#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18: From the year you left high school Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times youtu.be/8EdxM72EZ94?...

not one to make my personal life public, but my lady left me this week. i’m so devastated. not after sympathy because maybe i deserved it. i have support from friends, none more so than someone special who told me “every single day is yours”. that positivity - that’s what i really want to share x

here’s Robin Williams referencing the Unite The Kingdom march 40 years before it happened “if you kick out the gooks, the next thing, you have to kick out the chinks, the spicks, the spooks and kikes. all that's gonna be left in here are a couple of brain-dead rednecks, and what fun would that be?”

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 17: With love in title XTC - Love On A Farmboy’s Wages youtu.be/1ZBkCxvX9og?...

today i encountered a lone swan. things can really hit home from every angle and when you least expect it…

i’ve always had a problem distinguishing between green and blue as the spectrum gets closer together - my brain simply reverts to blue. so imagine my delight when i found out this morning Reform UK use turquoise as its identifying colour. i see light blue. i am literally colour blind towards them

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 16: That’s NSFW Frank Zappa - I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth youtu.be/MhudcW6apL4?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 15: With a body of water in the title Peter Gabriel - Steam youtu.be/Qt87bLX7m_o?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 14: The title track of an album Paul Simon - Graceland (inevitable really, after the wonderful show i witnessed last night - and what a truly great song this is) youtu.be/GP6a-7MP91g?...

up in the gods, awaiting the arrival of Paul Simon at the Royal Albert Hall

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13: With a Q, X or Z in the title The Moody Blues - Question youtu.be/epEBm7iiU-s?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 12: With night or day in the title Elliott Smith - Independence Day youtu.be/HM5Oo2rY59k?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 11: With ! or ? in the title Pixies - Where Is My Mind? youtu.be/49FB9hhoO6c?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 10: With a mode of transport in the title The Beatles - Drive My Car youtu.be/kfSQkZuIx84?...

i won this wonderful piece of art in a raffle at last years fantastic Born Free Footsteps To Freedom Ball (thank you @willtravers.bsky.social). but i realise @sophiegreen.bsky.social may not get the opportunity to see her brilliant work framed and in someone’s home once it’s sold - so here you go!

i won’t complain about the sound quality on Spotify. and i won’t complain about the sound quality coming out my iPhone. because at nighttime, i combine the two together and drift off to music. and it’s no different to the version of me 45 years ago, listening to John Peel on his cheap, tinny radio

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 9: An instrumental The Beach Boys - Fire (Mrs. O’ Leary’s Cow) youtu.be/fSDUu2B_X4k?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 8: With road, street or avenue in the title The Clash - The Street Parade youtu.be/2Fh4aCVHDUA?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 7: With a season in the title ABBA - Summer Night City (a last minute substitute as @dtate0007.bsky.social literally posted my first choice about 30 seconds before me! but i’m happy go with this completely underrated gem) youtu.be/_d5dPYHi17k?...

i’m not exactly sure how this has happened, but i seem to have everything going for me while also having absolutely nothing going for me at exactly the same time. how this paradox manifested is something i will ponder on as i get some sleep. goodnight! 🤷‍♂️

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 6: With a long intro Jon And Vangelis - I Hear You Now youtu.be/FqPXqPzHblA?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 5: From the year you were born Grateful Dead - St. Stephen (it would be foolish not to pick this song, released only months after my birth 🙂. also hope my choice puts a smile on the face of @matthew-wright.bsky.social. speedy recovery young man!) youtu.be/W-s0lFpflQw?...

the anniversary of Adam Yauch’s passing has left me discombobulated. i am now 10 years older than he was when he died. i don’t feel old, yet every 6 months a new ache creeps into my being. i know it’s more about quality than quantity, but he was still a young man when he left us. life is precious x

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 4: With sun, moon or star(s) in the title Crowded House - Distant Sun youtu.be/Bkd5OQ8b0hQ?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 3: Less than 3 minutes long David Bowie - What In The World youtu.be/HP8btAVedPg?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 2: From this year so far Gorillaz - The Shadowy Light (and may you rest in heavenly peace, Asha Bhosle) youtu.be/P0gLOXQM6-c?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 1: With a one word title The B-52’s - Loveland youtu.be/2okmyDsfMS0?...

a new month starting tomorrow, and a new sabbatical from social media begins. in the words of a good friend, hasta luego! i’ll see you all around the month of May. or June, or…. 🤔😊

sadly #ExitMusic ran away from me. here’s my submissions if time had been kinder 25. M.E. - Gary Numan 26. Your Silent Face - New Order 27. Flowers In The Window - Travis 28. New York - Sex Pistols 29. I’m Mandy Fly Me - 10cc 30. Long Agos And Worlds Apart - Small Faces 31. Karma Police - Radiohead

if you see this, post a concert photo you took

back from a fantastic break in Leeds and i have just noticed this is showing at my local cinema. that’s the afternoon taken care of…

TGIF.......and on Friday, we dance

how i spent my first evening as a 57 year old #Gorillaz

happy birthday Elton. happy birthday Aretha (RIP). and happy birthday to…. me! 🙂 off on a road trip for a couple of days. catch you all soon x #ItsMyBirthday

#ExitMusic 24. Reflektor- Arcade Fire what’s not to love about a really class song that gets you moving? and the fact that Bowie comes in with a cameo vocal during the last 3 minutes when the chord sequence has elevated to some other place makes it all the more special youtu.be/7E0fVfectDo?...

a big birthday shout-out to my utterly amazing sister, who i seem to love more with each passing day xxxx #HappyBirthday

#ExitMusic 23. A Quick One, While He’s Away - The Who the lp version is insipid, but this live version is one of the greatest things i have ever seen. from 4:25 onwards the band are on fire in a way i find hard to believe has been bettered by anyone, ever. please watch! youtu.be/RJv2-_--EY4?...

#ExitMusic 22. Happiness - Elliott Smith the song is one of the man’s finest achievements, the coda starting 2:30 is achingly sincere, and the production trick around 3:50 where it sounds like a tape player has paused the music is clever. and then a backwards guitar solo! youtu.be/7Uov3ZLKdNI?...

#ExitMusic 21. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel where to pinpoint the beginning of the end when this timeless song does nothing but build and build? i’ll go for the start of the hastily written third verse (3:20) when the orchestra sweeps into view. sublime youtu.be/4G-YQA_bsOU?...

#ExitMusic 20. Bike - Pink Floyd admittedly for years i didn’t really like the part of the song where we enter the “room of musical tunes” at 1:52, but now i see it as relevant to the song as the wonderful melody and lyrics. it’s Syd inviting us into his universe! youtu.be/POlaR26dD1Y?...

i realise i have some #ExitMusic catching up to do. it’s on its way!

no better way to spend such a beautiful day than walking past the residency of the late, great Stanley Kubrick. this place is literally the home of The Shining!

#ExitMusic 19. Lose This Skin - The Clash one of the worst songs on their worst lp (i don’t count Cut The Crap)? not a bit of it! this is one of my favourite songs on their best lp, and when the song breaks down, how the snare drum kicks the band back in at 3:45 is magic youtu.be/Cw6e1AB60fw?...

#ExitMusic 18. Fly On A Windshield - Genesis literally from the moment the fly hits the windshield (!) around 1:18, just one of those wondrous pieces of music that i can play over and over again. curious to me how the music manages to sound both dense and full of space… youtu.be/G3cnH_kvt58?...

#20SongsByYear 1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ 20. For No One - The Beatles youtu.be/hgJ7dmr_ysU?...

#20SongsByYear 1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ 19. Help, I’m A Rock - The Mothers Of Invention youtu.be/dsEnCu4PEzo?...

#20SongsByYear 1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ 18. Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Elvis Presley youtu.be/j7GCw5v3HI8?...

an amazing day mooching around London yesterday with old friends, and not a cloud in the sky - just glorious! the only disappointment to me was Heddon Street seems to be turning into a David Bowie theme park these days, with establishments called Ziggys and Starman. a bit naff really….

11 years ago this morning i had a text telling me one of my best friends had gone missing. later on i received another text saying his body had been found. i loved him with all my heart, not one argument in 35 years of friendship. i miss you my dear chum. will now be taking the rest of the day off x

#ExitMusic 17. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. the song has become a bit too omnipresent now, but i remember exactly where i was when i first heard it as a “mere” album track and it blew me away. from 4:10 onwards those strings really hit hard alongside Stipe’s singing www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOi...