Just dropped off some equipment at someone’s house, in Westgate St. Not realising their gate was locked, I yanked it a bit too hard and pulled the handle clean off. I apologised for my error and he said “I suppose we’ll have to call it Westgategategate”.

Saw a pair of Dippers zzzzup by as I walked over the main bridge in town this morning. Used to see them all the time but it had been a few years since my last sighting. Was wondering if that was down to my habits changing, or something about their habitat. Hopefully the former.

The song: Just Another Banal Observation (JABO) Shot (sneakily) in the rainbow panorama at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum youtu.be/WCaWXhvROBI?...

The song: Just Another Banal Observation (JABO) Shot (sneakily) in the rainbow panorama at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum youtu.be/WCaWXhvROBI?...

Songwriter bucket-list moment last night - learned that a word I coined in a song has made it into someone’s everyday vocabulary. The word: “Nonversation”. Let’s face it, I’m basically Shakespeare.

Announcement 🚨 The gig is live, Facebook event is created, please tell all your boomer / Gen X friends. Thank you.

My ‘thinking of social media like smoking’ didn’t work so well yesterday. I removed the most doom-scrolly feed from my Bluesky, but the Insta algo stepped up with a firehose of grim. I’ve just noticed that the chart looks like ciggies though, so come on let’s reinforce the association 🚬

Gonna try thinking of my grim news feed in the same terms as tobacco companies… the reframing that helped me kick that sad habit years ago: “why would I squander my time / energy / money / wellbeing on these most awful of people?”

2026 update from Shag on a Rock Records (aka me!) New releases coming from: Lot.V, Bumtones, and Blino Band 😊

2026 update from Shag on a Rock Records (aka me!) New releases coming from: Lot.V, Bumtones, and Blino Band 😊

Traditional solstice stroll up Fan Hill, near to home in Llanidloes. Nice to see this lovely lot again!

I seem to post more on here about cryptic crosswords than about music. That’s alright. But in the interest of balance, here’s some music I dreamed up today with my two youthful, enthusiastic bandmates.

It’s Bandcamp Friday! I offer cassettes! ffrediblino.bandcamp.com

I used to imagine that a basically left party would do basic human rights…

Doin my best, Yogi tea bag. Sheesh!

Gig nesa! Next gig! Blino band at Swansea Fringe Sat 29 Nov 🤩

I try so hard to be productive. I managed one pomodoro yesterday, and that was on a work-avoidance task.

Hello, tiny mushrooms growing on a dead holly leaf.

Pictures of pets with @unchcrosswords.com magazine, is it? 😁

Finally made it to see the sunken forest at Borth. Might sound corny, but getting up close to 4,500 year old trees is pretty perspective-inducing, in a good way.

Jeez, descending is worse! 🤠

… and, much as I love all things bikes, brakeless fixies can just do one. Zero need for those silly things.

Can’t help feeling like a total hick when I visit London. That weird perspective thing you get going up the underground escalators. Blows my mind every time!

It’s kimchi vs Le Rustique in our fridge. Who’ll win the pong-off?

#Aberystwyth tonight!

Caerdydd! Heno! Cardiff! Tonight! Really excited for the big city debut of the fabulous new Blino band 🤩

Good evening! Otherwise, same applies.

Good morning! May I invite you to start your week with the wonderful debut single from LOT.V - aka 19-year-old singer-songwriter Lily Deakin? Drums by Sophie Wozencraft of the Deep Blue. Songwriting by Lily. Production by me! youtu.be/F5CqUjATkMo?...

Immensely proud to be involved in this… “Ascend” is the debut single from LOT.V , aka Lily Deakin, 19-year-old singer songwriter from Llanidloes. A great performance of a beautiful song… i urge you to give it a stream on your chosen platform!

Next stop on the Blino Band’s Bannau Brycheiniog single tour… Porter’s Cardiff! Free entry midweek gig with the fantastic Psychotic Fuzz and the slightly disturbing but brilliant Head Noise.

Ok, #headstone bluesky? Is this a thing? We have a 19th C. mystery to crack here. Here in Meifod, Powys, lies Robert Heaven, d. March 8th 1884, aged 28. Also in memory of his daughter Matilda Baskerville, d. July 22th 1885, aged 5 months. If I’m reading those numbers right…

Grown-up me faced with an open work document that needs words inserted into it is exactly the same as schoolkid me with an assignment due. No difference. Freeze, put off, get distracted, want to fall asleep, ignore, panic… anything but write the bloody thing.

Diolch @selar.cymru am y write-up hwn 🙂

Thanks @oldindiekid.bsky.social / Daft Pom for the spin! New release show link below!

I can’t be the only person who can’t help singing “Seedless Easy Peelers” to the tune of “She’s an Easy Lover”. Also, what a strange song… she sounds kinda difficult.

Diolch mawr i @rhysmwyn.bsky.social am chwarae Bannau Brycheiniog unwaith eto neithiwr! 🤩 Big thanks to Rhys Mwyn for playing my new track last night - here’s the listen again link (it’s always a great music show even if you don’t speak Cymraeg)

👇👇 check it 😁 @platinummind.bsky.social @tomrobinson.com @cerysmatthews.bsky.social @rhysmwyn.bsky.social @vonzipperuk.bsky.social @adamthomaswalton.bsky.social @davidowensjourno.bsky.social @ambobdim.bsky.social @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social @realgonerocks.bsky.social @oldindiekid.bsky.social 👇👇

‘Bannau Brycheiniog’ is my 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 version of the brilliant @supergrasshq.bsky.social track ‘Brecon Beacons’. After all, the area got its original name back, so why not do the same thing for the song? Check out the gorgeous video shot in the Bannau by Welsh filmmaker Joby Newson youtu.be/hsaq5KKN4eY

Full Bannau Brycheiniog video by Joby Newson is out now! Bannau Brycheiniog - Ffredi Blino youtu.be/hsaq5KKN4eY

Diolch enfawr @rhysmwyn.bsky.social am chwarae ‘Bannau Brycheiniog’ heno! Huge thanks to Rhys Mwyn for playing ‘Bannau Brycheiniog’ this evening! Here’s the Listen Again 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tiwniwch i mewn heno! Tune in tonight! @rhysmwyn.bsky.social on Radio Cymru 😎 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Sengl newydd sbon allan heddiw! Brand new single out today! Stream Bannau Brycheiniog on your platform of choice 🙂

Sengl newydd sbon allan heddiw! Brand new single out today! Stream Bannau Brycheiniog on your platform of choice 🙂

Dyddiadau taith! Tour dates! New song ‘Bannau Brycheiniog’ is out tomorrow and we’re taking it on the road 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (the A470, mostly) with the brand new Blino band! Starting tomorrow in Llanidloes

Queen Jane Approximately In Tune, more like.

I do love how Irish people say ‘ye’ for the plural of ‘you’. A touch more elegant than the Aussie ‘youse’ or American ‘you-all’. Or indeed the British English complete lack of a word for this very normal, everyday purpose.

Gig lansiad sengl / single launch gig! I have a new release on 23rd May and we’re doing a show in Llanidloes to celebrate. More dates to follow soon!

Website update - new band reveal! ffrediblino.com

Fun moment from last night when I discovered I have a new band 😏

Fun moment from last night when I discovered I have a new band 😏