#WeekendSingles Misc (see alt text)

#BookSky Prepping for my first trip to Yorkshire on Sunday by reading Alan Bennett’s most recent volume of diaries. A truly wonderful human being. ❤️❤️

Happy 40th Birthday to the (possibly) best record of all time. #TheQueenIsDead

I almost posted something about sports this morning.

#WeekendSingles Have a good weekend, everyone!

#BookSky I’m aware of the irony (see the author’s scathing remarks about *some* social media platforms), but if you are in the mood to have half of your life choices surgically taken apart by @doctorow.pluralistic.net you couldn’t do much better than reading this.

#AlbumAlmanac #WeekendSingles I have no other Underworld LP, not sure why because I really like this one

#WeekendSingles A couple of novelty RSD classics and a few random 7s.

Thank you to the ever-reliable @philk282.bsky.social for mentioning (4 months ago) the fabulous Nara Leão, it’s been our morning soundtrack and will be an immediate purchase!

Thanks to #WeekendSingles superstar and King of Sunderland Ged (and his insanely talented daughter) for a great birthday present 🎂, including my favourite Nick Hayward 7”.

#WeekendSingles It’s a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 special today.

#CDFriday Just got the second instalment of this ludicrously fun 5-CD set featuring queer dancefloor classics. Here they are in their full glory. (no pun intended)

I think I did quite well considering I didn’t check in any luggage… #WeekendSingles #TwelveInchTuesday #MusicSky

Last round of #WeekendSingles before returning to Hove.

#WeekendSingles Misc

#NowPlaying U2 - Zooropa Always forget about this album, then I play it and I’m genuinely surprised to find I like it as much as I do. #Zooropa #MusicSky

#WeekendSingles 3”, 7”, 10”, 12”

#TwelveInchTuesday #VinylSky #WeekendSingles #OnlyBangers

Met another member of the #WeekendSingles gang yesterday. @rjjny.bsky.social and I saw the Keith Haring show in the East Village then had vodkas and he patiently listened to my incoherent ramblings. Some of the music here was mentioned.

#WeekendSingles Finally saw Ben and Tracey live at the glorious Union Chapel on Tuesday and now I’m reunited with my beloved babies (just for a couple of weeks). 🎶🎼🎵

At Union Chapel watching Ben & Tracey 🤩🤩🤩

I hear this weekend’s #WeekendSingles is an extended version so here’s something I found in Steyning yesterday. The local record shop had masses of old RSD stuff 50% off.

#WeekendSingles This is for proper Pet Shop Boys nerds: a collaboration with artist Sam Taylor-Wood covering Donna’s Love to Love You Baby. Limited to 500 copies 😎 Thanks to Rod for the fab 🎁

#SweetKeys 30 - The Housemartins - Build www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFU...

#SweetKeys 29 - Sheena Easton - 101 (Def House Mix-Extended Club Version) Sheena+Prince+Morales= 🚨 Banger 🚨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JblV...

#SweetKeys 28 - CMAT - Take a Sexy Picture of Me All together now: I did the butcher, I did the baker I did the home and the family maker I did school girl fantasies Oh, I did leg things and hand stuff And single woman banter Now tell me, what was in it for me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU-q...

#SweetKeys 27 - Cocteau Twins - Alice One of the last songs they released and one of their most haunting ones. Never included in a studio album, so probably not very well known. www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2s...

#SweetKeys 26 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Very few artists have a career path as interesting as PJ's her records exist in a world of their own and belong to a genre only she belongs to. An extraordinary, unique talent still making incredible music 30+ years on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tFB...

#SweetKeys 25 - The Cure - Close to Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjvf...

#SweetKeys 24 - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmr...

#SweetKeys 23 - Laufey - Madwoman The fact that young people might be into this kind of thing gives me some hope for the future of humanity. I knew nothing about this young woman until a few days ago, now I know this insanely catchy tune and I think I’m happier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNa8...

#SweetKeys 22 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations There are about six hundred people playing in this (brilliant) record so I assume that at least 15 of them play something with keyboards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBW...

#SweetKeys 21 - Orange Juice - Rip It Up We said goodbye to our friend Andrew today, this is dedicated to him. 🤍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcRA...

#SweetKeys 20 - King - The Taste of Your Tears www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAmw...

#SweetKeys 19 - Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXmA...

#SweetKeys 18 - The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCn...

If you only read one book this year, read this. #BookSky

#WeekendSingles #RSD Morning everyone: I was first in the RSD queue and got all I wanted! The 7”s are another present from my friend @showbizwhines.bsky.social

In Worthing drinking beer at the end of the pier (rhyme not intended). Have a great weekend everyone and good luck at #RecordStoreDay tomorrow

#SweetKeys 17 - Air - Alone in Kyoto www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0SV...

#SweetKeys 16 - Double - The Captain of Her Heart www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Qf...

#SweetKeys 15 - Elton John - Song for Guy www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_H...

#ArtistFave15 Kylie - Chronological 15 - Padam Padam So good to have our Kylie back in the charts with a bona fide summer banger (and one of her best songs) 30+ years into her music career. Thanks to the lovely Yuri and Drew for another fun challenge. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Cn...

#SweetKeys 14 - Annie Lennox - Why A lovely bit of melodrama from Annie... 🩷🧡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7I...

#ArtistFave15 Kylie - Chronological 14 - 2 Hearts Bit of a head-scratcher: a faithful cover of a 2-year-old song by little known duo Kish Mauve, different from anything she’d ever done and not particularly radio-friendly. Deserves a mention for its sheer oddness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGU...

#SweetKeys 13 - David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul Reminds me of a friend who’s not with us anymore and I hope he’s somewhere out there hanging out with David whom he loved. 🤍 m.youtube.com/watch?v=18d_...

#ArtistFave15 Kylie - Chronological 13 - I Believe in You Scissor Sisters’ Jake and Babydaddy produced and co-wrote this, another smart collaboration that gave us a fantabulous disco stomper. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HZp2...

#ArtistFave15 Kylie - Chronological 12 - Slow Not an obvious choice for a single, but a really inspired one that gave her yet another number one. Definitely a grower, not a shower. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omrp...

#SweetKeys 12 - Tori Amos - Silent All These Years My dog won’t bite if you sit real still.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSYr...