Glenn OHalloran discombobulationpop.co.uk

My older brother Joe was at the gig and still has the album. Man were a great band they played my local town Bletchley a couple of times 1972.

Good Morning

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!! 🎂

Happy birthday 🎂 Ben

On this day in 1977, Television released their brilliant debut studio album “Marquee Moon". It was hailed by critics as an original musical development in rock music. The critical recognition helped the album achieve unexpected commercial success in the UK, despite poor sales in the US. #Television

Words about music (823): Andy Partridge A blog about music. The good stuff only.

I've always liked the idea of improvised music. Improvised anything. It's what conversation is.

Andy Partridge

www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/02/word...

Reposting this for people who aren't in the time zone at the middle of the Pacific Ocean and might have missed it earlier!

Also, 7 more hours of Bandcamp Friday: blakeleyh.bandcamp.com/album/satie-...

The cover for Blake Leyh's EP "SATIE ET LES OISEAUX." Over an old watercolor painting of a red bird, ornate Victorian-style fonts read: SATIE et LES OISEAUX GNOSSIENNE 1 & 3 GYMNOPEDIE 3 VEXATIONS Arranged & Performed by BLAKE LEYH for ELECTRIC CELLO and BIRDSONG

I just released new music: SATIE ET LES OISEAUX.
It's me playing electric cello, with birds.

Bandcamp:
blakeleyh.bandcamp.com/album/satie-...

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/sat...

Qobuz:
open.qobuz.com/album/xtjr5o...

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/6PAoAB...

Vimeo:
vimeo.com/1162357014

Gnossienne No 1 et Les Oiseaux This is "Gnossienne No 1 et Les Oiseaux" by Asako Gladsjo on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

As if I were Beyoncé, I am suddenly releasing new music at midnight tonight.

I've just spent two weeks in a cottage in the hills of Honolulu playing Satie on my electric cello. The birds have accompanied me. I've made a video, & the 4 track EP will be out worldwide tonight.

SATIE ET LES OISEAUX

Cover of Kilter by Tinned Meats

Most played on our Bandcamp today so far - one via @tinnedmeats.bsky.social

iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/square...

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

In our local pharmacy today to get something over the counter. They asked what it was for, took a look, issued a prescription for something better, and handed it to me.
No charge.
This is Scotland atm.
If you want that excellent service to continue, don't vote for any of the Unionist parties.

RIP James Mingo Lewis, a brilliant percussionist who played on Brian Eno and David Byrne’s My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

YouTube video by Larry & Paul SHOCKING: UK News Host Has USA Meltdown - #BrokenNews

SHOCK: UK Studio Goes SILENT After USA🇺🇸 Rant 😳 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...

Powerful response supreme songsmith

Wales is set to criminalize political lies during elections—should the world follow its lead? The Welsh Labour government is pushing forward with a groundbreaking bill hailed as "globally pioneering," aimed at rebuilding public confidence and improving the quality of democratic debate. If enacted...

German football executive urges World Cup boycott to protest Trump Calls grow to weaponize football as the U.S. president escalates tensions with Europe.

www.politico.eu/article/germ...
This is what we need to do!

Words about music (821): Martin Gore A blog about music. The good stuff only.

Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.

Martin Gore

www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/01/word...

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

This is great.

YouTube video by William S. Burroughs - Topic William S. Burroughs Recites Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mask Of The Red Death

William Burroughs reeds "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, with music and sound design by me.

We recorded this in 1994.

youtu.be/Ko0El5pOZGY?...

Forget Lodger, Iggy Pop's The Idiot Is The Last Piece Of David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy #BrianEno thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Words about music (820): Jimmy Carl Black A blog about music. The good stuff only.

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.

Jimmy Carl Black

www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/01/word...

YouTube video by GotterVibez Gavin Bryars Feat. Tom Waits - Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Long version)

I think i may actually prefer this version with Tom Waits duetting-

youtu.be/gT0wonCq_MY?...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: "From Her To Eternity" live video A blog about music. The good stuff only.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have posted a video of their performance of From Her To Eternity, recorded @ Accor Arena in Paris on November 17, 2024. The song can be found on their Live God album.

www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/01/nick...

#nickcave #nickcaveandthebadseeds #inconcert #video

Remembering Hollywood film producer #HalRoach #BOTD, he won an Academy Award for the Laurel and Hardy two-reeler short film “THE MUSIC BOX” (1932) this was the first year that shorts were considered for awards although no actual statue was awarded – a certificate – was collected by Stan and Ollie

David Bowie – Subterraneans (Nacho 2021 Redux) David Bowie • Subterraneans • Redux • 1977 • A new edit in HD, of the video I produced three years ago, made from The Man Who Fell to Earth footage, cut to the sublime final track of Bowie’s master…

David Bowie – Subterraneans

LOW (1977)

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