Mike Scott
@mickpuck.bsky.social
Waterboys singer / guitar player / Rock'n'roller / Freak flag flyer
I've been working on a series of visuals of favourite musicians called the #ChurchOfRockAndRoll. They're made to my instructions using chatgpt. I'll post one a day. First is the great Robert Johnson. I used a famous photo (the 1st below) and turned it into 4 photo booth images.
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I've been working on a series of visuals of favourite musicians called the #ChurchOfRockAndRoll. They're made to my instructions using chatgpt. I'll post one a day. First is the great Robert Johnson. I used a famous photo (the 1st below) and turned it into 4 photo booth images.
Ruin two bands by combining them
The Gypsy Kinks
The Gypsy Kinks
Ruin two bands by combining them...
The Them
The Them
Ruin two bands by combining them...
Pink Floyd Cole & The Commotions
Pink Floyd Cole & The Commotions
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them
The Gypsy Kinks
The Gypsy Kinks
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Just uploaded to #TheWaterboys' Patreon: unreleased 1986 versions of COME LIVE WITH ME, HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN HANK and Dylan's WALLFLOWER. To check us out free for a week or subscribe monthly click here patreon.com/posts/wallfl...
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just uploaded to #TheWaterboys' Patreon: unreleased 1986 versions of COME LIVE WITH ME, HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN HANK and Dylan's WALLFLOWER. To check us out free for a week or subscribe monthly click here patreon.com/posts/wallfl...
It is a source of great regret to me that there has never been a punk rocker or alternative artiste named...
LES MISERABLE
At least we got Kurt Vile and Jimmy Shelter.
LES MISERABLE
At least we got Kurt Vile and Jimmy Shelter.
December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It is a source of great regret to me that there has never been a punk rocker or alternative artiste named...
LES MISERABLE
At least we got Kurt Vile and Jimmy Shelter.
LES MISERABLE
At least we got Kurt Vile and Jimmy Shelter.
Just uploaded to #TheWaterboys' Patreon: unreleased 1986 versions of COME LIVE WITH ME, HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN HANK and Dylan's WALLFLOWER. To check us out free for a week or subscribe monthly click here patreon.com/posts/wallfl...
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just uploaded to #TheWaterboys' Patreon: unreleased 1986 versions of COME LIVE WITH ME, HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN HANK and Dylan's WALLFLOWER. To check us out free for a week or subscribe monthly click here patreon.com/posts/wallfl...
@patthomashistorian.bsky.social I'm referring to "exploding plastic inevitable" and its use of the word "plastic" predating Plastic Ono Band by three years.
In fact this use of "plastic" is, as far as I know, the first use of that word in a self-referential ironic pop context. This, surely, is where pop's detached awareness of itself began - with Warhol.
December 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@patthomashistorian.bsky.social I'm referring to "exploding plastic inevitable" and its use of the word "plastic" predating Plastic Ono Band by three years.
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This !
"No girl would dream of calling me an asshole in my Modern Lovers shirt"
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This !
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The detail of Earth 🌍 captured in Bill Anders’ first color photo taken from lunar orbit on #christmaseve in 1968 #OTD really is amazing. This is a crop of AS08-14-2383, in its original orientation, from a scanned 70mm @nasa film original 16-bit TIFF file by a project team at Arizona State University
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The detail of Earth 🌍 captured in Bill Anders’ first color photo taken from lunar orbit on #christmaseve in 1968 #OTD really is amazing. This is a crop of AS08-14-2383, in its original orientation, from a scanned 70mm @nasa film original 16-bit TIFF file by a project team at Arizona State University
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December 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Come see us recreate its spirit with a magical line-up incl. Steves Earle & Wickham, Colin Blakey, pedal steel master Roar & all current Waterboys in Glasgow, Valencia, Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm, Antwerp + London, next Aug & Sept. 3 hour show! Tx: mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-sh...
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Come see us recreate its spirit with a magical line-up incl. Steves Earle & Wickham, Colin Blakey, pedal steel master Roar & all current Waterboys in Glasgow, Valencia, Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm, Antwerp + London, next Aug & Sept. 3 hour show! Tx: mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-sh...
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The Velvet Underground Popularity Myth - Part 5: May 1966 (1 of 2)
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December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Velvet Underground Popularity Myth - Part 5: May 1966 (1 of 2)
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Come see us recreate its spirit with a magical line-up incl. Steves Earle & Wickham, Colin Blakey, pedal steel master Roar & all current Waterboys in Glasgow, Valencia, Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm, Antwerp + London, next Aug & Sept. 3 hour show! Tx: mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-sh...
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Come see us recreate its spirit with a magical line-up incl. Steves Earle & Wickham, Colin Blakey, pedal steel master Roar & all current Waterboys in Glasgow, Valencia, Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm, Antwerp + London, next Aug & Sept. 3 hour show! Tx: mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-sh...
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Out now in shiny paperback.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Out now in shiny paperback.
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I love Joe Strummer’s advice
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I love Joe Strummer’s advice
In the city where it was made....THE FISHERMAN'S BLUES REVUE, 5th Sept 2026. Tickets here: ticketmaster.ie/artist/88886...
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the city where it was made....THE FISHERMAN'S BLUES REVUE, 5th Sept 2026. Tickets here: ticketmaster.ie/artist/88886...
All Tomorrow's Parties 7" reviewed in September 1966. The Velvet Underground even had their own fanclub by this point.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I’m looking back at my favourite records of 2025 on the radio show this week. Tues it’s boxsets and reissues of the year, Wed it’s country and Americana and tonight it’s the best new release albums of 2025. Starting with a track from this gem by #TheWaterboys. See you at 8. @mickpuck.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m looking back at my favourite records of 2025 on the radio show this week. Tues it’s boxsets and reissues of the year, Wed it’s country and Americana and tonight it’s the best new release albums of 2025. Starting with a track from this gem by #TheWaterboys. See you at 8. @mickpuck.bsky.social
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Janey Godley, Scotland, 2016.
Good night.
Good night.
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Janey Godley, Scotland, 2016.
Good night.
Good night.
Thankyou Pat and all the birthday well-wishers today here on Blue Sky. I slept late then went for a walk in the park with my 12-year-old daughter. She is such great company. We had smoothies in our favourite cafe. Now hanging out quietly at home, no pressure, no show to play 😀
Happy birthday to my friend and fellow counterculture explorer, resource exchanger, book nerd, music fanatic, humorist, and of course singer, songwriter, guitarist. He’s also one heck of a bandleader for The Waterboys. The Celtic Soul brother Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thankyou Pat and all the birthday well-wishers today here on Blue Sky. I slept late then went for a walk in the park with my 12-year-old daughter. She is such great company. We had smoothies in our favourite cafe. Now hanging out quietly at home, no pressure, no show to play 😀
Another game I like is imaginally shifting into 30-years-ago me, or teenage me, and looking at my circumstances (home, family, band etc) as if I'd just been transplanted forward to now.
I like shifting perspective to imaginally see, hear or experience something as if for first time. I do it regularly. Keeps the world fresh, or at least my lens on it.
Fix You by Coldplay playing in cafe. I heard it as if for the first time. Choirboy voice, kind melodies, minimalist indie lead guitar, stirring bridge, clever naked octave drop at end. Overarching impression: this music loves me.
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another game I like is imaginally shifting into 30-years-ago me, or teenage me, and looking at my circumstances (home, family, band etc) as if I'd just been transplanted forward to now.
I like shifting perspective to imaginally see, hear or experience something as if for first time. I do it regularly. Keeps the world fresh, or at least my lens on it.
Fix You by Coldplay playing in cafe. I heard it as if for the first time. Choirboy voice, kind melodies, minimalist indie lead guitar, stirring bridge, clever naked octave drop at end. Overarching impression: this music loves me.
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I like shifting perspective to imaginally see, hear or experience something as if for first time. I do it regularly. Keeps the world fresh, or at least my lens on it.