Anthony Teasdale
@anthonyteasdale.bsky.social
I make house music for love, write words for money, DJ for crisps.
For decades, academics have wondered when "peak scally*" was reached.
It's this 1985 photo of me in a too-big Kappa padded coat, LFC sun hat and flares.
Even though it was boiling, the coat stayed ON.
Americans: in those days "scally" was a clothes-obsessed kid from Liverpool.
It's this 1985 photo of me in a too-big Kappa padded coat, LFC sun hat and flares.
Even though it was boiling, the coat stayed ON.
Americans: in those days "scally" was a clothes-obsessed kid from Liverpool.
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For decades, academics have wondered when "peak scally*" was reached.
It's this 1985 photo of me in a too-big Kappa padded coat, LFC sun hat and flares.
Even though it was boiling, the coat stayed ON.
Americans: in those days "scally" was a clothes-obsessed kid from Liverpool.
It's this 1985 photo of me in a too-big Kappa padded coat, LFC sun hat and flares.
Even though it was boiling, the coat stayed ON.
Americans: in those days "scally" was a clothes-obsessed kid from Liverpool.
Finally, the "Ooh, look at the pretty clouds, actually, can you wait a bit, there's the moon, let me just adjust the focus, cheers" sky.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Finally, the "Ooh, look at the pretty clouds, actually, can you wait a bit, there's the moon, let me just adjust the focus, cheers" sky.
For all you retro-gamers, the "middle bit of Sonic The Hedgehog" sky. Bonus of the police van looking for local yobs.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For all you retro-gamers, the "middle bit of Sonic The Hedgehog" sky. Bonus of the police van looking for local yobs.
Third, the "Oh dear, it's the apocalypse" sky. This is a late-winter speciality. This is either a storm coming in from the west or God is really angry.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Third, the "Oh dear, it's the apocalypse" sky. This is a late-winter speciality. This is either a storm coming in from the west or God is really angry.
Second one – and taken the other day – the tropical-storm sky.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Second one – and taken the other day – the tropical-storm sky.
live near a road called Chapel Market in Islington, north London. And for some unknown reason it has the most amazing skies.
Here are my favourite photos of those north London skies.
1) The blood-red winter sky
Here are my favourite photos of those north London skies.
1) The blood-red winter sky
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
live near a road called Chapel Market in Islington, north London. And for some unknown reason it has the most amazing skies.
Here are my favourite photos of those north London skies.
1) The blood-red winter sky
Here are my favourite photos of those north London skies.
1) The blood-red winter sky
Want to know what the 1970s were really like?
This pics of me in 1973 says it all.
1) Red romper suit and miserable little face.
2) Pint of lager – it's "Harp". And I'm not impressed.
3) Packet of @SeabrookCrisps – the start of lifelong love affair.
This pics of me in 1973 says it all.
1) Red romper suit and miserable little face.
2) Pint of lager – it's "Harp". And I'm not impressed.
3) Packet of @SeabrookCrisps – the start of lifelong love affair.
March 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Want to know what the 1970s were really like?
This pics of me in 1973 says it all.
1) Red romper suit and miserable little face.
2) Pint of lager – it's "Harp". And I'm not impressed.
3) Packet of @SeabrookCrisps – the start of lifelong love affair.
This pics of me in 1973 says it all.
1) Red romper suit and miserable little face.
2) Pint of lager – it's "Harp". And I'm not impressed.
3) Packet of @SeabrookCrisps – the start of lifelong love affair.
Let's talk about one of the *the* great deep house EPs: DFA's – Microstructural Characterization – released 2001.
The DFA stands for "Deterministic Finite Automata" AKA Detroit's James Trammel.
Don't know it? It's time for a deep dive!
The DFA stands for "Deterministic Finite Automata" AKA Detroit's James Trammel.
Don't know it? It's time for a deep dive!
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Let's talk about one of the *the* great deep house EPs: DFA's – Microstructural Characterization – released 2001.
The DFA stands for "Deterministic Finite Automata" AKA Detroit's James Trammel.
Don't know it? It's time for a deep dive!
The DFA stands for "Deterministic Finite Automata" AKA Detroit's James Trammel.
Don't know it? It's time for a deep dive!
Whetstone Park is an alley behind High Holborn, London WC2.
Until recently you could cycle/drive through the Rosewood Hotel on HH and go down WP til you reached Kingsway. A nice shortcut. No longer.
Was once a den of vice. Now it's desolate/forlorn.
A contrast to nearby Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Until recently you could cycle/drive through the Rosewood Hotel on HH and go down WP til you reached Kingsway. A nice shortcut. No longer.
Was once a den of vice. Now it's desolate/forlorn.
A contrast to nearby Lincoln's Inn Fields.
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Whetstone Park is an alley behind High Holborn, London WC2.
Until recently you could cycle/drive through the Rosewood Hotel on HH and go down WP til you reached Kingsway. A nice shortcut. No longer.
Was once a den of vice. Now it's desolate/forlorn.
A contrast to nearby Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Until recently you could cycle/drive through the Rosewood Hotel on HH and go down WP til you reached Kingsway. A nice shortcut. No longer.
Was once a den of vice. Now it's desolate/forlorn.
A contrast to nearby Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The Thames looking magnificent yesterday afternoon.
Photo was taken by Temple tube station, which remains a verge of old London.
Photo was taken by Temple tube station, which remains a verge of old London.
February 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Thames looking magnificent yesterday afternoon.
Photo was taken by Temple tube station, which remains a verge of old London.
Photo was taken by Temple tube station, which remains a verge of old London.
It's dark at 4.15pm. I'm watching City v United on the telly.
There can only be one soundtrack for a never-ending winter night.
It's *so* good.
[Books another ticket for Abba Voyage]
There can only be one soundtrack for a never-ending winter night.
It's *so* good.
[Books another ticket for Abba Voyage]
December 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM
It's dark at 4.15pm. I'm watching City v United on the telly.
There can only be one soundtrack for a never-ending winter night.
It's *so* good.
[Books another ticket for Abba Voyage]
There can only be one soundtrack for a never-ending winter night.
It's *so* good.
[Books another ticket for Abba Voyage]
We’ve already met Jam El Mar and Mark “beard and cocaine” Spoon through “Stella”.
But it’s their remix of “The Age of Love” by The Age of Love that catapults them to superstardom.
But it’s their remix of “The Age of Love” by The Age of Love that catapults them to superstardom.
December 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM
We’ve already met Jam El Mar and Mark “beard and cocaine” Spoon through “Stella”.
But it’s their remix of “The Age of Love” by The Age of Love that catapults them to superstardom.
But it’s their remix of “The Age of Love” by The Age of Love that catapults them to superstardom.
Mixmag’s David Davies visits Frankfurt and writes about the Dorian Gray club deep underneath Frankfurt Airport.
Quite why the best club in the country is in Germany’s un-hip financial centre is anyone's guess, but it’s the home to the most exciting scene in dance music: trance.
Quite why the best club in the country is in Germany’s un-hip financial centre is anyone's guess, but it’s the home to the most exciting scene in dance music: trance.
December 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Mixmag’s David Davies visits Frankfurt and writes about the Dorian Gray club deep underneath Frankfurt Airport.
Quite why the best club in the country is in Germany’s un-hip financial centre is anyone's guess, but it’s the home to the most exciting scene in dance music: trance.
Quite why the best club in the country is in Germany’s un-hip financial centre is anyone's guess, but it’s the home to the most exciting scene in dance music: trance.
It’s 1992. The UK rave scene has morphed into “clubbing”.
While Balearic clubs are flourishing, music is changing.
Italian house is “out” and being replaced by what Mixmag editor Dom Phillips calls “progressive house”.
While Balearic clubs are flourishing, music is changing.
Italian house is “out” and being replaced by what Mixmag editor Dom Phillips calls “progressive house”.
December 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM
It’s 1992. The UK rave scene has morphed into “clubbing”.
While Balearic clubs are flourishing, music is changing.
Italian house is “out” and being replaced by what Mixmag editor Dom Phillips calls “progressive house”.
While Balearic clubs are flourishing, music is changing.
Italian house is “out” and being replaced by what Mixmag editor Dom Phillips calls “progressive house”.
Waterstones bookshop in Bloomsbury, central London, is magnificent.
November 30, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Waterstones bookshop in Bloomsbury, central London, is magnificent.
It's time for a mini-thread on German producer Justus Köhncke.
Sitting somewhere between deep house, electro-pop and disco, his music typifies the early 2000s sound of
@KOMPAKTREC
.
So, if that sounds like your bag – and it should – let's discover his three best tracks.
Sitting somewhere between deep house, electro-pop and disco, his music typifies the early 2000s sound of
@KOMPAKTREC
.
So, if that sounds like your bag – and it should – let's discover his three best tracks.
November 30, 2024 at 12:02 PM
It's time for a mini-thread on German producer Justus Köhncke.
Sitting somewhere between deep house, electro-pop and disco, his music typifies the early 2000s sound of
@KOMPAKTREC
.
So, if that sounds like your bag – and it should – let's discover his three best tracks.
Sitting somewhere between deep house, electro-pop and disco, his music typifies the early 2000s sound of
@KOMPAKTREC
.
So, if that sounds like your bag – and it should – let's discover his three best tracks.
After President Kennedy was assassinated, my dad – also called Anthony – sent a card of condolence to Jackie Kennedy.
He received this a few weeks later. I think it's beautiful.
He received this a few weeks later. I think it's beautiful.
November 25, 2024 at 10:31 AM
After President Kennedy was assassinated, my dad – also called Anthony – sent a card of condolence to Jackie Kennedy.
He received this a few weeks later. I think it's beautiful.
He received this a few weeks later. I think it's beautiful.
Second pub. The Shakespeare's Head.
Old-school cockney. Carpeted floors. Good selection of crisps. Popular with locals - taxi drivers, duckers n divers, and occasionally Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, who's from the area. I'm not making this up.
Old-school cockney. Carpeted floors. Good selection of crisps. Popular with locals - taxi drivers, duckers n divers, and occasionally Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, who's from the area. I'm not making this up.
November 24, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Second pub. The Shakespeare's Head.
Old-school cockney. Carpeted floors. Good selection of crisps. Popular with locals - taxi drivers, duckers n divers, and occasionally Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, who's from the area. I'm not making this up.
Old-school cockney. Carpeted floors. Good selection of crisps. Popular with locals - taxi drivers, duckers n divers, and occasionally Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, who's from the area. I'm not making this up.
A tale of two pubs in my barrio of Angel, Islington – inner north London.
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First: the tiny Harlequin. Next door to Sadler's Wells theatre. Beloved of dancers holding post-performance bouquets, theatre-goers and old hippies. They sell Pravha on draft.
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First: the tiny Harlequin. Next door to Sadler's Wells theatre. Beloved of dancers holding post-performance bouquets, theatre-goers and old hippies. They sell Pravha on draft.
November 24, 2024 at 10:03 AM
A tale of two pubs in my barrio of Angel, Islington – inner north London.
.
First: the tiny Harlequin. Next door to Sadler's Wells theatre. Beloved of dancers holding post-performance bouquets, theatre-goers and old hippies. They sell Pravha on draft.
.
First: the tiny Harlequin. Next door to Sadler's Wells theatre. Beloved of dancers holding post-performance bouquets, theatre-goers and old hippies. They sell Pravha on draft.
Listening today, "World Clique" is as fresh as ever – and tracks like "Good Beat" can still fill a dancefloor.
Thirty-four years on, and with white jeans back in fashion (!), the winter of 2024 can be transformed into summer ’90 with one press of the Spotify "play" button.
Thirty-four years on, and with white jeans back in fashion (!), the winter of 2024 can be transformed into summer ’90 with one press of the Spotify "play" button.
November 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Listening today, "World Clique" is as fresh as ever – and tracks like "Good Beat" can still fill a dancefloor.
Thirty-four years on, and with white jeans back in fashion (!), the winter of 2024 can be transformed into summer ’90 with one press of the Spotify "play" button.
Thirty-four years on, and with white jeans back in fashion (!), the winter of 2024 can be transformed into summer ’90 with one press of the Spotify "play" button.
It's time to talk about Deee Lite.
And why their album "World Clique" isn't just underrated, but also years ahead of its time.
Let's go through its best tracks…
And why their album "World Clique" isn't just underrated, but also years ahead of its time.
Let's go through its best tracks…
November 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM
It's time to talk about Deee Lite.
And why their album "World Clique" isn't just underrated, but also years ahead of its time.
Let's go through its best tracks…
And why their album "World Clique" isn't just underrated, but also years ahead of its time.
Let's go through its best tracks…
Lunch hour yesterday. Little mooch around the Angel, EC1. Old warehouses, new-build properties and Dickensian tenements straight out of Oliver Twist. And a man with a Liverpool accent dressed like a ticket tout.
November 19, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Lunch hour yesterday. Little mooch around the Angel, EC1. Old warehouses, new-build properties and Dickensian tenements straight out of Oliver Twist. And a man with a Liverpool accent dressed like a ticket tout.