#nowplaying #amplaying @thecoral.bsky.social in a library still thick with the stink and smoke of a mincepie-microwaving that went horribly wrong.

A song for New Year's Eve. Prince Buster borrowed the chorus of an old tune to make this classic ska in 1963. The Specials later covered it on their 2nd LP... youtu.be/Q9cl39L1p9g?... Wishing everyone a healthy and happy new year. ❤️💛💚 #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska #2tone

The original motion picture soundtrack for the film Juice was released December 31, 1991 😎💿🔊 #vinyl #nowspinning #music #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #hiphop #hiphopculture #goodvibes

There’s only four words on my C.V… The Moon Birds- I am the Breeze. open.spotify.com/track/5Z9ifO...

Hooray! What an excellent chap! (the boyfriend not the doctor...well, the doctor too) Available now from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com (use code MISERICORD at checkout for a New Year Sale 10% off!)

2025 was the year we said goodbye to the best fella I’ve ever known. Tonight I’ll be raising a glass and celebrating his life. 🍾🍺🥂x

Wear a cobra snake for a necktie much? Behold the man who did: Bo Diddley, December 30, 1928 - June 2, 2008. youtu.be/0iLcqaIS-48?...

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge The Beta Band ~ Human Being youtu.be/IkAsnYZDFzA?...

Horror comics of yesterday 😨💬💥🩸☠️ #comicsky #horrorsky

Monday .

Pod from yesterday with me and Paul theliverpoolway.podbean.com/e/liverpool-...

Remembering Chris Bell 12/1/1951 - 27/12/1978 🎶💔 "Every night I tell myself I am the cosmos I am the wind But that don't get you back again... " #musicsky #vinylsky #bigstar

Bob, Peter & Bunny is the coolest shit ever. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5R94...

1966, L.A.

Kip Setchko - Breath (Endless Poem) [USA - Folk] (1980) A fearless folk singer breaking down all genre borders on his debut (and only) album from 1980 by merging his roots music with Prog, New Age and Ambient. https://redd.it/pgihvi https://youtu.be/cWVYL0Gfj-c

Some more films I enjoyed this year.

Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar - Oriental Twist [USA, Country, 1964] https://redd.it/auzmqo https://youtu.be/AQlrjJQsvJ8

Horror comics of yesterday 😨💬💥🩸☠️ #comicsky #horrorsky

Tim Hardin. Wow. Soul groups, mod bands, Las Vegas crooners, existential angsters, he made em all.

Some TV series I enjoyed this year.

Horror novel covers from yesteryear. 💙📚🧟‍♀️🔪🙀 #booksky #horrorsky #paperbacks

Susan Christie - Paint a Lady [ US , Folk ] (1969) Love the lyrics and the voice matches so well to it https://redd.it/qghd1d https://youtu.be/9Icd3gq-kso

The films of the year: 26 discoveries, 10 old favourites, 7 bad movies, 6 re-appraisals and 5 obsessions. Feat. all your faves: Linda Fiorentino, Joan Micklin Silver, Sinners, Wallis Island, Argentinean child noir, and really quite a lot of John Ford. advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

UNDERRATED 90s ALBUMS: ‘The Magical World Of The Strands’ by Michael Head & The Strands Merseyside via West Coast psychedelia and Laurel Canyon folk from the The Pale Fountains and Shack bandleader. www.normanrecords.com/features/und...

Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)

Some films I enjoyed this year.

boardwalk, keansburg, new jersey, 1978

There can be only four (behind the scenes pics of The Kurgan [clancy brown])

Some books I’ve enjoyed this year.

It was a pissed up version of Soul Rebel by The Wailers.

Pod from tonight's game with me, Jules and a random Amazon delivery driver. theliverpoolway.podbean.com/e/tottenham-...

Incredible lost King Tubby from 1979/80 with Ranking Joe & Roots Radics. Some copies were initially pressed in 2001 by Jammyland but without artwork. Honest Jons doing God’s work by getting hold of a small handful & creating their own individual handmade sleeves. King Tubby - Original King Key Dub

Good times with good friends should never be taken for granted.🎄

Joe Meek & The Blue Men - The Bublight [UK, Pop/Electronic] (1960) https://redd.it/zq2cbm https://youtu.be/3zgIA_hR76s

He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith! advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...

1969, somewhere in America...📸Tom Copi

you’ll dig this mate Jah Shaka, Fatty, Prince Jammy - Confrontation Dub - 1980 youtu.be/1pjkYlMbZIc?...

the guy I’ve been seeing is very much a music person, not a film person. I mentioned I was watching Django and he went “Reinhardt?” dude, we have to talk.

Favourite Albums of 2025 Number 3: Brooke Combe - Dancing At The Edge Of The World Punchy Scottish street soul. Classic sound but the songs, attitude and delivery all fresh. Great voice, great production, great swearing, great album. Pick: Lanewood Pines #MonkeyFaves2025

A perfect portrait of cowardice.

New on Always Liverpool | Exhausting club. alwaysliverpool.substack.com/p/exhausting...

not my best of or top list, but a short list of horror movies from 2025 that are either fun or weird but you may have missed. I’ll add more if I think of others. DANGEROUS ANIMALS LURKER FREELANCE RESTLESS VULCANIZADORA DESCENDANT THE BALCONETTES CLOUDS

Horror novel covers from yesteryear. 💙📚🧟‍♀️🔪🙀 #booksky #horrorsky #paperbacks

Happy 82nd birthday to living legend Dandy Livingstone. Dandy wrote and recorded this classic in London in 1967. He only knew that The Specials had covered it in '79 when he saw them playing it on Top Of The Pops... youtu.be/OXXOaecD52k?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky