Bobby Lee
@bobby-lee.bsky.social
Neu Riders of The Purple Sage https://bobbyleeplaysitslow.bandcamp.com/
I *might* be getting into libellous territory here but is Kathy Smith (“It’s Taking Too Long”) the same person as Cathy Smith, Band-aid, inspiration for Lightfoot’s “Sundown”, and the person who later admitted to providing John Belushi with the speedball that killed him?
I rarely enthuse about individual performances on screen but Sissy Spacek in Terence Malick’s Badlands (1973) is remarkable. A kind of stoic, defiant innocence. Only her second credited appearance.
The difference between art and content is subculture. You must belong to something beyond the algorithmic feed. Find your people.
Steve Gunn at Delicious Clam, Sheffield tomorrow Thursday 6th Aug. Support from Henry Porter. Last few tickets available now.
Joe and I supporting everyone’s favourite slacker country dream boats Wednesday at The Ritz, Manchester on Tuesday 25th Aug. Come hang!
Bear with me here… I’ve recently fallen pretty hard for Phil Collins’ Face Value, in all its Patrick Bateman-core cold nosed glory. But between the EWF horns and divorcee crooning, there’s loads of ambient-pop, midi-jazz and slightly fourth world stuff going which feels very in vogue right now.
I visited Cucklet Church earlier, which is a limestone cavern/arch just outside Eyam, which was used as a place of worship during the Plague (1655-1666)
The planetary characters’ transformation from groovy hippie threads to high end hiking gear is pretty much the same sartorial pipeline as most of the psych heads I knew 15 years ago have followed.
Bobby Lee@bobby-lee.bsky.social · 2d agoFinally watched Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (I know, I know, a million head-points lost…) and it was everything I hoped it would be and more. Never seen anything quite like it. Incredibly shots/WTF moments literally every 20 seconds. Not sure how anyone ever got it through when tripping.
Finally watched Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (I know, I know, a million head-points lost…) and it was everything I hoped it would be and more. Never seen anything quite like it. Incredibly shots/WTF moments literally every 20 seconds. Not sure how anyone ever got it through when tripping.
If the wholesale transfer of billions in public money to party donors via sham PPE companies had happened in the States, people in the UK would be calling for impeachment. I’m not sure why this hasn’t happened on home turf?
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
He’s currently playing bass for @lidders.bsky.social but @aarondooley.bsky.social’s solo LP “The International Dissociation of” is easing me back into world this morning. Psych Jazz with pedal steel and touches of ethio-jazz. aarondooley.bandcamp.com/album/the-in...
UK heads, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time is up on iPlayer right now.
Man, I hate that. Nobody thought about “making memories” as a conscious act until recently. I think you’re right though, it’s a euphemism for “taking photos for Insta”.
Tech scepticism is healthy and correct but sometimes change is good. Not having to the do the will it/won’t it balance it at juuuuust the right angle Lightning cable routine anymore is progress.
Had a couple of people ask about what I played at Word of Mouth, Ibiza last week. Here’s the lowdown.
Asylum era, well lubricated piano-bar beatnik Tom Waits is far superior to Oscar The Grouch proto-Stomp Tom Waits and don’t get me started on cartoonish steam-punk cabaret Tom Waits.
lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d agoPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
I was quietly escorted out of an upmarket branch of Toast once for describing their menswear as “a bit too Monty Don for me” perhaps a little too loudly. I didn’t mean it negatively, I’m not quite ready for tasteful moleskin utility jackets and wide leg elephant cord chinos just yet.
harrysword.bsky.social@harrysword.bsky.social · 6d agoMonty Don singing ‘no more heroes’ very stridently, in quite a posh voice. I woke up with it in my head. ‘Whatever happened to…those *heroes*’ etc
Covers from Amauta, a Peruvian avant-garde literary magazine (1926–30): https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/amauta-covers/
I’m disappointed that Boy George has emerged as a Zionist genocide denier for obvious reasons but also as there’s an excellent picture of my Grandma from, I presume, ‘84 or ‘85 in fancy dress as BG, which is now sullied for me.
Issue 2 of “Old Survivor” about to go public. “Tall Tales. Public Beefs. Bad Poetry. Incantations. Love Letters” is the rough remit. It’s mostly me (and some pals) writing about music and providing an outlet for some cool old graphic design stuff.
Jane Duffus@janeduffus.bsky.social · 3w agoLovely long piece in @theguardian.com on the recent resurgence of fanzines. @msclairebiddles.bsky.social has squeezed an impressive number of current fanzines in there... including mine. Click here to have a read: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
I’ll be holding the fort at Word of Mouth, Santa Eulalia, Ibiza next Tuesday 28th July. Doing my Hippie Balearica thing, imagining what the beatniks, hippies and outlaws who predated the emergence of Clubland might have been grooving to.
The “what-if” Spector produced Kristofferson record is keeping awake at night.
Pat Thomas author@patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 2w ago"I immediately loved Kristofferson's music. took him to meet Phil Spector, But Phil, he didn’t get country music - much later - Kris was on the cover of Look magazine and Spector saw it and said to me, “Well, I guess you might have been right about that guy" - Dennis Hopper
Very castaway/pirate summer over here. Ear pierced, bought some Jesus sandals, books about beatnik Ibiza, “The Beach”, Romancing The Stone, The Dharma Bums, white denim cut offs. Sudden interest in Santana. Hemp papers. Oakenfold remix of “Close To Me”.
I’ve got to know Luther a little through his recent solo records and work with Jody Stephens as Those Pretty Wrongs but I’m just getting around to his earlier releases. This, from ‘97, is the perfect midpoint between JJ Cale/Tony Joe White and Portishead. open.spotify.com/track/669fpP...
Are We Goin' Down
Luther Russell · Lowdown World (and Other Assorted Songs) · Song · 1997
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Catch JA&THL in Sheffield at Alder bar on Sunday 2nd Aug for a matinee show… www.skiddle.com/whats-on/She...
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The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2w ago'On ‘Tightroping’ Christina Carter sings wordlessly in a high register, as if summoning ancient spirits. She’ll be joining the group on their upcoming UK tour...' Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - Liquid Donnon - Rock Music for July @spinal-bap.bsky.social buff.ly/pIBbTiX
Thanks for the Heavy Lidders love @spinal-bap.bsky.social !! UK TOUR AUG2026 2 SHEFFIELD Alder Pub w/Bobby Lee 3 SOWERBY BRIDGE Puzzle Hall 4 CAMBRIDGE Portland Arms 5 STOKE ON TRENT Artisan Tap 6 YORK Crescent 7 NOTTINGHAM JT Soar 8 LONDON Cafe OTO 9 BUILTH WELLS Kozfest 10 HEREFORD De Koffie Pot
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2w ago@spinal-bap.bsky.social, our resident rock critic, rounds up recent releases, and dips his toe into the endless debate about the value of music hacks Feedbacker: Rock Music for July buff.ly/pIBbTiX
