Darkstones
@darkstones.bsky.social
AKA Paul McLeman #MDANT Music & Books mainly. Likes to contribute to the collective memory.
The BFI are releasing a dual format remastered version of Slade In Flame. Just thought I'd mention it as it's usually one of those hard to find/really expensive ones. shop.bfi.org.uk/slade-in-fla...
Pre-Order: Slade in Flame (Dual Format Edition)
The chart-topping Glam-rock band Slade play a semi-fictionalised version of themselves in this cult classic pop music film from 1975.
shop.bfi.org.uk
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The BFI are releasing a dual format remastered version of Slade In Flame. Just thought I'd mention it as it's usually one of those hard to find/really expensive ones. shop.bfi.org.uk/slade-in-fla...
Took a trip down the Ayrshire coast. Really liked the way this random phone snap turned out. Snowy mountains of the Isle of Arran in the distance.
January 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Took a trip down the Ayrshire coast. Really liked the way this random phone snap turned out. Snowy mountains of the Isle of Arran in the distance.
If you see this post a concert picture you took this year.
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 PM
If you see this post a concert picture you took this year.
It's a little known fact that Santa drops the bags of presents off on Arthur's Seat before coming back to deliver them when everyone has gone to bed. Season's greetings, whichever way you do or don't celebrate.
December 24, 2024 at 8:55 PM
It's a little known fact that Santa drops the bags of presents off on Arthur's Seat before coming back to deliver them when everyone has gone to bed. Season's greetings, whichever way you do or don't celebrate.
The second verse could so easily be a Cure lyric.
December 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
The second verse could so easily be a Cure lyric.
On the telly tonight. I went to see this in the cinema a few weeks ago. It's really well researched with some great interviews. Well worth a watch. It'll be on iplayer after broadcast. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Scotland - Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands
The story of the Scottish girl bands who challenged a male-dominated industry.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 11:21 AM
On the telly tonight. I went to see this in the cinema a few weeks ago. It's really well researched with some great interviews. Well worth a watch. It'll be on iplayer after broadcast. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Varied selection of stamps on my mail this morning. I much prefer these to the regular barcode ones.
December 14, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Varied selection of stamps on my mail this morning. I much prefer these to the regular barcode ones.
Need some festive reading? Free book this weekend from an author I really enjoy.
December 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Need some festive reading? Free book this weekend from an author I really enjoy.
Had a walk along the new Roseburn to Dundee Street cycle path which opened today. It looks fairly indestructible. #Edinburgh
December 9, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Had a walk along the new Roseburn to Dundee Street cycle path which opened today. It looks fairly indestructible. #Edinburgh
This is an excellent (and reassuring) read.
We've reached album of the year list o'clock
Is anyone else feeling out of the loop and disconnected from all the records bubbling up in a deluge of lists?
"Am I out of touch... no, it's the internet that's wrong!" www.drownedinsound.org/why-youre-no...
Is anyone else feeling out of the loop and disconnected from all the records bubbling up in a deluge of lists?
"Am I out of touch... no, it's the internet that's wrong!" www.drownedinsound.org/why-youre-no...
Why you're not out of touch with music
Is this feeling of disconnection a rare thing that unites "us"?
www.drownedinsound.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:59 PM
This is an excellent (and reassuring) read.
Today's charity shop find. It feels appropriate to go and sit in a boozer somewhere to read it.
December 2, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Today's charity shop find. It feels appropriate to go and sit in a boozer somewhere to read it.
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There are 100 Bandcamp codes for a free copy of our CERTAIN MEMORIES LP available here from the mighty @getmusic.bsky.social! Totally free; pls grab one and RT this! Louder Than War described it as "the album you didn’t know you wanted in your life".
www.getmusic.fm/r/assistant-...
www.getmusic.fm/r/assistant-...
Assistant - Certain Memories | Free Bandcamp Codes
www.getmusic.fm
November 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
There are 100 Bandcamp codes for a free copy of our CERTAIN MEMORIES LP available here from the mighty @getmusic.bsky.social! Totally free; pls grab one and RT this! Louder Than War described it as "the album you didn’t know you wanted in your life".
www.getmusic.fm/r/assistant-...
www.getmusic.fm/r/assistant-...
Another Saturday night on this date long ago....
November 30, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Another Saturday night on this date long ago....
This compilation from @ianrankin1.bsky.social arrived today. The sleeve notes are perfect. I used to ask my mum to get me stuff from Kirkcaldy Bruce's. Years later I met someone who worked there and he remembered my mum as the mysterious respectable lady who asked for the most obscure records.
November 30, 2024 at 1:56 PM
This compilation from @ianrankin1.bsky.social arrived today. The sleeve notes are perfect. I used to ask my mum to get me stuff from Kirkcaldy Bruce's. Years later I met someone who worked there and he remembered my mum as the mysterious respectable lady who asked for the most obscure records.
Warning sign spotted on a walk last week.
November 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Warning sign spotted on a walk last week.
I recently became a great uncle, so I have purchased some music to entertain the child when he comes to visit. Photo of Martyn by me from the seven deadly sins show in 2008
November 24, 2024 at 9:18 PM
I recently became a great uncle, so I have purchased some music to entertain the child when he comes to visit. Photo of Martyn by me from the seven deadly sins show in 2008
Show me your pet and what they were named after
November 24, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Show me your pet and what they were named after
Ash
Blondie
Cure
Depeche Mode
Echo&TheBunnymen
FieldsOfTheNephilim
GoodbyeMrMckenzie
HumanLeague
IvorCutler
JulianCope
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
Magazine
Nirvana
Oasis
Puressence
Qntal
Raincoats
Siouxsie & The Banshees
TeardropExplodes
Underworld
Voltaire
Wire
XmalDeutschland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZodiacMindwarp
Blondie
Cure
Depeche Mode
Echo&TheBunnymen
FieldsOfTheNephilim
GoodbyeMrMckenzie
HumanLeague
IvorCutler
JulianCope
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
Magazine
Nirvana
Oasis
Puressence
Qntal
Raincoats
Siouxsie & The Banshees
TeardropExplodes
Underworld
Voltaire
Wire
XmalDeutschland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZodiacMindwarp
November 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Ash
Blondie
Cure
Depeche Mode
Echo&TheBunnymen
FieldsOfTheNephilim
GoodbyeMrMckenzie
HumanLeague
IvorCutler
JulianCope
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
Magazine
Nirvana
Oasis
Puressence
Qntal
Raincoats
Siouxsie & The Banshees
TeardropExplodes
Underworld
Voltaire
Wire
XmalDeutschland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZodiacMindwarp
Blondie
Cure
Depeche Mode
Echo&TheBunnymen
FieldsOfTheNephilim
GoodbyeMrMckenzie
HumanLeague
IvorCutler
JulianCope
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
Magazine
Nirvana
Oasis
Puressence
Qntal
Raincoats
Siouxsie & The Banshees
TeardropExplodes
Underworld
Voltaire
Wire
XmalDeutschland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZodiacMindwarp
42 years ago today, @rsxthecure.bsky.social handed me a plastic cup of red wine & orange juice with the words ‘it’s the national drink of Yugoslavia,or something’. Tonight I’ll toast the fact he’s still making music that resonates with the same intensity as it did in those faraway teenage years.
November 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM
42 years ago today, @rsxthecure.bsky.social handed me a plastic cup of red wine & orange juice with the words ‘it’s the national drink of Yugoslavia,or something’. Tonight I’ll toast the fact he’s still making music that resonates with the same intensity as it did in those faraway teenage years.
Mid 80's Hart St Studios Edinburgh. One of a succession of baggy jerseys knitted by my mum.
November 15, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Mid 80's Hart St Studios Edinburgh. One of a succession of baggy jerseys knitted by my mum.
Good to see Colin here!
Hello…
The same Colin Steer, Dunfermline, from Twitter
The same Colin Steer, Dunfermline, from Twitter
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Good to see Colin here!
I like the way the setting sun catches the insulators on this pylon.
November 11, 2024 at 10:19 PM
I like the way the setting sun catches the insulators on this pylon.
I love the book and the sequel. The trailer looks promising.
I don't want to alarm anyone, but it seems we have a trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7bR...
(Don't forget to read the book)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7bR...
(Don't forget to read the book)
Have a nice death. See ya tomorrow. #Mickey17
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Pictures
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September 17, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I love the book and the sequel. The trailer looks promising.
Today's drama. Amazon deliver my parcel to a completely different building. I have a lucky guess and manage to track it down but the porch pirates have been and ripped the parcel open. Luckily Emily Dickinson poetry isn't to their taste and my book is still there.
September 17, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Today's drama. Amazon deliver my parcel to a completely different building. I have a lucky guess and manage to track it down but the porch pirates have been and ripped the parcel open. Luckily Emily Dickinson poetry isn't to their taste and my book is still there.