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richw27.bsky.social
@richw27.bsky.social
Music fan, beer and pub geek, train driver, Carlisle United follower

Carlisle, the glorious north.
Minor American theme to a couple of beers tonight!
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It's #BandcampFriday once again. Support your favourite and new favourite artists by buying from their bandcamp page and all proceeds go directly to them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
2 gorgeous records arrived today, both by bands formerly on the hallowed Sarah record label. Gorgeous reissue of 1989's 'Lyceum' by The Orchids, with loads of extras & the sublime 'There's More to Life than Crooks' by Lightning in a Twilight Hour (Bobby Wratten - ex Field Mice)
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's ##BandcampFriday again - a great opportunity to support your favourite artists old and new by buying music from them directly and they receive all the proceeds ##supportindependentartists
August 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#totp this is the same Visage doing 'Night Train' that did 'Fade to Grey'. Blimey....!
July 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#totp Japan covered 'I second that emotion ' - never realised!
July 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#totp 46 years since Numan did this, he still sounds and looks great as Glastonbury proved t'other week
July 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#totp Thin Lizzy and kettle drums! Got to say, this guitar line does sound familiar to one of their big hits.
July 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#totp I imagine this PIL performance threw the crowd.
July 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
#totp interesting drum kit for Mr Copeland. The Police looking intense.
July 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#totp that was some very full on hair and face fuzz, then again, it is 1979
July 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Heard a new favourite tune courtesy of @amylame.bsky.social on #6music this morning. Great tune by Run Remedy - Xtian Skate Night. Straight onto the bandcamp purchase list.
June 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Enjoying the 40 hits of 1985 on BBC2 - goes back to my mid teens. Some good stuff, some average stuff. Nostalgia eh.....
June 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#springwatch getting in as many Oasis song titles as possible tonight....
May 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
30 hits of 88 on BBC2 - Weird Al Yankivic on bass for Robin Beck!

Plus, Two Hearts opened every wedding disco I worked at in a Carlisle hotel, after the 1st dance, obvs.....
May 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Had an afternoon in Cumbria's brewing capital, Kendal, on Tuesday. 4 pubs visited; The Duke od Cumberland, 98 Highgate, the amazing Ring O'Bells & the jewel in the Crown, The New Union #pubs #Cumbria #realale
March 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#totp Al Jarreau has a very wide mouth and some great facial expressions!
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's #BandcampFriday again - support your new and old favourite artists by buying direct from them & they receive all the proceeds. New stuff for me today from The Montgolfier Brothers, Scrimshire, My Raining Stars, Mark Peters & Billy NoMates #supportindependentartists #music
March 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
BBC4 showing the Alan Hull story. I took over The Tap &.Spile in North Shields a year after he died & the band had drank in there for a while. Their caricatures were on the wall & there was a huge regard for him. Great to see Billy Mitchell & Ray Laidlaw talking about him
#lindisfarne
February 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Last night at The Glad Cafe Glasgow, lots of former Sarah records artists playing a beautiful triple header gig; The Catenary Wires, Vetchinsky Settings & The Gentle Spring.
#livemusic #supportindependentartists #glasgow
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#totp THE SMITHS!❤️
February 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#totp ahh, Janice and John......😊😊
February 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#totp1981 the abomination that was Joe Dolce......
February 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cats not keen on the howling wind, they rarely get this close to each other.. #cats #storm
January 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
From the end of that glorious decade, the 80s, 'Silvertown' from The Men They Couldn't Hang, a band I love as much today as I did all those years ago. #music #vinyl
January 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM