A whole life in one picture. Chet Baker by Richard Avedon, 1986.
A whole life in one picture. Chet Baker by Richard Avedon, 1986.
Who’s his stylist, Michael Portillo?
First real big umbrella day this year. Don’t fail me now..
Dyed my hair post-box red the day this came out. What a sight. In many different ways..
Slept in a Ramones shirt and woke up Commando
*swings handbag* 👜
My dear old Mum would be delighted to have heard that!
We used to be a real country
Great, thanks. Lovely venue too. See you there.
Just snapped up tickets for Nottingham Boat Club on the 10th, Gordon. Really looking forward to it. Only a dozen or so left! Will you have the new CD and the EP’s CD for sale there or best to order it?
KK 👍
Nice work, Machiavelli 🫡
Yasss Taylor!
Bugger.. miles away 😔
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Welease Wubbo
Is there a booking fee?
Boo to that 😒
Back to work after a week off.. Bonjour!
Great value considering today’s prices!
Got the timer and record set for this.. as I’m bound to fall asleep on the sofa as soon as it starts.
£3.99 IIRC?
Tried it after remembering Nadia Hussain putting cheesy Wotsits in hers. Gives it a lovely tang.
I’m no Nigella, but the layer of crushed up Flamin’ Hot Doritos topping the Macaroni Cheese I just made was most definitely the one. Chef’s kiss, mwah..
Crimes.
Very handsome 💕
Also radiant.
Radiant.
Surely not the biscuits? I’m more of a Custard Creams guy, but hey.. live and let live, eh?
We were on the way back to someone’s flat after an all nighter and found out in the corner shop when stopping for munchies. Bought a load of Red Stripe and decided to just carry on. My mate told the owner it’s what she would have wanted, got refused his beers and told to leave.
I found some in my bed when I went up last night. God knows when he snuck that up there but obviously anticipating needing a midnight snack.
My Dog always appears with secret Broccoli that he stashes somewhere from last nights tea, like Bob Mortimer with his pocket meat. Window open in 3, 2…
Good to see you back, Neil. Hope all’s well.
Of course. My thoughts exactly 😉
Bread generally when making French toast
Yes! Still remember how a senior archaeology professor took a ten minute detour from his lecture to tell us how best to dispose of a body
Stan Dard is not impressed..
Erm.. of course 😚
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Incredible!
Christ!
Ordered a mic but it didn’t come in time for tonight. Damn you to hell, Bezos..
Two different Ruben bc Amorims 😉
Out watching CMAT. Now bus-wankering it back home with dodgy WiFi
The OGWT version of American Girl. Thrilled me as an impressionable teenager!
3rd/Sisters Lovers or another? Lots of live stuff issued too, mostly just Alex though. I saw the Alex Chilton/Posies line up in 2000 because it felt like my only chance. It was decent to be fair and glad I went but it wasn’t Big Star.
The boys!
I thought you had iced and piped your ankles for a moment there..! Get well soon, Wendy! x
Would that be Budgie the band or Budgie the drummer.. Or maybe just an actual Budgie?
Big Star
And Iceberg..
I want to be a cowboy, baby! Walk with me..
@cmatbaby.bsky.social what a great show! So engaged with the audience, incredible voice and so much fun, including the 10 minute opener famousbirthdays.com and ending with a crowd-walk version of Cowboy. If this woman isn’t at least as big as Taylor then the World’s gone mad!
This week she sold out 10,250 tickets for Ally Pally in 30 minutes. In half an hour she’ll play an intimate, stripped back set for 150 of us at Rough Trade in Nottingham for the album release. The anticipation here is electric.
You don’t want your tea now, do you?
I see the Farage/Widdicombe rumours are true then?
Thanks for this. Ordered 🫡 For anyone also interested in buying to support humanitarian projects, here’s a link gazacola.shop/products/24-...
That reminds me, must buy coconut milk. Thanks.
Incredible transformation over the last 20 years. Air pollution kills about 7 million people globally every year according to the World Health Organisation. The current estimated population of the United Kingdom in 2025 is approximately 69.6 million.
Dug out my old MD recording Walkman bought 25 years ago so I could bootleg some upcoming gigs, purely for my own enjoyment of course. Popped in a battery and it whirred straight into life, but damned if I can find my mic. Bugger.
Sounds better with each play. Lovely record.
Same. My two families are on my canal commute so not seen them for a week, but they always regroup in the same spot each evening close to their annual nesting place.
Had a bit of a Nat Imbrug moment.. 😶
One problem with having work as your job is that after work you don’t want a job..
This is the same pattern I’ve seen with 2 new families this year. One a Mother with 2 and another with 5 swimming, but then the absent Father back with them resting on the bank later. No idea but wonder if it’s part of their schooling towards independence?
Ah, I see. Sorry, misread it as Torn 😳
I know it well. We had a warehouse there when I worked for HMV. Really like Hackney and Dalston.
I’m Notts/Leics borders now, semi rural. But I lived in Hackney Downs back then and walked everywhere on my way to and from work in town, so much culture to soak in.
Been some time since I lived there, but vaguely recognised it. Great shop.
Always cheer me up, usually wave one around in Teams meetings or make them do a little dance across the bottom of the screen.! 🥰
And some rubber monster pencil heads. Because you’re worth it.
Islington-ish maybe?
On its second play now, may leave it on repeat. Fine, fine stuff 👌
Enjoying this very much tidal.com/browse/album...
Just out of the shower and a rare glance in the mirror reveals I may have partaken of rather too much cake on my week off. May have to employ some unorthodox methods to get back into my work trousers on Monday..
Thanks. Lost some records and money but dodged a bullet I guess. Life is good.
Great day for new releases.. Blood Orange, CMAT, and one I’m sure she’ll be listening to, this long-awaited record from Margo Price. tidal.com/browse/album...
Good shout, thanks for the reminder.. he said, shaking out the umbrella.
Pricing is one of my pet hates New vinyl is crazy but secondhand really is with the birds in some places. Meanwhile the big players squeeze out the indies. Had a lovely guy with a tiny little back alley shop here called 33 that couldn’t sell enough very reasonably priced s/h stock to make the rent.
It does, Danny. Mine got her half in the sold equity & left me with £16k of store cards that she’d opened in my name with a forged signature. Walked away with my camera & what was left of my records. Life’s too short to be bitter though, stayed in for 3 years to pay it off, drew a line & moved on. 🙄
It’s an ill-thought out collab, and I bet the prices here will be daft. Maybe I’m just a nostalgic romanticist for my 17yo train trips to the original shop and buying Pistols Spunk bootlegs for a fiver.. wore my feet out trawling all over the other indies and always to Daddy Kool on Hanway Street.
Gentrification is complete. Ugh..
Jumpers on, lads. Oh, and kagoules 🌧️
Before they built Sizewell B They built Sizewell Tea. #photography
It occurs to me I eat less cheese in warmer weather, and as the nights draw in I find myself thinking of autumn less as an introduction to winter, but more the herald of THE GRAND SEASON OF THE CHEESES.
Only bothered about the new music extra tracks, so just go for the CD eps these days. My bank account is grateful and my stress levels are greatly reduced. Can live with not having the Cola Boy rework.
Pocket meat 🫡
I grudgingly sold boxes of great albums and singles to fund the renovation of the first house I bought with my wife. The house is long gone and so is she and I only really miss the records.
Of all the stick, this one made me laugh the loudest! 👌
Hey Jude..
Zig Zag and imported copies of Creem were my go to mags.
You can look now Ruben 🫣
Andrew ❤️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The commentator!s dream, he’s been itching to use that one.. “Not for the first time, there’s something fishy going on in the Manchester United defence” 🙄
This is terrific!
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Agreed. Kobbie’s a better long-term bet for that position.
