England footballer and memoirist Frank Worthington.

Today, “why don’t you join the Foreign Legion / … / you’re still in love with Hayley Mills” might be one of the all-time great lyrics #nowplaying

Seen him umpteen times but I was still very excited to get tickets to see one of my all time faves in Manchester. I was even more excited to get tickets today to see him just a short stroll from my front door. David Byrne in Halifax. Halifax!

Love the colour and texture of this. Suburbia, Beatles, 1967, Liverpool; might be of interest to @iammilliam.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social ?

Non more comforting sight on a dark damp Monday in cheerless 2026..

Carry On Doctor Feelgood

Halifax Piece Hall south gate.

Alasdair Gray would be horrified.

Well in these circs, best find an old pub and disappear into the past for a time. Pint?

To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.

Normal for Todmorden.

Commotion lotion in motion.

This is my theory of music. The MOMENT. Like when the trombone solo comes in on this. Or the long blue wail on the second Tim Frank sings “Don’t you KNOW little fool…” open.spotify.com/track/74jklV...

This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely

Oh, man. CMAT's cover of "Wuthering Heights". She took it on, she wrestled it to the ground, she absolutely nailed it. With a band that look like they've waited their whole lives to have this much fun. I love this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlP9...

I am all in for William Basinski’s new look on Instagram.

'Her husband works in Jodrell Bank' #currentearworm www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypbP...

What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.

Sumo stars goofing about at tourist locations seems a more fun way to celebrate England than any number of flags.

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

Tea time timeline! @markwalsh.bsky.social @mooseallain.bsky.social @traceythorn.bsky.social

Just now, the last of the evening light, deep blue sky, a buttery crescent moon through the trees and a tawny owl swoops past the kitchen window. Suburban delights!

Godspeed to Danny Thompson. He added so much grace, beauty and guile to so many outstanding pieces of music (you could live a pretty nourishing musical life listening solely to the records he contributed to.) And an unfailingly entertaining and soulful conversationalist. One of the greats 💛

Call me trivial but one thing I liked about being in Marseilles is that the French emergency services vehicles haven’t adopted the modern American whoop whoop siren. Sitting at a cafe on a busy street and you’re in a 1970s French film.

Bits of Marseilles. Never been before, will go again.

This is apparently a street in Amsterdam called Lomanstraat.

My absolute favourite thing about Melvyn Bragg is his singular attitude of No Mucking About. Literally every episode starts like “HELLO IN 1492 COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE WITH ME ARE TWO EXPERTS OK TELL ME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE FUCK IS GENOA?”

Two Guardian articles for the price of one. How We Do It, Can Wheelbarrows Suffer?

Before Dylan's cry of "play fucking loud" was Buddy Holly's speed metal howl. On January 26, 1958, Holly and the Crickets made their second Ed Sullivan appearance. Sullivan ordered the group to replace upbeat rocker Oh Boy with a slow ballad. This was their response youtu.be/TtIOy9WcxU0?...

David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

Walking to town listening to Locklisted. @iammilliam.bsky.social, your reading from the Brussig had me walking around with a stupid grin on my face. Thanks, and Nicky too, for the recommend. Halifax library came up trumps.

Did I offend you? Try seeing things from my perspective. Narrow-minded, misinformed, frightened.

"the elongated limbless reptiles" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Well that was peak @backlisted.bsky.social. Perfect subject, everyone on top form and bonus jousting from Andrew and Una. It also gifted me with the title of the autobiography I’m not writing, ‘Martin’s if she had known.’

Angel, monstrously pitiable. What a terrific novel, my favourite read this year. Now to find out what the top swots at @backlisted.bsky.social have to say…

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up at Locklistener level and you’ll get this plus a bunch of other stuff, all while supporting the podcast. This week: BOG-SHED, FROM THE STUBBLE TO THE RUBBLE. www.patreon.com/backlisted

Two households, both alike in dignity, in diggyboos, in the old digningtons

Such a fine line between green transportation and fly tipping.

Spaghetti hoops are basically Alphabetti Spaghetti for backing singers.

I could well up looking at these two pictures of old friends. Mel Brooks 99 today, Carl Reiner died five years ago aged 98.

This INVENTORY on Kate Bush is actually a 5000 word essay on the lifelong relationship between artist and listener, utilising and subverting the popular bullshit ‘listicle’ format to do something more interesting and heartfelt. Hope you like it. x @backlisted.bsky.social www.patreon.com/backlisted

@iammilliam.bsky.social I've just read your Kate Bush Inventory. As someone who has loved KB since I was 9 years old, I fucking loved it!!! I think we all have very personal opinions of her albums and favourites etc, but I really loved reading your thoughts and feelings... Thank you for that Andy X🖤

Been down The Great Wen again. Night-time stroll through Smithfield meat market. The market itself soon to be confined to the history books.

Beer and @backlisted.bsky.social homework. Life of Riley…

My good pal and former bandmate Kev Hopper has just started work on a TRIPTYCH of paintings, the initial sketches of which are too good not to share

Textbook Brookner @backlisted.bsky.social

I let Martin Amis get served before me in a pub. (He had white wine.)

Terrific piece of writing about a wonderful record.