Seeing is believing – An Irishman’s Diary on Samuel Johnson and Ireland www.irishtimes.com/opinion/seei... For anyone enjoying the recently released Rest Is History Johnson/Boswell episodes.

2 albums that didn't get much critical love when they came out. Critics, eh.... Anyway, they're both effing OTT marvellous. And so many strong tunes.

Good afternoon. Some sonic opulence....

Montreal Progs.

The eldest. 20 today. ❤️

Oh, this is wonderful. A marriage made in Budokan. 🤎 youtu.be/HaJcPStuLFs?...

www.instagram.com/reel/DVr4M0K... The ragebaitery rages on.

"Lord, tell that robin at my window Not to sing to me no song 'Cause it's not the time for singin' It's the time to be alone....."

Underrated.

More of this.

Evening all.

Took today off. Fuck it. Gardening, reading, Queening. ❤️

The original, never knew until today that it was an Albert Hammond tune, or if I did, long forgotten. This is gorgeous. youtu.be/9HglphdXqMg?...

Released on this day in 1974. 🖤 "Oberon and Titania watched by a harridan Mab is the queen and there's a good apothecary-man Come to say hello...."

Afternoon listening continues, and a rarity for me now, a re-read. Been too long.

3rd walk of the weekend... Spring is springing. And I found a good stick, I know I'm a middle-aged man, but a good stick is a good stick.

Lazing on a Sunday afternoon... ❤️

"Have you a nice shirt for tonight?", pt. 2351. 😐

Oh my.

What would you do if you turned around And saw me beside you Not in a dream but in a song? Would you float like a phantom Or would you sing along? ❤️

This bookmark is giving me the vapours.

I haven't bought a record in over 2 months. That's probably the longest stretch since the 80s. It's either a side effect of the great depressive funk of 2026, or maybe, maybe, I've enough for now. May as well hang on now til RSD. Huh.

This happens to me every couple of years, when my reading consists of nautical death-drenched ripping yarns AND NOTHING ELSE. Up next.

Adjusting my pH levels... Good morning.

We're heading out, we've our team's "late, late, Christmas party" tomorrow night, as per their request, so we'll be in entertaining mode, so a few quiet hours to ourselves will be nice. Some Bud...

"For you (whose eyes were opened wide Whilst mine refused to see) I'm sore in need of saving grace Be kind and humour me...." Good evening.

Another new Crippled Black Phoenix track....🖤 youtu.be/QSLerKGOii8?...

How I feel when someone blocks me

Unfairly maligned, if you ask me. I love the mellowness, & there's some fucking great playing, the lead guitar, bass, & percussion on "Cafe On The Left Bank", for instance. Clearly not angry & spiky enough for 1978's critics. And it was by Wings, a constant target on their backs.

You came along And made my life a song...

Good evening.

Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent on Now80s. "No romance without finance" "You got to have a J-O-B if you wanna be with me" "Boy, your silky ways are sweet But we're only wastin' time if your pockets are empty I've got lot of love to give But I will have to avoid you if you're unemployed" 🤣

How I arrived in Bluesky

You know how I feel, always running at someone's heel...

Good evening all.

❤️ "I declare this tower is my symbol; I declare This winding, gyring, spiring treadmill of a stair is my ancestral stair That Goldsmith and the Dean, Berkeley and Burke have travelled there..." From "Blood And The Moon", by William Butler Yeats

What a run Wolves are on!! LFC, a shambles. A miserable season, but we go on. Shocking, on the pitch, on the sidelines. IS IT MAY YET?? 🤣

It's an incredible thrill to be in that darkened room when the painting is revealed. The artist, Frederic William Burton, though born in Wicklow, lived in the splendid riverside Clifden House, in Corofin, Clare, from the age of six. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

"Now when the day goes to sleep And the full moon looks The night is so black that the darkness cooks...." Good evening.

Spring sunshine, you couldn't have come at a better time.

An evening with Derry's finest. Sin Of Pride is here somewhere...🤷‍♂️

Rory Gallagher 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995 "'Til the end of time you'll be on my mind"

A box of live heavy metal thunder. I love this....band philosophy.... "Positive thought, audience enjoyment, and GO FOR IT AT ALL TIMES" 🤘

Used to watch The High Road Vhs regularly back in the day. This double lp came out in 1990, from the same(Avalon) tour. Credits mention it was recorded in Frejus. Well, they're fucking wrong. The material was taken from various venues.

Weary of the waltz And mashed potato schmaltz...

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway...

Worth a follow. Welcome.

Good afternoon.

"I was very lucky, because I had Linda". 🥹 Watching "Man On The Run". Good morning.