It’s the late Toto Schillaci’s birthday today. You remember him. Sicilian striker. Italia 90 icon. And scorer of this spectacular Serie A Scissorbastard…

Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity https://redd.it/1p1nhfx https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge Camel - ‘Landscapes’ youtu.be/aoEzXEbUMOM #MusicSky

#last4albums Some jazzy, proggy, Canterbury-related sounds today. Stonking… News From Babel – Sirens & Silences/Work Resumed On The Tower (1984) National Health – D.S. Al Coda (1982) Soft Heap – Soft Heap (1979) Art Bears – The World As It Is Today (1981) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl #prog

#last4singles A spot of 12-inch single/EP listening today… continuing The Triffids’ theme… ‘You Don't Miss Your Water Till Your Well Runs Dry’ (1985) ‘Wide Open Road’ (1986) ‘The Peel Sessions’ (1987) ‘Field Of Glass’ (1985) ‘Rosebud, honey bunch, sugar pie’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

November 1978, Tiger Lounge, Royal Oak Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia. The Boys Next Door...

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge The Raincoats - ‘Go Away’ youtu.be/0aoTS-oi3Hc ‘Go away, go away, go away I feel insane Go, go, go away I feel insane’ #MusicSky

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

#last4albums Bit chilly out there. Warming up with the magnificent Saint Etienne. In no particular order… ‘So Tough’ (1993) ‘Tiger Bay’ (1994) ‘You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone’ (1993) ‘Foxbase Alpha’ (1991) ‘Joking around, still digging that sound’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

RIP Mani youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0

#last4albums The Triffids on the agenda again today… with four more top notch offerings… ‘Raining Pleasure’ (1984) ‘Lawson Square Infirmary’ (1984 as Lawson Square Infirmary) ‘In The Pines’ (1986) ‘Stockholm - Live’ (1990) ‘My eyes are red, my sheets are wet’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

#last4albums Monday. Spent the afternoon with Perth (Australia)’s finest: The Triffids… Treeless Plain (1983) Born Sandy Devotional (1986) Calenture (1988) The Black Swan (1989) A perennially underrated band, fronted by the hugely talented David McComb (RIP) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Would be remiss of me not to post this brilliant version of ‘Hello In There’ courtesy of Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe and Billy Bragg (live in Glasgow, 1990)… youtu.be/csAp1KeueUU?... #lookandsee #musicsky #glasgow

#last4records By way of a palate cleanser ahead of the weekly #totp session, time to spin up a few industrial 12-inchers… Zos Kia – ‘Be Like Me’ Current 93 / Nurse With Wound – ‘Faith's Favourites’ Coil – ‘How To Destroy Angels’ Organum – ‘Horii’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl #industrial

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge John Prine - ‘Hello In There’ youtu.be/VKoYHFVBpEA?... So if you're walkin' down the street sometime And spot some hollow, ancient eyes Please don't just pass 'em by and stare As if you didn't care Say, "Hello in there, hello" #MusicSky

#last4albums Wednesday. A bit brighter today. Time for some pop, pop, pop music! Strawberry Switchblade – ‘Strawberry Switchblade’ A Flock Of Seagulls – ‘A Flock Of Seagulls’ China Crisis – ‘Flaunt The Imperfection’ Prefab Sprout – ‘Steve McQueen’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl #nowplaying

Age yourself with gaming... youtu.be/fr-UMY4iuqo?...

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge Dead Can Dance - ‘Wild In The Woods’ youtu.be/QIGD4jQEmEc ‘Here dreams are bought and sold for a price The truth a burden to keep for the rest of your life’ #musicsky

#last4albums A grey November day. A monochrome selection seemed appropriate… Konstruktivits – ‘Psykho Genetika’ (1983) Bauhaus – ‘The Sky's Gone Out’ (1982) Lemonheads – ‘Lick’ (1989) African Head Charge – ‘My Life In A Hole In The Ground’ (1981) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl #nowplaying

1978, London. Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle at Industrial Records' Martello Street studio

When I was on @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social I chose this sequence from a 1979 Sesame Street episode - probably the first time I ever heard Philip Glass was this exclusive piece he wrote for this animated sequence, Geometry of Circles. It's never appeared anywhere else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWw...

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge A Certain Ratio - ‘Winter Hill’ (1981) youtu.be/lnzKYZeNqY0 #MusicSky #acertainratio

#readandplay #MusicChallenge Discharge - ‘In Defence of Our Future’ (1984) youtu.be/hbbtvwctc2s?... #musicsky #hardcore #discharge

1978. Devo in Berlin📸Chalkie Davies

Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here 🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...

#last4albums Going green for some pre #totp listening… Catapilla – ‘Catapilla’ (1971} The Triffids – ‘In The Pines’ (1986) Various – ‘Spleurk*2’ (1990) Various – ‘Stomping At The Klub Foot’ (1984) 'In the pines, in the pines Where the sun never shines’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Happy 40th birthday to Cruiser’s Creek by The Fall, released on this day in 1985 #FallFriday (Thread)

#last4albums A quartet of stonking blue LPs spinning today… Sally Timms And The Drifting Cowgirls – Somebody's Rocking My Dreamboat King Crimson – Beat Kraftwerk – Autobahn The Smartpils – No Good No Evil ‘Everybody needs an angel But here's that devil by my side’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

#totp youtu.be/7wkYocRVnYc?...

A ghostly apparition for #Halloween - Peter Murphy of Bauhaus dancing with a strobe light at Birmingham's Locarno in Oct 1981

#last4albums Friday. #totp is approaching. Red is the colour… The B-52's – Wild Planet Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 The Passage – Degenerates King Crimson – Discipline ‘Oh, I'm living in the future I feel wonderful, I'm tipping over backwards’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

#MusicChallenge #80sTop30 (near misses) Day 31: A few, with a #Halloween (-ish) theme that failed to make the 30. Any excuse to post a few more 12-inchers… The Sisters Of Mercy – Body And Soul 1919 – Cry Wolf Rebel Christening – Tribal Eye David J – Joe Orton's Wedding #vinylcommunity #vinyl

Post something random or you’ll have an AWFUL November!

Dislocation Dance - Show Me (12" Version) [UK, Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic, Indie Rock] (1983) https://redd.it/1mc7srs https://youtu.be/yjxCDuqv6Nw

#readandplay #MusicChallenge ‘The sun will never hurt you, the warmth of rays will hold you‘ Dinosaur Jr. - ‘Take A Run At The Sun’ youtu.be/WVwgq3aIPg8?... #MusicSky

#last4albums Plucked 4 LPs with yellow covers from the rack. CLUCKING BELL… some amazing listening was forthcoming… Scream – This Side Up The B-52's – The B-52's King Crimson – Three Of A Perfect Pair Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge ‘I am the speck of light in the darkness You are the hole Keep your eyes on the hole Keep your eyes on the hole’ The Triffids - ‘Keep Your Eyes On The Hole’ John Peel Session: youtu.be/JnxJmWG1WYE?... #musicsky #thetriffids

#MusicChallenge #80sTop30 ‘I'm as puzzled as a newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide Should I stand amid the breakers Or should I lie with death, my bride?’ Day 30: This Mortal Coil - ‘Song To The Siren’ (1983) Official Video: youtu.be/HFWKJ2FUiAQ #vinylcommunity #vinyl #4ad #musicsky

#last4albums Continuing the 1980s Neil Young theme… today’s selection as follows, including a 1989 classic (and a bit of a shocker from 1983)… ’Trans’ (1982) ‘Everybody's Rockin' (1983) * ‘Landing On Water’ (1986) ‘Freedom’ (1989) * with The Shocking Pinks #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

#MusicChallenge #80sTop30 ‘Deep in the valley in the trunk of an old car In the back of a Chevy, I got sand in my mouth You got sun in your eyes Blinded and you wanted to get there’ Day 29: Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch – ‘Death Valley '69’ Listen: youtu.be/ZpHbhOcqKYQ #vinylcommunity #vinyl

#last4albums Revisiting Neil Young’s 1980s output this afternoon… diverse, unpredictable & experimental at times. Enjoyed these four LPs today… ‘Hawks & Doves‘ (1980) ‘Re·ac·tor’ (1981) * ‘Old Ways’ (1985) ‘Life’ (1987) * * with Crazy Horse #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl #neilyoung

It’s 30 years since Dean Windass scored one of the Greatest Goals in Football League History. Goodness me. He should have been top 3 in the Ballon d’Or for this.

#MusicChallenge #80sTop30 ‘I won′t stop loving you, I still believe in you When everything goes wrong, you think you're on your own I won't stop loving you, I won′t stop loving you’ Day 28: A Certain Ratio – ‘The Big E’ Official Video: youtu.be/_liVBTHLmIk #vinylcommunity #vinyl #musicsky

#MusicChallenge #80sTop30 ‘My sunken footsteps put theirselves on Through this gallery of deceased I think their lives must be deceived Like the sham nowadays’ Day 27: Clan Of Xymox – ‘A Day‘ (1985) Remix: youtu.be/hnXMTliIMBo #vinylcommunity #vinyl #musicsky #4ad