The usual habitat.
Unusually I'm seeing a band that aren't quite old enough to be my parents this time.
Unusually I'm seeing a band that aren't quite old enough to be my parents this time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The usual habitat.
Unusually I'm seeing a band that aren't quite old enough to be my parents this time.
Unusually I'm seeing a band that aren't quite old enough to be my parents this time.
Went to see The Primitives in London today, 40 years (almost to the day) since their first gig.
There's worse ways of spending an evening.
(Also, the Bush Hall is a really lovely venue. Probably a bit wasted on us in the dark)
There's worse ways of spending an evening.
(Also, the Bush Hall is a really lovely venue. Probably a bit wasted on us in the dark)
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Went to see The Primitives in London today, 40 years (almost to the day) since their first gig.
There's worse ways of spending an evening.
(Also, the Bush Hall is a really lovely venue. Probably a bit wasted on us in the dark)
There's worse ways of spending an evening.
(Also, the Bush Hall is a really lovely venue. Probably a bit wasted on us in the dark)
Reposted by Alex
[November 14th, 1985] The Primitives performed their first concert with lead singer Tracy Tracy. The show took place at The Hope & Anchor pub in Coventry, England.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
[November 14th, 1985] The Primitives performed their first concert with lead singer Tracy Tracy. The show took place at The Hope & Anchor pub in Coventry, England.
Tonight's listening
I'm not sure I quite get the transitions between the songs, but the songs themselves are great.
You can guess some of the inspirations for this band by the title, which fits quite well with what I like.
I'm not sure I quite get the transitions between the songs, but the songs themselves are great.
You can guess some of the inspirations for this band by the title, which fits quite well with what I like.
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Tonight's listening
I'm not sure I quite get the transitions between the songs, but the songs themselves are great.
You can guess some of the inspirations for this band by the title, which fits quite well with what I like.
I'm not sure I quite get the transitions between the songs, but the songs themselves are great.
You can guess some of the inspirations for this band by the title, which fits quite well with what I like.
Today's orange arrival.
REM's newish release, containing quite a few new versions of Radio Free Europe on a rather orange 10 inch record.
Great song, and some nice new mixes on here. (I do now need to get some 10” inner sleeves though - I've only got one other 10")
REM's newish release, containing quite a few new versions of Radio Free Europe on a rather orange 10 inch record.
Great song, and some nice new mixes on here. (I do now need to get some 10” inner sleeves though - I've only got one other 10")
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today's orange arrival.
REM's newish release, containing quite a few new versions of Radio Free Europe on a rather orange 10 inch record.
Great song, and some nice new mixes on here. (I do now need to get some 10” inner sleeves though - I've only got one other 10")
REM's newish release, containing quite a few new versions of Radio Free Europe on a rather orange 10 inch record.
Great song, and some nice new mixes on here. (I do now need to get some 10” inner sleeves though - I've only got one other 10")
Tonight's listening, some lovely Swedish indiepop in the form of Hari & Aino's A Considerate Kind Of Home.
I do like the insert - a few things about the industry might have changed since then
I do like the insert - a few things about the industry might have changed since then
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Tonight's listening, some lovely Swedish indiepop in the form of Hari & Aino's A Considerate Kind Of Home.
I do like the insert - a few things about the industry might have changed since then
I do like the insert - a few things about the industry might have changed since then
Today's arrivals - the internet is a dangerous place where it is very easy to spend all your money. I've got four great songs out of it though.
Talulah Gosh / Don't Go Away by Talulah Gosh, and Sad / E102 by the BMX Bandits
Talulah Gosh / Don't Go Away by Talulah Gosh, and Sad / E102 by the BMX Bandits
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today's arrivals - the internet is a dangerous place where it is very easy to spend all your money. I've got four great songs out of it though.
Talulah Gosh / Don't Go Away by Talulah Gosh, and Sad / E102 by the BMX Bandits
Talulah Gosh / Don't Go Away by Talulah Gosh, and Sad / E102 by the BMX Bandits
Been having fun with the KiwiSDRs recently.
I do quite like that there's still a broadcast of the news via HF Fax. Weatherfax is mostly used for meteorological charts, & I think this is the only news station left.
I do hope there ships out there still using these.
(16971 kHz, English at 1200z 1-5)
I do quite like that there's still a broadcast of the news via HF Fax. Weatherfax is mostly used for meteorological charts, & I think this is the only news station left.
I do hope there ships out there still using these.
(16971 kHz, English at 1200z 1-5)
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Been having fun with the KiwiSDRs recently.
I do quite like that there's still a broadcast of the news via HF Fax. Weatherfax is mostly used for meteorological charts, & I think this is the only news station left.
I do hope there ships out there still using these.
(16971 kHz, English at 1200z 1-5)
I do quite like that there's still a broadcast of the news via HF Fax. Weatherfax is mostly used for meteorological charts, & I think this is the only news station left.
I do hope there ships out there still using these.
(16971 kHz, English at 1200z 1-5)
Reposted by Alex
Heavenly are going on tour next year!
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Heavenly are going on tour next year!
Reposted by Alex
huge notice that pops up if you try to edit the cat article
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
huge notice that pops up if you try to edit the cat article
Oh no, I appear to have fallen down a Twitter rabbit hole again, and now I've found another way to spend all my money on postage.
Shonen B's Totteoki No Ichinichi. Quite like this - really good indie pop / rock - the first and last tracks especially are great.
Shonen B's Totteoki No Ichinichi. Quite like this - really good indie pop / rock - the first and last tracks especially are great.
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh no, I appear to have fallen down a Twitter rabbit hole again, and now I've found another way to spend all my money on postage.
Shonen B's Totteoki No Ichinichi. Quite like this - really good indie pop / rock - the first and last tracks especially are great.
Shonen B's Totteoki No Ichinichi. Quite like this - really good indie pop / rock - the first and last tracks especially are great.
Tonight's listening - La-Di-Da's 1990 Borobudur comp. I admittedly bought this for the Heavenly song, but some great indiepop on here (almost all of which is by decent people)
August 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tonight's listening - La-Di-Da's 1990 Borobudur comp. I admittedly bought this for the Heavenly song, but some great indiepop on here (almost all of which is by decent people)
Don't think I've ever seen overhead lines this shiny before, although I don't know why I'm surprised by copper wire displaying the properties of copper.
(This is the new railway station at Praha-Bubny - I think it's only been open for a week so no time for it to get grubby yet)
(This is the new railway station at Praha-Bubny - I think it's only been open for a week so no time for it to get grubby yet)
August 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Don't think I've ever seen overhead lines this shiny before, although I don't know why I'm surprised by copper wire displaying the properties of copper.
(This is the new railway station at Praha-Bubny - I think it's only been open for a week so no time for it to get grubby yet)
(This is the new railway station at Praha-Bubny - I think it's only been open for a week so no time for it to get grubby yet)
Some trains from my week in Prague.
The Czech railways are definitely modernising, and there's plenty of change every time I come over, but there's still proper trains with spoked wheels around (just a lot more Vectrons around)
The Czech railways are definitely modernising, and there's plenty of change every time I come over, but there's still proper trains with spoked wheels around (just a lot more Vectrons around)
August 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some trains from my week in Prague.
The Czech railways are definitely modernising, and there's plenty of change every time I come over, but there's still proper trains with spoked wheels around (just a lot more Vectrons around)
The Czech railways are definitely modernising, and there's plenty of change every time I come over, but there's still proper trains with spoked wheels around (just a lot more Vectrons around)
Net MD on a phone. Not sure why I'm so amused by this, it just seems slightly wrong. It logically should work, web.minidisc.wiki just runs in chrome, but I wasn't expecting it to.
(I'm amazed there's any demand for USB C to Micro B cables)
(I'm amazed there's any demand for USB C to Micro B cables)
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Net MD on a phone. Not sure why I'm so amused by this, it just seems slightly wrong. It logically should work, web.minidisc.wiki just runs in chrome, but I wasn't expecting it to.
(I'm amazed there's any demand for USB C to Micro B cables)
(I'm amazed there's any demand for USB C to Micro B cables)
New(ish) record today. Kiwi Jr's Chopper, quite a good indie rock album.
When I did student radio a few years ago I basically only played about 4 songs, one of which was Cooler Returns from their previous album.
Downtown Area Blues probably my favourite song on this one.
When I did student radio a few years ago I basically only played about 4 songs, one of which was Cooler Returns from their previous album.
Downtown Area Blues probably my favourite song on this one.
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New(ish) record today. Kiwi Jr's Chopper, quite a good indie rock album.
When I did student radio a few years ago I basically only played about 4 songs, one of which was Cooler Returns from their previous album.
Downtown Area Blues probably my favourite song on this one.
When I did student radio a few years ago I basically only played about 4 songs, one of which was Cooler Returns from their previous album.
Downtown Area Blues probably my favourite song on this one.
This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
July 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
Forgot I had these - the minidisc wiki got some discs printed for the 30th anniversary a few years back, and I've now finally put some audio on them.
(All the cool kids have a MZ-E610, truly the coolest of whatever the plural form of MD Walkman is)
(All the cool kids have a MZ-E610, truly the coolest of whatever the plural form of MD Walkman is)
July 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Forgot I had these - the minidisc wiki got some discs printed for the 30th anniversary a few years back, and I've now finally put some audio on them.
(All the cool kids have a MZ-E610, truly the coolest of whatever the plural form of MD Walkman is)
(All the cool kids have a MZ-E610, truly the coolest of whatever the plural form of MD Walkman is)
At the Heavenly gig tonight - my quest to be the least cool person imaginable continues.
Lovely building, haven't been here before
Lovely building, haven't been here before
July 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
At the Heavenly gig tonight - my quest to be the least cool person imaginable continues.
Lovely building, haven't been here before
Lovely building, haven't been here before
I've been seeing more and more of these Stadler Euroduals around Germany. Impressive locos, and at least for me they haven't yet become ubiquitous enough to lose interest.
July 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been seeing more and more of these Stadler Euroduals around Germany. Impressive locos, and at least for me they haven't yet become ubiquitous enough to lose interest.
A trip down to Blankenese to see the semaphore signals.
June 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A trip down to Blankenese to see the semaphore signals.
I've stayed at hotels with worse views, or maybe I've got a really good model railway.
phnx Harburg, which backs onto Hamburg Harburg Railway Station, which has a few trains
phnx Harburg, which backs onto Hamburg Harburg Railway Station, which has a few trains
June 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I've stayed at hotels with worse views, or maybe I've got a really good model railway.
phnx Harburg, which backs onto Hamburg Harburg Railway Station, which has a few trains
phnx Harburg, which backs onto Hamburg Harburg Railway Station, which has a few trains
I thought I'd take a different route to Germany this time.
Three trains a day run directly from Liverpool Street to Harwich, with the evening trains connecting onto the ferry to the Hoek van Holland. It's not exactly the Golden Arrow, but it's nice to see a boat train left.
Three trains a day run directly from Liverpool Street to Harwich, with the evening trains connecting onto the ferry to the Hoek van Holland. It's not exactly the Golden Arrow, but it's nice to see a boat train left.
June 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I thought I'd take a different route to Germany this time.
Three trains a day run directly from Liverpool Street to Harwich, with the evening trains connecting onto the ferry to the Hoek van Holland. It's not exactly the Golden Arrow, but it's nice to see a boat train left.
Three trains a day run directly from Liverpool Street to Harwich, with the evening trains connecting onto the ferry to the Hoek van Holland. It's not exactly the Golden Arrow, but it's nice to see a boat train left.
The Mirrlees engined 37901 at Milton Keynes just now. Running as 1Z99, so should be assisting with cleaning up the derailed 350.
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Mirrlees engined 37901 at Milton Keynes just now. Running as 1Z99, so should be assisting with cleaning up the derailed 350.
The infectiously joyful Shonen Knife tonight.
There's worse ways to spend an evening.
There's worse ways to spend an evening.
June 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The infectiously joyful Shonen Knife tonight.
There's worse ways to spend an evening.
There's worse ways to spend an evening.