The number of years between now and this #totp is the same as between then and Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again" which seemed to me, at the time, a bloody epoch away. Speaking of epoch's, does anyone have a spare ice age? 😩🥵

Remembering Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky, commanding voice gave the world classic hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Holding Out for a Hero," "It’s a Heartache," and more. Tyler was 75.

For Evigt - Volbeat ❤️ youtu.be/ssFkvwCN_RY?...

I have just had my first religious experience. I have been to a Sunn O))) concert. #livemusic #concertsky #SunnO)))

Today, in a moment of old age crisis, I went to get my ear pierced. I had had it pierced 40 years ago and miraculously it was still open, the excellent lady at Auris Piercing in Poole took the time to find out.

And so it begins... #LoveRocks #FestivalSky #LiveMusic

Day 1 of the very lovely, very local, #LoveRocks rock and blues festival complete. Day 2 incoming... #Dorset #LiveMusic #Festivalsky The band is #BlueNation

Random and spontaneous outbreaks of morris dancing all over the place #WimborneFolkFestival

It's all kicking off in #Wimborne today. Violent outbursts #shocking

This morning's listening is courtesy of Uriah Heep: 1972's majestic Magicians Birthday and the 1973 release Sweet Freedom. My copies are looking a little tired now (Magicians Birthday is a 1979 reissue, Sweet Freedom is an original pressing) but sound great! #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #UriahHeep

This has a personal link through work. I can imagine only too well the agony of this family being the parent of two boys gofund.me/91a333902

It very much says something about me that I know all the songs on 1979 #totp but none on the 1999 episodes. Not sure what... #oldgit

Rightly angry piece from @iandunt.bsky.social about the Populist Right BS that followed the awful Henry Nowak murder case and how the media/national conversation has been drawn into it. iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

Last night's *immense* pleasure was seeing this iconic band... #Kraftwerk #musicsky #livemusic

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social opened the WW2 Exhibition at Buckler's Hard yesterday. The exhibition will form one small part of the WW2 Heritage Weekend on Sat 13 - Sun 14 of June. Search FB for Buckler's Hard Wartime Weekend for details.

❤️ youtu.be/UZFeOJHGU_Y?...

Ventured up north for a party. So having a pint to wind down after a long drive. "Brewed in the shadow of Pendle Hill..."

After my son's final recital for his master's, a picnic in lovely Bute Park #MusicSky #Cardiff

As it's so warm the back doors are open and I'm treating the neighbours to some early 80's NWOBHM. 1980 Angelwitch's eponymous album 1982 Borrowed Time - Diamond Head #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #NWOBHM #DiamondHead #Angelwitch

The best cocktail bar yet. Salut! in Schöneburg, Berlin. Should you happen to pass through.

The bar we are in allows smoking at the bar. Something I've not come across in 20 years. Kinda wish I hadn't given up now...

Have to admit I'm feeling very chilled in the centre of this lovely town... #Berlin

Any suggestions for a good bar in the Tiergarten area of Berlin, please?

Got me a new girlfriend

@garius.bsky.social can't wait to see the dramatisation of shooting a chicken...

The two pictures are 11 years apart. On 10 May 1933, the Nazi Party staged an ideological spectacle of the burning of 'un-German’ books. 2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber and crematorium V, 1944. #Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead people.

The new eponymous album by sunn 0))) is a visual and aural work of art, with sleeve notes by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social that perfectly describe the connection between what you are hearing and feeling. Epic #NowPlaying #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #sunn0))) #drone

Every bar should have a guard dog #beersky #independent #craftbeer

On the day that the BBC normalise fascism, 81 years ago they were celebrating defeating... fascism.

We need the sensibility of this band and it's stunning debut album more than ever as fascism digs it's claws into society. #NowPlaying Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing - Discharge (2016 Let Them Eat Vinyl reissue of 1982 original) #vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #Discharge #Punk

I've just sewn a button onto some trousers. My wife promised to do it nearly a year ago, so I've just cracked on and done it. Only took 3 hours. 🧵🪡

After Friday night, Saturday morning is #AKindOfBlue #NowPlaying #VinylSky #MilesDavis #VinylCommunity #Rega

Tune... ❤️ youtu.be/0wTxqHbJOzg?...

I seem to have acquired tickets to see Kraftwerk. That's not something I thought I'd ever do 40 years ago. Add that to Gary Numan and I'm on a roll.

Tune ❤️ youtu.be/WK2siEQsADk?...

Ok so #RecordStoreDay #RSD and local businesses. I bought a few records this morning, but this afternoon we stopped at our fave bar for a couple. The bar was playing records.

I wasn't going to go 😭 #RSD #RecordStoreDay #VinylSky

Dubbel first or Tripel? Decisions Decisions... Welcome to the #weekend #BeerSky #Trappist

Sunday vibes while I do the dusting. #Motörhead Kiss of Death 2023 reissue of 2006 original BMG #PlayItLoud #VinylSky #musicsky #VinylCommunity

Today we purchased books and records. The records were from Square Records in Wimborne (trading since 1974!) and the books from The Mysterious Bookcase in Westbourne (both in Dorset). Both were busy, I'm pleased to say. #shoplocal #shopindependent #WolfAlice

I had one of these in the mid/late 80's. A bit tired by then but still a relatively fast and stylish car... *sigh*

Never did figure out how to kiss my arse goodbye.

Despite obviously using a digital platform and posting on SM, I am enjoying the very analogue times inhabited by McGarrett and Dano in today's charity shop find.

On 4th April 1945 Italian partisan and Red Cross nurse Cecilia Deganutti (codename 'Joan of Arc') is burnt alive in the crematorium at the Risiera di San Sabba concentration camp in Trieste [Thread] >> 1

A few years back I was travelling up to town to see bands at Wembley Arena or the O2. I've been a bit rubbish recently (effort!) but now have tickets to see two of my teenage heroes in small, local venues: Gary Numan and Hugh Cornwell. Very much looking forward to this.

A rare occurrence, both offspring are home. So we're sat drinking whisky and watching Mamma Mia!

#NotMyCat #ProofOfCat #adopted

The whole area for miles around was heathland, and extensively used for training. It's mostly built on now, but you can still fall into holes hidden in the heather if you wander off the tracks.

Same problem every year. Bloody tourists.

Just put the shit to one side for a while