Wee Rogue
@wee-rogue.bsky.social
Enthusiastic amateur; interested in music, chess, statistics, FPL, cinema, science, socialism, climate
Last couple of nights @cafeotodalston.bsky.social have been magic - what a cool place!
Last night was David Murray Quartet; tonight was أحمد [Ahmed].
These shows will live long in my memory - glad I was able to make the trip.
Last night was David Murray Quartet; tonight was أحمد [Ahmed].
These shows will live long in my memory - glad I was able to make the trip.
![Three members of أحمد [Ahmed] performing on a dimly lit stage at Cafe OTO:
Joel Grip (bass), Antonin Gerbal (drums), Seymour Wright (alto sax)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqjtb3ix2zmm3wj4uyp7prfl/bafkreiegad5hcz6zkwdcsev47ncn4u2u2chxrfat7pqaxrktnllzem7dma@jpeg)
![Chalkboard sign outside Cafe OTO for أحمد [Ahmed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqjtb3ix2zmm3wj4uyp7prfl/bafkreighn6utjwktjpdqev55ibwifa73mommtrmeskhppjquqzwaan7ep4@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Last couple of nights @cafeotodalston.bsky.social have been magic - what a cool place!
Last night was David Murray Quartet; tonight was أحمد [Ahmed].
These shows will live long in my memory - glad I was able to make the trip.
Last night was David Murray Quartet; tonight was أحمد [Ahmed].
These shows will live long in my memory - glad I was able to make the trip.
Posted this before, but this one always kills me. So pretty and fun.
I'm going to go and see David Murray in concert tomorrow night!!!
I'm going to go and see David Murray in concert tomorrow night!!!
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Posted this before, but this one always kills me. So pretty and fun.
I'm going to go and see David Murray in concert tomorrow night!!!
I'm going to go and see David Murray in concert tomorrow night!!!
I have a special interest in music that is beautiful, calm, spacious and also contains improvised elements and so seems almost to breathe by itself, be alive.
I've been meaning to listen to this - Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams - for years and thankfully I recently did. I think it's amazing!
I've been meaning to listen to this - Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams - for years and thankfully I recently did. I think it's amazing!
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I have a special interest in music that is beautiful, calm, spacious and also contains improvised elements and so seems almost to breathe by itself, be alive.
I've been meaning to listen to this - Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams - for years and thankfully I recently did. I think it's amazing!
I've been meaning to listen to this - Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams - for years and thankfully I recently did. I think it's amazing!
Wake up babe, new arsenal bench just dropped
September 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wake up babe, new arsenal bench just dropped
Wow - just hearing this for the first time, having been unaware of Kevin Ayers.
He was in Soft Machine, I now gather (& Robert Wyatt drums on this!)
Very interesting songwriting and arrangements, sort of cheekily eccentric and often very pretty.
I think it's great!
He was in Soft Machine, I now gather (& Robert Wyatt drums on this!)
Very interesting songwriting and arrangements, sort of cheekily eccentric and often very pretty.
I think it's great!
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wow - just hearing this for the first time, having been unaware of Kevin Ayers.
He was in Soft Machine, I now gather (& Robert Wyatt drums on this!)
Very interesting songwriting and arrangements, sort of cheekily eccentric and often very pretty.
I think it's great!
He was in Soft Machine, I now gather (& Robert Wyatt drums on this!)
Very interesting songwriting and arrangements, sort of cheekily eccentric and often very pretty.
I think it's great!
Also, have you heard this one?
More fire-breathing early-Surman; copy acquired from same owner clearly 🤣
More fire-breathing early-Surman; copy acquired from same owner clearly 🤣
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Also, have you heard this one?
More fire-breathing early-Surman; copy acquired from same owner clearly 🤣
More fire-breathing early-Surman; copy acquired from same owner clearly 🤣
Yeah, it's magic, isn't it?
"Elemental" is the word.
Original double LP seems to have all 17 of those tracks - each side must be full to the brim with music.
I got a copy recently and previous owner was absolutely cooking with the added cover illustrations!
"Elemental" is the word.
Original double LP seems to have all 17 of those tracks - each side must be full to the brim with music.
I got a copy recently and previous owner was absolutely cooking with the added cover illustrations!
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Yeah, it's magic, isn't it?
"Elemental" is the word.
Original double LP seems to have all 17 of those tracks - each side must be full to the brim with music.
I got a copy recently and previous owner was absolutely cooking with the added cover illustrations!
"Elemental" is the word.
Original double LP seems to have all 17 of those tracks - each side must be full to the brim with music.
I got a copy recently and previous owner was absolutely cooking with the added cover illustrations!
Arsenal's bench today, in a squad which doesn't include Saka, Saliba, Havertz, Norgaard or Jesus.
Definitely the most strength-in-depth in the Premier League this season IMO
Definitely the most strength-in-depth in the Premier League this season IMO
September 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Arsenal's bench today, in a squad which doesn't include Saka, Saliba, Havertz, Norgaard or Jesus.
Definitely the most strength-in-depth in the Premier League this season IMO
Definitely the most strength-in-depth in the Premier League this season IMO
English press have been running this headline every qualifier for ten years
September 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
English press have been running this headline every qualifier for ten years
Status update: spinning away.
I became obsessed with this for a few months in 2018.
Top tunes
10/10 cover art
A classic, in my opinion
I became obsessed with this for a few months in 2018.
Top tunes
10/10 cover art
A classic, in my opinion
August 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Status update: spinning away.
I became obsessed with this for a few months in 2018.
Top tunes
10/10 cover art
A classic, in my opinion
I became obsessed with this for a few months in 2018.
Top tunes
10/10 cover art
A classic, in my opinion
Oh yeah the rest of the posthumously stuff from his final few years (like Sun Ship) really rips too - pretty sure you'd dig these
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Oh yeah the rest of the posthumously stuff from his final few years (like Sun Ship) really rips too - pretty sure you'd dig these
And finally I'd say the period on Impulse! between the Dolphy groups and A Love Supreme produced some good stuff where he dialled the experimental side down for a while. Crescent rules!
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
And finally I'd say the period on Impulse! between the Dolphy groups and A Love Supreme produced some good stuff where he dialled the experimental side down for a while. Crescent rules!
There's a few heavy hitters from around the Giant Steps / Ole period that are also considered up there with his best that I really love
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's a few heavy hitters from around the Giant Steps / Ole period that are also considered up there with his best that I really love
You obviously like his later period post-A Love Supreme stuff also and so I'd imagine you'd enjoy the Japan tour recordings with the Pharoah, Alice, Rashied Ali group - also roughly best music ever IMO
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You obviously like his later period post-A Love Supreme stuff also and so I'd imagine you'd enjoy the Japan tour recordings with the Pharoah, Alice, Rashied Ali group - also roughly best music ever IMO
I'd bet you'd love any of the live recordings from Village Vanguard in 1961 (w/ Dolphy) - roughly best music ever IMO
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'd bet you'd love any of the live recordings from Village Vanguard in 1961 (w/ Dolphy) - roughly best music ever IMO
Some evidence to suggest the gap between the premier league and championship is increasing, too
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some evidence to suggest the gap between the premier league and championship is increasing, too
New football season got me thinking about the difference in difficulty between the English Premier League and Championship.
I took a look at how teams' ratios of goals scored to goals conceded changed between seasons over the last 10 years:
I took a look at how teams' ratios of goals scored to goals conceded changed between seasons over the last 10 years:
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New football season got me thinking about the difference in difficulty between the English Premier League and Championship.
I took a look at how teams' ratios of goals scored to goals conceded changed between seasons over the last 10 years:
I took a look at how teams' ratios of goals scored to goals conceded changed between seasons over the last 10 years:
Came across this by chance when it hit one of my eBay searches - free/spiritual jazz in the late-Coltrane vein from a UK group in the late 70s.
A track from this featured on "A New Life", the Jazzman 2015 compilation of UK private press jazz, which may have shed a little light. Deserves more IMO
A track from this featured on "A New Life", the Jazzman 2015 compilation of UK private press jazz, which may have shed a little light. Deserves more IMO
August 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Came across this by chance when it hit one of my eBay searches - free/spiritual jazz in the late-Coltrane vein from a UK group in the late 70s.
A track from this featured on "A New Life", the Jazzman 2015 compilation of UK private press jazz, which may have shed a little light. Deserves more IMO
A track from this featured on "A New Life", the Jazzman 2015 compilation of UK private press jazz, which may have shed a little light. Deserves more IMO
Hahahaha
Avoided this for 25 years after Pitchfork gave it a 0.0 and whaddayaknow but it's actually pretty good
The joke is on me, folks!
Avoided this for 25 years after Pitchfork gave it a 0.0 and whaddayaknow but it's actually pretty good
The joke is on me, folks!
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hahahaha
Avoided this for 25 years after Pitchfork gave it a 0.0 and whaddayaknow but it's actually pretty good
The joke is on me, folks!
Avoided this for 25 years after Pitchfork gave it a 0.0 and whaddayaknow but it's actually pretty good
The joke is on me, folks!
Went to see Chris Cohen last night @thegladcafe.bsky.social - it was great!
The album is pretty fab too
The album is pretty fab too
July 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Went to see Chris Cohen last night @thegladcafe.bsky.social - it was great!
The album is pretty fab too
The album is pretty fab too
You've got to have freedom
July 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You've got to have freedom
First spin of this
Managed to pick up a sealed copy (2021 RSD reissue) in Orkney, of all places
Shrinkwrap left on to own the libs!
Managed to pick up a sealed copy (2021 RSD reissue) in Orkney, of all places
Shrinkwrap left on to own the libs!
July 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First spin of this
Managed to pick up a sealed copy (2021 RSD reissue) in Orkney, of all places
Shrinkwrap left on to own the libs!
Managed to pick up a sealed copy (2021 RSD reissue) in Orkney, of all places
Shrinkwrap left on to own the libs!
They said it couldn't be done, but I've got my Octordle Rescue win rate up to 85%🎈
As far as I know I am the best in the world in the world at this game
...but then I only know two other people who play. Please show me how well I could be doing; boasting encouraged
As far as I know I am the best in the world in the world at this game
...but then I only know two other people who play. Please show me how well I could be doing; boasting encouraged
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They said it couldn't be done, but I've got my Octordle Rescue win rate up to 85%🎈
As far as I know I am the best in the world in the world at this game
...but then I only know two other people who play. Please show me how well I could be doing; boasting encouraged
As far as I know I am the best in the world in the world at this game
...but then I only know two other people who play. Please show me how well I could be doing; boasting encouraged
