Sean Walters
@seanwrite.bsky.social
Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Just finished reading: L’Amante Anglaise (1968) by Marguerite Duras
Now reading: Coin Locker Babies (1980) by Ryu Murakami
Now reading: Coin Locker Babies (1980) by Ryu Murakami
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just finished reading: L’Amante Anglaise (1968) by Marguerite Duras
Now reading: Coin Locker Babies (1980) by Ryu Murakami
Now reading: Coin Locker Babies (1980) by Ryu Murakami
Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes performing the bass-heavy "Pagan Lovesong" live circa 1982. Song from the album ...If I Die, I Die. #PostPunk
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Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong
YouTube video by lelliesandremains
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December 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes performing the bass-heavy "Pagan Lovesong" live circa 1982. Song from the album ...If I Die, I Die. #PostPunk
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The Stranglers performing "Second Coming" & "Non Stop" live at the No Nukes Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands in April 1982. Songs from 1981 albums The Gospel According to the Meninblack and La Folie respectively. Length: 6:21. #PunkRock
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the Stranglers - "Second Coming" / "Non Stop" - No Nukes, Utrecht 1982
YouTube video by Herb79
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December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Stranglers performing "Second Coming" & "Non Stop" live at the No Nukes Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands in April 1982. Songs from 1981 albums The Gospel According to the Meninblack and La Folie respectively. Length: 6:21. #PunkRock
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1970 song “Sneakin’ Sally Thru the Alley” by late New Orleans funkster Lee Dorsey. Backing by The Meters. Written and produced by Allen Toussaint. From the album Yes We Can. Later covered by Robert Palmer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=EJuJ...
Sneakin' Sally Thru The Alley
YouTube video by Lee Dorsey - Topic
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December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
1970 song “Sneakin’ Sally Thru the Alley” by late New Orleans funkster Lee Dorsey. Backing by The Meters. Written and produced by Allen Toussaint. From the album Yes We Can. Later covered by Robert Palmer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=EJuJ...
Chicago blues singer/guitarist Hound Dog Taylor was born on this day in 1915. Taylor with his band The HouseRockers performing live at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1973. Length: 31:25. #Blues #BluesMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=18JZ...
HOUND DOG TAYLOR & THE HOUSEROCKERS ~ LIVE AT ANN ARBOR BLUES FESTIVAL 1973
YouTube video by Sean
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December 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Chicago blues singer/guitarist Hound Dog Taylor was born on this day in 1915. Taylor with his band The HouseRockers performing live at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1973. Length: 31:25. #Blues #BluesMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=18JZ...
Northwest group Paul Revere & The Raiders performing their version of "Louie Louie" live in 1964. On LP Mojo Workout. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiD...
Louie Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders
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December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Northwest group Paul Revere & The Raiders performing their version of "Louie Louie" live in 1964. On LP Mojo Workout. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiD...
1964 live version (audio only) of "Signed Sealed and Delivered" by James Brown. From album Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zWBO...
James Brown Signed, Sealed And Delivered
YouTube video by MrArsg13
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December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
1964 live version (audio only) of "Signed Sealed and Delivered" by James Brown. From album Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zWBO...
Three-Song Peel Session of 4AD shoegaze band Lush from January 23, 1990. Includes a cover of Abba's "Hey Hey Helen". Length: 7:43. #Shoegaze
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Lush - Peel Session 1990
YouTube video by Vibracobra23
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December 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Three-Song Peel Session of 4AD shoegaze band Lush from January 23, 1990. Includes a cover of Abba's "Hey Hey Helen". Length: 7:43. #Shoegaze
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Joe Ely performing live covers of Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s “Ain’t Got No Home” and Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” live in 1985. David Grissom guests on guitar. “Not Fade Away” can be found on Ely’s Texas Special EP. #RIPJoeEly m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2H7...
Joe Ely Live - 1985 - Ain't Got No Home/Not Fade Away (Flatlanders)
YouTube video by richlandwoman
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December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Joe Ely performing live covers of Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s “Ain’t Got No Home” and Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” live in 1985. David Grissom guests on guitar. “Not Fade Away” can be found on Ely’s Texas Special EP. #RIPJoeEly m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2H7...
Howard Devoto-led post-punk band Magazine performing "Permafrost" on German show Rockpalast in 1980. Closing cut on the band's 1979 album, Secondhand Daylight. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0j...
Magazine - Permafrost
YouTube video by sham64andahalf
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December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Howard Devoto-led post-punk band Magazine performing "Permafrost" on German show Rockpalast in 1980. Closing cut on the band's 1979 album, Secondhand Daylight. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0j...
Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys performing the piano instrumental "The Nearest Faraway Place" live in a 1969 Paris concert. Song on the 1969 album 20/20. #BeachBoys m.youtube.com/watch?v=_yaY...
The Beach Boys - The Nearest Faraway Place (Live - 1969 Paris, Audio Synced)
YouTube video by Elora
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys performing the piano instrumental "The Nearest Faraway Place" live in a 1969 Paris concert. Song on the 1969 album 20/20. #BeachBoys m.youtube.com/watch?v=_yaY...
Ken Downie, founding member of British electronic group The Black Dog, has died. The group helped pioneer the “home-listening” aesthetic in techno music. FIve-Song Peel Session of The Black Dog recorded December 12, 1994. Length: 31:49. #RIPKenDownie m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTx...
The Black Dog - Peel Session (IDM) (1999)
YouTube video by Kosmik Dstroyer
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December 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ken Downie, founding member of British electronic group The Black Dog, has died. The group helped pioneer the “home-listening” aesthetic in techno music. FIve-Song Peel Session of The Black Dog recorded December 12, 1994. Length: 31:49. #RIPKenDownie m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTx...
English singer-songwriter and slide guitarist Chris Rea has died at 74. While more celebrated in his homeland and even having a popular Christmas song, Rea may be best known in North America for his 1978 hit “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)”. #RIPChrisRea m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqUN...
Chris Rea – Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Top Of The Pops 1978 - live
YouTube video by Sanremo and more
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December 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
English singer-songwriter and slide guitarist Chris Rea has died at 74. While more celebrated in his homeland and even having a popular Christmas song, Rea may be best known in North America for his 1978 hit “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)”. #RIPChrisRea m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqUN...
Night Paths (1988) by Irish abstract artist Anne Madden (1932-2025) #RIPAnneMadden
December 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Night Paths (1988) by Irish abstract artist Anne Madden (1932-2025) #RIPAnneMadden
The Mick Abrahams Band performing “Greyhound Bus” live on Beat Club in 1971. From that years self-titled album . #RIPMickAbrahams m.youtube.com/watch?v=6tm_...
Mick Abrahams Band - Greyhound Bus (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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December 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The Mick Abrahams Band performing “Greyhound Bus” live on Beat Club in 1971. From that years self-titled album . #RIPMickAbrahams m.youtube.com/watch?v=6tm_...
Polish jazz violinist and saxophonist Michal Urbaniak has died at 82. Over his long career, he played with artists such as Chick Corea, Mikes Davis, Herbie Hancock and Weather Report. Urbaniak live in Oslo in 1972. Length: 38:59. #RIPMichalUrbaniak m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oD3...
Michal Urbaniak feat. Urszula Dudziak Live in Oslo 1972
YouTube video by Michal Urbaniak Official
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December 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Polish jazz violinist and saxophonist Michal Urbaniak has died at 82. Over his long career, he played with artists such as Chick Corea, Mikes Davis, Herbie Hancock and Weather Report. Urbaniak live in Oslo in 1972. Length: 38:59. #RIPMichalUrbaniak m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oD3...
Lucinda Williams performs "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" live on Austin City Limits in 1989. Opening cut from her excellent, self-titled 1988 album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiOe...
Lucinda Williams - "I Just Wanted To See You So Bad" [Live From Austin, TX]
YouTube video by Live From Austin TX
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December 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Lucinda Williams performs "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" live on Austin City Limits in 1989. Opening cut from her excellent, self-titled 1988 album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiOe...
The Stone Roses perform "She Bangs the Drums" live in Blackpool in December 1989. The second single from the band's acclaimed self-titled debut album. Reached #34 on the UK charts, their first Top 40 single. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOE...
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (Live In Blackpool)
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December 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The Stone Roses perform "She Bangs the Drums" live in Blackpool in December 1989. The second single from the band's acclaimed self-titled debut album. Reached #34 on the UK charts, their first Top 40 single. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOE...
Liverpool new wave band The Icicle works performing "When It All Comes Down" live on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1985. Song on the band's Seven Singles Deep anthology. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc7P...
THE ICICLE WORKS -WHEN IT ALL COMES DOWN
YouTube video by weirandstubbs
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December 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Liverpool new wave band The Icicle works performing "When It All Comes Down" live on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1985. Song on the band's Seven Singles Deep anthology. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc7P...
A 2015 Australian documentary focusing on the history behind the 1977 debut album of punk rock band The Saints - (I'm) Stranded. Length: 52:03. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZ9...
Great Australian Albums / (I'm) Stranded - The Saints
YouTube video by Sinisa Lemic
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December 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A 2015 Australian documentary focusing on the history behind the 1977 debut album of punk rock band The Saints - (I'm) Stranded. Length: 52:03. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZ9...
1970 recording of the song "Out-Bloody-Rageous" by Soft Machine. Lyn Dobson guesting with the band on sax. Recorded live in Paris. On the group 3-disc set France Facelift & Holland. Length: 15:12. m.youtube.com/watch?v=osxA...
Soft Machine - "Out-Bloody-Rageous" from 'Facelift France and Holland' (Cuneiform Records)
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December 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
1970 recording of the song "Out-Bloody-Rageous" by Soft Machine. Lyn Dobson guesting with the band on sax. Recorded live in Paris. On the group 3-disc set France Facelift & Holland. Length: 15:12. m.youtube.com/watch?v=osxA...
Mick Abrahams, the original Jethro Tull guitarist who left the group and formed the British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, has died at 82. Blodwyn Pig performing “Modern Alchemist” live on Beat Club in 1969. #RIPMickAbrahams #BluesRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqV-...
Blodwyn Pig - Modern Alchemist (1969)
Blodwyn Pig was a British blues rock band, founded in 1968 by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams. Abrahams left Jethro Tull, due to a falling-out with Tull vocalist Ian Anderson, after their debut album, This Was, was released, and formed Blodwyn Pig with Jack Lancaster (saxophone and flute), Andy Pyle (bass guitar), and Ron Berg (drums). Ex-Yes and future Flash guitarist Peter Banks became one of several guitarists to succeed Abrahams after he left to form his own band for a time.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mick Abrahams, the original Jethro Tull guitarist who left the group and formed the British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, has died at 82. Blodwyn Pig performing “Modern Alchemist” live on Beat Club in 1969. #RIPMickAbrahams #BluesRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqV-...
Four-Song Peel Session of Siouxsie & the Banshees from November 29, 1977. Length: 12:04. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBxY...
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peel Session 1977
YouTube video by Vibracobra23
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December 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Four-Song Peel Session of Siouxsie & the Banshees from November 29, 1977. Length: 12:04. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBxY...
1986 song “Breath” by Scottish duo Vazz. The pair’s sound borrowed from genres such as cold wave, dream pop and post-punk. Can be found in their mini-album Your Lungs and Your Tongues. #Coldwave #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYm...
Breath
YouTube video by Vazz - Topic
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December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
1986 song “Breath” by Scottish duo Vazz. The pair’s sound borrowed from genres such as cold wave, dream pop and post-punk. Can be found in their mini-album Your Lungs and Your Tongues. #Coldwave #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYm...
7-inch single version of the 1980 reggae tune “African Queen” by Errol Campbell + dub. Produced by Dennis Bovell. On the V/A Bovell production anthology Different - The Singles Collection 1977-1981. #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mU...
ERROL CAMPBELL - AFRICAN QUEEN & AFRICAN ROCKAS - TEMPUS RECORDS - 1980
YouTube video by Michael Baxter
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December 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
7-inch single version of the 1980 reggae tune “African Queen” by Errol Campbell + dub. Produced by Dennis Bovell. On the V/A Bovell production anthology Different - The Singles Collection 1977-1981. #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mU...