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Joe the Drifter @gottobedrifting.bsky.social · Oct 21
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At Last You're Using My Brains
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Gesundheit!
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 Gesundheit!
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Liverpool/Burn
08.05 24/11/2025

#feedthebirds
#etc

#talkingheads
#animals
#fearofmusic
#nutsandberries
#sparrows
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Clearapathra is genius 🙏
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
List of funny Scottish gritter names for winter
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Just watched this Marty Feldman documentary, 5 minutes in and I'd started smoking.
By the time the credits rolled I was smoking 40 a day.

Thanks a lot BBC.

youtu.be/S0it6iARj64

#bbc
1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Liverpool/Hank
07.51 23/11/2025

#feedthebirds
#etc

#hankwilliams
#illnevergetoutofthisworldalive
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Why yes, I did find one of my old DJ mixes on CD.

hearthis.at/josephmckech...

I guess the first four tracks helped with the mix title -

Romanthony's Nightvision - Never Feck
Noosa Heads - Mushrooms
The Original Creators - Pro-T Meets Cocaine
Hans Nieswandt - Freaks, I See Life
Image of the cover for Ian Dury single Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll, text changed to Joe Mckechnie - Sex & Drugs & House Music. Why yes, I did find one of my old DJ mixes on CD. https://hearthis.at/josephmckechnie/joe-mckechniesex-drugs-house-music20122002vinyl-mix320/GxK/ I guess the first four tracks helped with the mix title - Romanthony's Nightvision - Never Feck Noosa Heads - Mushrooms The Original Creators - Pro-T Meets Cocaine Hans Nieswandt - Freaks, I See Life A vinyl mix from 2002, so expect a bit of snap crackle & bop.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Creeping Bent: A Leap Into The Void details 30 years of agitation by the label, with releases by Alan Vega/RCTJ; The Secret Goldfish; The Nectarine No9; Monica Queen; The Sexual Objects; Future Pilot AKA et al.The book is available via LNFG at this link: shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/cre...
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Glide - Jelly [Mindwinder Loop] 1994

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Glide [AKA Will Sergeant] - Jelly [Joe Mckechnie Mindwinder Loop] 1994 1994 and Will Sergeant and I collaborated on a 12" EP for release on my Buffalo Recordings label. I realised too late that we should have called it The Glide-winder EP. Will [as Glide] recorded the track Jelly while I [as The Mindwinder.] did the track Mindwinder. My original has not aged well, Will's Remix? Still great. We then remixed each others tracks and that was the EP. Also included on the record were unlisted short versions of our remixes. Here's the short version of my remix. For my remix I got Will to come into the studio to play some guitar, you can hear that guitar looped up here. Joe
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Liverpool/Starling Wasn't Stalling
09.35 22/11/2025

#feedthebirds
#liverpool
#starling still only an occasional.
#merlinbirdapp

#johnnycash
#dinosaurs
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Glide - Jelly [Mindwinder Loop] 1994

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Glide [AKA Will Sergeant] - Jelly [Joe Mckechnie Mindwinder Loop] 1994 1994 and Will Sergeant and I collaborated on a 12" EP for release on my Buffalo Recordings label. I realised too late that we should have called it The Glide-winder EP. Will [as Glide] recorded the track Jelly while I [as The Mindwinder.] did the track Mindwinder. My original has not aged well, Will's Remix? Still great. We then remixed each others tracks and that was the EP. Also included on the record were unlisted short versions of our remixes. Here's the short version of my remix. For my remix I got Will to come into the studio to play some guitar, you can hear that guitar looped up here. Joe
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Stephen CD doesn't play anymore, as is the tradition with old burn CDs.

www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...

#jdtwitch
Photo of CD cover for a Stephen Brown live at Pure, Edinburgh 1998. Stephen CD doesn't play anymore, as is the tradition with old burn CDs. https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/nightclubbing-the-age-of-1990s-rave-that-found-a-natural-home-in-scotland-3130326 #jdtwitch
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Liverpool/Do DaDa
08.01 21/11/2025

#liverpool
#feedthebirds

#cabaretvoltaire
#theseeds
#noescape
#nagnagnag
#starspangledbanana
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Jeremy Allen talks to Stephen Mallinder about The Cabs' first decade, the eternal struggle to find the right drum machine and inventing anti-fascist dance routines.

The Strange World Of… Early #CabaretVoltaire

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Old black and white photograph of the early Cabaret Voltaire.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Both Types Of Music
hearthis.at/13134816/

First rule of Record Fair -

Every stall will have at least one copy of the 12" of The Motors - Dancing The Night Away single.

Second rule of Record Fair -

If you find a copy of ZZ Top - Tres Hombres in the original gatefold sleeve, you must buy it.
Both Types Of Music https://hearthis.at/13134816/ Haven't posted this mix before, [found the CD]. It takes me back to going to Sunday afternoon Record Fairs with John Atherton , Mark McNulty, Tim O'Shea & Robert Parker. First rule of Record Fair - Every stall will have at least one copy of the 12" of The Motors - Dancing The Night Away single. Second rule of Record Fair - If you find a copy of ZZ Top - Tres Hombres in the original gatefold sleeve, you must buy it. Both Types Of Music https://hearthis.at/13134816/ Haven't posted this mix before, [found the CD]. It takes me back to going to Sunday afternoon Record Fairs with John Atherton , Mark McNulty, Tim O'Shea & Robert Parker. First rule of Record Fair - Every stall will have at least one copy of the 12" of The Motors - Dancing The Night Away single. Second rule of Record Fair - If you find a copy of ZZ Top - Tres Hombres in the original gatefold sleeve, you must buy it.
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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A Right Old Racket.

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Note: "This is a somewhat rough recording of an unknown generation removed from the source, but is historically significant as it was Joe McKechnie's final gig with the band until the fall of 1982
The Passage - Tatton Community Center, Chorley, April 20, 1981
YouTube video by Palmer Eldritch
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November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Missed the show - it repeats today on Mersey Radio 5-8pm
Another box of musical delights with Feat. Artist: Bibby + Feat. Album: Puncture The Moon by Rob Fennah
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November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Liverpool/Mornin'
07.12 & 07.27 18/11/2025

Redwing still a thing.
No Parakeets yet, matter of time.

#liverpool
#sunflowerhearts
#feedthebirds
#etc

#bessiesmith
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Liverpool/Evening Owl
10.13 & 15.55 17/11/2025

Owl about again for 'Seldom Seen Birds'.
Tawny today, Short-Eared the other. Woodpecker again, we get 'em all round here.

#feedthebirds
#liverpool

#drfeelgood
#stupidity
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Ask The Drummer

In the week that Paddy Byrne, one of the founders of Liverpool's Everyman Bistro, has died, here's a clip about the Bistro, and its important place in the cultural life of Liverpool.

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Full episode from August 2024 -
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#liverpool
Ask The Drummer Podcast with Ann Nazario In the week that Paddy Byrne, one of the founders of Liverpool's Everyman Bistro, has died, here's a short clip about the Bistro, and its important place in the cultural life of Liverpool. https://youtu.be/vx0Hha-spo8 The last time I spoke to Paddy it was as we walked along Princes Avenue into the city centre, he was saying how much he was enjoying his garden, and all the different types of bird he had visiting. The full episode from August 2024 can be found here - https://youtu.be/vriDiNk3ves
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Joe Mckechnie - Both Types Of Music [2003]
hearthis.at/13134816/

Haven't posted this mix before.
Reminds of Sunday afternoon Record Fairs with John Atherton, Mark McNulty, Tim O'Shea & Robert Parker.

#proberecords

Alt action awaits.
Luke The Drifter LP cover. Joe Mckechnie - Both Types Of Music https://hearthis.at/13134816/ [Mix Two 03/09/2003] Haven't posted this mix before, [found the CD earlier today]. It takes me back to going to Sunday afternoon Record Fairs with John Atherton, Mark McNulty, Tim O'Shea & Robert Parker. We'd always have a few in the Crown Pub [Lime Street] first, as a consequence there's a few 'Comedy Country' records in this mix. I mean, it opens with a song from Buddy 'Jed Clampett' Ebsen [MAGA] After the Fair we'd head to The Grapes [Mount Street] or The Cali [Catherine Street] & DJ our new purchases, fun was had. There's a bit of snap crackle & bop. that's vinyl! #proberecords Joe The Drifter cover. Joe Mckechnie - Both Types Of Music https://hearthis.at/13134816/ [Mix Two 03/09/2003] Haven't posted this mix before, [found the CD earlier today]. It takes me back to going to Sunday afternoon Record Fairs with John Atherton, Mark McNulty, Tim O'Shea & Robert Parker. We'd always have a few in the Crown Pub [Lime Street] first, as a consequence there's a few 'Comedy Country' records in this mix. I mean, it opens with a song from Buddy 'Jed Clampett' Ebsen [MAGA] After the Fair we'd head to The Grapes [Mount Street] or The Cali [Catherine Street] & DJ our new purchases, fun was had. There's a bit of snap crackle & bop. that's vinyl! #proberecords
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new issue of Electronic Sound. This month’s cover story explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA. You can also buy the magazine direct from us, bundled with a superb 35-track double CD. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Liverpool/Wood Wouldn't
07.36 16/11/2025

Regular viewers will know there hasn't been any Wood Pigeon round here for a while.
Are they around in other parts of Liverpool?

Red Throated Diver? I doubt it.
#feedthebirds

#thegrid
#floatation
#daveball
#richardnorris
#andrewweatherall
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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New in town.
gnuinc.bandcamp.com/album/not-ju...

Vic Godard in Liverpool's Williamson Tunnels, taking tea before a Subway Sect gig back in 2011.

Photo: Joe Mckechnie
My 2011 photo of Vic Godard in Liverpool's Williamson Tunnels before a Subway Sect gig [I was on drums, & DJing]. Vic [big fan of a cup of tea] is holding a 'Tea' sign from the cafe. New in town. https://gnuinc.bandcamp.com/album/not-just-any-alley-cat Photo: Joe Mckechnie
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Enjoying the reading & the [Double CD] listening & the Cold War fun in the new issue of @electronicsound.bsky.social

I reckon our 1982 'JFK speech at the Berlin Wall' looping electro track would have been a good fit for CD 1 [1980-1989]

The Passage - BRD USA DDR JFK
youtu.be/bqm1gn1uwXs
Photo of Electronic Sound magazine with double CD. Enjoying the reading & the [Double CD] listening & the Cold War fun in the new issue of @electronicsound.bsky.social I reckon our 1982 'JFK speech at the Berlin Wall' looped up electro track would have been a good fit for CD 1 [1980-1989] The Passage - BRD USA DDR JFK https://youtu.be/bqm1gn1uwXs
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Science & Magic 12?
Read on -
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...

#violetterecords
#scienceandmagic
#drifting
#etc
Science & Magic 12? Read on - https://www.violetterecords.com/science-and-magic/12 This edition is a collection of those small certainties. Jeff Young walking through a fever-dream version of Mathew Street where memories inherit themselves like second-hand coats, Russ Litten's unsettling short fiction about a church, a cup of tea and the terrible hospitality of strangers. Rob Schofield's timeless fable about utopia, collapse and the quiet rot that sets in at the edges whilst Tom Roberts asking whether rock music got good again. Maya Chen decoding Gen Alpha's complete personalisation of history, Jasmine Nahal's poem of fractured selves and the courage to finally arrive. Angie Woolf on hearts as structures that grow back stronger around the damage. Joe Mckechnie's Drifting Theme, born from an ex-girlfriend's text message and radical creative transparency and John Johnson answering ten questions about the soundtrack of his life. Science & Magic 12? Read on - https://www.violetterecords.com/science-and-magic/12 This edition is a collection of those small certainties. Jeff Young walking through a fever-dream version of Mathew Street where memories inherit themselves like second-hand coats, Russ Litten's unsettling short fiction about a church, a cup of tea and the terrible hospitality of strangers. Rob Schofield's timeless fable about utopia, collapse and the quiet rot that sets in at the edges whilst Tom Roberts asking whether rock music got good again. Maya Chen decoding Gen Alpha's complete personalisation of history, Jasmine Nahal's poem of fractured selves and the courage to finally arrive. Angie Woolf on hearts as structures that grow back stronger around the damage. Joe Mckechnie's Drifting Theme, born from an ex-girlfriend's text message and radical creative transparency and John Johnson answering ten questions about the soundtrack of his life. Science & Magic 12? Read on - https://www.violetterecords.com/science-and-magic/12 This edition is a collection of those small certainties. Jeff Young walking through a fever-dream version of Mathew Street where memories inherit themselves like second-hand coats, Russ Litten's unsettling short fiction about a church, a cup of tea and the terrible hospitality of strangers. Rob Schofield's timeless fable about utopia, collapse and the quiet rot that sets in at the edges whilst Tom Roberts asking whether rock music got good again. Maya Chen decoding Gen Alpha's complete personalisation of history, Jasmine Nahal's poem of fractured selves and the courage to finally arrive. Angie Woolf on hearts as structures that grow back stronger around the damage. Joe Mckechnie's Drifting Theme, born from an ex-girlfriend's text message and radical creative transparency and John Johnson answering ten questions about the soundtrack of his life.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM