Funny for the Day…

DAVID BOWIE - 'Station to Station' album (1976) The 10th studio album, produced with Harry Maslin & released in January '76. Includes the singles, 'Golden Years', 'TVC 15' & 'Stay'. The album would reach No.3 in the US & No.5 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSVj... #DavidBowie #ArtRock #Rock

Tram Jam, Sauchiehall St. with Watt Brothers. #Glasgow 1957. (Herald)

A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper

THE BEATLES - 'The Beatles' album (1968) The 9th studio album, a double album often referred to as 'The White Album'. Produced by George Martin & released in Nov '68. The album would reach No.1 in both the US & UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKOh... #TheBeatles #Pop #Rock #Folk

APEX - (2026) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Baltasar Kormákur & starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana. An #ActionThriller set in the wilds of Australia. Wouldn't normally be my thing, but an enjoyable watch all the same. #SurvivalMovie #Australia

St Dairbhile's Church • Mayo Situated on the beautiful Mullet Peninsula, the ruins of this church are believed to be of 12th century date, and dedicated to St Dairbhile, an early saint of around the 6th century.

For Rolling Stone, Steve Earle writes that from Woody Guthrie to Bruce Springsteen, American artists have long used music to fight for change. "You can sing ideas that you can’t say, and people will process them differently and probably more positively than if you just tell them."

PINK FLOYD - 'The Wall' album (1979) The 11th studio album released in November '79. Includes the singles, 'Another Brick in the Wall Part 2', 'Comfortably Numb' & 'Run Like Hell'. The album would reach No.1 in the US & No.3 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r48B... #PinkFloyd #ProgressiveRock

BARBER - (2023) ⭐⭐⭐🌓 Last night's #Movie Directed by Fintan Connolly & starring Aiden Gillen as a private detective working in #Dublin in search of a missing girl. A steady plot with solid supporting cast. No thrills, simple straightforward with a couple of twists. A good film. #Barber #Noir #Movies

Proto Punk and any other proto music genre. Question; Do you think the bands and artists (that some nowadays describe as Proto this or Proto that) knew they were proto anything? Retrospective music genres, a pet hate of mine 😠

Bothwell Street, #Glasgow 1950s. (Herald)

MAGAZINE - 'Real Life' album (1978) The debut studio album, produced by John Leckie & released in June '78 on Virgin Records. Includes the singles, 'Shot by Both Sides' & 'The Light Pours Out of Me'. The album would reach No.29 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnN... #Magazine #NewWave #ArtRock

ELVIS COSTELLO - 'This Year's Model' album (1978) The 2nd studio album, produced by Nick Lowe & released in March '78. Includes the singles, '(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea' & 'Pump It Up'. The album reached No.30 in the US & No.4 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=04xJ... #ElvisCostello #NewWave

THE CLASH - 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' album (1978) The 2nd studio album, produced by Sandy Pearlman & released in November '78. Includes the singles, 'English Civil War' & 'Tommy Gun'. The album would reach No.128 in the US & No.2 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLic... #TheClash #PunkRock #NewWave

THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR - (1975) ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌓 Last night's #Movie Directed by Sydney Pollack & starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. A #SpyThriller based on the novel 'Six Days of the Condor' by James Grady. Been a while since I last seen it, but still a decent film.

IGGY POP - 'Lust for Life' album (1977) The 2nd solo studio album, produced with David Bowie & Colin Thurston & released in Sept '77. Includes the singles, 'Lust for Life' & 'Success'. The album reached No.28 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaJS... #IggyPop #GarageRock #Rock

When you’re Johnny Depp but the other guy is Iggy Pop 😃

Lensbury Way Thamesmead 1970

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - 'Out of the Blue' album (1977) The 7th studio album, a double album, produced by Jeff Lynne & released in Oct '77. Among the singles incl. 'Turn to Stone' & 'Mr. Blue Sky'. The album would reach No.4 in the US & UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrd0... #ELO #ProgressivePop

Nikoletta Király Born (1978) Hungarain “Evening” 2026 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

ABBA - 'ABBA: The Album' album (1977) The 5th studio album, produced by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, released in Dec '77. Among the singles incl. 'The Name of the Game' & 'Take a Chance on Me'. The album reached No.14 in the US & No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEie... #Abba #Pop #ArtPop

WIRE - 'Pink Flag' album (1977) The debut studio album, produced by Mike Thorne & released in November '77. Captured '77 for me as a teen, listening to John Peel late at night. No singles here, just simple beats with straight talking lyrics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wi9... #Wire #PunkRock #PostPunk

🎵 From station to station back to Düsseldorf City Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie Trans-Europe Express Trans-Europe Express Trans-Europe Express Trans-Europe Express 🎵 #Kraftwerk #Electronic #Lyrics

KRAFTWERK - 'Trans-Europe Express' album (1977) The 6th studio album, produced by Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider, released in March '77. Includes the singles, 'Trans-Europe Express' & 'Showroom Dummies'. The album reached No.49 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsA... #Kraftwerk #ElectroPop

🎵 We used to dream of the future and our friends Before you started the beginning of the end Nobody cares anymore just what you say Your broken empire is lying shattered down the way 🎵 www.theguardian.com/music/2019/o... #EddieAndTheHotRods #TheBeginningOfTheEnd #Lyrics

Man who hates anyone sitting next to him invents new type of train.

EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS - 'Life on the Line' album (1977) The 2nd studio album, produced by Ed Hollis. Includes the singles, 'Do Anything You Wanna Do', 'Quit This Town' & 'Life on the Line'. The album reached No.27 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK8p... #EddieAndTheHotRods #PubRock

THE DAMNED - 'Damned Damned Damned' album (1977) The debut studio album & 1st #Punk album released by a UK band. Produced by Nick Lowe & released in Feb 77. Includes the singles, 'Neat Neat Neat' & 'New Rose'. The album reached No.34 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=38l9... #TheDamned #PunkRock

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

IAN DURY - 'New Boots and Panties!!' album (1977) The debut studio album, released in Sept '77 and produced by Peter Jenner, Laurie Latham & Rick Walton. Includes the single 'Sweet Gene Vincent'. The album would reach No.5 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzvG... #IanDury #PunkRock #PubRock

Imagine..

GET CARTER - (1971) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine with Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland and Bryan Mosley. Hodges' directorial debut, a masterpiece with superb score by Roy Budd including iconic theme 'Carter Takes a Train'. #GetCarter #Movies

THE STRANGLERS - 'No More Heroes' album (1977) The 2nd studio album, produced by Martin Rushent & released in Sept '77. Includes the singles, 'No More Heroes' & 'Something Better Change'. The album would reach No.2 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riAB... #TheStranglers #PunkRock

PINK FLOYD - 'Animals' album (1977) The 10th studio album released in January 1977. A concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and a critique of Capitalism. The album would reach No.3 in the US & No.2 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_K... #PinkFloyd #ProgressiveRock

CELTIC 3 Hearts 1 - Full Time www.theguardian.com/football/liv... A very enjoyable afternoon of Radio Sports Entertainment. Gripping stuff, felt 40 years younger for a couple of hours today. Celtic's 5th SPL title in a row. Congratulations to Martin O'Neill and the Bhoys 👍 #Celtic #Hearts #SPL

Happy 80th birthday, guitarist, keyboardist, composer, record producer, author, and founding member of King Crimson, Robert Fripp. 🎂

Celtic v Hearts -BBC Radio Scotland - 12:30pm So will be listening to this today. Will be like old times 😎 #Celtic #Hearts #SPL #Radio #Football #Soccer

THE FIRM - (1989) ⭐⭐⭐🌓 Last night's #Movie Directed by Alan Clark, written for the #BBC by Al Hunter Ashton. Starring Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville & a cast of many young actors who would go on to be almost household names in English TV. #GaryOldman outstanding. #TheFirm

MANIC STREET PREACHERS - 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours' album (1998) The 5th studio album. Among the singles incl. 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' & 'The Everlasting'. The album would reach No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0fd... #ManicStreetPreachers #AlternativeRock

R.E.M. - 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' album (1996) The 10th studio album, a double album & produced with Scott Litt. Among the singles incl.'E-Bow the Letter', 'Bittersweet Me' & 'Electrolite'. The album would reach No.2 in the US & No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=97g3... #R.E.M #FolkRock

Can still hear the sound of this running across the carpet.

I'm staying well out of this... The days of disputing penalties, fouls, handballs, all now long behind me...😎 (psst. I very rarely watch football these days) 😉

Paul Newman in SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME ('56).

🎵 You'll never live like common people You'll never do what ever common people do Never fail like common people You'll never watch your life slide out of view And then dance, and drink, and screw Because there's nothing else to do Oh! 🎵

PULP - 'Different Class' album (1995) The 5th studio album, produced by Chris Thomas & released in Oct '95. Includes the singles, 'Common People', 'Disco 2000' & double A side, 'Mis-Shapes'/'Sorted for E's & Wizz'. The album reached No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFx... #Pulp #ArtRock #Pop

STING - 'Ten Summoner's Tales' album (1993) The 4th solo studio album, produced with Hugh Padgham. Among the singles incl. 'If I Ever Lose My Faith in You', 'Fields of Gold', 'Seven Days' & 'It's Probably Me'. The album reached No.2 in the US & UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPcY... #Sting #PopRock

While watching TV tonight, I had an eye on the updated scores at Motherwell and Hearts. Some night of football, with Hearts winning 3-0 and and Celtic stuck at 2-2 for the final minutes, until...making it a 3-2 win at the end. No TV, No radio, just google updating the scores, had me gripped.

LEGENDS - TV Series - 6 Episodes (2026) - #Netflix Began watching this a couple of days ago and so good was it, I binged it. Tom Burke outstanding as 'Guy' with Steve Coogan, Hayley Squires, Ami Ameen and fine supporting cast. Based on true events, with a feel of #TheWire about it. #Legends

"Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków" Roman Vishniac, 1937.