Called it #euroboffin #eurovision

Looking forward to lots of awkward conversations, insincere flattery and euro-pauses. #eurovision

Bulgaria for the win. Proper toe tapper, that one.

Half Ma’am Half Brisket

Proustian rush watching this #totp sitting in the lunge of our student digs, dried up chapatis for ashtrays, endless tea and biscuits, NME and Melody Maker strewn across the floor, jumpers for goalposts… #blur #electronic

I recently went to see Vic/Jim’s wonderful exhibition at Cartwright Hall in Bradford. Recommended. #totp

Post-gym dawdle in Lidl meant I missed S-Express, didn’t I. Bugger. #totp

Despite never being the coolest kid on the block I’ve always thought Mark Goodier was an absolute effing pro. And he once played Sowing the Seeds Of Love twice in a row on his Radio 1 show when it was released because he thought it was so good. And he was right of course. #totp

Keeble’s really feeling this one. #totp

I guessing London and New York times on Glen’s wrist? #totp

I reckon this fella’s miming. #totp

Strong Paul Robinson energy emanating from F “R” David. #totp

Possibly the best song ever. I’m prepared to fight… #totp #humanleague #fascination

Hy-purr-real? #totp

This is massive news!

My record for switching on 6Music and hearing the word “iconic” now stands at a mere 15 seconds. Can this be beaten…?

Love the Big Match Revisited for the social history as much as the “tricky surface” football. This week, saucy flick “du jour” Emmanuelle (“Don’t Miss…”) advertised next to The Best of (One Day At A Time Sweet Jesus hitmaker) Lena Martell. Two late Chelsea goals meant the game ended 3-3.

A 2025 obsession that continues into 2026 is the great films on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social with Edward Woodward starring in super-rare British supernatural chiller The Appointment at 9.55pm tonight, Jan 1st. I reviewed this on blu-ray here. #TPTV #TPTVsubtitles film-authority.com/2022/07/12/t...

An excellent evening’s entertainment in store…👇

#darts was the winner with that Evans / Wade epic.

The fabulous 'Freda' herself, our dear friend #BarbaraFlynn is here with a little #Christmas message for all #TalkingPicturesTV viewers! ♥️

Wonderful Blade Runner reference in the #darts commentary this afternoon… #tearsintherain

I still get a bit emosh when Kim Appleby pops up on the #totp reruns. An absolute banging tune and brilliant performance.

Note to self. Don’t take blood pressure while watching #totp reruns when Robbie Williams is on… #angles

Our final event of 2025 - Old McDonald’s Farm - is this Saturday from 8pm. Upstairs at The Triangle, Shipley. Bring your farm related vinyl (there’s more than you think!) and give it a spin! 🚜 🌽 🐑

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One day 6Music will play the right version of Perfume by Paris Angels. Today is not that day.

Friday night! Time to tune into a bit of 1998 Top of the Pops… #totp

40 years old this week (I’d say today but that was a Friday and records were released on a Monday in the UK in 1985). ABC’s How To Be A Zillionaire. It’s a pop masterpiece and still sounds ruddy ace.

RIP Jane Goodall. She licensed this strip to raise funds for her institute:

Loved doing this show with such fantastic company and the new (& last, blub) Saint Etienne album is a splendid thing. Give us (& it) a listen by tapping below. 60 minutes well spent.

Between you and me it’s the 40th anniversary of a very special record in just over a week’s time…

Live at @fiveriserecords.bsky.social a week tomoz.

[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.

Top of the Pops 1998 really is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it… #totp

I’ll be on BCB radio tonight at 9, with Flash Cassette, Gus Bousfield and host Rob Prior talking about the making of International (Bradford dept.). 106.6FM if the wind is in the right direction.Tyune in! Or listen online at bcbradio.co.uk

Loved putting this one together. Big thanks to Bob, Gus, Adam and (as always) Will for their contributions.

Another excellent poster from Andy Mitchell. Promises to be a fun night.

Of all the things that have happened to us in 35 years, hearing Winona Ryder say Saint Etienne "totally rescued me while I was going through a hard time" is up there. Bless her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjX...

It was 40 years ago today… I was sat in the back of a Vauxhall Cavalier, returning from the family holiday in Devon listening to Live Aid on the radio. My lovingly preserved copy of Ver Hits now my trusty guide as I work my way through the BBC2 repeat… #liveaid #liveaid40

Nevermind white dog sh*t. Why do we never see these anymore? #liveaid40

I love this comic so much. "But-" MONETIZE YOUR FREE TIME

If you’re about to go to bed, watch this first

Whoever’s vision mixing The Prodigy on BBC4’s #glastonbury tonight deserves a raise.

Paint a Bulgari Picture #SmithsGoShopping

A few days off & a pile of books to enjoy. First off & finished already is @wadeywade.bsky.social 1984 The Year When Pop Went Queer. An engaging cultural history lesson showing how pop pushed back against 1980s prejudice & homophobia. With a banging playlist to boot. Highly recommended.

“That record went gold today” If looks could kill. Bit awkward 😬 #totp

RIP Brian Wilson, one of the best to ever do it. He was haunted by how good “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes is and he was right to be.

Gothfrapp #eurovision