards the pitch and the North Stand at Hampden Park, Glasgow

Here we go then. Spirit of 2009, Graham Weir, Greig Spence and all that.

It’s the hope that kills you (part deux)…

Looking out at the pitch at Stark’s Park Kirkcaldy

It’s the hope that kills you…

Looking towards the North Stand at Stark’s Park Kirkcaldy.

Lovely day for it on the Fife Riviera…

Raith Rovers. The only fanbase to get the fear being 3-0 up vs Hamilton Accies…

Bit blowy out… #weather

Looking forward to a routine and uneventful @onnnpodcast.bsky.social tonight…

Britpop adjacent I guess but Alison’s Room by 60ft Dolls? Or Sleep Well Tonight by Gene (more in that era for sure).

The Boys Are Leaving Town: The Final Days Of Japandroids In their first interview in years, the Vancouver rockers explain why new album ‘Fate & Alcohol’ marks the end of the band.

Also, this is a brilliant read from last year - www.stereogum.com/2279911/japa...

Thanks lads! Enjoying TCR too and hopefully discovering new stuff through that, @trvecvltgaz.bsky.social is already 1 for 1 with Grieving!

Interested to hear what you say about Japandroids, prob 4th of 4 for me in the discog but still with a couple of killer tracks. Also as a patron, can I suggest Celebration Rock for YCP? Prob my fave rock LP of the 2010s, not a wasted second and the most joyous 35 mins of your life! Ta!

I got a SMOSD at last! Headphones in, shouting out [name redacted] while walking past Aldi in Linlithgow to some bemused passers by no doubt!

A photo of a miniature labradoodle wearing a Christmas outfit.

A picture of a miniature labradoodle lying on a person’s lap and wearing a Christmas outfit.

Hangs with a Christmas Labradoodle…

Sound the emergency pod klaxon lads?

Wait, what???

Pijn - From Low Beams of Hope
Shellac - To All Trains
Sour Widows - Revival of a Friend
Sumac - The Healer
Thou - Umbilical

Festive 1 prob between Julie Christmas and Thou, the two that have stayed with me most. No Blood Incantation I know - not for me Clive!

4/4

Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood
Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
Mountain Caller - Chronicle II: Hypergenesis
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
Other Half - Dark Agesim

3/4

Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet
Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror
Hidden Mothers - Erosion / Avulsion
Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath
Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

2/4

Some records of the year then (in alphabetical order)

Big Brave - A Chaos of Flowers
Chat Pile - Cool World
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches out to She…
Codespeaker - Scavenger
Dvne - Voidkind

1/4

2024 has been a good year for good records so obviously when I found myself looking for something to listen to just now I landed upon Troublegum by Therapy?

Regret. Nothing.

Fuckin’ boooooooo etc…

And a vegan hot dog from the snack van. Riches indeed!

A wide shot of Linlithgow Rose FC’s ground

As someone who splits his time between Edinburgh and Linlithgow, I can’t tell you how nice it is to walk along to the game again…

Kreator. Fire, demons, riffs, hanging effigies, streamers, more riffs, more fire. Good luck following that Anthrax…

The Ovo Hydro. Where drums go to die…

I could see Sinky down the front in the pit for this one mind you!

Happy 30th 27/11 anniversary Rovers fans. Marking the occasion by going to see Anthrax, Kreator and Testament at the Enormodome.

I’m sure Jimmy Nicholl would approve…