I was lucky enough to be the first member of the public to see these notes. It was quite a thing open.substack.com/pub/bowiegod...

As it is Nathan Adler’s 30th birthday I thought I’d let him have a look around the house and a little play in the garden.

I really want to record a cover of this.

I agree with this:

Here are my little drawings from the last week. I enjoyed drawing the New Order and Vetiver records. I LOVED listening to Big Star.

Last night I dreamt that I was Christmas shopping with my mum. We noticed there was a new Mr. Men book:

Here are my little drawings from the last week. I enjoyed drawing the New Order and Vetiver records. I LOVED listening to Big Star.

MR. BECK-AND-CATCH.

Last night I dreamt that I was Christmas shopping with my mum. We noticed there was a new Mr. Men book:

Week 52 brings a demonic Peter Egan, an all-powerful Robert Morley, a Shavian Billy Connolly and a thoroughly mediocre Saturday morning. open.substack.com/pub/historyo...

On my way home from work I had to stop off at Pease Pottage - so I thought I’d take the golden opportunity to revisit the famous crash barrier which Bonnie Langford sat on in 1986. #melaniebush #bonnielangford #doctorwho #peasepottage #famouscrashbarrier

I found this on the kitchen floor.

I’ve been having a Big Star evening.

New drawings. Some excellent music listened to this week! The two most fun to draw: David Bowie’s ★ (satisfying) and Ian Brown’s first album (I listened to it after seeing him on a 1998 Top of the Pops.)

I’ve just finished reading this. Full of wild stories of excess, and Hooky is often highly critical of all the members of New Order, himself included - but the main thing that comes through is his fierce love for the music they made together. I’m interested to read Bernard’s book now.

Week 51 brings you Brechtian Z-Cars, knackered celebrities, animated subtweets, Bill Oddie on the one, Rentaghost in transition, Doctor Who in school and Frank Finlay in bed with everyone except his wife. Certificate 18, check press for details. open.substack.com/pub/historyo...

Amazingly informative about rabies, television, and rabies on television! This is such a good podcast.

This is a great interview - Fascinating to hear about the different studios and all the material Tim’s held onto. Now I really need to hear part two!

Another week of little drawings of my music listening - including a few CDs I got for my birthday! This time the most fun to draw was ‘Chairs Missing’ by Wire. Quite a few difficult ones… I think ‘Doolittle’ was the most painful.

A surprise visitor in our house!

Watch out! You might get what you're after... ... a David Byrne puppet from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com !

turning 50, 40, 30, & 20 in September, respectively

Also this gorgeous Puffin paper bag

This week’s mini-drawings of what I’ve been listening to. The Velvet Underground banana was surprisingly tricky to get right. I most enjoyed drawing the Delgados this morning and Stereolab this evening.

Birthday goodies. (My family are amazing.) Including books by @andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social and @sighdone.bsky.social that I’m looking forward to reading.

Delia Derbyshire, Suzanne Ciani, Daphne Oram and Wenday Carlos - diy card dioramas from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com fun summer projects for people who want to stay cool!

This is very much how I feel as well. The Logopolis novelisation is one of the handful of Target books I’ve kept.

There's a continental flavour to this week's YoLD, with chilly European relations on the moon, and demented French bird life on a distant planet. Meanwhile in Britain, there's plenty of stiffly-scripted industrial action and incompetent gameshow hosting. "Swinging!" open.substack.com/pub/historyo...

I’ve just finished another excellent @blackarchive.co.uk book. I loved the tone, exploring complicated ideas in an accessible way. My personal highlight has to be page 61! Genuinely. A brilliant insight that I couldn’t get out of my head. Great work by @andreworton.bsky.social.

This is tricky! Adding colour to my sketch of Mousehole using my 28(?) year-old oil pastels.

I’ve seen some posts about Brian Epstein today - it’s the anniversary of his tragic death. Here’s a picture I drew of him last year, together with various other 5th Beatles.

A bit of free time this afternoon = A bit more work in the sketchbook.

Fun abounds at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

Last week’s mini drawings of what I listened to. I enjoyed drawing most of these, particularly the first Byrds album. The most difficult was Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale.

This is excellent. Incidentally it brings back a fond memory of my Granda reporting that Workington library had a book called “Doctor Who and the Dance of the Daleks”…

Last week’s mini drawings of what I listened to. I enjoyed drawing most of these, particularly the first Byrds album. The most difficult was Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale.

#ALL50RTS Day 50 Talk Talk Wealth 1988 12 points!!

New pages in my concertina sketchbook. Working into pictures I started on holiday.

#ALL50RTS Day 49 My Bloody Valentine Nothing Much To Lose 1988 11 points! This has always sounded to me like it was destined to be the anthem for a generation.

#ALL50RTS Day 48 Heligoland She Walked With Me To The End Of The Stars 2006 11 points! People who love Talk Talk’s later albums might find things to love in (the co-writer/producer) Tim Friese-Greene’s work. His second Heligoland album ends with this masterpiece.

I see the press have begun turning out their lists of Play for Today episodes, which inevitably skew towards the predictable. So here are some alternative choices. NB: inclusion doesn't necessarily imply wholehearted endorsement, though they're guaranteed to be at the very least interesting.

#ALL50RTS Day 47 Pixies Bone Machine 1988 11 points!

This is great.

#ALL50RTS Day 46 Roxy Music Editions of You 1973 11 points!

Today’s badge.

Tilly the cat: Danger of Death

I’ve written my first thing for the Lion & Unicorn. I hope you like it!

#ALL50RTS Day 45 John Cale Experiment Number 1 1984 Apparently this was totally improvised - it’s the sound of a band just about keeping it together - and to me it’s always thrilling to hear. The vocals are desperate and confusing… “Christmas comes just like breakfast, once a year”

Mini-drawings of the records/CDs I’ve listened to this year. I drew the 759th cover this afternoon, so here’s a 23 x 33 collage of them all so far:

Mini-drawings of the records/CDs I’ve listened to this year. I drew the 759th cover this afternoon, so here’s a 23 x 33 collage of them all so far: