Lazy morning playing some of my favourite singles. Hard to quantify how much I love Wire (and all the solo/other band records) but I’d say it’s an awful lot. Morning all x
Mannequin
YouTube video by Wire - Topic
youtu.be
Sam
@samanorac.bsky.social
La musique avant toute chose. #MDANT ✊🏻 🏴
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
Another quick post if you fancy joining my fantasy league for the new season - The League of Red Headed Gentlemen - fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto... You need not be red headed or a gentleman to join…welcome!
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
fantasy.premierleague.com
Tonight’s listening is brought to you by the letter C and the number 4
Getting back into the 5.30am routine in prep for return to work, easing into the day with this LP
Watermelon Man (Remastered 2007)
YouTube video by Herbie Hancock - Topic
youtu.be
10. 1 word title by a band with a colour in their name #DavidsMonthOfMusic #music #musicsky "Bike" - Pink Floyd From their debut album 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' released on 4th of August 1967. Cool animated video from a very big Syd Barrett fan. Worth watching👌🏻
SYD BARRETT: BIKE (Lyrics by Syd Barrett, Music by Pink Floyd)
YouTube video by Steve B. From CT
youtube.com
In Dublin there's a blue plaque at Leopold Bloom's birthplace. Nothing wrong with commemorating fictional characters. But I don't recall James Joyce spending his declining years, & all his royalties, persecuting a minority group.
![Print of a comic strip by Stephen Collins. Script is as follows:
1
[Scene is a GREGGS interior. A lone MAN, the only customer in the shop, is standing at counter]
MAN:
Please can I have a sausage roll.
2
GREGGS SHOP ASSISTANT:
Certainly sir
[She pulls a leaver on the panini machine and WOOSH the man disappears through a trapdoor].
Whoosh
3
[The MAN appears through a chute in an underground bunker. A voice from off-scene greets him]:
Welcome, friend
4
[We see the voice is of a military-looking resistance COMMANDER with a moustache]
COMMANDER:
You said "please can I have" instead of “can I get”…
So now you're one of us.
5
MAN:
W-where am I ...?
[We see him looking at a hi tech UNDERGROUND MILITARY BUNKER - it has resistance vibes, and has lots of screens with maps etc]
6
COMMANDER:
You've joined the resistance…
...against people saying things all American.
7
COMMANDER:
We are an underground network of sleeper agents poised to have a right go at young people the moment they say "mom" or "bangs”.
8
LIEUTENANT [Staring at screen]:
Agent 244 has just given a Zoomer in Halifax the “could/couldn't care less" speech, sir
COMMANDER:
Very good
9
[Show the map of the UK with digital pop ups on it saying ‘GOTTEN’, ‘ZEE’, ‘MATH’ etc
COMMANDER:
You may have heard our name... We are...
10
COMMANDER:
...the Fight Against New Yankee Pronunciations and Americanisms Corrupting the King's English!
11
[Show the military command center panel. It says on the wall in big metal letters]:
F.A.N.Y.P.A.C.K.E.
12
MAN
You've called yourselves the 'Fanny Pack'
COMMANDER:
We didn't spot the acronym
[/end]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreianaxlutkih4rysx6l37rru2cic64wiirt4fd2jss5xlxsulixlou)
If you've never seen this, it's really worth a watch.
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 6d agoI saw Orson Welles' F FOR FAKE yesterday w/ a rapt crowd. It startlingly prescient, predicting podcasts, youtube, memes. And like the proto-influencer he was, Welles inserts himself into each topic, playing the version of himself he knew we all wanted. It’s on @criterionchannl.bsky.social #FilmSky
Despite my abysmal performance last season, I’ve resurrected the League of Red Headed Gentlemen for the forthcoming FAPL campaign…you are more than welcome to join, and please feel free to RT or share with friends. Click on the link below ☺️ fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
fantasy.premierleague.com
Despite my abysmal performance last season, I’ve resurrected the League of Red Headed Gentlemen for the forthcoming FAPL campaign…you are more than welcome to join, and please feel free to RT or share with friends. Click on the link below ☺️ fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2026/27. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
fantasy.premierleague.com
The Wirral: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new balconies; to seek out new life and new civilisations in Bromborough; to boldly go where no man has gone before!
I try to differentiate between saying “best ever” and “my favourite”, but there are a couple of occasions when the two are the same. Revolver is 60 years old today. Absolute sodding perfection, not a duff track. And I wholeheartedly mean that.
The Beatles - Revolver (Full Album) [1966]
YouTube video by isobello
youtu.be
Up since 5-30, which ain’t no bad thing. Watched the sunrise with a coffee and Miles Davis, which ain’t no bad thing.
Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader (Audio) (Official Audio)
YouTube video by MilesDavisVEVO
youtu.be
A butterfly on the white lilac in the back garden…the size of my hand! No idea of the type of butterfly, but I’ve called him Big Keith.
25 iconic films, and the stories and secrets behind how each one was made. All The Right Movies, our debut book, lands this September. Pre-order now: geni.us/AllTheRightMovies
My daughter's first single, After Nothing, is released today! Please do listen and share, thanks open.spotify.com/album/6RSNJ4...
After Nothing/Beò Fhathast - Single by venus wires | Spotify
venus wires · single · 2026 · 1 songs
open.spotify.com
John Barnes performing my favourite* goal celebration in FC26…I used to love the Blue Steel celebration but can’t find it in there. *obviously my favourite irl is just a nod of the head and a handshake from a teammate.
Terry, Lynval and Neville helping me through the chores
Fun Boy Three - Tunnel Of Love (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
youtu.be
My second favourite LP *ever* is 25 years old today… #SFAOK
Super Furry Animals - Juxtapozed with U
YouTube video by SFAVEVO
youtu.be
The frankly marvellous @nportnell.bsky.social was my BlueSky dealer…cheers again, Nick!
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 4w agoTomorrow is "Shoutout the Person Who Gave You a Bluesky Invite Code" Day. It was a cool time for cool people to drag other cool people here.
Fully in XTC mode now…and I’ve always loved a good segue youtu.be/htcaPG4nJdo
XTC-Summer's Cauldron _ Grass -
YouTube video by egidio sabbadini
youtu.be
Fairly excited* to be getting the XTC special Record Collector mag in the morning…so I’m having an evening listening to Swindon’s finest, starting with my favourite LP and favourite song of theirs youtu.be/BTp_qgh-i4g *it doesn’t take much, tbh
Living Through Another Cuba (2001 Remaster)
YouTube video by XTC - Topic
youtu.be
