"That jewellery was just resting in my wife's handbag..."

I am trying to remember a record shop/outlet where I bought a lot via mail order in the early/mid 90s. Possibly based in Oxford, they would send out chunky A5 catalogues every month or so. I used to get my Kill Rock Stars and other US imports from them. Any ideas? #vinyl #indiepop

Getting strong 'sports person from 1983' vibes from this guy and I welcome a return to whippet-like aesthetics.

I would happily wrestle this big chonk.

"We're just normal men. We're just ... innocent men."

Debenhams selling Mayhem shirts.

Thanks to @julianneregan.bsky.social I learned it's World Donkey Day. Here's Seamus, who we sponsor at the Scottish Borders Donkey Sanctuary.

Look at his face.

Nearly 14K Brunton Park. Not sure I've seen a bigger home attendance, rather than when the likes of Leeds would bring a few thousand. Meant I couldn't stand in usual spot. The Boreham Wood 300 go home delirious. I didn't.

Within the last week we found out two guys we wanted to talk to about their tape collections have passed away. Drop me a line if you have grunge/alt/punk tapes that could be archived for posterity! The ⌚ is ticking!

Very suspicious when one of the big indie stores gets #RSD stock - including 'sold out' titles - after the fact. Why couldn't these be distro-ed on the day, especially to smaller stores who often struggle to get allocations?

50 years after the Ramones debut, people are still releasing great pop songs that run under 2 minutes. youtu.be/3Y2mc14Yomg?...

Sorted for Download fest.

Recent Manics book for just over £12 amzn.to/4tAcxvu #affiliatelink

RIP Desmond Morris, who seemed a bit of a fixture on TV when I was a kid. As well as being a learned man, he was a painter and, when was 18, painted his girlfriend, the future Diana Dors. Which is a great piece of trivia.

Been going to @avalanche-edin.bsky.social since when ... 87? Only get the chance to visit every few years now but always make effort when I'm in town. (And they got a #RSD sale out of me.)

Ever fallen out with an artist for trivial or mundane reasons? Guy on a forum stopped listening to St Etienne because he received some poor customer service from their web shop.

Hopefully this Cramps / Vengeance Records project is genuine and we'll see Ivy get properly rewarded after all these years. www.facebook.com/share/17VyDe...

Genius.

You should never turn down the chance to hear previously unheard #Nirvana, even if the recording is a little rough. Many thanks to everyone involved in digging this one out. youtu.be/2B-Hmihqfb8?...

Another previously unheard #Nirvana show from 1993 discovered! Hear the backstory with our guy Nick: localmash.simplecast.com/episodes/nic...

Sound of the summer. youtu.be/HvcxfaQo79s?...

Why would you get this tattoo and not write Bunknown Pleasures?

Man City is sponsored by financial app Revolut. A major investor in Revolut is Affinity Partners, owned by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Just sayin'.

The discovery of two 'lost' Doctor Who episodes is a reminder that there are lots of tapes and video out there just sitting in cupboards or boxes that might get lost. Have spent the last couple of weeks trying to work out exactly who filmed a #Nirvana gig. Getting closer...

It's pretty wild they keep taking people's money and there's complete radio silence from the press and other outlets.

Of course Jello Biafra has high blood pressure - he's been upset about something or other for nearly 50 years! Get well soon!

It's 25 years this month when The Strokes started recording Is This It. 25 years prior to that the Pistols were playing the 100 Club. 😬

Last night's serving of 40 year old indie pop.

Olivia Rodrigo and Kyle MacLachlan last night.

Kasper asking the question most of us dare not.

Apparently The Sundays have recorded new music and nobody told me. (Record Store Day re-issues postponed to coincide with new material later this year.)

Getting a sweat on.

Interesting night at The Brickyard for Meryl Streek. #Carlisle #punkrock

These £5, no frills CDs prove labels are still obsessed with trying to game the charts but there has to be artist buy-in too. Sympathy for the acts who can't afford to play the game.

At this point, a cultural boycott of the US would be appropriate. I'm sorry but we will only be listening to The Kinks and watching re-runs of The Good Life until the situation changes.

Mary Chain supporting Alice Cooper was the double bill I didn't see coming.

Top tune if you think music peaked in 1995. youtu.be/5mkYk2Q0qSM?...

New (?) website with lots of interesting details on The Smiths' studio recordings. www.kissmyshades.co.uk

For over 25 years, the good folks at LiveNirvana.com have been saving #Nirvana and Kurt tapes and videos for posterity. New for Xmas 2025 is a previously unheard gig from Hawaii in 1992. youtu.be/njynKVWIlDY?... If you have any tapes or video, drop me a line!

Basically a fiver per LP for this 6 disc of top tier 60s freakbeat and psych. amzn.to/4pVdhtu #affiliatelink

Pop music still getting released on 7" is a smashing thing. #maisiepeters

Watching Cher doing Believe in 1998 and learning that I'm older now than she was at the time. 😕 #totp

Word on the street is that Morrissey has got a new label. In return he's OK-ed some future Smiths releases, starting with a live album for Record Store Day.

Nirvana in Nottingham - December 1991. Nottsvana: The Story of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain in Nottingham - Nottingham Culture share.google/0CDK7irZvKza...

Ten years today since The Jam got back together.