Music streaming does have a place in my life. Generally when I am in the kitchen and too busy/too messy to be dealing with physical media. MMMBop has just played and, you know what, my evening is all the better for it.

You are most welcome, @waxandbeans.bsky.social. And thank you for the cool extras 😀 I'll see you at 7pm with plenty of fire, but no vengeance 😉

Afternoon @specsaversuk.bsky.social I'm new to wearing reading glasses. Any tips on stopping them misting up the very second I put them on my face in this hot weather?

Is it me, or are Spaceballs to blame for our high energy costs?

Full thermals are great for queuing overnight, outdoors, ahead of @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social. They are not so great once you have your stash and are sitting on a baking train with sunshine pouring in through the window! Small price, though, for another successful RSD @spillersrecords.bsky.social

On the plus side, it seems that this year I'll at least be far enough away from the front to avoid people wanting to interview me when I am very cold and tired!

Reached that point in my life where I need glasses for reading and for work. Immediate and absolute game changer for reading, but going to take a lot of getting used to for computer use!

My television provider contract has ended and my replacement service has been delayed for a couple of weeks. I still have Disney Plus, though, so I will finally get around to doing something I have been meaning to do for a while. The remake released in 2001, however, can get fucked!

Sooooo preeeety!

A Rainy Night In Soho is my favourite song from The Pogues, and one of my favourite songs full stop. And this cover from The Boss is fucking beautiful! youtu.be/Nhj3PZjUOMo?...

I'm giving away this copy of For You by Tatsumo Yamashita. Arguably Japan's finest City Pop album. Comment 'For Me?' and a random wheel thingy will choose a winner. Giving this away as a thank you for joining me on my Tokyo trip. Trust me... you want this amazing LP. More info below...

Have been watching Wonder Man, 2 episodes a day, over the last 4 days. An absolutely fantastic show that I could have easily binged in one sitting, but I'm trying to savour shows more these days. Went into it clueless but, for me, this is the best Marvel TV show since Disney+ got a hold of them.

What!?!? No Frankie and the Witch Fingers!?!? Record Store Day is ruined!

Just thinking about sorting out some food....and the RSD26 list drops! Food can wait!

Construntion of the Saucer Section was placed on hold for a while due to a misspelling on the dedication plaque (even though it would have been hidden inside the build, I would have known, and it would have eaten away at me!) A corrected replacement has arrived, so I can get back to it after work 😀

Taken me a couple of months to get around to spinning to this. 3LPs, and I wanted to wait until I had opportunity for a proper, uninterrupted listen. Wow! Quite possibly the best live recording that I own. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the only other that I would say is on a par.

Damn inconsiderate of Stockport County to start a player named Ethan Pye in a lunchtime kick-off!

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D Stardrive Section complete. Thr Saucer Section is a job for another day (or two). This build is hefty!

Lovely to see you, Ashli @spillersrecords.bsky.social, making the BBC News app. Bang on about getting advice from local experts, over the online 'experience'. You and Ade have both introduced be to a good few bangers over the years 😀 Here's to many more! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've managed to behave myself in keeping the Enterprise-D set back for my festive leave, but I caved in with the Shuttlepod last night!

Awake until gone midnight to order the Lego U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D. The usual 1-hour, or so, to actually fall sleep. Then the alarm got me up at 5:00am so I could get the first train into Cardiff for @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social Black Friday at @spillersrecords.bsky.social. Totally worth it!

The @waxandbeans.bsky.social #NowSpinning collection to date. So sorry, Elbow!

Happy Cardiff avoided Arsenal in the League Cup QFs. Want them when we get to the final!

I've given in. I was hoping to last out a couple of weeks longer, but the central heating has gone on and the heavier duvet is going onto the bed. On the plus side, 3 hours of free electricity a little later today with @octopus.energy, so I'll get a couple of loads of laundry done in that time.

Phew!

The gloom has been braved and my civic duty done. Got a bad feeling, but all I can do now is keep my fingers crossed.

I reckon Captain Janeway would make this bus a lieutenant long before she would ever consider giving Harry Kim an extra pip! #startrek #voyager

I told you there was no hesitation! 😁 (Assuming @waxandbeans.bsky.social allocate in purchase order, that is) #NowSpinning

Getting ready to go out and my watch buzzes "Workout Detected". No, watch! Just a fat bloke putting his socks on!

Some people have a picture of their loved ones in their wallet, or on their work desk, to remind themselves, on tough days, just what they are doing it for. Me? I have my receipt from the most recent Record Store Day!

Oh, @waxandbeans.bsky.social, when you teased us yesterday (on that other place) with a "Beautiful One", I hoped, but I dared not believe! 😍

Just back from seeing Alanis Morissette is Cardiff. Fantastic evening. Epic gig from Alanis with three great support acts. The opener, Megan Wyn, was fabulous. Can't see evidence of an album from her, yet. Would love to see her get the @dinkededition.bsky.social Early Doors treatment.

I am too old, too fat, far too unfit, and potentially a little too beardy, to be mowing lawns (jungles) in this heat!

I've been a fan of Deacon Blue for many years, and I am well aware that these are not the lyrics to Fergus Sings the Blues, but recently my brain misheard the lyric as "Can fat white men sing the blues?", and now I can't unhear it whenever I'm listening to the song!

Thank you, @unspunheroes.com. The Tracksuit Trilogy test pressing is sounding mighty fine 😁

Made it into a Wales Online report of #RSD25 when queuing @spillersrecords.bsky.social , and they took 10 years off me! I'll take that! 😂 www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/mus...

Just said "vinyls" in an interview. In my defence, I'm tired, having queued for over 16 hours, and clearly wasn't thinking straight. Have begged the interviewer to cut/edit that! Oh, the shame! #RSD25

The @spillersrecords.bsky.social queue for @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social #RSD25 behind me vs. the queue in front of me. Wicked. You WILL be mine!

I hereby declare that the @spillersrecords.bsky.social queue for #RSD25 is officially open. (I promise that I am far happier about being first than my photo suggests)

That's work done for the day/week. Sun is shining, and I have a stash to pick up from @spillersrecords.bsky.social. I think a little trip into Cardiff is called for.

Ha! Good luck with that! The horny bastard is only likely to add to the problem!

I've always dismissed Ghost, on the assumption that they are a band that I would likely hate. All based solely on their album covers and song titles. "Ah, it's just going to be a bunch of angry shouty music!"

Ah, screw it! My desk lives here, now!

A lovely, top-quality t-shirt from @unspunheroes.com, just as they promised. I particularly like how the design mirrors the grey in the beard! 😂

Gutted, but not exactly surprised. Was a great day out in my youth, as it was for so many Welsh schoolkids between the 1980s and early 2000s, or so. Went last year, first time in about a decade. 3 of us who used to go there together and 1 who had never been. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/fam...

30/300 is a nice satisfying number to receive from @waxandbeans.bsky.social for their Doves x Now Spinning release. But, and no fault of the store for this as their mail order packaging is always superb, the top split on the sleeve is a tad gutting!

Sorry, Netflix, but unless the words following "Celebrity" are something along the lines of "Acid Bath" then I know I'll be giving this a hard pass!

How is it that if I take a couple of sandwiches into the office, they quite easily see me through until I get home from work and have a proper meal, usually long past 6:30pm. BUT. If I'm working from home, and cook a proper meal at lunch time, I'm fucking ravenous again long before 5pm!?

Oh, I would definitely watch Lego Con Air.

I'm at that age where I look at a cardboard box, whilst sorting out my recycling, and think to myself "Ooo, this is nice and sturdy, I'll keep that, it might come in handy for something!"