I was intrigued on Instagram that you can tag profiles as “collaborators” if they accept the post appears on their profile not just in stories. Only done one so far with a venue and the numbers were very encouraging.

Clearly had a bath and a train ride since I took this in West Yorkshire.

My Mum In Law was from Berlin and the wall went up between her and her (grown up) sisters. My wife can recall that when visiting them the train would stop and the soldiers with dogs would get on. Jumping on a bus and going through that area now still confuses her as it’s so easy.

Fungi or mushroom? Either way I thought it was worth sharing.

Great read. Leeds is becoming one of the major Cities in the Country. Loads of businesses have moved there and there is huge investment in the Transpennine Rail link with Manchester which will boost it further.

2/2 - your comments about no one writing about music and the arts in the mainstream media is correct. I can recall a local journalist tasked with pushing an awards event was not excited by the acts appearing but by the cupcakes available.

The article is in response to a couple of posts put on our FB page about venues closing. It appeared midst posts advertising gigs, new releases and advertising new venues. My take from all the reactions is how do venues convert those reactions into ticket sales.1/2

As a huge Kevin Coyne fan - it really is terrible. His record with Robert Wyatt (the second disc of Sanity Stomp) is far better.

Intrigued but never been creative long enough to reach an impasse that needed help.

Kevin improvised his lyrics on the spot something he did with his latest drawings and paintings. If you look at his early paintings there is evidence of his art school training, layering of paint etc. The later drawings were about getting the ideas down.