Spinning an Arthur Alexander LP put out by Ace Records. Is he one of the most covered artists? Fab Four, Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates…..

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Spinning The Artwoods. The hate on their studio sound is unwarranted. I know their live stuff recorded is incendiary but this stacks up fine

Donald Trump should try the escalators at the Whitgift Centre

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Wonderful Land by The Shadows sounds like optimism and heartbreak at the same time. I will never tire of hearing it. Yes I did pick up an Italian original issue of “Meeting With The Shadows” today. You can tell the kids at the youth club.

Khruangbin are an exceptional band

Tommy Robinson has got a muggy face. I’m back here in a bit for more political analysis. Any day now there’s a Guardian column coming.

Zack Polanski is one to watch in a good way

Is there a better authority on the Spanish Civil War than Paul Preston? I don’t think so. His writing is authoritative and erudite. Always fascinating.

Well done to the prime minister @zackpolanski.bsky.social for speaking up

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality. We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

This shit is so easy. So basic. Staggering that 95% of our political establishment are still limboing under the bar, whilst Sieg Heiling fascists are parading in the streets.

Anti-fascism is always the right answer.

The excellent Rollin Records sorting me out with Burning Spear and Lovin Spoonful today. Back next Saturday of course.

The Lovin Spoonful. Picked up a double lp compilation today. Great band well beyond the singles.

The Searchers are a band who deserve more love. Give me a £7 second hand Pye reissue of theirs on vinyl and every track is gold.

The music of Saint Etienne always makes me think I’m on a 68a bus into Croydon on a rainy weekday evening and it’s 1997/8. And that is genius.

Why do I have the “scream for cream” advert jingle from the late 80s in my head? Dairy propaganda wormed its way in. After all, it’s only natural.

As for the news, I don’t know who he was really. Anyway the Blood Orange album that came out in the summer of this year is something very special. New sounds are preferable to the news cycle at present. Cycle being those old things that keep coming round like they are new things.

Starmer is underwhelming but I don’t think Blair would have sacked Mandelson this time around

Celtic New Year by Van the Man is an astoundingly beautiful song. And to think it’s on the same album as grudge track “they sold me out”. Ying and the yang. The salt and the vinegar. Etc etc.

Angry people on the news. Angry people on social media. I’ve just picked up @bobpetesarah.bsky.social new LP from Resident Records and the sun is out

Build council homes. Treat people with dignity. The threat isn't the migrants - it's the wealth of the super rich. And the media outlets and the politicians who protect their power.

The Daily Mail resorts to personal attacks because they’re rattled. Nazi backing rags protecting their super rich owners. And Keir Starmer’s randomly ranting about me in Parliament. Best way to respond to this desperation? 👉🏼 join.greenparty.org.uk

Cooking tonight and reaching for @dannythechamp.bsky.social “streets of our time”. Love this album as the day is long. This album is in a fight in the car park as my favourite Champs album with “brilliant light” and “you are not a stranger here.”

Lucy Connolly, jailed for urging people to set fire to hotels housing refugees, is speaking at the Reform party conference today. All the worst people.

Screams entitlement

One of the few relatable politicians in the Labour Party has gone. This is not good news for anyone except the worst sort of people

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andrea Jenkyns and Nadine Dorries joining Reform is everything Reform deserve. I hope Oakeshott enjoys making small talk with them when they pop up at events. The worst people joining the worst people. Symmetry almost.

I suppose Rayner can now sell her posh flats in Glasgow, her Chelsea mews house and £19m London townhouse, plus her yacht, while she works out how to get the National Crime Agency to unfreeze £75m of her assets. My bad, that's Michelle Mone.

Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.

One of our cats has got a brother in Walworth whose rock hard and caught a magpie. We might live in a Croydon suburb now but we’re still street.

Trying to fight evil on the next door app is a futile exercise. Full of angry racist boomers.

Enlightenment by Van Morrison is a charming album. Always loved the title track for all sorts of reasons. Whole album is a joy.

As its Van Morrisons 80th there then must be a legal basis to spin a couple of his LPs and have a few cans of Murphy’s whilst I’m cooking for the family.

Holy cow. From the head of a founding member of NATO.

What people don’t realise is you’re about reach boss level Trump so it’s going to be tricky and dull and you’ll just have to keep pressing the same button over and over again

Confessions of a pop group and Heavy Soul. That is the dichotomy someone has to ask Weller about.

The Moon’s “pocket melodies” is a lovely album packed with tunes.

Some of the men putting up flags are more of a danger to your daughters than any asylum seeker

Racism. Next question.

Proper muggy tonight isn’t it as Danny Dyer might say

Bet all those flags come down when the neighbours realise what they'll do to house prices.

Now spinning this beauty

Spinning Saturns Pattern by PW this lunchtime. It’s easy to take for granted later career Weller. It’s a fine album shifting about stylistically but somehow coherent.