#filmsky #nowwatching Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949). Director Robert Hamer. Well that’s one way of saving money on your production, gave one of main performers take on eight roles!

#filmsky #nowwatching Thief (1981). Director Michael Mann

#filmsky #nowwatching Coraline (2009). Director Henry Selick

#filmsky #nowwatching Mad Max (1979). Director George Miller

#criterioncollection #filmsky #nowwatching Alien (1979). Director Ridley Scott.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 244. Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You (1999). Standout track - I Loves You, Porgy. I have many different recordings of this track, but this is the most melancholic. Mr Jarrett never fails to deliver.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 243. Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979). Standout track - Chicago. The obvious choice would be the Here Comes The Flood. This is the original’79 version, I will get round to some of the other 599 other versions by Mr Fripp.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 242. Vangelis - Opera Sauvage (1979). Standout track - L’Enfant. Vangelis at his peak for me. A consistently good album that flows beautifully and is a thoroughly engaging. Not a single gated drum to be heard here!!

#criterioncollection #filmsky #nowwatching Anatomy Of A Murder (1959). Director Otto Preminger.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 241. The Blue Nile - Hats (1989). Standout track - Saturday Night. What a delightfully upbeat album closer. Sometimes it’s the little things that give you faith that there is good in the world and all will be OK.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 240. Floating Points - Crush (2019). Standout track - Requiem For CS70 And Strings. There’s no doubting young Mr Shepherd certainly has the skills to pay the bills. Returning to this I find it even more enjoyable than ever.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #compactdisc #albumcover #NowPlaying No. 239. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (2009). Standout track - Olympians. Still makes me chuckle, knowing that millions of people watched the opening ceremony of the London 2012 olympics without knowing they’d heard Fuck Buttons.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 238. Ann Peebles - This Is Ann Peebles (1969). Standout track - Steal Away. Plenty of covers, but none rise above crowd here. Steal Away is the only one that stands out fir me, with a strong composed vocal performance from Ms Peebles.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 237. Bill Evans -Everybody Digs (1959). Standout track - Peace Piece. Probably Mr Evan’s defining composition. A masterful meditation, every note carefully considered. A great album all round but this particular track is special.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 236. Neil Young - Freedom (1989). Standout track - Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero). 1989 could be considered to have been year of revitalisation for ‘old’ rockers, Young, Cale, Reed & The Stones all released the best album in years.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 235. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Set Me Free (1989). Standout track - The Slow Descent Has Begun. AWVFTS is not for everyone slo-mo orchestral compositions perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon with book.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 235. Carmel - Set Me Free (1989). Standout track - I’m Over You. This trio led by the powerful voice of Ms McCourt never really made a consistently great album, and this is no exception. But occasionally they did deliver magic like I’m Over You.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 234. The Black Dog- Further Vexations (2009). Standout track - You’re Only SQL. Album number 4 from TBD v2. More propulsive than the introspective Radio Scarecrow, but still also full of great hooks.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 233. Peace Orchestra - Peace Orchestra (1999). Standout track - Double Drums. Mr Kruder only made one album as P.O. but it’s a jolly good one. Plenty of dope beats, lots of room to breathe and more than enough flourishes to keep it interesting.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 232. Isaac Hates - Hot Buttered Soul (1969). Standout track - By The Time I Get To Phoenix. There may be only four tracks on this album, but each one is bloody marvellous. The winner here though has to be ‘By The Time…’ 18 minutes of pure Isaac.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 231. Nina Simone - And Piano (1969). Standout track - I Get Along Without You Very Well. My personal favourite album by Ms Simone, up close and personal. If you’re looking for a way in to the great lady try this or 1959’s Jazz As Played In…

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 230. Tindersticks - Simple Pleasure (1999). Standout track - I Know That Loving. A superb album from Nottingham’s most miserable buggers. In my opinion not a bad track on here, but Loving is my personal favourite.

#nowwatching #filmsky Color Out Of Space (2019). Director: Richard Stanley.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 229. The Durutti Column - Vini Reilly (1999). Standout track - Homage To Catalonia. Mr Reilly experiments with samplers on this album, but Homage shows keeping it simple yields the best results.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 228. Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate ( 2009). Standout track - Africa. What the hell? 30 years in the nutty boys deliver a career best. Take a journey through London’s lost district on this masterpiece.

#nowwatching #filmsky #StarTrek Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Director Robert Wise. This may be a controversial opinion but I think it is a pretty decent film. Admittedly it’s no Khan…. Big shout out to the stellar acting talents of Mr Shatner’s Toupee.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 227. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999). Standout track - Out Of Control. Messers Rowlands & Simmonds end the decade with an album that is a little bit less Big Beat and a lot more big stage. Can listen to Sasha’s club mix of Control all day

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 226. Steve Cobby - Sweet Jesus (2019). Standout track - Truer Than Words. Mr Cobby always delivers quality laid back vibes and this is no exception.

@latenighttales.bsky.social Hoo-bloody-ray!!!

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 225. The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1989). Standout track - Funky Miracle. Damm these dudes were tight when they were on their A game.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 224. Arthur Blythe - Basic Blythe (1989). Standout track - Autumn In New York (Part One). An interesting album that sounds like it really belongs to an earlier era. Autumn In New York has a real filmic quality.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 223. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998). Standout track - A New Jerusalem. What a way to bow out, truly exceptional. Nothing else to be said.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 222. Poppy Ackroyd - Resolve (2018). Standout track - Resolve. Poppy deserves greater recognition a great composer up there with the best of modern Piano focused composers.

#nowwatching #filmsky Dawn Of The Dead (Dario Argento Cut) (1978). Director George A. Romero.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 221. X-102 - Rediscovers The Rings Of Saturn (2008). Standout track - Ground Zero (The Planet). Mr Mills & Mr Banks return to revisit, reinvigorate and re-inform their journey to the gas giant. Ground Zero is an absolute blast.

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#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 220. exm - Solar (2025). Standout track - Violt. Like Autechre but this side of listenable, without the 8 hours of mental health concerns.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 219. Jon Hassell & Farafina- Flash Of The Spirit (1988). Standout track - Dreamworld (Dance). Hassell and Farafina come together (sort of) on this album produced by Eno & Daniel Lanois. Treat your ears to a new sonic experience.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 218. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling (2008). Standout track - Batcat. Because sometimes you just want to make one hell of a lot of noise.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 217. Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke - Duality (1998). Standout track - Sacrifice. Well it has to be doesn’t it. Such a powerful piece of music.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 216. The Durutti Column - Sunlight To Blue… Blue To Blackness (2008). Standout track - Ged. My favourite of Mr Reilly’s late albums. Absolutely beautiful guitar work on display.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 215. Matthew Herbert - Around The House (1998). Standout track - Never Give Up. A much more solid affair than Mr Herbert’s debut. Here the music has much room to breathe and develop into a much more cohesive whole. File under Deep(er) House.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 214. Autechre - Quaristice (2008). Standout track - Notwo. Starting to run out of albums from my current playlist without repeating. Today it’s either this or NTS Sessions & I simply don’t have the will to listen to all 8 hours of that in one go.😵‍💫

@warringtonruncorn.com think it’s safe to say your journey is almost complete and status is assured now. You got played on BBC radio 3 last night in between Schubert and Bèla Fleck.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 213. Patrice Rushen - Patrice (1988). Standout track - When I Found You. Such a great album full of joy and exceptional musicianship.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 212. GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star (1988). Standout track - Strid. Four albums in and the formula ain’t broke.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 211. R.E.M. - Green (1988). Standout track - You Are The Everything. The first R.E.M. album I heard but not the first I bought. Packed full of great songs, but today this is the one that stands out.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 210. Masayoshi Fujita - Book Of Life (2018). Standout track - Old Automation. Beautifully played compositions by Masayoshi Fujita the bring a calmness to any day or night.

#nowwatching #filmsky Rope (1948). Director Alfred Hitchcock. The list of people I’d like to kill is growing by the day. As they are all world leaders, with a bit of luck they might take each other out by the end of the week.

#albumsky #musicsky #albumoftheday #NowPlaying No. 209. Tracey Thorn - Record (2018). Standout track - Sisters. Love the second half of this song, gets a bit trancey (in a good way).