Having one of those days where I'm giving myself a damn good talking to - but I'm not listening. Afternoon tunes

My 10 year picture challenge-2016 My first Holyrood campaign for @markruskell.bsky.social My hair has greyed but the message is evergreen.

First Stirling & Clacks greens canvassing session of 2026 this afternoon. Really lovely talking to folk around Riverside & Cambuskenneth. It restores faith in people & society to have these chats instead of feeling dragged down by social media. We forgot to do a group photo but here's some grey...

First tunes of the day. This is my third play through since last night's listening party. It's a beautiful thing 💚 - go have a listen.

The coolest King on the beach..

Great Blue Heron #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

I dunno who mentioned Josh Homme😁 - but Polly Jean makes this double sexy (I might be having a wee wine)

Although I've got this on vinyl this was my first listen tonight. Beautiful songs full of meaning - what more can you want.

Who are your top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Real quick off the top of my head ... (In no particular order) James Mudriczki Sinead O'Connor Josh Homme Scott Walker Dusty Springfield Andrew Montgomery Jacqui McShee Jimmy Sommerville Annie Lennox David Sylvian

I've been mostly off the socials for a couple of days - catching up on my audio books while gutting some cupboards (aka shuffling the shit around) and haven't been listening to music. Back to it tonight for this listening party - it's going to be great and perfectly scheduled after Traitor stuff !

£9m to support communities and workers as a result of Mossmorran closure 🔥 Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊ Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆 Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚

First tunes of the day

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #BirdsInFlight, and the Alt theme is #Finches set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Chosen a Gannet from a trip to Grassholm Island 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ukwildlife #bluesky #naturephotography #birdsofbluesky #EastCoastKin #birds #photography

'Early Songs, Of Late' **** review in The Scotsman this week. "...the bare picking of Evelyn and the twinkling vistas of Cathkin Braes sound timeless." Thank you Fiona Shepherd

If you're anywhere around this area get along to this for a great night of music.

1972 was the year everyone in my class asked for a cassette player for Xmas. I got one that had a turn button instead of push buttons & it was a bit clunky to use but I loved it. This was the first song I recorded - holding the mic to the radio speaker. Happy days & happy memories of #bowie

#caturday morning bird watching ... and being generally nosey

I was pottering around and letting YouTube shuffle me some tunes but I've sat down now to watch some Chick Corea show that's on

FRIDAY, WOO, and the new single from my forthcoming album, Early Songs, Of Late is out now! Hattonrigg Pit Disaster b/w Ripped Apart is available here: mjohnhenry.bandcamp.com/album/hatton... Streaming: orcd.co/mjhhattonrigg x

First tune of the day 💚 26 hours & 11 mins until annual leave

I would like to see the final of the latest series of Traitors before we get nuked - and at least one of my Mogwai gigs. Actually, being melted at Mogwai might be the way to go - if I can have my cat with me. 💣

My energy levels after work these days are zero but, on a positive note, I haven't sucked one strepsils today 🥳 First tunes of the day

If you haven’t listened to the remarkable songs of Jake Thackray, you are missing out. The same is true of his wonderful prose. #TheUnsungWriter www.paulthompsonmusic.co.uk/product-page...

First tunes of the day I'm dedicating this to my Scouse pal @wilbo66.bsky.social who is as old as this album. Hope you have a fantastic music filled birthday, Steve 🥳🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🥳

Tree treasure ready for hibernation ... and some Bill Evans for my sanity youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Having a bit of Kaki King while I fight sleep on the couch. 2 more sleepovers this week and then 10 glorious days off work.

First tune for a chilly Monday morning. 💚

Everyone is going all 70s just now and I'm loving seeing all the posts. I listened to anything and everything back then but mostly I listened to this lot

It’s comforting to have that reliable satellite glowing above the Bass Rock like it’s the sun. It’s a reminder that thousands of birds will soon travel shocking distances to breed here, and that that rock will once again turn white with feathers and guano. Winter’s brutal but it doesn’t live here.

Dipped into the news earlier to watch the FIFA peace prize guy and his lackeys being all gung ho and thought - surely our PM won't stand for this. Turns out he likes the feel of that fence on his arse. Not shocked. Watched the prog about Hercules the Bear just now - greetin my eyes out.

Keir Starmer all like "I love l-l-l-love LOVE regime change in Venezuela, bye bitch, lol. But let me tell you what else I love with a capital L - international law. There, that'll keep everybody happy" and the entire world is going "FUCK OFF".

Sorting out my calendars/diaries & discovered that I'd added some gigs to my dead mother's online calendar & not my own😭 - got a list going now too because I don't trust myself. Soundtrack to this chaos - rapt.bandcamp.com/album/until-...

Help us fight for a greener Scotland in 2026. Join the movement today. 💚 members.greens.scot/Join2025

It's time for a clean energy revolution. Scotland has an abundance of clean, cheap, green, renewable energy, we don't need more expensive fossil fuel projects like Rosebank. 2026 must be the year of climate action. 🌍

This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism. The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar. Greens stand against this contempt of international law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

Fell asleep after work and only just coming to life now. Toasting the new year at last with some tunes from the glorious Rufus💚🍾

Happy January everyone! Let's keep standing up for each other through 2026 - show love to those closest to you, build your communities and organise to fight the shit that will continue to be thrown at us. I'm away to work with a new packet of strepsils First tune of the new year -

Music that I've bought in 2025 (no downloady things incl.) Most of it was released this year but a couple of things I already had in a different format & also some older releases from artists that I only discovered this year. Not a massive pile but everything gives me the feels at different times.

Sure, you've seen hundreds of birds on land take flight, but have you seen hundreds of pelicans on the OCEAN take flight? 🦑 🪶

Chuffing along 🚂 heading west

There's nothing better than a walk down the beach with a loved one..😁

Really easy to slip into Doves after listening to Dean Parrish Hear it Comes live is always a much bigger buzz than the wonderful album version.

Remembering Dean Parrish on his birthday. Here he is performing his Northern Soul anthem "I'm On My Way" in Berlin in 2020 - still sounding great when he was 77 youtu.be/ca69OWggwTk

This is the kind of thing that cheers me up during these dreary end of December days. I was disappointed when I realised I couldn't make his January show in Glasgow but now very chuffed he's coming to Stirling 🥳

Mmmmmmm - afternoon tunes

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Midday tunes for making soup

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”