LeighB
@l6ighb.bsky.social
happiness & kindness
dad & hubs; music, words, laughs with good people & the positive stuff allowed only.
(one of them Bainbridge's)
dad & hubs; music, words, laughs with good people & the positive stuff allowed only.
(one of them Bainbridge's)
Eleven of the best books I read this year (whevs, as my kids would say - or probable not anymore) - 1/6
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#books
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf - spare & beautiful, a writing great
Kate Bush's Hounds of Love by Leah Kardos - enlightening, amazing soundtrack & emotional memories
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Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf - spare & beautiful, a writing great
Kate Bush's Hounds of Love by Leah Kardos - enlightening, amazing soundtrack & emotional memories
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Best albums I heard in 2025, 6 released prior to 2025, 6 released this year & my fave of the lot, if anyone is bothered
1/7
Gemelo by Angelica Garcia (released 2024) - gorgeous, inventive, driving beats
Configuracao do Lamento by Deafkids (released 2017) - relentlessly hard
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#AOTY
1/7
Gemelo by Angelica Garcia (released 2024) - gorgeous, inventive, driving beats
Configuracao do Lamento by Deafkids (released 2017) - relentlessly hard
#musicsky
#music
#AOTY
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social can’t wait to hear @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social I finally got round to reading Femina this year & her book on Julian of Norwich, both fantastic - I wonder what her music choices are too! Cheers Leigh
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social can’t wait to hear @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social I finally got round to reading Femina this year & her book on Julian of Norwich, both fantastic - I wonder what her music choices are too! Cheers Leigh
Radiohead, London, 25 November
Last minute resale ticket after 4,000 attempts (I apologise to all fans who couldn't go)
This band can write & screw convention & screw genre & when they go full rock mode they are a force of nature
Gig of the year
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#music
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Last minute resale ticket after 4,000 attempts (I apologise to all fans who couldn't go)
This band can write & screw convention & screw genre & when they go full rock mode they are a force of nature
Gig of the year
#musicsky
#music
@radiohead.wastehq.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Radiohead, London, 25 November
Last minute resale ticket after 4,000 attempts (I apologise to all fans who couldn't go)
This band can write & screw convention & screw genre & when they go full rock mode they are a force of nature
Gig of the year
#musicsky
#music
@radiohead.wastehq.social
Last minute resale ticket after 4,000 attempts (I apologise to all fans who couldn't go)
This band can write & screw convention & screw genre & when they go full rock mode they are a force of nature
Gig of the year
#musicsky
#music
@radiohead.wastehq.social
On Tuesday night I knew the true nature of reality, how consciousness arises, the meaning of life & how the universe ends- then I woke up, just a dream- d'oh!
3 great recent reads
The Big Picture- Sean Carroll
The Hidden Spring- Mark Solms
The End of Everything- Katie Mack
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#life
3 great recent reads
The Big Picture- Sean Carroll
The Hidden Spring- Mark Solms
The End of Everything- Katie Mack
#physics
#science
#life
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Not wanting to jump on any bandwagon, I can't help but agree this album is fantastic, one of the best of the year. Love the lyrics, the off-kilter arrangements, the energy. Great music is great music
Getting Killed by Geese
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#isthatabandwagon
Getting Killed by Geese
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#isthatabandwagon
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not wanting to jump on any bandwagon, I can't help but agree this album is fantastic, one of the best of the year. Love the lyrics, the off-kilter arrangements, the energy. Great music is great music
Getting Killed by Geese
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#music
#isthatabandwagon
Getting Killed by Geese
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#music
#isthatabandwagon
country pop is not my go-to music genre & I was only going to stay for a couple of songs by CMAT at All Points East but wow she was great, such energy in the songs live & what a show she put on with her band
(some of the preening male rock groups on the bill could learn something)
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(some of the preening male rock groups on the bill could learn something)
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#music
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this man writes like a poet, he fools me into thinking I actually understand what he is saying
White Holes by Carlo Rovelli
#quantumphysics
#bigspacestuff
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#books
White Holes by Carlo Rovelli
#quantumphysics
#bigspacestuff
#booksky
#books
August 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
this man writes like a poet, he fools me into thinking I actually understand what he is saying
White Holes by Carlo Rovelli
#quantumphysics
#bigspacestuff
#booksky
#books
White Holes by Carlo Rovelli
#quantumphysics
#bigspacestuff
#booksky
#books
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Cerys, love the show as always. How about Branches by Midlake. A bit of melancholic beauty
June 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Cerys, love the show as always. How about Branches by Midlake. A bit of melancholic beauty
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social what an extraordinary show, thank you so much. Caroline polachek just goes up and up in my appreciation, thanks again, Leigh
May 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social what an extraordinary show, thank you so much. Caroline polachek just goes up and up in my appreciation, thanks again, Leigh
my god this is amazing, an absolute torrent of words, moving, funny, filthy, disturbing, a modern Mexican classic - one fierce translation by Sophie Hughes
I almost don't care what the story is, I just want to read Fernanda's words
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
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I almost don't care what the story is, I just want to read Fernanda's words
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
#booksky
#books
April 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social the Bug Club are magnificent. Now Leonard cohen couldn’t have written anything as poetic as Quality Pints
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April 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social the Bug Club are magnificent. Now Leonard cohen couldn’t have written anything as poetic as Quality Pints
#musicsky
#musicsky
This is quite some album, for all your Brazilian psych-punk needs & more
Configurao do Lamento by Deafkids
all credit to the wonderful @thequietus.com folks, an amazing music/culture online magazine
#musicsky
#music
#punk
#brazil
Configurao do Lamento by Deafkids
all credit to the wonderful @thequietus.com folks, an amazing music/culture online magazine
#musicsky
#music
#punk
#brazil
February 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This is quite some album, for all your Brazilian psych-punk needs & more
Configurao do Lamento by Deafkids
all credit to the wonderful @thequietus.com folks, an amazing music/culture online magazine
#musicsky
#music
#punk
#brazil
Configurao do Lamento by Deafkids
all credit to the wonderful @thequietus.com folks, an amazing music/culture online magazine
#musicsky
#music
#punk
#brazil
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social fab show, decent run done, hint of blue sky west of London, about to have a demon sandwich but that’s not important right now- for country-ish delights you might like Paradise by Buck Meek or Working Poor/This is What by Horse Feathers. Great radio, ta!!
February 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social fab show, decent run done, hint of blue sky west of London, about to have a demon sandwich but that’s not important right now- for country-ish delights you might like Paradise by Buck Meek or Working Poor/This is What by Horse Feathers. Great radio, ta!!
@juderogers.bsky.social lovely piece in the Observer today on Bonnie Prince Billy- that ‘Appalachian post punk solipsist’ is just fab. Didn’t realise he had a lyrics book- thanks for saying. The Rosalia ISAD cover is amazing! The opening of Cursed Sleep made me weep when I first heard it - cheers!
January 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@juderogers.bsky.social lovely piece in the Observer today on Bonnie Prince Billy- that ‘Appalachian post punk solipsist’ is just fab. Didn’t realise he had a lyrics book- thanks for saying. The Rosalia ISAD cover is amazing! The opening of Cursed Sleep made me weep when I first heard it - cheers!