Richard
@vicdon.bsky.social
Not Vic (but I live here), not Don (but I am one). Will write for money, or just for the hell of it. https://richardwatt.ca
#NowPlaying #PicturesAtAnExhibition I’ve long wanted a good piano version, and this not only pairs Ashkenazy with a full orchestral version, it cost me pennies. More bargains to follow this week as I sort through them
October 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#NowPlaying #PicturesAtAnExhibition I’ve long wanted a good piano version, and this not only pairs Ashkenazy with a full orchestral version, it cost me pennies. More bargains to follow this week as I sort through them
#NowPlaying #DSCH #ActuallyWriting You know I’m buckling down to serious writing when the Shostakovich comes out - I have better recordings than this, but this was dads copy which he bought from Norco House for 99p roughly at the time I’m writing about
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#NowPlaying #DSCH #ActuallyWriting You know I’m buckling down to serious writing when the Shostakovich comes out - I have better recordings than this, but this was dads copy which he bought from Norco House for 99p roughly at the time I’m writing about
#NowPlaying What is the favourite band of the falconer who is too busy to do his housework during the day? #HawkKestrelManHooversInTheDark #OMD #Architecture&Morality #ligature
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#NowPlaying What is the favourite band of the falconer who is too busy to do his housework during the day? #HawkKestrelManHooversInTheDark #OMD #Architecture&Morality #ligature
#NowPlaying #Free An album which opened 20-year-old me’s eyes to a band I’d really only vaguely heard of. Sparked a change in the way I was buying music and caused me to spend a lot more time in the ‘back catalogue’ sections
September 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#NowPlaying #Free An album which opened 20-year-old me’s eyes to a band I’d really only vaguely heard of. Sparked a change in the way I was buying music and caused me to spend a lot more time in the ‘back catalogue’ sections
August 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
After a gap due to life getting in the way, the turntable is back in action - nothing better for a warm summer Saturday than some #Joni #HissingOfSummerLawns
August 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
After a gap due to life getting in the way, the turntable is back in action - nothing better for a warm summer Saturday than some #Joni #HissingOfSummerLawns
I love living on #SaltSpring 😄 Rules for spectators at the annual May long weekend soccer tournament include the words “the tournament’s usual baby goats” #BabyGoats #IslandLife
May 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I love living on #SaltSpring 😄 Rules for spectators at the annual May long weekend soccer tournament include the words “the tournament’s usual baby goats” #BabyGoats #IslandLife
#Saltspring #IslandLife Work continues on the house, but many of the big things are done now; explanations in alt text
May 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#Saltspring #IslandLife Work continues on the house, but many of the big things are done now; explanations in alt text
April 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
April 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Early start this morning heading over to what I’m slowly getting used to calling “the Big Island” #BCFerries #Vesuvius #IslandLife
April 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Early start this morning heading over to what I’m slowly getting used to calling “the Big Island” #BCFerries #Vesuvius #IslandLife
#NowListening #NanciGriffith #LastOfTheTrueBelievers Change of pace from yesterday, although they definitely have storytelling in common. I have yet to see a Ms. Nanci LP in the wild out here; maybe she just didn't chime with peopel out here for some reason 1/2
April 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#NowListening #NanciGriffith #LastOfTheTrueBelievers Change of pace from yesterday, although they definitely have storytelling in common. I have yet to see a Ms. Nanci LP in the wild out here; maybe she just didn't chime with peopel out here for some reason 1/2
#NowListening #Rush #PowerWindows The very last vinyl album I ever bought… until the whole ‘revival of black plastic’ thing started. Also the last Rush album I bought as I thought (wrongly) I might have grown out of them or something. I can’t write whole essays on here, so… 1/2
April 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#NowListening #Rush #PowerWindows The very last vinyl album I ever bought… until the whole ‘revival of black plastic’ thing started. Also the last Rush album I bought as I thought (wrongly) I might have grown out of them or something. I can’t write whole essays on here, so… 1/2
#NowListening This evening’s listening pleasure is perhaps #ElvisCostello ‘s last attempt to do what was expected of him and generate hits. After this, I think he just did whatever he wanted. There are still several tremendous songs on here, though
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#NowListening This evening’s listening pleasure is perhaps #ElvisCostello ‘s last attempt to do what was expected of him and generate hits. After this, I think he just did whatever he wanted. There are still several tremendous songs on here, though
#NowListening #Blackfoot Partly because I still find myself replacing albums I owned back then and partly because memory insists that one of these tracks was recorded at the #Playhouse in Edinburgh, and therefore features yours truly as part of the audience. Anyway, it still rocks:
April 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#NowListening #Blackfoot Partly because I still find myself replacing albums I owned back then and partly because memory insists that one of these tracks was recorded at the #Playhouse in Edinburgh, and therefore features yours truly as part of the audience. Anyway, it still rocks:
Also: our local Liberal candidate seems oddly familiar...
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Also: our local Liberal candidate seems oddly familiar...
Until last weekend, I had never actually owned a physical sopy of this. Tapes recorded off friends' copies in the Seventies, sure - digital copies from iTunes or less reputable sources, of course, but yer actual vinyl original? Not so much. #ELP #NowListening #Tarkus #ProgRock
April 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Until last weekend, I had never actually owned a physical sopy of this. Tapes recorded off friends' copies in the Seventies, sure - digital copies from iTunes or less reputable sources, of course, but yer actual vinyl original? Not so much. #ELP #NowListening #Tarkus #ProgRock
Literally just posted this earlier - Gentle Giant, Acquiring the Taste:
April 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Literally just posted this earlier - Gentle Giant, Acquiring the Taste:
As might the original, none-more-groovy Vertigo label, which may induce an entirely legal high as it rotates:
April 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As might the original, none-more-groovy Vertigo label, which may induce an entirely legal high as it rotates:
Said sleevenote in full:
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Said sleevenote in full:
#NowListening #GentleGiant #AcquiringTheTaste Never was a sleevenote more determined to deter first-time listeners 😀
I probably overpaid for it given that it's distinctly noisy; full cleaning will follow to see if I can improve it
I probably overpaid for it given that it's distinctly noisy; full cleaning will follow to see if I can improve it
April 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#NowListening #GentleGiant #AcquiringTheTaste Never was a sleevenote more determined to deter first-time listeners 😀
I probably overpaid for it given that it's distinctly noisy; full cleaning will follow to see if I can improve it
I probably overpaid for it given that it's distinctly noisy; full cleaning will follow to see if I can improve it
#RecentlyListening Forgot to post this at the time; my return home after two weeks rat-enforced absence was spent listening to #StevenWilson #TheOverview. Too soon to form a complete opinion; it's nevertheless masterful and involving and I shall be returning to it shortly.
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#RecentlyListening Forgot to post this at the time; my return home after two weeks rat-enforced absence was spent listening to #StevenWilson #TheOverview. Too soon to form a complete opinion; it's nevertheless masterful and involving and I shall be returning to it shortly.
So this is a thing you can do... #DisCovers discovers.antisound.net
Yes, there's a lot of #ProgRock. And some duplicates. And I'm still certain I'm missing a few.
Yes, there's a lot of #ProgRock. And some duplicates. And I'm still certain I'm missing a few.
March 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So this is a thing you can do... #DisCovers discovers.antisound.net
Yes, there's a lot of #ProgRock. And some duplicates. And I'm still certain I'm missing a few.
Yes, there's a lot of #ProgRock. And some duplicates. And I'm still certain I'm missing a few.