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Bit late to this,but here are a few recent reads that fit the classifications;

(1) Astral Weeks by Ryan Walsh – a trawl through late 1960s Boston, that provides a sideways look at how Van Morrison’s classic […]

Bit of modern pop with a great hook

I was an extra in a film a long time ago. The only scene I took part in featured Ed Bishop. Absent mindlessly I called him Mr Straker in a convo during a catering break, he ignored the faux pas.

Joke…honest. My fav tracks are on albums and B-sides anyway. In fact I like Rubber Soul more than some of the Big Ones anyway.

Loved TBAG, especially when Zero-X appeared. But Captain Scarlet was the apotheosis of cool. Wgo can forget Francis “Paul Temple” Matthews channeling Cary Grant?

The Beatles? I’ll get my coat.

Bit later in the day, but still sounds box fresh

Love this. The short story it used as the title is pretty nifty too

I spent a very nice midsummer period in Valborg a few years back. As you mentioned Midsummer Murders upthread, K, I should say I also went to Sandhamm for a day, and then found out that the Swedish version of […]

More seriously, this is kinda the right vibe isn’t it?

Oh, okay, have this:

I did. I all gets quite Midsummar. At the end of the march the garland is hoisted/mock hung from the Village’s Church steeple.

They don’t currently celebrate Hatami in the UK, although The National Trust is trying to make this A Thing. However, I have been in Castleton in the UK Peak District on Oak Apple Day when this happens. In fact I […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M-j3k5GlQs

I love this, dunno why but it tugs at my heart everytime. Sorry it has to be a Twitter link as I can find the original un-embedded version.

London !3th April 1962. A different world. Listen to the accents! The […]

"Everybody you see has got a smile on their face."#OnThisDay 1962: Tonight asked Londoners if the change of season had put a Spring in their step. pic.twitter.com/hA0sA8nnW8

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) April 13, 2021

10 song associated with parts of my life. Not necessarily my fave but one’s I remember when I think of those time/places:

Strange Town, The Jam – Cardiff 1978
Poppies in the Field, Teardrop Explodes – […]

This thread may be more selective in its popularity, but these are all certainly links I will follow. Thanks to all.

A quick look at way back shows I began posting in 2007 under my real name, but changed it to the present moniker in 2008. Bloody hell that is a bit scary. God, I’d forgotten about frequent posters like Pat Carty, […]

He was also a piano scholar at Chetham School of Music in Manchester. So a bit of an all-rounder. Intimidating!

Yeah, Sal, his earlier stuff is much closer to Four Tet or maybe a more syncopated BoC and that is […]