Rachel James Brown, AKA Rockin’ Rachel Roll

Hope your socks are ready to hop: July’s brand new episode of Haunted Jukebox is available NOW - what are you waiting for? mixcloud.com/RockinRachelRo…

Right, that’s me out. hauntedjukebox on Bluesky for the same stuff I post here, mixcloud.com/RockinRachelRo… for my radio shows.

Swingin’ tune about a bar you probably don’t want to walk into. Big Boy Groves and Group - Bucket O’ Blood m.youtube.com/watch?v=J6D_83…

More strange tales, from another great writer of the supernatural and unsettling - this time with bonus former owner of the book who didn’t feel that inscribing their name inside the cover was quite enough…

If you’re looking for something elegiac, tinged with melancholy, and speaking of wide open skies, you could always do a lot worse than The Low Anthem. The Low Anthem - Scavenger Bird m.youtube.com/watch?v=cCaKDb…

The rain is mostly just drops on the window and the birds are singing again, but any excuse for some ‘50s Drifters. The Drifters - Drip Drop m.youtube.com/watch?v=jIquZi…

Wind’s been howling all afternoon, but it was the rain lashing against the window that woke me from an ill-advised, uneasy nap. Perfect weather to light some candles, read more ghost stories, and listen to some Tom Waits. Tom Waits - Flowers Grave m.youtube.com/watch?v=_x198_…

Sunday night earworm. The V-Eights - Ev’rything That You Said m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDTWZ…

Such a great ‘fuck you’ song. Tampa Red - You Rascal You m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zjvg…

This reminded me of a very different Billy Williams in my collection - clip below for your delight. Mr. Billy Williams, the man in the Velvet Coat - Why Can’t We Have the Sea in London?

Hell, I’d follow him. Billy Williams - The Pied Piper youtu.be/WWOFk47TbcI?si…

Works on a Sunday afternoon, too, I’d wager.

‘…tea was taken to the accompaniment of a discussion which golfing persons can imagine for themselves, about which the conscientious writer has no right to inflict upon any non-golfing persons’. CORRECT, M.R. James, and I thank you for it.

Someone should definitely make a blues of Lost Hearts. Haven’t read that one before, and it got me good.

Listening to a lot of spooky tunes and unsettling blues this evening (for reasons), so I thought I’d turn to the master for some reading matter.

It’s not Sunday, but I have had a nap. Small Faces - Lazy Sunday m.youtube.com/watch?v=BKJXtT…

I DO, however, recommend a pastrami and mozzarella toastie with mustard.

I do not recommend cleaning out a litter tray on a hangover. Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone m.youtube.com/watch?v=4iE_4M…

I was correct in that assumption.

Gone from vodka to bourbon (ran out of vodka), in a move I can only assume I’ll regret come the morning.

Two kinds of people don’t love The Who: people who haven’t heard them yet, and fuckin’ eejits.