1969. The Who take Rock Opera to the Opera. The London Coliseum in St Martin's Lane, WC2, was the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, now the English National Opera

Party now bad bad.... (OTD 1945) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkA...

Ah, Ted. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Landmarks – even those some would label prosaic such as drinking fountain – attract stories, find folklore tied to them. Give a public place a gabled roof, a gothic spire and it will become a ghost-attractor. Come you cholera phantoms. Come you tuberculosis-ridden shades. – Dr. M. Benn

In Almost Famous when Patrick Fugit says "Yes...ask me again" to Penny Lane outside the Tull/Sabbath concert it wasn't scripted, he forgot his line so was asking Kate Hudson to repeat hers. Cameron Crowe ultimately felt it suited the mood of the scene so kept it in

On this day in 1978, culminating in Victoria Park, London, was the Anti-Nazi League March and Rock Against Racism concert. #TRB #SteelPulse #XraySpex and #TheClash were amongst those that played. ✊️ Estimated crowd: 100k.

📰 The Arnold Corns – “Moonage Daydream” / “Hang On to Yourself” Single • April 30, 1971 Before Ziggy Stardust fully landed, David Bowie quietly dropped this ultra-rare 7” under the pseudonym The Arnold Corns.

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 30 Last track on album Manic Street Preachers - Condemned To Rock 'n' Roll If the last side of Generation Terrorists started to sag under the weight of its ambition then they (or rather James) certainly rescued the day with this riff-orgasm finale www.youtube.com/watch?v=14EU...

ACE KEFFORD ( EX - MOVE ) DISC SEPT 1968 + OH GIRL www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWqc... @risottodrake.bsky.social @bazbo.bsky.social

Lysergic outlaws!

youtube.com/watch?v=t1-r... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 29 | Song From The 1960s The Smoke - My Friend Jack ( 1967 ) Effortlessly cool pop from this underrated band , the sounds created from the guitars at the beginning are just sublime

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 29 From the 60s The Del-Vetts - Last Time Around This punked up fuzzer (replete with Jeff Beck aping guitar solo) is something of a one-off as the other Del-Vetts tracks I've heard just don't live up. I Call My Baby STP is merely about engine oil! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSlu...

In celebration of the ROGUE TROOPER PREMIER being announced at the magnificent ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET this June, (that was a mouthful,) clamp your sensors on these POSTERS from Paolo Rivera and Chris Weston respectively-

Just put our council election votes in the post www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDZ-...

"I got a spacehopper baby but it's stuck in your sewer You gotta hold on babe til the blockage is fewer Gonna hire, gonna hire, gonna hire Dyno-Rod out for you...."

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 28. By the last artist you saw live A Small Victory by #FaithNoMore Seen 3rd December 1997 at Manchester Academy, price £10 I got meningitis in 1998 which ended my health and gig going days forevermore 😖 m.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_h... #MusicChallenge #90sMusic #MusicSky

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 28 Last band you saw The Wildhearts - Love You Till I Don't I hope Hangar 34 in Liverpool won't be the last time I ever get to see them but anyhows, great gig, great memories (from what I can remember) and they didn't play this so here it is now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nd...

Spring is bringing new life and renewed hope to our donor-funded wildlife reserves. Read the latest blog and discover how your support helps protect these precious spaces. https://leagueacs.co.uk/jAcpL #WildlifeReserves #Conservation #Spring

A vast new online resource: The Velvet Underground Myth Archive: A free, publicly accessible database of hundreds of rare press clippings documenting the rise of The Velvet Underground, methodically organised month by month. Enjoy thevelvetundergroundmyth.com #thevelvetunderground

Felt really hungover today, Hmm, that's odd because I don't remember going mad yesterday, just some drinks on a Sunday evening, went to bed normal time, slept well. Sod it, I'll go get those last few beers from downstairs and put them in the fridge for a hair of dog treat Went downstairs, no beer

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 27 Three words in title The Sweet - Set Me Free Up there with the similarly speed-metal anticipating Stone Cold Crazy by Queen, this is a pure adrenaline rush of rock noise, predating not only the frantic abandon of Judas Priest but NWOBHM too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-RT...

Lovecraft adaptation

We're having mashed potatoes with tea tonight so I pointed out that instead of having a roast dinner we're having a mashed dinner and now it's just giving me Lord and Lady Whiteadder vibes

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

‘Head *South West!*’ Satnav, I’m driving to Haverhill - not sacking a Spanish Galleon in 1737 of its fine silks; near black wine; musky spices; barrelled pork packed tight in mighty kernels of grey salt and navigational instruments many.

#NowPlaying Julian Cope, E-Man Groovin' 2026 Cope meets 90s Julian uptown. And the results are, remarkable. Using a knackered tape of a 1990 studio jam for the basis of loops and samples, Cope has created the most tripped out, blissed out grooves of the last few decades. L.U.V in a summer basket

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 26 From the 70s Pentagram - Hurricane Early 45 from Bobby Liebling's doom progenitors, originally issued as by Boffo Socko because if there's one thing guaranteed to confuse your small local fanbase it's to keep releasing pseudonymous records m.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0R...

#NowPlaying Recently found out that Killing Joke were a huge early influence on FNM (before Jim Martin they were a post-punk band) and doesn't it show on this album. Roddy plays an Oberheim, same as Jaz Coleman, and his shimmering chords could be on Night Time. Billy is almost like a slap bass Youth

Damn it you bastards, what have you done with the Captain?

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 25 Famous person in title Luke Haines - Peter Hammill Picking a Haines track with a cultural reference is like shooting famous fish in a barrel - wrestlers, actors, murderers - and I don't think anyone else has ever done the erstwhile VDGG frontman m.youtube.com/watch?v=ycjc...

Postie's just dropped off the new Cope goodies. The spoonholder crab may well be as excited as I am. And so he should be. Er, look out!

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Galapagos marine iguana is the only lizard species on Earth that has adapted to forage for food exclusively in the ocean. These "mini Godzillas" can freedive to depths of up to 30 meters (100 ft) and hold their breath for up to one hour. IG: matiasvargas12 marine biologist

That I saw live: Donald Ross-Skinner John Head Ginger Wildheart Neil Young #4guitarists

🎵Who loves the sun? Who cares that it makes plants grow? Who cares that it shows up all the bits of dust and grit in the corners that you really should have hoovered but thought you'd get away with [beat] Ba ba ba baaa...🎵

LEMMY KILMISTER ♠️

📆 April 24, 1971 🐍 Alice Cooper Group’s “Eighteen” climbed one spot to its peak position of No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, marking the band’s first Top 40 hit and a major commercial breakthrough after years of underground cult status.

My Head Heritage order has been dispatched. Tracking says it was posted at Marlborough PO - I mean, I know it's probably one of his daughters or a paid employee but I love the idea of Julian in full leathers with shades and the military cap walking into the post office like your average eBay seller

Goths Assemble! Whitby Weekend go-ers, pimp your Creepy Crypt with skull & crossbones #Bunting & then match your Hell Hound to your #HomeDecor with a co-ordinating dog bandana ☠️ misheleneous.etsy.com #Goth #Whitby #Steampunk #Pirate #Skulls #Etsy #Punk #DogsOfBlueSky #Alternative #Garland #Bsnm

Whoever is mowing their lawn, please can you keep it down, I'm trying to listen to the local rock group down the street! Ah, forget it I'll try again on Sunday

Faith No More - A Small Victory Words can't really express how much I love this song but everytime I hear it it just lifts my righteous spirits - and it's in good company too being on the groundbreaking Angel Dust. Every time you think it can't get better, it does! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_h...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 24 Collaboration Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger (Killer Millimeter Longer) Sly Stone on a Funkadelic album? If that don't sound like a match made in the funky heavens and of course it was - a classic. Go all the way *then* back off! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jxy...

BLACK SABBATH - REVIEW NME OCT 1972 + SUPERNAUT www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjm... @ledaimmortelle.bsky.social @kingludd.bsky.social @crimsonking.bsky.social @angusdugg.bsky.social @merely-chris.bsky.social @linguistic.bsky.social @chthonicsmith.bsky.social @guillerm.bsky.social

"The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude." Remembering Johnny Thunders who died today 23rd April 1991 #music

+++ On this day, the 23rd of April 1982, The Sisters Of Mercy first released 'Body Electric', as their second 7" inch single. +++ #thesistersofmercy #andreweldritch #bodyelectric #mercifulrelease #goth #gothic #gothicrock #TSoM #thesisters #OTD #gothcore #alt #altrock #postpunk

#DavidsMonthOfMusic 23 Language other than my own Sepultura - A Hora E a Vez do Cabelo Nasce Today let us bring together two generations of Brazilian rock music with this superb cover of an Os Mutantes track. Sepultura's will to experiment always stood them apart www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8A...

Ahh… let’s put it up for the masses. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4nR1...

Hey @naikcorb.bsky.social , @psychedelictony.bsky.social and anyone else interested, there are two new Peggy Suicide era archival releases over at www.headheritage.co.uk rite now!

1832 #WyrdWednesday