Andy Watson #MDANT
@andywatson8.bsky.social
Just saw on the news that the runway is closed at John Lennon Airport.
Imagine all the people.
Imagine all the people.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Just saw on the news that the runway is closed at John Lennon Airport.
Imagine all the people.
Imagine all the people.
My first time seeing R.E.M live on the “Reckoning “ tour in 1984 at Newcastle Tiffany’s.
If memory serves, they did fabulous covers of “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Moon River”, and also bought a very long haired Michael Stipe a pint at the bar.
Happy Birthday Michael Stipe.
If memory serves, they did fabulous covers of “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Moon River”, and also bought a very long haired Michael Stipe a pint at the bar.
Happy Birthday Michael Stipe.
January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My first time seeing R.E.M live on the “Reckoning “ tour in 1984 at Newcastle Tiffany’s.
If memory serves, they did fabulous covers of “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Moon River”, and also bought a very long haired Michael Stipe a pint at the bar.
Happy Birthday Michael Stipe.
If memory serves, they did fabulous covers of “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Moon River”, and also bought a very long haired Michael Stipe a pint at the bar.
Happy Birthday Michael Stipe.
The Bar’s open!
Arnold Schwarzenegger at Rococo Nightclub, Roker , Sunderland, early 1970’s .
Arnold Schwarzenegger at Rococo Nightclub, Roker , Sunderland, early 1970’s .
January 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The Bar’s open!
Arnold Schwarzenegger at Rococo Nightclub, Roker , Sunderland, early 1970’s .
Arnold Schwarzenegger at Rococo Nightclub, Roker , Sunderland, early 1970’s .
Happy 70th Birthday Bernard Sumner.
"Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak."
📸 Kevin Cummins, New York.
"Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak."
📸 Kevin Cummins, New York.
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Happy 70th Birthday Bernard Sumner.
"Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak."
📸 Kevin Cummins, New York.
"Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak."
📸 Kevin Cummins, New York.
“Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time you mention The Epstein Files, Donald bombs a country.”
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time you mention The Epstein Files, Donald bombs a country.”
A shame, one of our favourites
Side Gallery in Newcastle is now permanently closed, despite the fundraising campaign, and the building has become a health and wellness centre. End of an era and immensely disappointing for anyone who loves documentary photography.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle's former Side gallery site turned into Pilates studio
The collective which ran the Side says it is not
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 AM
A shame, one of our favourites
Call me a bit of a cynic, but I’m starting to get the feeling that the FIFA Peace Prize may have been a bit of a sham…
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Call me a bit of a cynic, but I’m starting to get the feeling that the FIFA Peace Prize may have been a bit of a sham…
Morning from a snowy North - East.
“Wallsend in the Snow” 1976 📸 Chris Killip
“Wallsend in the Snow” 1976 📸 Chris Killip
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Morning from a snowy North - East.
“Wallsend in the Snow” 1976 📸 Chris Killip
“Wallsend in the Snow” 1976 📸 Chris Killip
Gym owners today.
January 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Gym owners today.
New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved.
Not all our friends and family made it. Never take for granted the people you love. Be thankful for today, you deserve it.
Happy 2026 from Watsonchester ❤️
Not all our friends and family made it. Never take for granted the people you love. Be thankful for today, you deserve it.
Happy 2026 from Watsonchester ❤️
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved.
Not all our friends and family made it. Never take for granted the people you love. Be thankful for today, you deserve it.
Happy 2026 from Watsonchester ❤️
Not all our friends and family made it. Never take for granted the people you love. Be thankful for today, you deserve it.
Happy 2026 from Watsonchester ❤️
BAR’S OPEN!! GAN DAFT KIDZ!!
December 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BAR’S OPEN!! GAN DAFT KIDZ!!
WARNING: INCOMING JOOLS HOLLAND BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO ALERT.
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WARNING: INCOMING JOOLS HOLLAND BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO ALERT.
Happy 79th birthday to Patricia Lee Smith.
"We tried not to age, but time had its rage."
"We tried not to age, but time had its rage."
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Happy 79th birthday to Patricia Lee Smith.
"We tried not to age, but time had its rage."
"We tried not to age, but time had its rage."
“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.”
Brigette Bardot ( 28th September 1934 - 28th December 2025)
Brigette Bardot ( 28th September 1934 - 28th December 2025)
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.”
Brigette Bardot ( 28th September 1934 - 28th December 2025)
Brigette Bardot ( 28th September 1934 - 28th December 2025)
Morning
📸 Richard Avedon
Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa : 1967
📸 Richard Avedon
Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa : 1967
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Morning
📸 Richard Avedon
Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa : 1967
📸 Richard Avedon
Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa : 1967
#nowreading
Good Fellas - The Cocaine Buddy years, the enduring hedonistic Bromance of Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese.
The book tells a pedal to the metal wild ride of drugs, sex, and many movie viewing sessions, often over pasta or fine food, during the twenty months they lived together .
Good Fellas - The Cocaine Buddy years, the enduring hedonistic Bromance of Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese.
The book tells a pedal to the metal wild ride of drugs, sex, and many movie viewing sessions, often over pasta or fine food, during the twenty months they lived together .
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#nowreading
Good Fellas - The Cocaine Buddy years, the enduring hedonistic Bromance of Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese.
The book tells a pedal to the metal wild ride of drugs, sex, and many movie viewing sessions, often over pasta or fine food, during the twenty months they lived together .
Good Fellas - The Cocaine Buddy years, the enduring hedonistic Bromance of Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese.
The book tells a pedal to the metal wild ride of drugs, sex, and many movie viewing sessions, often over pasta or fine food, during the twenty months they lived together .
Bar’s Open!!
Sending love, peace, soul and unity to you all xx
Sending love, peace, soul and unity to you all xx
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Bar’s Open!!
Sending love, peace, soul and unity to you all xx
Sending love, peace, soul and unity to you all xx
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Merry Christmas!
" We’re all going to have to learn to live together and develop a greater tolerance and get rid off whatever our fathers gave us in the way of hatred between nations."- Joe Strummer 1952-22nd December 2002.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
" We’re all going to have to learn to live together and develop a greater tolerance and get rid off whatever our fathers gave us in the way of hatred between nations."- Joe Strummer 1952-22nd December 2002.
“This is a call, a call to all”
Last night was not so much a gig, more of a communion. Magical, majestic,euphoric and emotional on all levels with Skyscraping melodies and electronic emotive textures. I hope the 02 Apollo manages to find the roof after @dovesofficial.bsky.social blew it off.
Last night was not so much a gig, more of a communion. Magical, majestic,euphoric and emotional on all levels with Skyscraping melodies and electronic emotive textures. I hope the 02 Apollo manages to find the roof after @dovesofficial.bsky.social blew it off.
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“This is a call, a call to all”
Last night was not so much a gig, more of a communion. Magical, majestic,euphoric and emotional on all levels with Skyscraping melodies and electronic emotive textures. I hope the 02 Apollo manages to find the roof after @dovesofficial.bsky.social blew it off.
Last night was not so much a gig, more of a communion. Magical, majestic,euphoric and emotional on all levels with Skyscraping melodies and electronic emotive textures. I hope the 02 Apollo manages to find the roof after @dovesofficial.bsky.social blew it off.
Tonight’s adventure
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Tonight’s adventure
Hello Manchester!!
Bar’s Open!
A “Toast” to you all, step lightly and stay free xx
Bar’s Open!
A “Toast” to you all, step lightly and stay free xx
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hello Manchester!!
Bar’s Open!
A “Toast” to you all, step lightly and stay free xx
Bar’s Open!
A “Toast” to you all, step lightly and stay free xx