So many absolute classics to choose from for #5debutalbums8084 but this has got to be up there, and I'm looking forward to revisiting this old friend over the next three weeks...

Getting into full Mr Autumn mode with some apple and quince chutney...

It's never happened before in 355 previous Parkruns and it will definitely never happen again, but somehow today I was first finisher - in Aachen of all places. Cue Barry Davies...

What a great gig tonight at the Roundhouse - great crowd, great support act, and above all The Beths on superb form - fabulous.

Quinces are one of the colours of autumn for me - absolutely massive crop this year...

How am I doing @sentimentbot.bsky.social ?

Right, let's get started - thanks for the new challenge Richard! I predict one of these four will do significantly better than the other three... The Shins, Interpol, The Avalanches and, erm, Avril Lavigne (which I maintain was great at the time and still stands up...) #5debutalbums0004

I have a serious glut of quinces. This is less than half of them. If you are in the Hertford area and would like some, do get in touch...

youtu.be/qdVDqjFaN54?... This was a wonderful highlight from last night's Suede concert (and was immediately followed by So Young, Metal Mickey and Beautiful Ones). What a band 🖤

Throwing Trash and Animal Nitrate out as songs 5 and 6 in the set... 😯

No prizes for guessing where I am tonight...

Tomatoes from the garden still going well...

Immediate impression is that the new Suede album is a stunner. As John Peel used to say of the Fall "always different, always the same", in the best possible way. The last two songs especially are very powerful - I can't think of anyone who has written so movingly for so long about death as Brett.

As an antidote to the constantly dreadful news, have some philosophical concepts:

This fan-made Trance State video is amazing. Who knew dancing German footballers was the vibe the song needed? Thank you Rachel Apps www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYcz...

Oh go on then... #next4gigs

Two of my great musical loves here... 🖤

First day of a much-needed break. Where better to start than the Hanseatic League Museum in Lübeck? Kids absolutely buzzing, literally dragged me to Thomas Mann's family home straight after...

Mood...

Extremely classy comments by Wiaan Mulder. In the massively unlikely event he ever finds himself in that territory again, he's definitely earned the right to keep going next time...

Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith play Just Like Heaven at Glastonbury tonight. Video: BBC

During President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Parliament today, we reflected on the current situation and the UK’s enduring commitment to Ukraine. It was an honour for myself and the Lord Speaker to welcome him back to our Parliament. 🇺🇦🇬🇧

Outstanding selection of Blue Note albums in the #5Albums50s60s3 selection, a number with the great Joe Henderson on sax. All these plus Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd and Jimmy Smith too. I would think Lee and Horace both have a chance of doing well?

In honour of Joy Division's iconic album Unknown Pleasures being released on this day in 1979, I'm again sharing one of my favourite ever video clips (Peanuts vs Joy Division dance party)...

Pretty happy with today's secondhand book haul...

Fabulous 500th Panshanger Parkrun today. In honour of the fancy dress theme of things beginning with D, a few of us surprised our friend Dave by going as him...

The mulberries are starting to ripen. Which is nice.

The annual photo of a relatively orderly vegetable patch - moment of maximum hope!

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

An enjoyable evening with MJ Lenderman...

On the creation of the Roman Empire:

Outstanding by Yates and Van Aert. Well deserved.

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

It's peak rose season in the garden...

Final pond update - will obviously take a little while to settle in, but we have water, we have a water lily, pretty good considering it was playing equipment here a couple of months ago...

I’m not being anti-social. You’re being anti-introvert.

New album by the great Robert Forster out today - if the first minute of it doesn't stir up some old feelings in the Go-Betweens fans amongst you then I'd be very surprised... open.spotify.com/album/6sXh7x...

I wish them all the best...

A supercut of every time Norm entered Cheers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED...

Important notice for certain quarters of music Bluesky... Nation of Language are here, have new music, and are in the UK in the autumn...

Excellent morning of #Parkrun tourism to Gunpowder Park - well over 2000 Parkruns between us, and two PBs today!

The Cure - In Between Days (1985 TOTP) #MusicSky #NowPlaying #TheCure

Pond update. Hope to have it lined and filled by the end of the month...

As always on #VEDay I am remembering Flight Sergeant Claude Parsons (reclining centre in photo). The last time my grandparents saw him was on their wedding day. He was their best man. His Spitfire was shot down over Holland in November 1941. He was 27. #VEDay80

Perfect morning for some #Parkrun tourism at beautiful Frogmary Farm. Not quite in the Blackdown Hills, just feels like it... Also means I am halfway through the Parkrun alphabet without having put my mind to it yet 🤔

Never a bad day to revisit arguably David Berman's finest moment. As always, one part funny two parts heartbreaking... youtu.be/bPD0JLwpc3k?...

I have been waiting aaages it feels like for the new Robert Macfarlane. Excited to dive in. Just flicking through immediately struck by this epigraph from the late great Barry Lopez - "we are searching for the boats we forgot to build"...

Post your comfort album

A new band to me with this release but really enjoying it - Underneath by Floodlights. As they're Australian, comparisons with The Triffids are inevitable...

The weather has improved...