My afternoon is this and tea. In my comfy seat. Its a real triumph.

Apparently the government will give you a paltry £3000 to take an apprentice on. Then you pay minimum wage plus travel expenses for learning. 4 days on site, 1 day at college. £425 per week plus exes for the 1st year. This is why sites are staffed by older tradesmen, when they can get them.

This new Durutti Column track is fantastic. New album due too. Great to see Vini Reilly back at it. youtu.be/FmKW0_UYSqk?...

SFA - Bleed Forever. This is echoing my languid state right now. Beautiful gog soul. youtu.be/MxXVZox_czU?...

Best pound I've spent in a while. Perfect laid back sunny Sunday morning music.

Some Super Furry Animals 7's during their mighty return. #weekendsingles #vinylsky

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone

Some night that. What a band. Some pics of SFA at Llandudno. Da iawn pawb.

Ready. SFA OK.

As Greatest Hits go, this may be the greatest.

"Kier, its me Gazza..."

Super Furry Animals on Thursday night. I dont think they will play this, but it is bloody wonderful. "Turn your face to the sunshine, and all your shadows will fall behind" SFA OK! youtu.be/ZEqOcHh9EIg?...

A nice bit of Syd in the office this sunny evening.

One of my favourite Prince albums. The jump off point towards Sign Of The Times from Purple Rain. And bangers, such bangers. Girls and Boys, Anotherloverholeinyourhead, Kiss and the lovely Sometimes It Snows In April. #vinylsky

Nice pick up yesterday, the wonderful Mark Eitzel and AMC. Nice BH Monday vibe. #vinylsky

Some boy Oli. A fairy tale ending to the season, live on Disney+.

Cannot believe this never flew off the shelves... £49... more RSD landfill stock that will linger in bins in shops for months if not years. I've nothing against the band, but I would love to know their thoughts on their label charging their fans this.

I'd like this @vizcomic.bsky.social cartoon etched onto my gravestone please.

@bryndennis.bsky.social Good to see you Saturday mate. Also managed to snag one of these from RSD26 online.

Todays drive accompaniment to site, today in sunny Ynys Mon. Run Away and Show Your Hands are two of my favourite SFA songs. Pure brilliance. Have a great day all.

Brew and a listen to the best of all of the (two) SFA best ofs. Put together by the band after their song rights reverted to them, the two cd Zoom! is a brilliantly eclectic mix of well known and deeper cuts. And Yorkshire tea. #sundaysky #vinylsky

There is a real dystopian beauty to this. 26 minutes of sublime North Walian dream pop from R.Seiliog. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This is really cool, some great bits on here. 10,000 live gigs from 1988 onwards recorded at various legendary Chicago underground venues. And how long until the "exclusive white Nirvana vinyl" bootlegs appear with the inevitable copyright strikes? blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/f...

Bottleneck at Capel Curig.

I thought two of the UKs top rappers were doing a show again for a minute.

Picked this little beauty up from the back room of a musical instrument shop in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Still in its shrink no less. Really wish I had more time in there, because there were hundreds of 80s reggae records there. This is a great souvenir though. #vinylsky

This LP got the greatest run out matrix ever Side A - "You cannot do much about the length of your life" Side B - "But you can do a lot about the depth and width" Wise words indeed. It turned 15 last month, and is a real underrated beauty. Penblwydd Hapus Hwyr HS!

For heavens sake Chelsea, dont Spurs this. #ftg #utfs

Sunset final boss* *as The Kids would say

The Ballad Of Wallis Island is wonderful. Had something in my eye towards the end...

Things I Really Enjoy pt.1 When the radio plays a deeper cut than normal. 6 music currently playing The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket.

Construction in decline. I thought we were building a better Britain or something. Real paucity of good tradespeople in my area (North West/North Wales) and apprenticeships cost too much to fund. Very little incentive to growth in the sector. Support for more Social Housing and AR needed.

Not having this Tyler Ballpark fella. Sounds like the Black Crowes covering the Band. The full background story of a tortured bedroom artist stinks of Seasick Steve too. *only heard two songs. I may be wrong.

Faaaaaaaarrrkkkk #whatanalbum

The best thing of the last 12 months musically that has found me is Eddie Marcon. The lovely compilation LP Sound Of Fallen Leaves, and the album Yahho No Potori are wonderful. Proper Sunday music.

Incredible sight this morning, the peacocks of Bangor Services waiting for a coffee.

This is lovely.

Horrible out there, steeling myself for the defrost and drive to work. This reminds me of warmer times and places. Such a great track. youtu.be/IlTECKqGAQI?...

January juxtaposition. 75p Co-op reduced Christmas pudding with Cafe Bleu by the Style Council. What a time to be alive!

Watching the first episode of season 2 of Fallout. Walton Goggins character does some fantastic clean up of scum to this youtu.be/m21MujHQqWc?...

A public service message to football, in particular football relating to and/or involving Chester FC.

A lovely haul this year from my #vinylsanta @vinylsanta.bsky.social Someone has really looked at my posts and found things that I will enjoy exploring. Many thanks to my Vinyl Santa, and Happy Christmas to everyone who takes part in this every year 🎅

This got me through a couple of Christmases Past and it's great that it's transferred to Bluesky. #JoinIn

Reading Dan Jennings very good book on Paul Weller at the moment. Weller comes across as so driven, but out of that came so many great songs. This is one of his best for me, and this performance is tighter than a ducks posterior. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Zs...

The Detectorists Christmas special is perfect. The last, great Christmas special?

Someone's got to live here I suppose. #chester

The son of Jimmy Clitheroe is shouting out "Where’s my Fiorucci?" PS I hate football, its shit.

So I pulls out Purple Rain and finds the 3121 CD and ticket stubs from the night we went to the 21 nights in London show at the o2. The best concert I've ever been to, really hope that one day they will release one of them. Genius at work. Nain said never throw anything away, glad I listened.

My copy of the new lathe cut red vinyl @thephotocopies.bsky.social 10" LP has arrived from Ultra Modern Label and its beautiful. Indie pop at its very, very best.

My new Super Furry Animals tee shirt has arrived today and is a thing of beauty. According to the FPO its "Christmas everyday for you"...