Happy 85th birthday to Airto. Here he is with Flora Purim performing The Sun is Out. It's taken from Rhythms and Colors, his 1993 video of drumming lessons that you can watch at youtu.be/fF3DZLNEgTw
Birmingham 81
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Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Roddy Frame’s suede jacket. The Smash Hits 1985 yearbook covering the things that really matter
The Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇
Can - Halleluhwah (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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Nice £1 find at today’s Walmer car boot sale - We Sing The Blues!, a rare 1965 compilation on Sue Records put together by the legendary Guy Stevens
Happy birthday to Malcolm Ross, pictured here with Orange Juice in Feb 1982. He’s also played with Josef K, Aztec Camera, High Bees, Blancmange, Moodists, Virgin Prunes, Billy MacKenzie, Paul Haig, Barry Adamson, Zeke Manyeka, Nectarine No 9, Low Miffs, Bum Clocks, Coral Snakes, and now Bubbles
#FallFriday The Fall released Rowche Rumble on this day in 1979. “What are the people around you taking?” 💊▶️ youtu.be/lFdXH39_cAQ
Agitate, educate and organise. A reminder of Kent's mining history at the Deal Carnival www.kentminingmuseum.co.uk
Today’s playlist: The Best of Roy Ayers - great vibes ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/443...
Roy Ayers
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Cheers everyone! Spratwaffler is an historic nickname for the people of North Deal, so when on the beach in North Deal, this the beer to drink
NEW 17 SEPT Walthamstow WE WERE HERE: A HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE & ALTERNATIVE MUSIC Stephenie Phillips in conversation TICKETS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1995831433... @stephanopolus.bsky.social @bigjoanieband.bsky.social @musicmaps.bsky.social
We Were Here: A History of Black People & Alternative Music
A live conversation with writer Stephanie Phillips
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Young Marble Giants performing Final Day at the Western Front, Vancouver in November 1980. Watch the full concert at 📺▶️ youtu.be/bwXebq6FMAw
Omega is holding an auction of covetable Northern Soul singles next week. Here's a playlist of many of the more expensive 45s that are up for grabs with estimates from £150-£1,500 each 💃▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/61i...
Here's something useful - an amazing archive of BBC Essential Mixes to play and download. Features sets by Andrew Weatherall, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bukem, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Goldie, François Kevorkian, Coldcut, Optimo, Frankie Knuckles, Greg Wilson, Gilles etc ▶️ archive.org/download/BBC...
Nice to see that the prime minister still follows me back at the other place, even though I stopped Tweeting long ago
Recreated for Apple Music users here: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Cherry Red for Café Après-Midi by Stupefaction Music / Tim B on Apple Music
Playlist · 26 Songs
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Birmingham 81@birmingham81.bsky.social · last wk.Now playing Cherry Red for Café Après-Midi, a Japanese compilation featuring Tracey Thorn, Felt, Ben Watt, Monochrome Set, Everything But The Girl, Fantastic Something, Marine Girls etc. I’ve recreated it at 🍒☕️🇯🇵▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6IW...
Now playing Cherry Red for Café Après-Midi, a Japanese compilation featuring Tracey Thorn, Felt, Ben Watt, Monochrome Set, Everything But The Girl, Fantastic Something, Marine Girls etc. I’ve recreated it at 🍒☕️🇯🇵▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6IW...
Happy 45th birthday to Love Action by the Human League, released as a single on this day in 1981
Early Noughties, pre-Springwatch, Bill presented the annual short-lived @mojomagazine.bsky.social Pub Quiz. It was in a dark period of his life, battling depression, but he was great; funny, acerbic, steeped in weird rock lore. A short gig but his daughter Rosie later told us he loved doing it.
Matthew Sweet@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · last wk.Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented.
Happy birthday to Bobbie Gentry, wherever she may be
Stylish signage for Amen Lodge in London, designed by Norman Bailey & Partners in 1959-61
To celebrate @4ad.com's reissuing of all the Mojave 3 albums, here are a selection of photos from the Shaving the Pavement tour Lush did with them & Scheer in North America in 1996. I don't have room to describe them all here but we all had a good time & it's always nice to tour with label mates. x
Some McCarthy twelves for #WeekendSingles: Get a Knife Between Your Teeth; This Nelson Rockefeller; Should the Bible be Banned?; Frans Hals; The Well of Loneliness; white label copy of Should the Bible be Banned?
Remembering Dobie Gray on his birthday. Here's Out on the Floor
Remembering Bobby Hebb on his birthday. Here he is performing a beautiful version of Sunny with Ron Carter. The full 7-min recording is at youtu.be/FvFYecvFT-0 (THREAD 1 of 3)
Let’s have a very chilled #RaveyardShift on this hot and sultry night, starting with the gorgeous Past by Sub Sub, taken from their 1992 Coast EP on Robs Records ▶️ youtu.be/iQHxOWt1or4
