Shout out to @officialgusgus @alison_goldfrapp @thecure and Hollywood Crime Scene for keeping me entertained this year. #SpotifyWrapped

Misty morning #Stevenage

Who's doing #Whamageddon this year? It's only day 1 but so far so good 👍

Day30 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Monaco - Sweet Lips Peter Hook was in Monaco. This track is an absolute banger!!! youtu.be/KqYTQrXP9GE?...

Greetings from #Yorkshire #GodsOwnCountry #HattieDoesYorkshire

Day29 #DavidsMonthOfMusic New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle Joy Division became New Order. For a time Peter Hook was in... youtu.be/tkOr12AQpnU?...

Day28 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Joy Division - Atmosphere Joy Division were on Factory Records. Following the tragic deal of Ian Curtis they became... youtu.be/1EdUjlawLJM?...

Happy Cake Day! Which would you choose? Jammy Dodger Biscoff Chocolate & Butterscotch #CakeLove

Last night #NouvelleVague were outstanding at the #Koko Highlights were: Teenage Kicks A Forest Should I Stay or Should I Go Love Will Tear Us Apart Girls On Film

Day27 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck Another Madchester band. They were on Factory Records, as were... youtu.be/YNn51e11_dQ?...

Day26 #DavidsMonthOfMusic The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored Another Madchester band. As were... youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs?...

Doing The Smiths thing... #HattieGoesNorthWest

River Weaver today #HattieGoesNorthWest

Day25 #DavidsMonthOfMusic The Charlatans - The Only One I Know Tim Burgess is lead singer of the Charlatans who were part of the Manchester scene in the late 80's/early 90's. As were... youtu.be/0RJwW77Lsj8?...

Day24 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Saint Etienne & Tim Burgess - I Was Born on Christmas Day Edwyn Collins performed Tim Burgess's lyrics when I saw him with Saint Etienne at the Palladium. youtu.be/HSSgfE4doxw?...

Greetings from Blackpool 👋 #HattieGoesNorthWest

Day23 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You The lead singer of Orange Juice was Edwyn Collins. I saw him perfom live at the London Palladium with.... youtu.be/6oqJ0JpMj6I?...

MANCHESTER bound! #HattieGoesNorthWest

Lovely walk with friends through #Hertfordshire countryside. We walked from Preston to Ley Green. One of the locals was curious.

Day22 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Orange Juice - Rip It Up Both JAMC and Orange Juice are from Scotland. The lead singer of Orange Juice is... youtu.be/xcRAWA4nN3U?...

Day21 #DavidsMonthOfMusic The Jesus And Mary Chain - Upside Down Bobby Gillespie was in JAMC for a short time. They are from Scotland, as are... youtu.be/UnO41-rKUsc?...

#FourTet was spectacular last night at #AllyPally

Four Tet at #AllyPally BANGIN!!!!

Happy Cake Day! Which would you choose? Banoffee Cappuccino Chocolate #CakeLove

Day20 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Primal Scream - Loaded As well as MBV Primal Scream were also on Creation Records. Singer Bobby Gillespie was briefly drummer for... youtu.be/Y3ixEzKA4k0?...

Day19 #DavidsMonthOfMusic My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes Alan McGee was the head of Creation Records. An album that allegedly bankrupted Creation was "Loveless". Another band on Creation was... youtu.be/hSI_9P9rRt4?...

Day18 #DavidsMonthOfMusic The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now Prior to being in Babyshambles Pete Doherty was in The Libertines. They were managed by Alan McGee who was head of... youtu.be/CqM11bt9QvI?...

Morning Blue Sky #Stevenage

Day17 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Babyshambles - Killamangiro Pete Doherty was in Babyshambles. Prior to that he was in... youtu.be/1J5_NyR4CTk?...

Day16 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Client (Featuring Pete Doherty) - Down To The Underground Client were initially on Andy Fletcher's record label. They did a collaboration with Pete Doherty who was in... youtu.be/eusfk8Q1RuU?...

Day15 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes Vince Clarke was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode who carried on without him. Fellow member Andy Fletcher founded a record label - Toast Hawaii. On this label were... youtu.be/nhZdL4JlnxI?...

Day14 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Yazoo - Situation Yazoo originally released Don't Go. Prior to being in Yazoo Vince Clarke was in... youtu.be/ysmVlaw36L0?...

Happy Cake Day Which would you choose? Bakewell Lemon Sponge Carrot with Cream Cheese #CakeLove

Day13 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Nouvelle Vague - Don't Go On their debut album Nouvelle Vague closed the album with Friday Night Saturday Morning. A track from their second album is Don't Go, originally performed by.... youtu.be/1SE3c8TrVdQ?...

Day12 #DavidsMonthOfMusic The Specials - Friday Night Saturday Morning The Fun Boy Three were all in The Specials. Friday Night Saturday Morning was covered by... youtu.be/P2df30y9sMQ?...

Day11 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It The Fun Boy Three championed Bananarama. Before that they were in... youtu.be/0_kjctTbMHA?...

Kindness is the greatest thing we can gift to others, so let's make each day about reaching out to those you might need it the most. So, please share to encourage those who you feel might not always adhere to this sentiment.

Sandwiches made. Any requests?

Never forget... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

Day10 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Bananarama - I heard a rumour Bananarama worked with SAW and got a renaissance. Venus got them relevance again. Prior to that they worked with... youtu.be/m-DZQ80vEVI?...

Day9 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan played Charlene and Scott in Neighbours. Jason's music was produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. As were... youtu.be/A85ME_Th4eM?...

Last night I went to see Chartreuse live in Cambridge. Never seen them live before and they were brilliant. They had some lighting problems but the audience got their phones out to illuminate things.

Day8 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know Another PWL artist who was in an Aussie soap with... youtu.be/tto_nmsND_o?...

On Thursday night I saw the Miki Berenyi Trio in their rescheduled gig at one of my favourite venues. It was great to see them live after their North American tour. We had loads of great tracks and as always there was plenty of dancing!

Day7 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Opus III - It's a Fine Day Kirsty Hawkshaw performed with Chapterhouse in 2010. She is the singer on this track which was released on PWL. youtu.be/TjIPzyVlK60?...

Happy Cake Day! Which would you choose? Raspberry & white chocolate Caramel Lime Drizzle #CakeLove

Day6 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Chapterhouse - Breather Like Slowdive Chapterhouse are from Reading. They're going to be back in 2026 and reformed briefly for dates in 2010. They were joined on stage by... youtu.be/5YtB4kxfQPs?...

🧵It’s that time of year where I try to persuade people to buy my books as gifts instead of buying the best sellers. Not being a celebrity author or having a big publishing house does stack the odds somewhat, so please have a look at this thread, and buy if something tickles your proverbial fancy

Day5 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Slowdive - Catch The Breeze Slowdive supported Ride on tour when they were promoting the Today Forever Ep. Slowdive are from Reading, another band from Reading is... youtu.be/vBo1sN0Ovyo?...

Day4 #DavidsMonthOfMusic Ride - OX4 One of their first forays into the USA was a joint tour with Lush. I saw Ride at the Kentish Town Forum supported by... youtu.be/g0Gsr_gjhpY?...