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Pop song before 1989.

Happy in Hampstead while walking downhill in dappled sunlight last Thursday afternoon.

Music made at the kitchen table for a book promo advert. Aiming to get some dreamy shimmer in there. Helps me to drift away. #HomeMadeMusic

A small-proportioned miracle has occurred today. I found a movie containing the nowadays Richard E Grant that I'm actually prepared to pay money to view when it's released here at the end of the month. Great trailer too.

Scary Movie Month. I have no memory of being scared by any movie as a child. Perhaps I didn't get to the cinema very much back then, or I've managed to delete the whole experience. 🙂

I'll have to ask people to indulge a little guitar nerdery for a moment, if you please. I offered @vintagesilvertones.bsky.social and @bobgriffiths20.bsky.social photos of the modified wiring in one of my guitars, and here it be. Normal service will resume shortly.

Been catching up with @solroots.bsky.social and his mightily thumbed guitar work. The whole band is excellent, of course. When the vocal harmonies start it's definitely chicken skin time on my arms.

Shame Mamdani's plan to arrest Netanyahu when he set foot in NYC was stuck down. Not surprised Bibi took it personally.

I suspect that I reposted this a few weeks ago but guess what? It's still an excellent and very funny book! Check. It. Out!

Good to see my sometimes employer getting some Fender love here. That absolutely *has* to be the QPR stadium.

Flame grilled pasta for dinner tonight.

One more Bluesky cat on Saturday. Billy is a recent arrival through the catflap and seems to spend a bit of time here rather than his official home. Don't know where that is but positive he has one. A young male, he's quite disruptive with our cats but may possibly be starting to calm down a bit.

Resurrected a guitar project today that's been sitting abandoned for more than a year. A way forward was suggested by seeing an early Les Paul abomination as shown here by @vintagesilvertones.bsky.social a few months ago. Thanks, buddy. Still a long, long way to go. 🧑‍🔧

I've let slip a few times here that I'm no Queen fan, but this is taking matters a wee bit too far. The short article itself is well worth the effort of clicking on it and also the comments on Mark's original post are hilarious.

Name your favourite bob.

R.I.P. Dolly. This is truly a shock to me as she really seemed utterly timeless. A complete original with a quip and a knowing smile for any occasion.

Laptop was DOA this morning after months on life support. It's replacement won't arrive until Monday so I'm on Internet short rations until then. Just play nicely amongst yourselves until then. 🙂

Galactus is devouring the sun! Kinda puts things into a new perspective.

Having laboured at the coalface of music for around 60 years I'm absolutely in awe of these people. How you can get 120 musicians on stage and still create something so sensuous and full of air and lightness is amazing. Whatever Sting is paying them, they're worth it. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The energy I'm bringing to Bluesky.

New band for me although I see they've been running for a dozen years now. Slinky groove and a great vibe. 🎺

Been thinking things over and wonder if i've taken this whole longevity thing too far?

Sometime in the second half of the seventies I read The Way of Zen and, as Cocker relates here, it, and Watts himself, opened a few doors for me. I'm hesitant about applying big labels to myself but I can say without hedging that imperfect Watts has been important to me for many years.

In rather pleasant Pinner this afternoon – Doctor Librarian seems to have landed for an extended visit. It's absolutely enormous inside, you know!

Cats on Saturday – pt1 Feeding the street cats at 5:30am yesterday. As you can see, in spite of their largely unsupervised and slightly precarious lives they all seem happy and healthy. They certainly have good appetites. 🙂

Just finished this excellent book-shaped object by @mealygarage.bsky.social Greatly enjoyed it. Main protagonist was a hoot with a wholly original voice, at least in my experience. Plot zips along nicely with unexpected twists every few pages. Very satisfying indeed 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The wait for #2 begins

A Woman Under the Influence Sorry Cassavetes fans. I was 20 at the time. Nothing for me there. Nothing at all. Must have been late night at the Electric Cinema on Portobello after the pubs shut and there were no other options. Took me 5 minutes on Google to find the title I had buried it that deep

Hot fun in the summer time. Your correspondent at an open air gig in Harrow last weekend.

Attended an album launch party in a Soho gallery on the 18th for Nina Antonia and The Lunar Moths. The excellent James Hallawell on keys added to the core band on this occasion. The music was wonderful, as expected, but the stage crew in me looked at all those cables and went "Boys, boys, boys!".

I've been slacking with the cat pics lately and the management have had a quiet word. Here's Stanley prostrated by the current fantastic weather and slumbering a portion of the day away. The day is warm, the bed is soft. That's the way to do it!