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Former exiled Northern Monkey, now exiled no more. Normally rambling on about music, old telly, LFC and cricket. Liable to post pictures of records . Mostly harmless.

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A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired

A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired

I'm calling Chekhov

07.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 381 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œMrs Johnson gets her coat out of the cleaners..”

07.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1)Ballad Of The Broken Seas - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
2) Alas I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling
3) Chops - Euros Childs
4) Tower Of Love - Jim Noir
5) The Good, The Bad & The Queen- s/t

On the bench: Hal,The Aliens, Raconteurs, Last Shadow Puppets,The Tears, Pains Of Being…
#5debutalbums0509

27.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You recommended this back then, it’s still great!

25.02.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSometimes the bad guys come out on top,
Sometimes the good guys lose……..

Sometimes the bad days maintain their grip,
Sometimes the good days fade.”

21.02.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday afternoon Sunstack Jones time: Slow Country

15.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1)Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds
2)Songs of - Leonard Cohen
3)Love-Love
4)Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
5)Please Please Me -Beatles
On the bench: Dillard & Clark, CSN, Scott Walker, Moby Grape, Hendrix, Neil Young,Velvets, Nancy & Lee, Bo Diddley, Dylan, Who, Stones, Burritos, Skip S
#5debutalbums50s60s

08.02.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First gig of the year was pretty special:

06.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

* Park, obviously. Thank you, bizarre auto-correct

29.01.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this song. They played it at Hyde Sparky’s for the Olympics thingy in 2012 , which has the audacity to be 13 and a half years ago…

29.01.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YES!

28.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blackadder The Third, but all have their merits.

26.01.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also discovered/rediscovered lots of great records doing this which are not mentioned below..which is kind of the point really isn’t it.

#5albums9094

24.01.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tough one!
1) Suede-Suede
2) The Las - The Las
3) Nowhere - Ride
4) I Could Live In Hope - Low
5) Some Friendly - The Charlatans

On the bench: Verve,Spiritualized, Oasis, Uncle Tupelo, Mercury Rev and lots of my all time favourites with flawed but fun debuts. They would get there

#5debutalbums9094

24.01.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Great article too.

22.01.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Re-watched this over the last week. Had forgotten how sad it is. Peter Vaughan incredible. What a cast and great writing.

22.01.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Our Friends in the North 30 years on from the first episode of this groundbreaking drama, we take a closer look into the programme’s archive to reveal a time capsule of a turbulent era.

It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.

For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...

15.01.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 14

Listened to this yesterday..still sounds like the future.

14.01.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10 years since we lost Bowie. Can we all agree that the world has gone to hell in a handcart since that day?

10.01.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This Bowie doc is a bit all over the shop

03.01.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Surprised Distance In Between didn’t make it - thought that was your favourite. With you on Butterfly House though!

03.01.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This will be tough….Fortunately, as well as some classic debut albums, a few of my my favourites released average records straight out the traps before they really got going…which eases it a little. Only a little mind!
#5DebutAlbums9095

03.01.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is 789 a record ? Thanks for all the sterling work.

03.01.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1) A Bridge To Far - Midlake
2) The Resurrection Game -Emma Swift
3) Begging The Night To Take Hold - Emma Pollock
4) Antidepressants - Suede
5) Twilight Override - Jeff Tweedy

On the bench: Alan Sparhawk, Pulp, Gruff Rhys, Doves, Divine Comedy, Manics,Mogwai, Charlatans.
#5albums25
Cheers Rich!

03.01.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#NowPlaying
#Someone’sKnocking
#Homicide5-AsidePesticide

29.12.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow managed to repeatedly miss this when it’s been on before. Wonderfully atmospheric, and the twist is brilliant.

28.12.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this too. Best since Van Occupanther.

28.12.2025 06:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Memory Almost Full
Ram
Chaos & Creation In The Backyard

26.12.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas to and yours, and thanks for another year of music polls!

24.12.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Perfect listening to accompany present wrapping.

24.12.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0