Ian T
@northernian.bsky.social
I write about football for a living (albeit a part time living). I also own an enormous number of vinyl records which I will undoubtedly bore you with. Sorry.
This one. Indeed it’s still there, even though I have others I haven’t played yet.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This one. Indeed it’s still there, even though I have others I haven’t played yet.
This one, over and over again. Rianne Downey’s debut- and it’s magnificent.
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This one, over and over again. Rianne Downey’s debut- and it’s magnificent.
Rianne Downey’s new album, which I’ve finally unwrapped after weeks of listening to it on Spotify. If you haven’t heard it yet, it’s quite staggeringly gorgeous.
I’ve loved watching her with Paul Heaton, but this is rather different and something of a masterpiece. #vinyl #musicsky
I’ve loved watching her with Paul Heaton, but this is rather different and something of a masterpiece. #vinyl #musicsky
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We’re about to watch the Boomtown Rats celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig. I got an email earlier telling me that they were giving a mask to each member of the audience for a pre-gig photo, but mine seems to be missing. Still, I don’t think I really need it. #boomtownrats #london
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We’re about to watch the Boomtown Rats celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig. I got an email earlier telling me that they were giving a mask to each member of the audience for a pre-gig photo, but mine seems to be missing. Still, I don’t think I really need it. #boomtownrats #london
I’m not normally keen on songs that go on for three weeks, but I’ll make an exception. When I first heard this, age 14, I think the phrase “when will this ever finish” was employed, but I have more patience now & rather enjoy it. Indeed, some of it is really beautiful.
#direstraits #vinyl #music
#direstraits #vinyl #music
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m not normally keen on songs that go on for three weeks, but I’ll make an exception. When I first heard this, age 14, I think the phrase “when will this ever finish” was employed, but I have more patience now & rather enjoy it. Indeed, some of it is really beautiful.
#direstraits #vinyl #music
#direstraits #vinyl #music
I found this album in a market at the weekend. I then went to visit one of my favourite record shops, and the proprietor asked me what I’d bought- and it turned out that he’d never seen it before, either.
Stealers Wheel. Produced by Lieber and Stoller, 1972. #vinyl #musicsky #gerryrafferty
Stealers Wheel. Produced by Lieber and Stoller, 1972. #vinyl #musicsky #gerryrafferty
August 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I found this album in a market at the weekend. I then went to visit one of my favourite record shops, and the proprietor asked me what I’d bought- and it turned out that he’d never seen it before, either.
Stealers Wheel. Produced by Lieber and Stoller, 1972. #vinyl #musicsky #gerryrafferty
Stealers Wheel. Produced by Lieber and Stoller, 1972. #vinyl #musicsky #gerryrafferty
Perhaps my favourite album by The Beatles. Yes, if you leave out the unnecessary stuff it could be three sides instead of four, but I could just listen to I Will, Blackbird, Dear Prudence and Julia on a loop for the rest of my life and never get bored. #vinyl #beatles #music
August 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I suspect this is my least played Fleetwood Mac album. Playing it again now for the first time in rather a long time and I’m not sure why I’ve neglected it. It’s not Rumours, but it’s rather fine nonetheless. #vinyl #music #fleetwoodmac #80s
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I suspect this is my least played Fleetwood Mac album. Playing it again now for the first time in rather a long time and I’m not sure why I’ve neglected it. It’s not Rumours, but it’s rather fine nonetheless. #vinyl #music #fleetwoodmac #80s
Catching up with Very by the Pet Shop Boys- which came out in 1993, four days after the birth of my youngest boy. The cassette was a dear companion to me on the night bus to and from work, but I suspect this is the first time I’ve listened to the album in thirty one years. #vinyl #petshopboys
July 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Catching up with Very by the Pet Shop Boys- which came out in 1993, four days after the birth of my youngest boy. The cassette was a dear companion to me on the night bus to and from work, but I suspect this is the first time I’ve listened to the album in thirty one years. #vinyl #petshopboys
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the greatest day of my life. A day which took a chronically depressed 17 year old and made him believe he had a purpose, and could make the world a better place. Everything I’ve ever achieved in my life has its roots there. Thanks Bob.
#liveaid #wembley
#liveaid #wembley
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We’re off to watch Paul Heaton in Halifax next week, so I thought I’d listen to some of his older work. Can you believe this is thirty five years old? Where did that go?
It is certainly more than A Little Time.
#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #paulheaton
It is certainly more than A Little Time.
#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #paulheaton
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We’re off to watch Paul Heaton in Halifax next week, so I thought I’d listen to some of his older work. Can you believe this is thirty five years old? Where did that go?
It is certainly more than A Little Time.
#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #paulheaton
It is certainly more than A Little Time.
#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #paulheaton
A trip to the top of Europe- Mont Blanc. By the way, the folks in the first image were just about to climb down! #montblanc #france #mountains
July 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A trip to the top of Europe- Mont Blanc. By the way, the folks in the first image were just about to climb down! #montblanc #france #mountains
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social is this what he gets up to when you’re at work?
June 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social is this what he gets up to when you’re at work?
I often find that bands I liked thirty or more years ago don’t live up to their history when they reform. This really isn’t one of those times.
Marvellous.
#pulp #newmusic #vinyl #musicsky #nowplaying
Marvellous.
#pulp #newmusic #vinyl #musicsky #nowplaying
June 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I often find that bands I liked thirty or more years ago don’t live up to their history when they reform. This really isn’t one of those times.
Marvellous.
#pulp #newmusic #vinyl #musicsky #nowplaying
Marvellous.
#pulp #newmusic #vinyl #musicsky #nowplaying
A fine day at Queens for the tennis. Andy Murray opened the arena now named after him. However:
Corporate tickets. If you aren’t interested in the bloody tennis, why come to the tournament? Talking during the points. Switching seats between games so you can ‘network.’ Feck off!
#Queens #tennis
Corporate tickets. If you aren’t interested in the bloody tennis, why come to the tournament? Talking during the points. Switching seats between games so you can ‘network.’ Feck off!
#Queens #tennis
June 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“We shall bite on the beaches, we shall bite on the landing grounds, we shall never surrender this strange object that I can’t work out how to eat.”
June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“We shall bite on the beaches, we shall bite on the landing grounds, we shall never surrender this strange object that I can’t work out how to eat.”
The first Queen album I ever bought, aged fourteen, in 1981. It cost me an entire weeks wages from my paper round, and it remains as wonderful now as it was then.
#Queen #nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic
#Queen #nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The first Queen album I ever bought, aged fourteen, in 1981. It cost me an entire weeks wages from my paper round, and it remains as wonderful now as it was then.
#Queen #nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic
#Queen #nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic
Apparently the highest ever recorded wind speed in the UK was at The Needles. I don’t suspect we quite reached such velocity yesterday, but I had a full head of hair when I arrived, and now…bald.
#needles #isleofwight #uk #coast
#needles #isleofwight #uk #coast
June 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Apparently the highest ever recorded wind speed in the UK was at The Needles. I don’t suspect we quite reached such velocity yesterday, but I had a full head of hair when I arrived, and now…bald.
#needles #isleofwight #uk #coast
#needles #isleofwight #uk #coast
I’m not surprised it’s been reduced in price. It may not be the ugliest item of clothing I’ve ever seen, but it’s in the top one.
No matter how dedicated a Leeds fan you are- and I am- why the hell would you want to dress like a badly designed tube map drawn by a colour blind artist?
#LUFC #Leeds
No matter how dedicated a Leeds fan you are- and I am- why the hell would you want to dress like a badly designed tube map drawn by a colour blind artist?
#LUFC #Leeds
May 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
May 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Having a Joni Mitchell day. Why is modern vinyl always a funny colour?
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#jonimitchell
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#jonimitchell
May 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Having a Joni Mitchell day. Why is modern vinyl always a funny colour?
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#jonimitchell
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#jonimitchell
The Smiths- So Much to Answer For. A live album of a gig recorded for FM Radio, never released on vinyl before, and sadly with the sound quality of a bootleg for much of its length.
Such a shame that Morrissey became a fascist.
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic #thesmiths
Such a shame that Morrissey became a fascist.
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic #thesmiths
May 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Smiths- So Much to Answer For. A live album of a gig recorded for FM Radio, never released on vinyl before, and sadly with the sound quality of a bootleg for much of its length.
Such a shame that Morrissey became a fascist.
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic #thesmiths
Such a shame that Morrissey became a fascist.
#nowplaying #MusicSky
#vinylsky #vinylrecords
#80smusic #thesmiths