Out of office is on. Alarm set for 4am. It’s happening.
Microposts
It’s good to look up sometimes.
A perk of living in an “upside down” house is that my bedroom is now the coldest room and I can get a decent nights sleep in the heat.
🎵Now Playing: Tame Impala - Glastonbury (2019)
Another old setlist in the run up. This time from Australia’s Tame Impala who put on a brilliant performance on the Other Stage (we chose him instead of Stormzy’s Pyramid set). From what I can remember, a lot of smoke, a lot of lazers, a lot of dancing. Let it happen.
Had a Mac for years and only now discovering Raycast…
🎵Now Playing: Wild Beasts - Present Tense (2014)
I miss Wild Beasts.
Favourite Tracks:
- Wanderlust
- Mecca
- Sweet Spot
- Daughters
- A Simple Beautiful Truth
🎵Now Playing: Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (2024)
Have heard his name banded around a bit, and then saw this performance on Jools Holland and thought I’d give the album a shot. It’s a lovely, strange, folksy, poetic treat.
Favourite Tracks:
- Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)
- Love Takes Miles
- Try As I May
- $0
- Can’t Keep Anything
The full Glastonbury line-up and (most importantly) stage times are out. Need the app to properly see where the clashes are - SO MUCH CHOICE.
37!
🎵Now Playing: Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009)
Bat for Lashes, I’ve not heard that name in years. But this is a stunning album with a song called Daniel that I can pretend is about me. Natasha Khan’s soaring vocals really sell her theatrical indie pop landscape.
Favourite Tracks:
- Glass
- Moon and Moon
- Daniel
- Pearl’s Dream
Was at a wedding this weekend so just caught up with the last Match of the Day of the season. Gary Linekar is one of the good guys and he’ll be missed. The montage at the end was something special too. The BBC isn’t perfect but it is essential to British life and must be protected.
The outfit, the commentary, the way she treats it like the dvd sale bin at Woolworths. This Natasha Lyonne video is perfect.
Well that was very 16th vs 17th. ⚽️
I did a Mensa test a couple weeks ago, for fun, and I’ve ended up becoming a member of Mensa. Nerd.
Eurovision is a lot of silly fun really isn’t it. I love silly fun. America could never.
Given the seasons we’ve both had, more should be made of how shocking and bizarre it is that we are contesting a European cup final against Tottenham. ⚽️
Buile Hill Park. 📍
A walk in the park. ☀️🌳
🎵Now Playing: Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (2025)
It’s always a good day when a new Tune-Yards record is released. Today is that day! (There’s quite a few good records out today)
Favourite Tracks:
- Swarm
- Limelight
- Get Through
- Better Dreaming
- How Big Is The Rainbow
- Sanctuary
🎵Now Playing: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
Continuing with the reggae theme we move from one legend to another in Toots and his Maytals. I was lucky enough to see them play at midnight on the Truth Stage in Shangri-La at Glastonbury 2017 and they were still going strong. This is a classic.
Favourite Tracks:
- In the Dark
- Funky Kingston
- Louie Louie
- Pomps & Pride
- Pressure Drop
🎵Now Playing: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977)
It is hot and ☀️ in the UK this week and so what else, but reggae. I thought I’d start with Bob and move onwards from there. I don’t think I’ve heard this album in it’s entirety before. Great.
Favourite Tracks:
- Exodus
- Jamming
- Waiting in Vain
- Three Little Birds
- One Love/People Get Ready
🎵Now Playing: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz! (2009)
I thought I didn’t know what I wanted to listen this afternoon, but yes yes yes it’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Favourite Tracks:
- Zero
- Heads Will Roll
- Soft Shock
- Runaway
- Dragon Queen
Peel Park. 📍
First festival of the year and it’s down the road.
It is a sad, angry, unpleasant island - but at least we have a new series of Taskmaster.
First ice cream of the year🍦☀️
Trying the Glastonbury resale. The two green bars taunt me again.
Work is currently at the stage where I need background noise rather than full albums. But Sault just released another album out of the blue (that seemed to die and resurrect over the Easter weekend). I intend to listen to all 10 again over the next week or two.
Spending my Saturday installed Arch Linux on an old laptop just to have something to tinker with and scratch the Linux itch I’ve had for a while. Normally I would be in town on my 2nd pint.
A grey, wet Easter Friday bank holiday? I guess it’s time for Lord of the Rings.
I can’t help but think we should use money to help solve world hunger rather than build rockets to blast Katy Perry into space — but that’s clearly just me, a non-billionaire, failing to grasp how important it is to blast Katy Perry into space with my poor, woke, non-billionaire mind. (I will still watch it.)
🎵Now Playing: The Maccabees - Given to the Wild (2012)
The Maccabees are also back. No new music just yet but I managed to grab tickets to one of their upcoming Manchester shows. I think of all the indie-adjacent bands of my youth, The Maccabees are my favourite. Sorry, Bloc Party. I can’t wait to hear these songs live.
Favourite Tracks:
- Child
- Feel to Follow
- Ayla
- Forever I’ve Known
- Pelican
- Go
- Grew Up At Midnight