Take Music Maps - the Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club Podcast with you on your commute. Available wherever you find podcasts. All episodes here: rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/episodes

90% of podcasts never make it to four episodes so its no mean feat to reach 100 episodes. Hats off to the indefatigable Simon @musicmaps.bsky.social for this achievement. If you have enjoyed Music Maps maybe contribute to a massive cake for him by way of thanks. ko-fi.com/musicmaps 🙏

I’m ready for the 50th anniversary of one of the key moments in #punk this summer… #manchester #sexpistols #buzzcocks

There ain’t no #albumcover like a K-Tel album cover…

Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74

Contractually obliged ‘plug your own books as Xmas presents post…’ Bit of punk, quite a bit of Manchester and some crime fiction. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

The press pack outside the #BBC placed under the George Orwell statue. With quote for extra irony.

Hey, buy any three Pocket Noir books from @fahrenheitpress.bsky.social and get 20% off! (Discount taken at checkout). Just so happens I wrote three of them, but there are plenty of really cool books I didn't write to get as well. Go ahead and get them all.

Waiting there for me #acefrehley

Only one thing more satisfying than cutting up a #Costco birthday cake for the freezer - doing it in the knowledge it wasn’t even anyone’s birthday but you bought it anyway…

The new Dennis the Menace-esque release from @warringtonruncorn.com is here…

Edwyn Collins performing Blue Boy at the Royal Festival Hall last night. Stars original Orange Juice members James Kirk on guitar and Steven Daly on drums, plus Edwyn is joined by Dennis Bovell, Vic Godard and Paul Cook at the end. So much love in the room youtu.be/D1MR_iAuroU?...

34 years ago I wrote my first book. At the very last minute the whole thing fell through. I was devastated and I gave up the whole idea of writing for a decade. I’ve had fifteen books published now. So, keep at it. Anyway, found the artwork for Book One. Bit mouldy but still pretty cool #books

Still in print after 24 years! ‘One of the greatest rock stories ever told.’ GQ Magazine #punk #sexpistols #buzzcocks #manchester www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-Th...

St George’s cross appears on Westbury white horse monument

I’ve spent nearly 50 years trying to convince people that Doll by Doll were one of the greatest bands of all time and that Jackie Leven was a stunning singer/lyricist/guitarist. I might as well continue: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Gy...

In simple terms, nerds nicked our books to take bread from our mouths (ten books in my case). So, a start I suppose. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

45 years ago I went to the #ReadingFestival by accident. I thought it would be all punky. It wasn’t.

4th August, 1976 an article on Tony Wilson's TV program 'So It Goes'. "...let them have Old Grey Whistle Test and to hell with it,". This TV program is discussed in detail and it's influence on the emergence of Punk in David Nolan's book 'I swear I was there' @nolanwriter.bsky.social

20 years ago I packed in working for Granada TV and starting working for myself as a writer/director/lecturer/gob on legs. I’ve always had a website. Now I’m trying this Wix site malarkey… mediaexpertise.wixsite.com/mysite

Got a book talk in #stockport a week today. It sold out (it’s actually free) but the library has found five extra chairs… #mancnoir www.ticketsource.co.uk/stockportlib...

The tickets left… #stockport #library www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

Here’s said obit.

And my Kevin Eldon’s Amish Sex Pistols card is on sale at www.etsy.com/shop/8bitnorthxstitch You’re not going to find those in Clinton’s (that might be a good thing).

A lot of #LiveAid talk today. Hardly any mention of the fact I popped a can of Hofmeister in my garden when the Quo came on and carried on popping until all 24 cans were gone. An achievement that goes overlooked.

11 tickets left… www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

I like to talk. I like to talk about books and book writing. I like #Stockport. So this event next month is right up my street. www.stockport.gov.uk/events/autho...

I’ve written for a living in one form or another for more than 40 years. I’ve somehow managed to remember 10 things that have proved useful. Come along to Heaton Moor and I’ll tell you about them. @fahrenheitpress.bsky.social @stockportcouncil.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

If you find regular books too light and easy to lift then try this - 666 pages of shelf-bending #mancnoir from @fahrenheitpress.bsky.social fahrenheit-press.com/books_rain_f...

Fridge magnets are nice and all that but… #holidays

My podcast series: 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life is THREE YEARS OLD. Which is the most popular decade for film choices? 1960s - 13 Films - Snippet from author/broadcaster @nolanwriter.bsky.social‬ (31/05/2023) talking about HELL IS A CITY

For those that celebrate, Happy #SexPistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall Day. FORTY NINE years ago today! Still arguing about who was there? No need, some weirdo tracked everyone down… www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-Th...

I like: Punk rock Exploitation films Food Manchester stuff Outdoors Books I don’t like: Nazis and people wanging on about AI… Let me know if you’re on list A.

BBC Radio Merseyside doing a great service to the city of Liverpool right now. Real local journalists helping their community.

Been a while. open.substack.com/pub/fahrenhe...

It sounds like Spilt Milk era Jellyfish… be prepared for the usual avalanche of ‘I don’t watch Eurovision but this is crap…’ Shut your hole. youtu.be/-hu6R3ZnOdY?...

I see the ‘Shaggy Defence’ didn’t work out for them…

#sweets on holiday just hit the spot more efficiently…

Christian Brother Martin O'Flaherty was a keeper of the keys to the congregation's assets and secrets, and is now a convicted child sexual abuser, RTÉ Investigates reveals

No #peteshelley no modern #manchester He would have been 70 today. His influence continues.

Data share cringe con lads… www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’ll be over in a few hours… yeah right. 35 years ago the #strangeways riot youtu.be/2eu71r1PYtw?...

The ideal #mothersday gift? Manc Noir from @fahrenheitpress www.fahrenheit-press.com/authors_davi...

It’s annual ‘It’s Not Free Money You Earned It’ Day courtesy of @alcs.co.uk

Well that’s quite the collection of books ripped off by #Meta to ‘train’ its AI… @theatlantic.com

Released on this day in 1977… the most influential album from the most influential band #kraftwerk youtu.be/PHiN26vn2ec?...

Its not available on the ITV website any more so I thought I’d upload it to You Tube for all to see… and so that no one forgets #mandatoryreporting youtu.be/fvPGtyWMGDY?...

Today’s view #mcuk #bbc #salford

‪Happy Birthday to #Buzzcocks debut album - 47 today ... bought mine in the old upstairs HMV in Market Street, Manchester. Came with a groovy carrier bag which I immediately threw away. The first album I properly became obsessed with…

Is it me or does the third series of #reacher look like it’s been done on the cheap? He just seems to be sneaking in and out of a house for three episodes…