Now playing on https://untidyradio.com As I Am by Dulcet Tones.
I wouldn't normally keep a generic wrist band from a gig but it was Saint Etienne's final show so I'll make an exception.
Lunchtime purchase providing the afternoon's work soundtrack.
Plus this arrived today courtesy of an eBay auction that closed at about a quarter of the album's market value. I saw this band stacks of times in the early 90s.
Three 3 pounders. Hoping First Take is less crackly than my previous chazza copy.
It was the price of the Dire Straits tape that jumped out first, but then ... 😮 It does possibly have *some* value as it appears to only have been released once on tape and there's one listed for almost double on Discogs (no past sales). But still. 💰
Found myself behind a known eBay flipper in the chazzas today but not a problem as he: a. leaves behind things like this; b. uses eBay's AI generated descriptions on his listings which, for example, push the idea that a CD with an incomplete booklet is a collector's item.
Two iconic sleeves. One locked cabinet. I didn't see how much No Parlez was but DSOTM was £130 and I don't believe it was a particularly rare pressing.
"Like Mick Ronson on a Bowie rocker, mixed with something that might have been on the first album by The Records". Yeah, I'll take that (not that I can take credit for the guitar playing - I was merely rumbling away on the bass). 🎸
@dulcettonesband.bsky.social · last mo.A number one and words that will be gracing our press release for years to come! johntmcmullan.substack.com/p/alt-univer...
A previous job that involved working on International Cruise & Ferry Review magazine proved to be of use yesterday.
Up 3 places and into the top 5 on the latest Alt Universe Top 40. 🎸📻 johntmcmullan.substack.com/p/alt-univer...
Big thanks to John McMullan and the Alt Universe Top 40 as As I Am has gone into their top 10 at #8 - and to @devizine.bsky.social for their part in making this happen! johntmcmullan.substack.com/p/alt-univer...
ALT UNIVERSE TOP 40's TOP TEN (7/19/26)
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How the year is ending vs how it began. All contained within a handy poster for your wall!
Big thanks to @dickaltavista.bsky.social at @ckcufm.bsky.social for playing Dulcet Tones this week, and to @wallytbm.bsky.social for facilitating! 🎸📻 cod.ckcufm.com/programs/589...
If anyone's near Swindon and fancies this (or even wants to travel from further afield) then I'll see you there. linktr.ee/dulcettonesb...
Deadlight Dance@deadlight-dance.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur next show is with the fabulous Dulcet Tones at The Beehive in Swindon. We’ve worked up an electric set of original material from our current album, debut album and the Chapter & Verse EP. This is going to be a great night.
Our next show is with the fabulous Dulcet Tones at The Beehive in Swindon. We’ve worked up an electric set of original material from our current album, debut album and the Chapter & Verse EP. This is going to be a great night.
Deadlight Dance New Single & Video New single from our gothic duo Deadlight Dance, taken from March’s album Vox Populi…. Second tune on the album, a ballad to the poisonous evergreen shrub Daphne odora, which I classed as “a poignant plodding shoegazer.” The video looks very botanical and…
Deadlight Dance New Single & Video
New single from our gothic duo Deadlight Dance, taken from March’s album Vox Populi…. Second tune on the album, a ballad to the poisonous evergreen shrub Daphne odora, which I classed as “a poignant plodding shoegazer.” The video looks very botanical and outdoorsy, I hope those goths wore sunscreen! Brilliant no-AI video, created by Haunting the Atom; fill your metal buckled chrome studded boots…… Oh, and find them doing it at The White Bear, Devizes on Sunday..
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I'm declaring #vinylstupidity in this jigsaw. Everything points to an early 70s scene but has been somewhat let down by the record stall. Though I suppose it could be mid-90s Britpop-era.
Saw a Kensington in with the records today (so far, so normal) but I don't think I've ever seen a Blue Nun edition before.
