#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! 🚜 🌽 🐑

At the

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

Hearing Totally Wired this morning on 6Music while I’m eating my bran flakes was a pleasant surprise.

It's actually wild that two of the major aspects of "The Phantom Menace" center around tariffs and sports gambling -- major conversation points for us all in 2025.

Coming soon - the film that many consider to be a Tati masterpiece! 📽️ Premiere: Saturday 3rd May, 3:35pm PLAYTIME (1967) directed by and starring ⭐ #JacquesTati on #TalkingPicturesTV

I had a great time @fiveriserecords.bsky.social yesterday. Aidy always puts on a very good Record Store Day. Along with some of my @therecordclub.bsky.social pals I had a slot to play some tunes in the shop and came away having bought far more than I planned. A very good day all round.

Fun. Guaranteed.

Not long now until our April event - Sweet Tooth - on Sat 5th April at The Triangle in Shipley. Bring some tunes in vinyl to play along the theme of sweets, candy, sweetness, honey, chocolate… you get the drift(er). See you there!

The mighty Cud band played Bradford for the first time in 34 years last night and I was there. A hugely entertaining affair with top support from railway-loving punks Indignation Meeting. Their Napalm Death cover was splendid

First time at Bradford City since December. Half expected my seat to have been sold. 22,000 expected today. I’m maybe a bit early but I have my veggie pie to keep me occupied.

Back for 2025. Three more record fairs in the beautiful West Yorkshire village of Saltaire. Make a day of it! Saturday 15th March. Full details at saltairerecordfair.org.uk

Quality radio alert👇

Still baffled how Olive’s wonderful You’re Not Alone absolutely stiffed when it was first released despite loads of R1 airplay at the time. What made it such a hit when it was rereleased a year later? Pop, eh! #totp

Sunday afternoon tea and crumpets vibezzz…

Especially William Orbit’s Spatial Expansion mix. “Maximum bass…”

While idly scrolling, I chanced upon this still from Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot, and for a brief second I thought "What, there was an American remake of Minder?!?"

Like A Prayer Ray of Light Hung Up Deeper and Deeper Express Yourself

Top yackin’

Quality entertainment👇

Oh boy. Sad news about David Lynch. A true original. And what a legacy.

Back for 2025… the Saltaire Record & Retro Fair, powered by the Record Club and held at the Caroline St. Social Club. Get these dates in your diary.