Radio City by Big Star is inoffensive soft rock. Meh. #pop #album #music

A slightly different style of jazz with A New Tango by Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton which is an accordion and vibraphone world music influenced mix. Interesting. #music #pop #album

Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis is the quintessential sound of trumpet led jazz when I imagine it. I don't know much about it but it was decent. #pop #album #music

Some of the 64 Brent Geese that went past Ulrome this morning. A trek record (although I had a couple of hundred on my patch recce visit in Nov 2012). #yorkshirebirding

Eliminator by ZZ Top is what happens when blues rock meets the 80s. Vibes. #rock #pop #music #beards

The Great White Egret is evidentially back for the winter and just shot past my window. There is the sky it formerly occupied... #yorkshirebirding

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae sounds like Prince if he were reborn 25 years later. A fusion of hip-hop, funk, disco and those Minneapolis synths. #pop #album #music

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout is the sort of thing I can imagine I'd have listened to had I been 10 years older. It's a glorious indie pop album from 80s. #pop #music #album

One of the most rewarding things about my involvement with the local swimming club is the opportunity it affords me to celebrate the kids achievements by writing for the local paper. These lot are all stars and have been brilliant this year. #swimming

Run the Jewels 2 by Run the Jewels. Mind blown. I knew nothing about it and read hip hop, but this sounds like the future. Amazing soundscape, awesome MC work. Lyrics are a bit fruity 😉. #pop #album #music

Saw this bullfinch yesterday at South Landing. It was notably large but no calls. I know there has been a northern calling there today. Had a couple of instructive chats on it. Obviously might be a different bird. Interesting enough to get me to take a photo but nothing definitive #yorkshirebirding

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is urgent, trumpet-led jazz by Charles Mingus and god it's good. I don't really know or understand much but it's a journey. Nice. #pop #album #music

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello is a new wave highlight. Great tunes, and decent production. #music #album #pop

Untitled (Black Is) by Saunt is a stripped down modern R&B record that I really enjoyed. #pop #album #music

Disintegration by the Cure is a Goth masterpiece. Hauntingly beautiful. #pop #music #album

Dusky Warbler at South Landing this morning #yorkshirebirding

My youngest is F1 nuts. She wants to be a race engineer and for her birthday we got her a supercar driving experience. Today, aged 13 she got behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Gallardo and a Ferrari F430. She also got a hot lap from a Le Mans driver so she was very excited. #motorsport

The best of my Pallas's photos from Bempton today @flamboroughbird.bsky.social #yorkshirebirding

Pallas's Warbler at Bempton @flamboroughbird.bsky.social #yorkshirebirding

Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo! By Devo is ok New Wave fayre. I didn't love it but it was fine. #album #music #pop

Under Construction by Missy Elliott is weirdly apologetic in it's boldness as missy cut a path for her modern contemporaries to follow in typical zany and funky fashion #pop #music #album

What a goal! Micky you beauty #COYS

Some cool psychedelic rock on Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane featuring White Rabbits and Somebody to Love. #pop #music #album

Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix. I love Hendrix but this is the weakest of his albums. Songwriting is less impressive although Little Wing and Bold as Love are great. All said, a really good album but in the shadow of Electric Ladyland and Are you Experienced?. #pop #album #music

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand wasn't something I was familiar with. Its folksy rock left little impression. #pop #album #music

A deeper understanding by The War on Drugs sounds like Springsteen. It's alright. #pop #album #music

Went for a run* with Abby and saw a Raven in the village - my first (although I did get one on Nocmig a few years ago). *Trying Couch to 5k again with my youngest given I'm a bit lighter. Want to push down to 16 stone by Xmas. Not a lot of running done, lol. #running #yorkshirebirding

Unplugged in New York by Nirvana is so good. The pain in Kurts voice. The covers. The atmosphere. Just a treat. #pop #music #album

When we fall asleep, where do we go? by Billy Eilish is a fab minimalist pop record. I'd heard the hits but atmospheric and spartan arrangements make it very impactful. #pop #album #music

Good to see Mary Earps shitting on a junior colleague from a great height. Stay classy.

It's a big hitter, Les Zeppelin IV. Not a weak song. I used to listen to this as a kid with giant 80s cans plugged into the stereo. Awesome. #pop #album #music

Paramore's self titled album from 2013 is a bit more varied than earlier efforts with more pop influences. It's good. #pop #album #music

Music from Big Pink by The Band is a folksy, country rock album. It's really good and footstompy. #pop #album #music

Igor by Tyler, the Creator is a synth backed slice of sleepy hip hop which I thought was great. #pop #music #album

Lemonade by Beyonce is musically varied and a raw confessional. Enjoyed it. #pop #album #music

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins is genius. Quality throughout and an album I enjoy more than when it had heavy rotation on my CD player. Epic #album #pop #music

Elastica by Elastica is ok. I loved it at the time but don't think it's aged brilliantly. Waking Up is still great but Connection doesn't do much for me now. #pop #album #music

A plod along the clifftop at Barmston failed to net me my own shore lark but 28 twite and 2 presumed scandi rock pipits were compensation. The old seawatch spot is now 15 foot from the cliff #yorkshirebirding.

The Skipsea Shore Lark was showing very nicely this morning #yorkshirebirding

Getz/Gilberto by João Gilberto and Stan Getz is a Bossa Nova vibe and I'm here for it. #pop #album #music

Ctrl by SZA is a really good modern R&B album. Nice chilled listen. #pop #music #album

Went for a little walk today. #coys

Moondance by Van Morrison. Decent. Not a huge lover of his stuff but 40 mins of good tunes. #pop #music #album

Hello, we have been working hard all year to keep this challenge running and would love to hear your feedback! Let us know of anything that we can do to make the challenge even better so we can have a think ready for PWC 2026. #pwc2025#patchbirding

That's over 10kg of weight lost (24 lbs actually). Racing towards 2 stone!

Technique by New Order is a fun album. I didn't know the songs but they sound like New Order that I do know and the 40 minutes flew by. Decent. #pop #music #album

American Idiot by Green Day came out at a point where I'd been disappointed by Warning after loving Dookie, so I wasn't that invested. It's a great record with something to say. #pop #album #music

My Generation by The Who was more varied than I was expecting and more R&B focused (yes, I know...). Enjoyed it mostly but some odd points #music #pop #album

Millions now living will never die by Tortoise is "post-rock" apparently. Cool guitar driven instrumentals made pleasant background music this morning #pop #album #music

My daughter is F1 scatty. Very weird