Gig no.2 (of 50) Midnight Gallery - Eagle Inn, Manchester (with my mum!) Check out one of their latest tracks, catch them next in Halifax youtu.be/jDt-mFXUYUA?...

1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 5 - Marillion - Kayleigh The first 7” single I ever bought 6 - Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right youtu.be/pYoN9OraOWM?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 23 - it’s Friday & I have the day off 🙌🏻 I am the Dancing Queen 😊💃🏻🎶 ABBA (1976) youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s?...

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Gig #1 Holy Youth Movement - l #GigLifeCrisis gathering (Cheltenham). Great set, will definitely try see them again.

My 1st gig of 50 today at the #GigLifeCrisis Gathering in Cheltenham. If you don’t know the FB group it’s a fun hangout with folk who do ALOT of gigs & they host a few mini-festivals every year. 📷 Bayboards youtu.be/Z1Cmw9KkFv8?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja (1978) 💃🏻🎶🕺🏼 youtu.be/ZJ4v1Lbx3-I?...

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Influenced by my brother & fascinated by the LP artwork 5 - Kayleigh - Marillion (1985) youtu.be/FiM0JiE0h5I?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge In no particular order 16 - Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango youtu.be/o0CeFX6E2yI?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 15 - Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975) youtu.be/qBC2Qm5FE-Q?...

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good (1984) Imagine a time when people thought this was ‘unusual’ (start of clip!) 🤣 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984) youtu.be/oLTbWPYf2A4?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 11 - The Boss - James Brown youtu.be/yQfbrsWXuRg?...

#50songs that make up my life story 1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) 2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev 3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good (1984) My first pop crush 🥰 youtu.be/cTLTG4FTNBQ?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 10 - Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1979) youtu.be/WGU_4-5RaxU?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge Feels like the longest week at work 😔 I need this today 💃🏻🪩🕺🏼 8 - Chic - Good Times (1978) youtu.be/RLTDpewIpfw?...

#50Songs that make up my life story 1 - Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1976) 2 - The house was full of classical music growing up (my Mum’s influence). I adored following the instruments in the story of … Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev youtu.be/Va8Uz6MoKLg?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 6 - The Passenger - Iggy Pop youtu.be/-fWw7FE9tTo?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 5 - Supernature - Cerrone (1977) youtu.be/cJ5V3OZdIZM?...

Happy 70th Birthday to Bernard Sumner 🥳🎉 #NewOrder #JoyDivision #Electronic #BadLieutenant #Hacienda

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge 4 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight (1979) youtu.be/mcCK99wHrk0?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge In no particular order 3 - T Rex - Get It On (1971) youtu.be/FyzWDl0nz00?...

#70sTop30 #MusicChallenge My pick today is also the 1st of 50 songs that have influenced my half century 😌 Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976) I was born in the hot summer of 1976 blissfully unaware of a gig that would happen 10 days later that would affect my musical taste for life. 1/3

I’m celebrating my half century this year with 50 gigs & will be going down a musical memory lane to pick out 50 songs that have somehow weaved themselves into my life story ☺️🎵🤘🏻

#MusicChallenge #70sTop30 Happy New Year ✨🎉 Not in any particular order. Starting with an easy one for any sore heads out there ☺️ 1 - Jamming - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977) youtu.be/oqVy6eRXc7Q?...

#2025FavSingles My top track of the year - absolutely no surprise here, third year in a row! ☺️🤘🏻 🏆 IST IST - I Am The Fear Happy New Years Eve 🥳 youtu.be/PJaIVRkKOCg?...

#2025FavSingles My top 3 tracks of the year 🥳🎵🙌🏻 2️⃣ Nightbus - False Prophet youtu.be/_8lDemYKCCI?...

#2025FavSingles My top 3 songs of the year 💕🎵 3️⃣ Nation Of Language - Inept Apollo youtu.be/xjCgSSepzrA?...

#2025FavSingles 4️⃣ Sea Fever - Loose Cut youtu.be/vc8VykfWf64?...

#2025FavSingles 5️⃣ Dictator - El Niño youtu.be/Ar2gNQntHEg?...

Boxing Day swim 🤘🏻🥶🎄 #Clevedon

#2025FavSingles 6️⃣ Bdrmm - can I say the whole Microtonic album? ☺️ love all the tracks, it’s a ‘no skips’ album for me youtu.be/mueBE7d_R9U?...

#2025FavSingles 7️⃣ Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing - The Chameleons youtu.be/JGnHlAxuDLk?...

#2025FavSingles 8️⃣ Heartworms - Extraordinary Wings youtu.be/5htIIBUG0Es?...

#2025FavSingles 9️⃣ Midnight Gallery - Black & White youtu.be/jDt-mFXUYUA?...

#2025FavSingles #10 Sick Man Of Europe - Sanguine Extraordinary live performance of this track at Multitude Festival 🎵🙌🏻 youtu.be/L39M0jVR320?...

Great to see @seafeverband.bsky.social last night in Manchester 🎄🤘🏻🥳🎉

#2025FavSingles My favourite tracks of the year 🎵☺️ #12 Saint Etienne - Glad youtu.be/h5fWxY9IHkw?...

#2025FavSingles My favourite tracks of the year 🎵💕 #13 Submarine - Night Swimming @nightsswimming.bsky.social youtu.be/y9lRqrwUu30?...

A friend challenged me to come up with a ‘Top 50 songs that shaped my life’ list for my birthday next year … yeah no worries 🤘🏻 Now staring at my spreadsheet … how the hell?! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🎵

#2025FavSingles #NewMusic My favourite songs of the year 🎵🎉 #14 Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea youtu.be/U1r3d7wR9is?...

Not listened to #NewMusic as much as I’d have liked this year 😥 But I’ve picked out my favourites to countdown to year end #15 Chalk - Afraid youtu.be/kCk1PbNJETY?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 30 - Ladytron- I See Red Thanks for the challenge 🎵☺️@tansleyjames.bsky.social youtu.be/72A9nFNhdOM?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 29 - W H Lung - I Will Set Fire To The House youtu.be/5KMsx8fpR4o?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (new) New Wave 28 - Nation Of Language - In Division St youtu.be/dYbnuVE_Zd4?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 27 - Working Men’s Club - Valleys youtu.be/pzkfcLzUYYg?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 26 - Cut Copy - Strangers In The Wind youtu.be/TrICmfg2Yjg?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave 🎵 25 - Hot Chip - Huarache Lights youtu.be/9S0ONyRctyE?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge (New) New Wave picks 24 - LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends youtu.be/aygY5OqMuKE?...

#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge I’ve not kept up with my selections, sorry, chaotic work & parenting! 🤪 But I’m going to finish the month with my New Wave inspired songs from this century 🎵💕 23 - Future Islands - For Sure youtu.be/yC_2tlsnpMw?...