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Joe the Drifter
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How many Weetabix did I have on 5th January 1981?
I'm about to find out.

Audio
The Passage - Hip Rebels
Recorded in Amazon Studios Kirkby 1981.

#diary
#1981
#utopia
#weetabix
#ThePassage
#hiprebels
#AmazonStudios
The Passage XOYO
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
gottobedrifting.bsky.social
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
gottobedrifting.bsky.social
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
gottobedrifting.bsky.social
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.

youtu.be/vx0Hha-spo8

Full episode from August 2024 -
youtu.be/vriDiNk3ves

#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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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
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Joe Mckechnie - The Many Moods Of
hearthis.at/josephmckech...
Photo of Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter LP. Joe Mckechnie - The Many Moods Of https://hearthis.at/josephmckechnie/joe-mckechniethe-many-moods-ofnov22-320
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Liverpool/Drifting
08.20 14/11/2025

New edition of Science & Magic is around & about.
Which is more than you can say for the birds today.

www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...

#liverpool
#paris
#violette
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
Photo of the group Benny Profane by Stephanie Arnold. https://www.violetterecords.com/science-and-magic/12
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Liverpool/Hell With Poverty
06.56 13/11/2025

The early bird gets worms, & a Short-Eared Owl.
That's Bullfinch.
#seldomseenbirds

Get a variety of Owls round here, dusk & daybreak specials.

#liverpool
#feedthesoddingbirds
#etc

#gangoffour
#tohellwithpoverty
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Liverpool/Keeping On
07.50 12/11/2025

Cetti's Warbler keeps showing up on the Merlin App...

#liverpool
#feedthebirds
#sunflowerhearts

#curtismayfield
#keeponkeepinon
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Slopping Out.

techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/m...
Bob Dobbs banner slogan - 'Convenient' Killed Culture https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/meta-brings-its-short-form-video-feed-of-ai-slop-to-europe/
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Giving the excellent Keith Nuttall website a kick.

thepassage.co.uk/photos/live....

Just My Joke/Bit Of Fun:

When we signed to Virgin Records Andy wasn't old enough to sign business contracts, instead his mum Anita signed them on his behalf.

#thepassage
Photo of The Passage & headed notepaper from 1980. Giving the excellent Keith Nuttall website a kick. https://thepassage.co.uk/photos/live.html Just My Joke/Bit Of Fun: When we signed to Virgin Records Andy wasn't old enough to sign business contracts, instead his mum Anita signed them on his behalf. Joe
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
gottobedrifting.bsky.social
Liverpool/Birdland
08.11 10/11/2025

Today in 'Seldom Seen Birds'
We've got your Goose, Raven & Woodpecker.
Got a good look at the Goldcrest in the Elder Tree.

#liverpool
#feedthebirds
#sunflowerhearts

#donnyhathaway
#voicesinside
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Can - Halleluwah [Drum Edition]
youtu.be/L5y3huDbYgE

Looping on Liebezeit.

#tagomago
#mrmagoo
#jakiliebezeit
Mr Magoo cartoon image merged with Can/Tago Mago LP cover, retitled Tago Magoo. Can - Halleluwah https://youtu.be/L5y3huDbYgE Looping on Liebezeit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Life With Patrick
youtu.be/DdrC4gHg49s

Spontaneous Cattle Combustion
richardbatchelor1.bandcamp.com/album/sponta...

Blu Dolphin & Benny Profane >>> Drifting ft Pascale Martini - Song Of The Twilight Zone
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...

#cassettes
#violetterecords
Photo of a selection of cassettes inc. Life With Patrick https://youtu.be/DdrC4gHg49s Spontaneous Cattle Combustion https://richardbatchelor1.bandcamp.com/album/spontaneous-cattle-combustion Blu Dolphin >>>Drifting ft Pascale Martini - Song Of The Twilight Zone https://www.violetterecords.com/science-and-magic/10
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Liverpool/Start

07.45 09/11/2025
16.06 08/11/2025

Seldom Seen Birds.
Bullfinch today, Kestrel yesterday.

#liverpool
#feedthebirds
#feedthesoddingbirds

#echoandthebunnymen
#neverstop
#lespattinson
#peterthomas
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Tennessee Horn - Incorrect Use Of The Horn [1993/2025]

hearthis.at/13065094/

Photo: Mark McNulty

Originally released on the Buffalo Recordings - Various Artists/Four Track EP [1993]

Tennessee Horn [Ian Martin Wright]
Tennessee Horn - Incorrect Use Of The Horn [1993/2025] https://hearthis.at/13065094/ Photo of Tennessee Horn [AKA Ian Martin Wright]: Mark McNulty Originally released on Joe Mckechnie's Buffalo Recordings label, on the Various Artists/Four Track EP [BUFF 001/1993]
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Painting by Peter Thomas From a @lespattinson.bsky.social photo.
Painting by Peter Thomas From a @lespattinson.bsky.social photo of a moored boat.
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Liverpool/Wood Would
07.08 08/11/2025

Not seen any Wood Pigeon round here for at least a month. Made the Merlin list this morning, Woody ll back on the windowsill? We'll see.

#Liverpool
#feedthebirds
#etc

#dougmckechnie
#moog
#sanfrancisco
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Country Mess - Neon Lights [Live on PMS/BBC Radio]
hearthis.at/13062136/

#kraftwerk
Altered version of the original Kraftwerk single sleeve to reflect the 3 members of Country Mess. Country Mess - Neon Lights [Live on PMS/BBC Radio] https://hearthis.at/13062136/ Country Mess - Neon Lights [Live on PMS/BBC Radio] https://hearthis.at/13062136/
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM