Summertime is Mai Tai time!

Like, I shouldn't even be surprised by this shit, but you can't even remove the "TIME AI Sparkle Large" from the page. Once upon a time, we used to care about something called "user experience". "Ask me anything"!!

"Fuck and Run" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFp...

Yo @hotdogsladies.bsky.social In case you haven't seen this. The Wrens! www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_x6...

This: theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i... from @paranoiacs.bsky.social on 'Belle and Sebastian" is wonderful! Sympathetic, insightful and the writing of a true fan. My current favourite rock writer/critic on one of my favourite bands.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: The Verlaines The Fall Graham Parker & the Rumour Mary Margaret O'Hara Neutral Milk Hotel

Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9tr... And we'll finish with Townes himself. Playing a medley of his hit.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3z... You always knew Gillian Welch were going to have a great version of this song.

Steve Earle - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCJ...

Emmylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=scX5... The first great cover of the song was by Emmylou.

Jason Isbell - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfG...

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HFC... Hurray For The Riff Raff being one of my favourite singers of the past few years.

High Carbon Steel - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKC... This version plays it straight down the middle and is all the better for that.

Hoyt Axton - Pancho And Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=7501... This was, apparently, Townes' favourite cover of the song.

Rosanne Cash - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKlm... Having Rosanne Cash cover your song is pretty cool!

Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoKv... Merle and Willie took this cover to #1 on the country charts and it was the version that became most well-known. Look for Townes playing a Federales captain in the video.

The original, from his 'The Late, Great, Townes Van Zandt' album. Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heeo...

Townes Van Zandt is great! And whilst I might not stand on Dylan's coffee table and proclaim him the best, he's up there. So, apropos of it being a Friday night, and courtesy of an Old Fashioned, here's 11 versions of his most well-known song, 'Pancho and Lefty'. You'll thank me for the earworm!

Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7cA... Final song. Complete change of pace. But, hey, I have it as a 45. Them's the rules. It's actually really good!

Double Happys - The Other's Way www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNV...

Verlaines - Death And The Maiden www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96c...

The Fall - Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qe...

Double Happys - Anyone Else Would www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ec... The Double B-sides!

Beat Rhythm Fashion - Turn Of The Century www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXBH... In 1981, the turn of the century didn't seem a foregone thing.

Bilders - Girl At Night www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpe... "She saunters along, looking like a 10-buck bed"

The Chills - Pink Frost www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV_T...

Bilders - Son Of Cronos www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxIz...

The Chills - Doledrums www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTz...

The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyEG...

The Great Unwashed - Duane Eddy www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV-z...

The Great Unwashed - Neck of the Woods www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPZb... The double vinyl 45!

Beat Rhythm Fashion - Beings Rest Finally www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLI3...

Sneaky Feelings - Be My Friend www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAF...

The Chills - Rolling Moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F2R... One of my very favourite songs ever.

The Fall - Totally Wired www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26A...

I don't have many 45's, but the ones I do have are, of course, uniformly excellent! As you shall see. The Clean - Tally Ho! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkC...

A winter rainbow

NZ Domain name experts! I used to own a .org.nz domain name. I let it lapse and it's now owned by someone in Sweden. We would have a good case, I think, for gaining the domain name back. The whois shows: "Query Status: Client transfer prohibited"

Making a chicken and sausage gumbo. At the roux making stage.

Cat on a sunny day.

@paranoiacs.bsky.social In case you haven't heard this yet, an absolutely wonderful, sympathetic, in-depth interview with a non-grumpy Van Morrison! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8A...

Well, damn. This is one of the best profile/accounts/deep dives I've read. Let alone to one of my favourite singers.

Radio with Pictures - Wellington 1982 At precisely 6’ 47” - 6’ 50” you get to see 20 yr old me. Watching the support band, waiting for The Fall to play, at the Hunter Lounge, VUW. www.nzonscreen.com/title/radio-...

On Saturday 10th May 2025 at 6.12am, our first grandchild, beautiful Etta Ngaere Basabas Brown came into the world weighing 3.25kg (7.1 lbs). She already has our heart. Congratulations to Matt and Kiya - she's very lucky to have them as parents.

"I wanna do right, but not right now" www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95l...

Also like waking up in the morning when you're in your 60s. As a guy who was keenly involved in this for a while.

Fuck yes! Game 7!

Double crust apple pie

Only thing better than seeing the Lakers go down will be seeing the Warriors go down to Houston!