Adrian Porch
@adeporch.bsky.social
Husband, dad, scientist, socialist, stargazer, hill walker, gig goer, vinyl junkie, bus user, serious only occasionally.
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Released 53 years ago today. What a debut album!
June 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Released 53 years ago today. What a debut album!
40 years old, bought on day of release in HMV Cardiff with free 12” of “Couldn’t Bear to be Special”, which clearly couldn’t have sold very well in 1984.
June 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
40 years old, bought on day of release in HMV Cardiff with free 12” of “Couldn’t Bear to be Special”, which clearly couldn’t have sold very well in 1984.
RIP Brian Wilson, you only know what you miss when it’s gone.
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
RIP Brian Wilson, you only know what you miss when it’s gone.
Unique. RIP David Thomas.
April 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Unique. RIP David Thomas.
Hear how our microwave technology for the rapid release of DNA from bacteria could transform the diagnosis and management of TB in humans and animals.
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December 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Hear how our microwave technology for the rapid release of DNA from bacteria could transform the diagnosis and management of TB in humans and animals.
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Another 45th anniversary. I bought this in Debenhams in Gloucester the day after release, not very punk rock of me.
December 14, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Another 45th anniversary. I bought this in Debenhams in Gloucester the day after release, not very punk rock of me.
Fan Fawr catching the last rays of winter evening sunshine.
December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Fan Fawr catching the last rays of winter evening sunshine.
Dragon’s breath over Pontypridd this morning.
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Dragon’s breath over Pontypridd this morning.
Another 45th anniversary, the start of a near peerless run of 5 albums. 1979 was such a great year for music.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Another 45th anniversary, the start of a near peerless run of 5 albums. 1979 was such a great year for music.
45 years old. Still cantankerous in the ways it rolls off the record shelf and yields its contents but still sounding magnificent.
November 26, 2024 at 9:06 AM
45 years old. Still cantankerous in the ways it rolls off the record shelf and yields its contents but still sounding magnificent.