26th June 1971 Emerson Lake and Palmer are No1 in the UK album charts with "Tarkus" #AlbumOfTheDay #progrock #prog #70s

Train tunes. These guys are fun.

If I get to a record shop tomorrow(you'd never know....), this will be bought. Elegant, immersive, music to quieten the noise.

Today's the day. A couple of hours in the office, and then off to Dublin to see The Cure.

My plan was to play "Parachute" by The Pretty Things, but, the football, & the whiskey.... Music room shenaniganza will resume soon...probably Sunday. The Cure tomorrow night in Dublin, then a Dublin date night. The show that never ends...

That bing-bong tannoy at the Curacao match isn't irritating at all.

Oh no, there's a word.... "coolcation". Like staycation & holibobs weren't bad enough.

We've a racing pigeon lodger, most handsome. He has been named Toby. Will get its tag numbers & get onto the RPRA once it's fed, watered & rested.

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... I am so here for the "stupendous space-rock silliness".... I know you don't like them. 😃

Fascinating chat with Ed O'Brien. pca.st/episode/5580...

Watching Switzerland vs Canada. Absolute muck. 2 goals, crap football. But, I've Hällas blaring. All good.

Oh fuck yeah. Good morning. youtu.be/o7GQ2Zf6i3I?...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... "Proceeds from 10 of the lots will be given in full to two charities: the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the National Autistic Society." ❤️

Cheers all. What a day.

Here we are now.

Clive Davis, rest in peace. "We all shot the shit at the bar With Johnny O'Toole and his scar And then old Clive Davis said I'm surely gonna make us a star I'm gonna make you a star Just the way you are" "No Surprize" - Aerosmith

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Sheela Na Gains - another great design by local artist Ciaran Brennan for WWN https://waterfordwhispers.shop/

Metallica, night 2. MAGNIFICENT. I'm dead from the toes up. I'm too old for this shit. The Cure on Friday. "Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on." - Samuel Beckett

Dirty Old Town....

Alright then. Gojira were brilliant.

Day 2 begins. #M72 #Metallica

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Today's train seat name is "Pizzle Mannequin". Friday's was "Palazzo Mithers". I'm easily amused.

Good morning all, from a sunny Galway. Kicking off Metallica Day 2(catching the train at 11:30) with some Lizzy demos. No doubt we'll be getting Whiskey In The Jar tonight. 🤘

James Hetfield paying his respects today.... 🥹

What a difference a day makes. ❤️

Taken from the 3rd night. ❤️

Metallica Night 1 was a blast, highlights for me, Orion, The Day That Never Comes, and Kirk & Rob playing Thin Lizzy's "Black Rose". Roll on tomorrow, a lot of heavy hitters to come...🤘

Metallica 2019, 2026. Older, none the wiser. I love this man. My North star.

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SP72NDID. WHATEVER. 🤘 #Metallica Night 1.

Relentless.

Off we go. #M72Dublin #Metallica

Happy Metallica weekend, Dublin! 🤘 🎸

Still pissing down. But, it is clearing soon, ALLEGEDLY.

Influenced by @mattsavine.bsky.social , playing Toto's irrepressible 3rd album, "Turn Back". More hooks than an angler's tackle box. Their first 4 albums are MAGNIFICENT. A hill I'll gladly expire on.

Master.

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Still here. What a debut.

That's me away from work, physically(the "you know where to find me if you need me" thing)...for a few days. Metallica weekend coming up. Getting ready with more Osibisa.

Osibisa's second....Visconti in the producer's chair again. John Punter(Japan, Roxy Music, Procol Harum, Caravan, Camel) engineered. Fantastic sound, great clarity, percussion pops out from the speakers. Another spectacular Roger Dean cover. Liner notes by Roxy Music champion Richard Williams.

RIP Walter, playing the 1970 Isle Of Wight set. ❤️

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The first of a two part story on London's Jewish community changed the sound of Britain.

Sad news, Walter Parazaider, an original member of Chicago, has passed away. Always worth repeating, those early Chicago albums make for joyous listening.

Wild. variety.com/2026/music/c...

From Aimee Mann's Instagram page. Chopping onions here. #Rush #AimeeMann

Metallica Dublin shows are on the horizon.... 😍🤘

"I won't be persuaded Kiss your doubts goodbye Everything seems hollow When you watch another angel die..."