Happy 60th birthday to Björk youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM

Happy 50th birthday to Golden Years by David Bowie, released as a single on this day in 1975. Here he is performing the song on Soul Train 🪩 youtu.be/jBQidZrISzs

Happy 60th birthday to Björk youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM

Happy 50th birthday to Golden Years by David Bowie, released as a single on this day in 1975. Here he is performing the song on Soul Train 🪩 youtu.be/jBQidZrISzs

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RIP Mani youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0

Happy 60th birthday to Peter Kember and Jason Pierce who were both born in the same hospital on this day in 1965. Here they are together in Spacemen 3 performing Revolution youtu.be/qdQn7c62zHM

Happy 40th birthday to Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which was released on this day in 1985

Here's a Spotify playlist based on these two very different Cosmic Vibe compilations bought from Jazzman Gerald's stall in Camden market in the 1990s. Lots of astral jazz plus esoteric library and soundtrack tunes from the 60s and 70s 🚀🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6oa...

It's all kicking off in the garden

Sunday quiz - question 3 (and the easiest so far). These outfits appear on which album cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday

On this day in 1978, I went to see Stiff Records' Be Stiff tour at Oxford Poly, featuring Wreckless Eric, Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet, Mickey Jupp and The Records. I was probably the only person there who was younger than Rachel Sweet

Sunday quiz - question 2. This leather jacket appears on which famous LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday

Sunday quiz - question 1. This reel-to-reel tape recorder appears on which LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday

#WeekendSingles by Micachu, Robert Wyatt, Patrik Fitzgerald, Altered Images, B-52’s, Ted Chippington, Change, Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, The Residents, Blah Blah Blah, The June Brides, The Donkeys

The Ameritrust Tower in Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by Marcel Breuer and Hamilton Smith. Completed in 1971, photographed yesterday

#FallFriday The Fall released Jerusalem plus Big New Prinz as a single on this day in 1988 youtu.be/fx7x8km8d-c

New Order released Movement on this day in 1981. Peter Saville's beautiful cover was based on Fortunato Depero's Futurismo design from 1932

43 years ago today, we were watching Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Odeon in Birmingham

On this day in 1981, I was taking photos of the wonderful Altered Images at Aston University (THREAD)

The Tulip Stairs in The Queen's House, Greenwich. The first stairs to be built in England without a central support

Who fancies some Cheesy Wotsits? This is another cassette that I bought from Jazzman Gerald’s stall in Camden Market in the 1990s. I’ve recreated it here 🧀🧀▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/0GO...

#WeekendSingles starring Anna Domino, Heaven 17, Sindecut, The Cure, The Out, Mikey Dread, Lloyd Cole, Happy Mondays, The Church, Cabaret Voltaire, Guns For Hire, and Virginia Astley

Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here 🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...

Remembering Minnie Riperton on her birthday. Here she is performing Inside My Love on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch the full show, which also includes Lovin' You and Adventures in Paradise at 📺▶️ youtu.be/jBmqT8eu4SY

Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia 1966/7 - the ziggurats looking particularly gorgeous in the late afternoon sun. Photo taken in 2018

On this day in 1981 I was photographing The Psychedelic Furs at Birmingham's Imperial Cinema (THREAD)

Anyone up for a Folk Funk Friday? Here's a great cassette I bought from 'Jazzman' Gerald's stall in Camden Market around 30 years ago. It's recreated here Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz... YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#FallFriday ICYMI yesterday

Happy 40th birthday to Cruiser’s Creek by The Fall, released on this day in 1985 #FallFriday (Thread)

Best charity shop find of the year (so far). An original 1981 French copy of Mambo Nassau by the fabulously cool Lizzy Mercier Descloux for just £3. She can’t believe it either ▶️ youtu.be/jxsrIoFiY64

On this day in 1981, we saw The Fall, Nico and Eric Random at Birmingham’s Imperial Cinema. Anton Corbijn took this NME cover photo there. We had a chat with him in the pub beforehand while Barney Hoskyns interviewed Mark E Smith in the corner. Listen to The Fall’s set at ▶️ youtu.be/Y57ibSCtSgM

Here's a new Funky Jazz playlist to brighten up your day. Features 20 top tunes by Eddie Russ, Pucho, Clarence Wheeler, El Combo Xingú, S.O.U.L, Dee Felice Trio, Duracha, Dr Lonnie Smith, Weldon Irvine, El Chicles, Ju-Par Universal Orchestra etc open.spotify.com/playlist/0bE...

Parc Les Halles in Lyon, designed by Jean Zumbrunnen in the 1960s. My photo taken in 2017 #BrutalLyon

How lovely is this? An outdoor gallery of old shop signs that we stumbled across in Vienna a while back. More info on the Stadtschrift's displays here www.stadtschrift.at

Remembering Gram on his birthday youtu.be/ibuUU9uxT8I

It's garage psych northern soul crossover o'clock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkV6...

Masterpiece, I think i've played my 45 a million times. The film is beautiful too - early work by Olivier Assayas.

On this day in 1981, I was taking photos of Depeche Mode at the Locarno in Birmingham. Here are some from the soundcheck, backstage and the show (THREAD)

The Great British Mistake by The Adverts. Filmed in Germany in 1977 for Wolfgang Büld's TV film Brennende Langeweile (Bored Teenagers)

Modernist Madeira: Oscar Niemeyer's Casino Park hotel in Funchal. Took these pics in 2006

Getting my vintage synth and brutalist architecture addictions sorted in one go with the very cool 1979 video for Rectangle by Jacno 📺▶️ youtu.be/wkjEVW1xp3Y

Adam and the Ants released their Kings of the Wild Frontier album 45 years ago today (according to @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social) and it's also Adam's birthday today. To celebrate, here's a live performance of the title track filmed in Manchester in 1980

Now playing the magical Abandoned Luncheonette by Daryl Hall & John Oates, which was released on this day in 1973 ▶️🎧 spotify.link/3ShuXYkrZXb

Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa in Vienna. My photo from July 2018

On this day in 1981, I was taking grainy photos of Haircut 100 at Birmingham’s Holy City Zoo club. They scored their first Top 20 hit the same week and made their #TOTP debut 10 days later (THREAD)

#WeekendSingles Some twelves from the ‘S’ shelf - Swamp Children, Slits, Saints, Spacemen 3, Suicide, Strawberry Switchblade, Shack and The Servants

Happy birthday to the brilliant Lindy Morrison. Here's a glorious Go-Betweens performance filmed for Australian TV in 1987. It boasts their best line-up and a short but sweet set including Bye Bye Pride, Right Here, Cut It Out, Spring Rain, Cattle and Cane… youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ

Happy birthday to Maxine Nightingale youtu.be/jCtk7WiZ_Ys

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