Celebrity Traitors is SUCH GOOD TELEVISION but I have realised I am somehow two years older than Joe Marler.

🎵Now Playing: Tame Impala - Deadbeat (2025)

I should start doing a Now Playing post every Friday, as it’s always new album release day. Well let’s start now shall we? Today is the new one from Tame Impala. This is definitely continues the path taken at Currents through The Slow Rush into making him a sure-fire Festival Headliner (Glasto 2027 anyone?) with beats that are definitely not dead. I do miss the guitar riffs though.

Favourite Tracks:

• Dracula
• Loser
• Obsolete
• Afterthought
• End Of Summer

🎵Now Playing: Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu! (2018)

Welcome to another edition of “I totally forgot this band existed!” Really fun alt-indie. I used to play Face Behind Her Cigarette a lot at the bar where I DJed. Sigh.

I just Googled them and I never knew they were Welsh! I always thought they were American. Sadly they seem to be inactive now, but I hope they return one day.

Favourite Tracks:

• Loner Boogie
• Face Behind her Cigarette
• Jerry
• Sitting on the First Rock From the Sun

Instagram is now unbearable. I think I’ll start weaning off and have it fully deleted by the end of the year.

3rd PB in 5 parkruns and I got under my goal of 30mins!

I thought it would take me a bit longer to reach that goal so I guess I’m going to have to try and get my average to under 30 instead.

🎵Now Playing: Geese - Getting Killed (2025)

I loved Cameron Winter’s solo album and now I think Geese might be on their way to being the best band on the planet.

Favourite Tracks:

• 100 Horses
• Taxes
• Long Island City Here I Come

I’ll be posting the final blogs from my Canada trip soon. I hope they’ve been at least vaguely interesting to read. I’ll probably revisit the posts over time to edit and add photos, but I’m glad I made the effort to record the experience. I’ll get better with practice.

🎵Now Playing: Fishmans - Kuuchuu Camp (1996)

I don’t know how or why Fishmans ended up on my “Albums to listen to” playlist but I’m very glad I did. Some 90s Japanese dream/trip/psych pop was what I needed this afternoon (I have forgotten how to do my job).

Favourite Tracks:

• Baby Blue
• Night Cruising
• Subarashikute Nice Choice

Finished reading 2025: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Collector’s Edition (Book of Dust, Volume 1) by Philip Pullman📚

I loved getting back into the world of His Dark Materials, it was the perfect accompaniment on the 5 day train across Canada. Can’t wait to read the rest of this prequel trilogy.

Landed back from Canada last night. I have a few more posts to write to catch you up (not that anyone reads them) but safe to say, it was a brilliant time. What a country.