Andrew Skudder

6 vinyl LPs by the Blues Band, Bow Wow Wow, Gerry Rafferty, Was (Not Was) and Stanley Clarke (x2)

No rain, so across to East Grinstead on the Honda for a record fair. Ideal riding conditions.

Picked up all this vinyl for £30 in total.

Especially chuffed about the Stanley Clarke and Was (Not Was)

Photo of a massive cardboard box. And a cat.

I had a violin delivered today (don't ask!) and it came in a box big enough that I could have fit into it myself, padded with about 20 metres of scrunched up brown paper.

Is the company called Amazon because that it how many trees they use per year?

Some vinyl LPs by Toyah, Abba, Level 42, and the Temptations.

Probably the last sunny day this month so took a spin out to Kent to visit the Tunbridge Wells Record Exchange, which is always a delight to visit.

Came home with some 70s and 80s vinyl of course.

Starting to think that car driving tests should be like bike tests - have a mod 1 in a secure compound to prove basic competence in control before going out onto the road.

Obviously to include parallel parking.

I do not miss commuting!
This was part of my daily routine for years.

Wikipedia section "See Also" ... Age of consent in US Virgin Islands

If you look at the wikipedia page for Little Saint James (AKA Epstein Island) and scroll down to the bottom, there is only one item in the list of "See Also" references...

2 power outages in the last 30 minutes. Only short, but when the power comes back all sorts of devices and lights come on - the downside of having lots of things powered by USB or connected to wifi.
Also the clock radio with a battery backup turns ON when the power goes!
Its gonna be a long night!

Tonight I was listening to Joachim Witt's 'Edelweiss' LP that I picked up at the excellent Kontrapunkt shop in Cologne.

It sounds like Talking Heads doing Motorik and reminds me how much we lose out by ignoring non-English language records.

Oh FFS. How are Man Utd still getting Fergie time?

Because I once met Mandelson when he visited my workplace (he was a minister and I was a TU rep), I realise that I am one degree of separation from Trump, Epstein and Andrew M-W.

Overall impression of Mandy BTW was... taller than expected and very soft hands.

Book called "The Radburn Idea" by Ian Waites, plus appropriate postcard.

This arrived from @ianwaites.bsky.social the other day.

A very slim volume, but arrived almost immediately with a postcard that will make a nice bookmark.
Having grown up in one new town and now living in another I am 99% certain I will be ordering part 2 as soon as I finish it.

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New post on Skuds.org called "Sport or not sport?"

Read it here:
https://skuds.org/2026/02/sport-or-not-sport/

Some used vinyl records by Van Morrison, Santana, Peter Hammill, and Bronski Beat

Looked like being the only dry day for the next couple of weeks, so took the bike out for a spin to Dorking via the A24, and came home with some vinyl.

Only 25% from the 1970s this time!

Hmm. Two-nil up at half time away from home so I'm getting a touch of deja vu and braced for a three-two defeat.
#COYI

Crawley High Street. There is one lane for cars heading North, and a contraflow cycle lane heading South. Half of the car lane is taken up by parked cars so anybody driving North will have to use the Southbound cycle lane.

Cars parked in the Northbound one-way road, means that traffic will have to use the Southbound cycle lane.

Pathetic cycling provision in Crawley High Street.

Got to feel sorry for the A127 London Arterial road. Overlooked again.

Feeling old? This is what Tinkie-Winkie looks like now!

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New post on Skuds.org called "January 2026"

Read it here:
https://skuds.org/2026/02/january-2026/

Is Trump spewing out soundbites while standing in a plane doorway his version of the famous Harry Redknapp Land Rover window interviews?

This opinion is the very definition of half right and half very, very wrong.

I see West Ham managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again today.

I really think we should consider pulling out of the World Cup. Not for political reasons but just for the safety of teams and supporters.

Breaking: Melania The Movie wins the FIFA Oscar!

30 days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except February which has 28 or sometimes 29 and January, which has about 80 or 90

Less fun than you would think. Especially when they force the doors open when the lift is between floors and you need to climb up or down to get out.
That moment when you realise that if the lift moved you would be cut in half is the worst.

That new Megadeth album is pretty good. If it really is their last then they are really going out with a bang!

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman With Big Naturals

Well, they would be wouldn't they?

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From BBC Sounds. 1300-1600 Craig Charles. "Spizz of Spizzenergi joins Craig to talk about his legendary career"

So. @spizzenergi.bsky.social on Radio 6 this afternoon?

The second time in a few months that Spizz has been on the Craig Charles show I think? Should be fun anyway.

An hour spent listening to Heavy Horses while reading a Slow Horses book, is an hour well-spent. Certainly a good way to end the weekend.