This is what I was getting up to at the weekend. And lovely to meet Allan Williams' children. Not only did Allan effectively start MerseyBeat when he replaced local bands for the departed Eddie Cochran slot, he told Bill Drummond to start Big in Japan www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/mus...

50 Years of Liverpool DIY #12 : Bill Drummond joins the Liverpool School and Illuminatus! grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Did you see this? Another limited release from the Hive Mind Cassete Archive. Available for 1 month, Pay What You Like and all donations will go to Bramber Bakehouse, a charity providing group baking sessions for women who’ve experienced trauma: hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/safia-...

Various – Like Nashville in Naija (Comb & Razor, US 2017) – Country music is big in Africa..? Indeed, in Nigeria in 70s/80s… maybe even today... who knows? Compiled by #UchennaIKonne a master of words & spaces plus under the radar music… works a treat with a Polish American IPA on the side saddle 😉

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable (女囚さそり　けもの部屋), 1973, directed by Shunya Ito (伊藤俊也). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Various – Wake Up You Vol 1 & 2 (Now-Again Records, US 2016) - Found on yesterday’s clean-up… best #AfroFunk #AfroRock centric Nigerian comp ever releases plus five-star book by #UchennaIKonne – as the sun sets… perfect audio complement to a bottle of New Belgium “Le Terroir” – Happy Mondays 😉

Isaiah Collier Quartet 'plays Coltrane', #PorgyAndBess, #Vienna (1st June 2026) – Potentially gig of year… managed until 11:30pm: 160mins of music… delayed flight night before… flat round midnight & days’ work… versions of Afro Blue & Favorite Things be killer… hope there B an LP to follow…

Cleaning up DVDs be way easier than LPs… Eight #TakeshiKitano classics found… Dolls be missing… aptly #ShōheiImamura … A Man Vanishes (1967) found in its place… I think the latter & A Scene at the Sea (1991) be tonight’s film choices…

For a vinyl collector moving be a challenge… for some who played records out it be worse… spend most of day matching LPs with sleeves: 200 done… only to find another cache of chaos in bedroom… still some top forgotten gems found along the way... ho hum… back to where we started with next batch 😉

Mason Jones - Ongaku Otaku - Complete Edition (Korm Plastics, NL 2026) – With music & beer nice to have a text to read on side… top facsimile edition via Cedric at #AnArchives … comes with extra label postcards… 527page insight to #Merzbow, #Hijokaidan, #Incapacitants et al… totally recommended…

Meitei – Agate (Kitchen Label, Singapore 2026) - Big fan of Daisuke Fujita… five-star mix of organic elements and electronica… quite cinematic… I reckon this is one of my LPs of the year & it’s only June… In Full: meitei.bandcamp.com/album/agate

My Cat Is An Alien – IN∞FI∞NI∞TO (Opax, Europe 2026) - Quite night with some postal drops & beer… easily one of the LPs of the year… old skool electronic with an organic flair… top packaging… via #soundohm. In Full: ellipticalnoise.bandcamp.com/album/in-fi-...

The Son Of P.M. - Plaeng Yiepoun [Thailand, Surf/Space Rock] (1960s) -- "Shadow Music" https://redd.it/2aoxlk https://youtu.be/vOoWL-fkDaY

open.substack.com/pub/burninga... Enjoyed reading this…..

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) Scanned from Gekkan Jikayosha (月刊自家用車), January 1979. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

8x10 mixed media on canvas board

Working hard on fixing up the old flat in Glasgow... Well I was until the sun hit peak temperatures... beer o'clock declared until tomorrow ;-)

@stephenreid1874.bsky.social - Bank holiday blast before bed - x.com/i/status/205... - via X... I suspect U know where to look for a more accessible hit from @dorksirjur.bsky.social on ko-fi.com/dorksirjur/p... :-)

Various – Awa 沫 Foam (Ylem, Japan 1981) & Norman McLaren: Masters Edition 7 DVD Box (Canada, 2006) – Near perfect accidently finds from audio/visual perspective… armed with new batch of #7Stern #ImperialIPA – result for a Sunday early evening… work a treat together 😉

#SipNSpin Richie doing a guest slot mix on KaneFM at 11am on Sunday with some of Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) releases from various labels he was involved with. @optimo-espacio.bsky.social

12x12 paper collage on wood

49 Years of Scottish Punk: Glasgow's Burning. An extended story of when the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads and Television spent a weekend in Scotland. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/21st-22nd-...

50 Years of Liverpool DIY #9 Dream. The two dreams which changed a city and the very strange story of how they opened a warehouse on Mathew St. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

12x12 mixed media on wood

Mark Stewart & Gareth Sager of The Pop Group in conversation with John Robb (Nov 2019) youtu.be/KlRBJtSHAOY?... @garethsager.bsky.social @creepingbent.bsky.social @muteuk.bsky.social @stevomusicman.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @muzicgeezer.bsky.social @neilcooper.bsky.social

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) on the set of Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler (銀蝶渡り鳥 牝猫博奕), 1972, directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (山口和彦). Scanned from Mainichi Gurafu (毎日グラフ), October 15, 1972. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Mitra Mitra – Glassy Tears (Feral Child/Micromort, UK/Austria 2026) – More up to date… new LP by local duo: 10th anniversary release picked up last Wednesday… high-grade modern upbeat #Melodic #DarkWave #SynthCentric #Electro - an evolution… top… In Full: mitramitra.bandcamp.com/album/glassy...

The Klingons - Beamed Down by Starship Enterprise & Analog Digital (VoD, Germany 2014) – Clear skies…beer in hand… what better way to watch the sun go down than with a bit of #SynthCentric #Electronica recorded #Kirkintilloch around 1980/82… top…

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever OST poster 23.5 x 35.5 inches (King Series, Japan 1971) – Highlight of today's clean-up… found inside a different OST LP… who knew 😉 youtu.be/JqsclcRQL2I?...

Various – Tanoshikatta Volume 1 (Tanoshii Records, Italy 2026) – edition of 150 via #ClaudioPetrosino – highly recommended selection of Japanese electronica… 1st time on vinyl… gracefully chilled with beats along the way 😉 Clips: www.juno.co.uk/products/tan...

16x20 mixed media on canvas

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (女囚７０１号 さそり), 1972, directed by Shunya Ito (伊藤 俊也). Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Harry Hosono & Tin Pan Alley In Chinatown (1976) – released today… 50yrs after the Yokohama recording… bit after he releases Tropical Dandy and month before Bon Voyage Co… top footage… live LP to follow in late June… oh yes… In Full: youtu.be/dlmEEMBmefs?...

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (野良猫ロック　セックスハンター), 1970, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe (長谷部安春). Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

DJ Koco – Cuban Boxset (Mr Bongo, UK 2026) – One of the better #RecordStoreDay releases… 5 x 45s from #Cuba… sadly no free cigar or rum… that said… end-to-end rug-cutting action… inspirational selection… highly recommended… In full (plus some): open.spotify.com/album/1jMAt3...

Various – Men with Broken Hearts (Cairo Records, US 2026) – Been in the house for a while… expanded vinyl version of tape (Mississippi, US 2010). Totally recommended as an early evening listen at sunset over a beer… wondering where the mule will come back 😉 In Part: soundcloud.com/magicnothing...

Estrada Orchestra – S/T (Fnr, US 2025) – OG was a Private Press (Estonia, 2015). Sensibly priced reissue on #FunkNight from last year… afro-centric-fluid-future-funk action from the off… complemented by a genuine devotional air to close with Ethio edge… highly recommended…

Roy Porter Sound Machine – Jessica (P-Vine Records, Japan 2023) – Missed on release… this issue comes with bonus 45 with killer Kenny Dope edit of title track… Expensive funk friendly OST gem originally on Chelan Records (US, 1971). Recommended… In Part: tramprecords.bandcamp.com/album/jessica

pre-order up for BC Friday: Over Maribor is two long-form sets of free-improv electric guitar, live in Zagreb & Graz. Limited cassette on Sound Holes in May. 1 May would be ideal to order. Thanks, enjoy! ericarn.bandcamp.com/album/over-maribor #ericarn #tapes #soundholes #freeimprovisation #guitar

Los Orientales de Paramonga 1972-1976 (Analog Africa No.45) "Peruvian psychedelic cumbia and salsa spiced songs" analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/los-or...

Naissoo Freeform Quintet – Live (NooPop, Estonia 2025) – Also, new to me… 3 live numbers from band’s debut… again totally in-sync with #XJazzFestival #Berlin mood... A-side be killer listen from a lay down and be counted perspective… highly recommended… In Full: noopop.bandcamp.com/album/naisso...

Naissoo Freeform Quintet – S/T (NooPop, Estonia 2025) – New to me until last weekend: lush progressive jazz… reminds me of May nights at #XJazzFestival (an institution sadly under threat) #Berlin for openness & mood. Totally recommended listen… oh yes 😉 In Full: noopop.bandcamp.com/album/naisso...

Muriel Grossmann – Quartet (Modernistas Records, Greece 2026) – First time on vinyl… originally CD only back in 2008… properly pressed… top sleeve and a personal message from the lady… recommended… In Full: murielgrossmann.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...

Isaiah Collier – Live in the Listening Room (The Vinyl factory, UK 2025) – Day off… vinyl & beer… five-star 26min listen… cut properly to vinyl… performance below… roll on Porgy (Vienna) on 1st June 2026 😉 In Full: youtu.be/6o2bx0DsQL8?...

Various – Official Guide to Scottish Minimal Synth 1979-83 (VoD, Germany 2014) – Postal drop… thanks to #soundohm sale… 7 LPs plus 45… the sound of #Kirkintilloch bedroom tape action from the era… very pleased with this drop… could be a long night… totally recommended 😉

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Lady Snowblood (修羅雪姫), 1973, directed by Toshiya Fujita (藤田敏八). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Saw Acid Mothers Temple in a former multi-storey car park in Peckham last night. Pretty hefty noise from ACM who also had Cotton Casino with them. Support from Micheal #chopsgigs #acidmotherstemple @babayagashut.bsky.social @iklectikartlab.bsky.social

A fifth “mixed bag” selection… about six years after the last one… a bit slack on doing these… on this mix a selection of #Bollywood & #Lollywood #OST #OG 7” singles… worth checking the films the music is taken from… floor friendly to the max… enjoy - soundcloud.com/mpflapp/mp-f... 😉 #soundcloud

Suns out… Slack Sunday in the #Bollywood & #Lollywood #OST boxes… I always forgot how many of these 7” devils I have… makes for some fine listening with a sly bit of dance floor action along the way 😉