tracks & grooves

@Reverend_Makers I worked bars up at students union back in the day and one sunday night gig Mark E Smith refused to get on stage without a crate of 24 holsten pils. Only 6 in building, cue me running round every boozer at top end of west street/ division st with a handful of cash to get gig on

A bit of a silly story about Mark E Smith for todays Sheffield Music City Anybody remember that gig? Keep your mad music stories coming in the comments

Tonight @milkreading #rdguk 💜 Lots of fab prizes donated to the raffle Inc @Rdng_bsct_fctry @DBBrewery @SirenCraftBrew @shedcafe @urbanpiercings @southstreetarts and more!! Djs inc @HeavyPopPromo @tracksgrooves @twinsunmusic and more. 6pm - midnight. Free entry.

Thursday (10th) @WMHDay fundraiser event for Laura. 💜 @milkreading @rdguk 6pm - 12. Charity fundraiser, raffle + DJs Inc @HeavyPopPromo @twinsunmusic @tracksgrooves + more. Free entry! Open to everyone.

@WorldFamousHot1 1. Murder She Wrote (she killed them all) 2. Columbo 3. Keepin’er Country (bbc NI series on Irish Country music & culture)

What are your 3 go to tv programmes that provide instant joy/relaxation? Mine 1: Columbo 2: Seinfeld 3: I Think You Should Leave

@prodnose Watched “Love at First Bite” just the other day. This plus George Hamilton in Disco Dracula mode is perfection.

Big tune in the late 70s this. Two things strike me. I never knew Alicia Bridges looked like this. And (2) why did audiences in those European pop shows always appear so grim and uninterested no matter what the performer/song? youtube.com/watch?v=umAurd…

Tonight. @KJGrobe at The Butler in Reading. One off small club show before festivals. £10 on the door. Records legend @dougshipton on the decks, all courtesy of local heroes Mondo Fuzz. Open from 8pm, show from 9pm, plenty of time to get the tube or GWR back into London or Oxford

@Robin_Askwith @UrbanToGarden As the AC in question, just woken up to this! Made my day! I was banging on to @urbantogarden about how fantastic “Tower of Evil” is, due in no small part to @Robin_Askwith delivering a pitch perfect performance. I’ll be coming to you for Malta advice soon. G&T in it for you!

@UrbanToGarden Hi AC! Without a doubt any Tintin book! Starting with King Ottakers Sceptre

@Robin_Askwith Just for the sheer love of it all, would you do a shout out for my pal AC? I’ll screen grab and send it to him. And tell us what your fav book was as a kid for a library project for kids at a state primary school. We’re asking people the grown ups like to pass on some good suggestions. We’re such fans of your work. Tower of Evil is such a banger (in the words of AC). Would love you to be on the list of ‘recommendees’ for titles in a kids’ school library. @PaulChuckle2 has already recommended his! 🥰 For context here’s the fundraiser (scroll down for the info about the school. It’s a good cause with some cracking support). justgiving.com/campaign/redla…

Tonight, Thursday 15/02, the @milkreading 12th birthday celebrations kick off with me slinging the wax on the decks from 7pm. Get on it. The weekend starts here.

First run in 18 months today @runningpunks due to recurring bronchitis- felt good to be out at the seaside. Short distance, pace OK, nothing fell off. Now to keep at it.

Daft electronics played out loud by a so-called Dj

@WorldFamousHot1 Spelt Cathail it would be pronounced more like Kyle

@WorldFamousHot1 Depends which part of the country - in the north west it would be more like KaHall.

I’m 50 and only just learned the Irish name Cathal is pronounced Carl. WTF

@joemuggs @stephenjbuckley it sounds like cutting down would be a compromise - is that ever a good idea when it comes to your own work?

@tracksgrooves @stephenjbuckley relationship to listeners / fans is like etc etc etc. Some might use multiple aliases, some might do huge dumps of free material, some might lovingly package every single release... a million different possible approaches.

Thread: I wanted to get some advice from fellow prolific artists. How do you manage to keep your release output to a reasonable level? Like I'm constantly writing and recording stuff and I'm always excited about it. The idea of keeping it to myself seems impossible. 🧵

niche 80's rock post - been listing to the Husker Du live at the Longhorn release - there's an early version of Zen Arcade's "Hare Krsna" on there and until today I'd never clocked Hare Krsna is a Bo Diddley beat. The original "Ode to Bode" title is a bit of a giveaway.

Who's for a deconstructed macchiato with a smashed soya milk custard pie?

@MatPringle Apologies for the autocorrect on yr first name btw

@MatPringle @DrRubberfunk @Andr6wMale Only just getting to this Matt. Threw a load of cash at Jazzman this weekend so playing it cool. When in doubt, I usually go Cacophonic. Might go for the vannier bête noire and the Spoerri Tower lp since the vampires of Dartmoor has gone

This number 17 bus smells of shit and crotches of all descriptions. I know “sail we must” is a thing now, and I will have to manfully struggle through to my night out, but clearly hygiene’s not for everyone …