Hill Street Blues premiered on this date in 1981. It lasted 7 seasons & 146 episodes and introduced us to a raft of new memorable characters. "And remember - be careful out there!" #HillStreetBlues

"It's scary to think that a life could seemingly be made by a single event that took place on particular day but that's how I view things.The event I'm thinking of happened on January 17, on a bitterly cold Monday night in Glasgow." #JimKerr #OnThisDay 1978 #SimpleMinds first gig.

BRYAN FERRY - 'Taxi' album (1993) The 8th solo studio album, a covers album co-produced with Robin Trower. Includes the singles, 'I Put a Spell On You', 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' & 'Girl of My Best Friend'. The album would reach No.2 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUd5... #Rock #Pop #Soul

TRAIN DREAMS - (2025) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Clint Bentley and starring, 'Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jnr, John Diehl, Paul Schneider, Kerry Condon & William H. Macy. A gentle easy going movie, a pleasurable watch. #TrainDreams #Movies

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND - 'Messin'' (1973) The 3rd studio album released in June '73. Includes the singles, 'Get Your Rocks Off' & 'Mardi Gras Day' (US only). The album would reach No.196 in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiSt... #ManfredMann'sEarthBand #ProgressiveRock #HardRock #JazzRock

SQUEEZE - 'Play' album (1991) The 9th studio album, produced by Tony Berg & last to feature Gilson Lavis on drums. Includes the singles, 'Sunday Street', 'Satisfied' & 'Crying In My Sleep'. The album would reach No.41 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2not... #Squeeze #PopRock

Mentioning DAF, it's that time again folks... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyHl... #DAF #ReverseCarRacing #Netherlands

Produced by the Dutch car manufacturer from 1972-1976 and the last 4 cylinder motor to feature the DAF name.

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - 'Hyaena' album (1984) The 6th studio album & only studio album Robert Smith #TheCure composed & recorded with the Banshees. Includes the singles, 'Dazzle' & 'Swimming Horses'. The album reached No.15 in the UK www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8kJ... #Siouxsie&TheBanshees #NewWave

Cathcart Rd, #Glasgow 1933. (GCC)

The Devil himself couldn't have taken a better picture of evil.

REAR WINDOW - (1954) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter & Raymond Burr. A beautifully shot classic with wonderful scenes, a pleasurable watch. A #Hitchcock masterpiece. Years since I've seen it. #RearWindow

THE CURE - 'Wild Mood Swings' album (1996) The 10th studio album, produced by Robert Smith & Steve Lyon. 4 singles included, 'The 13th', 'Mint Car', 'Strange Attraction' & 'Gone'. The album would reach No.12 in the US & No.9 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=918f... #TheCure #AlternativeRock

Do you remember these? #MightyTiny #MiniatureRecords

DEEP PURPLE - 'Who Do We Think We Are' album (1973) The 7th studio album released in Jan '73. Includes the single, 'Woman from Tokyo'. The album would reach No.15 in the US & No.4 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjjm... #DeepPurple #HardRock #BluesRock

UNFORGIVEN - (1992) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Another visit to this fine #Western Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris and excellent supporting cast. One of only 3 Westerns to ever win an Academy Award for best picture. #Unforgiven #Movies

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - 'Tarkus' album (1971) The 2nd studio album, produced by Greg Lake & released in June '71. Includes the single 'Stones of Years' which failed to chart. The album reached No.9 in the US & No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiP2... #EmersonLake&Palmer #ELP #ProgressiveRock

Iconic and one I can say I've seen many times, although its been a good while now since I last seen it. Was gifted a superb Laurel & Hardy movie collection some years ago, at some point I must visit it again.

Post an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it, using only GIFs.

TRAFFIC - 'Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory' album (1973) The 6th studio album, produced by Steve Winwood & released in Feb '73. The album would fail to chart in the UK but would reach No.6 in the US despite its poor reviews. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrvY... #Traffic #ProgressiveRock

PAUL MCCARTNEY - 'Tug of War' album (1982) The 3rd solo studio album, produced by George Martin. Includes the singles, 'Tug of War', 'Ebony and Ivory' & 'Take It Away'. The album would reach No.1 in both the US & UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0-R... #PaulMcCartney #PopRock #Rock

HUNTERS (TV Series, Seasons 1-2, 2020-2023) After watching Season 1 a few years ago, I avoided watching Season 2, until recently when I caught up with it again on #Netflix A ridiculous plot, but stuck with it to the end, if only to say I saw it and wasn't impressed.

JONI MITCHELL - 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns' album (1975) The 7th studio album released in Nov '75. Includes the single, 'In France They Kiss on Main Street'. The album would reach No.4 in the US (her last top 10 there) & No.14 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rG... #JoniMitchell #FolkJazz

A favourite TV series of mine as a kid. Sad to discover only now that Ron Harper passed away in 2024.

CASABLANCA - (1942) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman & Paul Henreid. What can I say that hasn't been said before, a classic that until last night I had not seen before!! This despite knowing so many of the lines. #Casablanca #Movies

OZZY OSBOURNE - 'Blizzard of Ozz' album (1980) The debut studio album, released in Sept '80. Includes the singles, 'Crazy Train' & 'Mr. Crowley' (US only). The album would reach No.21 in the US & No.7 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MubJ... #OzzyOsbourne #HeavyMetal #HardRock

QUEEN - 'The Game' album (1980) The 8th studio album and the band's 1st to feature a synthesizer. Among the singles included, 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' & 'Another One Bites the Dust'. The album reached No.1 in both the US & UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9e... #Queen #Rock #Pop #Disco

THE CARPENTERS - 'Horizon' album (1975) The 6th studio album released in June '75. Includes the singles, 'Please Mr. Postman', 'Only Yesterday' & 'Solitaire'. The album would reach No.13 in the US & No.1 in the UK. Last played: 28/10/2023 www.youtube.com/watch?v=39gc... #TheCarpenters #Pop

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PAUL SIMON - 'Still Crazy After All These Years' album (1975) The 4th solo studio album, co-produced with Phi Ramone. Includes the singles, 'Still Crazy After All These Years' & 'My Little Town'. The album reached No.1 in the US & No.6 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5kn... #PaulSimon #JazzPop

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and the band or artist.

So a playful journey down memory lane and a taste of #GlamRock from the early 70's. Being absolutely honest here, of those I played this weekend, Bowie, T. Rex & Cockney Rebel the standouts. Slade & Sweet were never really my cup of tea. I've covered the genre much over the years and still enjoy it.

East Berliners enjoying sweet treats at Ice cream café ‘Polar’ at the Alexanderplatz, March, 1977 (courtesy of the Bundesarchiv, Bild 183S0307-0032/; photographer: Peter Koard).

SWEET - 'Desolation Boulevard' album (1974) The 3rd studio album released in Nov '74 on RCA. Includes the singles, 'The Six Teens', 'Turn It Down' & original recording of 'Fox on the Run'. The US version of the album would reach No.25. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt9... #Sweet #GlamRock #Rock

COCKNEY REBEL - 'The Psychomodo' album (1974) The 2nd studio album. Released in June '74. Produced by Steve Harley & Alan Parsons. Includes the singles 'Psychomodo', 'Mr. Soft' & 'Tumbling Down' (US only). The album would reach No.8 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJI1... #CockneyRebel #GlamRock

With both their health's failing - especially Ollie's - the boys met up one last time in 1956.

SLADE - 'Old New Borrowed and Blue' album (1974) The 4th studio album, produced by Chas Chandler & released in Feb '74. Includes the single, 'My Friend Stan'. The album would reach No.168 in the US & No.1 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ5J... #Slade #GlamRock #Rock

Hard to believe isn't it, that this lunatic is the President of the United States of America. Are voters in America really so thick they can't see through this bullshit?

ALICE COOPER - 'School's Out' album (1972) The 5th studio album, produced by Bob Ezrin. Released in June '72, it Includes the single, 'School's Out'. The album would reach No.2 in the US & No.4 in the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=37AL... #AliceCooper #HardRock #GlamRock #PsychedelicRock

Seeing as it's Don Letts birthday , Here he is back in 1971 with friends , Happy birthday Don . From Nina Manandhar's book " what we wore "

Johnny Cash outside Folsom Prison - California in 1968

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

DAVID BOWIE - 'David Bowie' album (1969) The 2nd studio album aka 'Space Oddity'. Produced by Tony Visconti. Includes the single, 'Space Oddity' (produced by Gus Dudgeon). The album failed to chart but did when re-issued in 1972. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NsV... #DavidBowie #FolkRock #PsychedelicRock

SAILOR - 'Trouble' album (1975) The 2nd studio album, produced by Jeffrey Lesser. Includes the singles, 'Girls, Girls, Girls' & 'Glass of Champagne' both hits in the UK. The album reached No.45 in the UK. More #Pop than #GlamRock but enjoyable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VV... #Sailor

Congratulations Macclesfield Town 👍

The music now off as I'm nudged, Macclesfield now 2-0 up!

It’s ten years ago that we lost David Bowie And his chameleon persona. I came to him via Lou Reed wondering who the producer was on Transformer album. Then I heard my sister playing something other then The bay City Rollers and was hocked then I went with her to see him one of my first gigs

Listening to #GlamRock with the FA Cup match between Crystal Palace & Macclesfield Town in the background on TV. A bizarre feeling of being back in the 1970's, all I need now is for the electricity to cut out and a cry of 'The electric's gone' and my long since passed Mum feeding the meter😂

COCKNEY REBEL - 'The Human Menagerie' album (1973) The debut studio album, produced by Neil Harrison. Includes the single, 'Sebastian' and 'Hideaway' released' as a single in Denmark. The album would fail to chart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJck... #CockneyRebel #GlamRock

The Rolling Stones in 1966 - looking for all the world like Python’s - 3yrs ahead of Flying Circus airing.