With Waterloo Sunset in my head and a tear in my eye I actually said to The Thames yesterday “I’m going to miss you most of all”

Bex: "What are you doing tonight?" Nicky: "Going to the pub to see Aug." Bex: "Oh, I haven't seen Aug in quite a while, I assumed he was dead."

I used to describe having to leave London to go back to the States as ‘like being ripped out of Heaven’. Wasn’t sure I was going to feel that way this time but no, there’s def gonna be a bit of that tomorrow

@petepaphides.bsky.social Good to meet you yesterday, Pete. Really enjoyed the talk and thanks for the vinyl. Are you a David Devant fan?

Elvis - Burning Love Julie Campbell & Jah Wobble - Feel The Afghan Whigs - Summer's Kiss Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart Van Halen - Unchained Mina - Se Telefonando New Order - Temptation David Bowie - Station To Station The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On Suede - The Wild Ones

Close to final call now for our gig tomorrow with Hannah Dargavel-Leafe, Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle and Roberto Sassi. Field recordings, electrical noise, free improv. Plus films by Aura Sata. Come one, come all. dice.fm/event/k6dpbp...

This is a total earworm, and has Mikey tapping into his inner Mark E. Smith. Album out Friday. If any music writers or DJs would like a download of the record, let me know www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDH...

People always tell me I’m a music historian. It was great fun indulging that with @koppenwithcomic.bsky.social on this podcast. Talking Ramones, Def Lep, Sly Stone, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, Van Halen, & Kate Bush Listen here or wherever you get yr podcasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf9T...

I have always been of the opinion that a far-fetched Ally McBeal reference can only add to a story

Eiscafe in good company here. And Kate and I were just working on a new song

This song has earwormed me for days now. Very catchy and with Mikey tapping into his inner Mark E. Smith. Album is out Friday. If anyone writing about music or with a radio show would like a download link, let me know www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDH...

I was not aware this existed until tonight

Breakfast conversation. Ben: "Raspberries operate on a deeper level. They're the Stewart Lee of preserves."

Started reading Cocktail Time again this morning. Is there a better prose stylist than Wodehouse? No. No, there is not

London Week One Recap augstone.substack.com/p/london-wee...

London Week One Recap augstone.substack.com/p/london-wee...

Really digging the new Whigs song! An excellent early birthday present www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMYA...

Today has been a real piece of work but this text exchange with @stevenhorry.bsky.social has really cheered me up

Psyched to have two pieces in the next volume of Where The Wild Gigs Were. Wrote about The Rat in Boston and a place that is very dear to my heart - New Haven, CT’s Tune Inn, which really felt like we had something special in Connecticut in the 90s hozacrecords.com/product/wtwg...

As today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Prince, I've updated @thequietus.com #ThePortal archive dive with writing on his utter genius: John Higgs on Prince & William Blake, a guide to Prince's Minneapolis, classic albums revisited, Prince beyond the hits & much more thequietus.com/portal/

Any music journalists or folks with radio shows out there who are David Devant & His Spirit Wife fans?

"Robin wrote three songs on Valentine’s Day, 1989. Two of them became really big hits". The original of Into Your Arms halfacow.bandcamp.com/track/into-y...

UK & European friends, if anyone wants a copy of Family Vacations I've got 4 with me. Much cheaper to ship from over here. Limited edition of 30. Signed, hand numbered. £22 + shipping. Got 1 copy of Sporting Moustaches too. £14. Message me if you want one

Awesome. I LOVED Godstar in the 90s and always had a lot of time for what I knew of Nic's stuff

Gosh, it was just so lovely walking around London today

And if anyone needs a copy of Hard Rock’s Metal Studs, I’m holding. Also totally willing to appear in the next issue

Fairly certain I’m the only one in the entire world to be flipping thru their copy of RockRap today

Mark Gatiss giving some love here for not only Copey, but McAlmont & Butler, Blur, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service thequietus.com/interviews/b...

Of all the celebrities of the last 100 years, FH has got to be the only one who has been the subject of literally zero unflattering photos

My favourite part of hanging out with international bands is their sheer jubilation for all IHOP has to offer

Now for something fun as shared by @augstone.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=zMZh...

New Counterforce up. Mark Forward, Chantal Akerman's J'ai Faim J'ai Froid (amazing stuff, have you seen it?), Material Issue, Pierre-Henry Gomont, and thoughts on turning the big 5-0 augstone.substack.com/p/the-counte...

ICYMI My interview with @jordilafebre.bsky.social for @comicsjournal.bsky.social . Talking creativity, breaking into comics, his extreme distaste for AI, and so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation www.tcj.com/an-interview...

SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord

There are few things in life that are better than that smile that comes when you're listening back to what you've just recorded and realizing it sounds FUCKING AWESOME

Excellent interview with The Middle People at The Strange Brew. If any reviewers want a copy of the album, let me know. Out May 1st

Great stuff over at The Strange Brew. Talking to "Art-Pop’s Most Productive Odd Couple" The Middle People

Sister has returned this shirt. 80s smalls were really small

🙂 HJR forever!

Arrived today! The book everyone's talking about. Love the shout out to the HJR! Looking forward to reading this. HJR Forever! @joshuatrentbrown.com @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

@dadadrummer.bsky.social Hi Damon, what was the make of that Japanese knock-off Martin you were selling a while back? I'm still in the market for a good acoustic

Two weekends ago a very attractive woman told me 'What you need are yellow toe socks'. Obviously this has been very much on my mind since then and I'm pleased to report I've just found some and ordered 4 pair

They're here!!! Limited edition of 30. Still some copies available at my Bandcamp augstone.bandcamp.com/merch/family...

This song came on last weekend and made me ridiculously happy. Been stuck in my head since www.youtube.com/watch?v=4osl...

We have 653 backers for DAN DARE and I would love to hit 700. @b7media.bsky.social is announcing stretch goals soon, we’ll have new pages next week—and maybe even a rough of @jhwilliams3.bsky.social’s hardback cover! The book is WORTH IT, trust me: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...

ICYMI - Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks "it almost doesn’t matter what you do, which discipline you choose, the point of creating anything is to effect some change in yourself, ideally something healing and expanding." augstone.substack.com/p/the-counte...

Thoughts on music, making art, and The Kinks augstone.substack.com/p/the-counte...

Recording b-sides for the next single today. '(chinese stars)', a song I wrote in 2016 and is perhaps my sweetest, so I said 'let's go fuck it up!' and then this happened:

@glassmodernr.bsky.social @thepastels.bsky.social @billyreevesok.bsky.social @eugenekelly.bsky.social @reversediorama.bsky.social @lukehaines.bsky.social @thelilactime.bsky.social @nofansrecords.bsky.social

Lauren Lavín included this awesome postcard with instructions to pass it on when she sent me her The Third Beat. Wanting to keep it in the indielit community I posted it to the first person I thought of, Mal Smart. And btw you should all read The Third Beat @laurenlavin.bsky.social