Andy
@xwiseh3d.bsky.social
Berkshire based bimbler into music, non-league, hiking, beer & other stereotypical interests of the middle aged male.
Infrequent poster, but partial to a #MusicChallenge.
https://www.last.fm/user/XWiseHed
Infrequent poster, but partial to a #MusicChallenge.
https://www.last.fm/user/XWiseHed
The walls of The Greyfriar pub in Reading are adorned with hundreds of hand pump badges.
I've just spent far too long looking for punning (or otherwise) music based ones...
I've just spent far too long looking for punning (or otherwise) music based ones...
August 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The walls of The Greyfriar pub in Reading are adorned with hundreds of hand pump badges.
I've just spent far too long looking for punning (or otherwise) music based ones...
I've just spent far too long looking for punning (or otherwise) music based ones...
Currently on the 516 to the Old Dungeon Ghyll, Langdale as the first stage of a bus based pub crawl 😄
(No heatwave up here though, it's currently raining... )
(No heatwave up here though, it's currently raining... )
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Currently on the 516 to the Old Dungeon Ghyll, Langdale as the first stage of a bus based pub crawl 😄
(No heatwave up here though, it's currently raining... )
(No heatwave up here though, it's currently raining... )
The 1st time I saw (pretty uncool) #NeoProg band #Galahad was at their 10th anniversary show. The 2nd was tonight, at their 40th anniversary show.
They are a much better prospect 30 years on if I'm honest.
They've ploughed their own furrow, & for that I salute them.
#ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
They are a much better prospect 30 years on if I'm honest.
They've ploughed their own furrow, & for that I salute them.
#ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
June 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The 1st time I saw (pretty uncool) #NeoProg band #Galahad was at their 10th anniversary show. The 2nd was tonight, at their 40th anniversary show.
They are a much better prospect 30 years on if I'm honest.
They've ploughed their own furrow, & for that I salute them.
#ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
They are a much better prospect 30 years on if I'm honest.
They've ploughed their own furrow, & for that I salute them.
#ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
#52WeeksOfSound
#MusicChallenge
PETERIS VASKS - VIOLIN CONCERTO ('DISTANT LIGHT')
An ethereal beauty of sound predominates in this 1997 piece from the Latvian composer - punctuated by occasional dissonance - without ever descending into saccharine banalities. Fab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MusicChallenge
PETERIS VASKS - VIOLIN CONCERTO ('DISTANT LIGHT')
An ethereal beauty of sound predominates in this 1997 piece from the Latvian composer - punctuated by occasional dissonance - without ever descending into saccharine banalities. Fab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
June 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#52WeeksOfSound
#MusicChallenge
PETERIS VASKS - VIOLIN CONCERTO ('DISTANT LIGHT')
An ethereal beauty of sound predominates in this 1997 piece from the Latvian composer - punctuated by occasional dissonance - without ever descending into saccharine banalities. Fab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MusicChallenge
PETERIS VASKS - VIOLIN CONCERTO ('DISTANT LIGHT')
An ethereal beauty of sound predominates in this 1997 piece from the Latvian composer - punctuated by occasional dissonance - without ever descending into saccharine banalities. Fab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LAKES
📍Lake District, NW England
I always check before posting to avoid duplication but... hey, I'm currently on holiday here 😍
I'm sure there are other songs about the Lakes, but currently I can't think of one!
youtu.be/tOHcAc3r2kw
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LAKES
📍Lake District, NW England
I always check before posting to avoid duplication but... hey, I'm currently on holiday here 😍
I'm sure there are other songs about the Lakes, but currently I can't think of one!
youtu.be/tOHcAc3r2kw
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LAKES
📍Lake District, NW England
I always check before posting to avoid duplication but... hey, I'm currently on holiday here 😍
I'm sure there are other songs about the Lakes, but currently I can't think of one!
youtu.be/tOHcAc3r2kw
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LAKES
📍Lake District, NW England
I always check before posting to avoid duplication but... hey, I'm currently on holiday here 😍
I'm sure there are other songs about the Lakes, but currently I can't think of one!
youtu.be/tOHcAc3r2kw
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: SCOTT WALKER - COPENHAGEN
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
youtu.be/Q145Zd5mBiA
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: SCOTT WALKER - COPENHAGEN
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
youtu.be/Q145Zd5mBiA
May 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: SCOTT WALKER - COPENHAGEN
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
youtu.be/Q145Zd5mBiA
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: SCOTT WALKER - COPENHAGEN
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
youtu.be/Q145Zd5mBiA
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: MARTY WILLSON-PIPER - O! STOCKHOLM
📍Stockholm, Sweden
youtu.be/WvKi_0M2WxE
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: MARTY WILLSON-PIPER - O! STOCKHOLM
📍Stockholm, Sweden
youtu.be/WvKi_0M2WxE
May 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: MARTY WILLSON-PIPER - O! STOCKHOLM
📍Stockholm, Sweden
youtu.be/WvKi_0M2WxE
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: MARTY WILLSON-PIPER - O! STOCKHOLM
📍Stockholm, Sweden
youtu.be/WvKi_0M2WxE
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: THE DIVINE COMEDY - SWEDEN
📍Sweden, Northern Europe
youtu.be/Y9D0M9GzQnY
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: THE DIVINE COMEDY - SWEDEN
📍Sweden, Northern Europe
youtu.be/Y9D0M9GzQnY
May 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: THE DIVINE COMEDY - SWEDEN
📍Sweden, Northern Europe
youtu.be/Y9D0M9GzQnY
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: THE DIVINE COMEDY - SWEDEN
📍Sweden, Northern Europe
youtu.be/Y9D0M9GzQnY
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: HATFIELD & THE NORTH - FITTER STOKE HAS A BATH
📍 Hatfield, Herts
📍 'The North' (not 'The South')
📍 Stoke, Staffs
📍 Bath, Somerset
📍 Canterbury, Kent (music scene to which H&TN were aligned)
youtu.be/bo5a2txYqTc
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: HATFIELD & THE NORTH - FITTER STOKE HAS A BATH
📍 Hatfield, Herts
📍 'The North' (not 'The South')
📍 Stoke, Staffs
📍 Bath, Somerset
📍 Canterbury, Kent (music scene to which H&TN were aligned)
youtu.be/bo5a2txYqTc
May 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: HATFIELD & THE NORTH - FITTER STOKE HAS A BATH
📍 Hatfield, Herts
📍 'The North' (not 'The South')
📍 Stoke, Staffs
📍 Bath, Somerset
📍 Canterbury, Kent (music scene to which H&TN were aligned)
youtu.be/bo5a2txYqTc
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: HATFIELD & THE NORTH - FITTER STOKE HAS A BATH
📍 Hatfield, Herts
📍 'The North' (not 'The South')
📍 Stoke, Staffs
📍 Bath, Somerset
📍 Canterbury, Kent (music scene to which H&TN were aligned)
youtu.be/bo5a2txYqTc
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: THE SISTERHOOD - FINLAND RED, EGYPT WHITE
Today we have a two-fer from Andrew Eldritch's hastily cobbled together spoiler outfit:
📍Finland
📍Egypt
Wikipedia suggests there is an unreleased Fatboy Slim remix of this track!
youtu.be/aFrsEafn_4s
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: THE SISTERHOOD - FINLAND RED, EGYPT WHITE
Today we have a two-fer from Andrew Eldritch's hastily cobbled together spoiler outfit:
📍Finland
📍Egypt
Wikipedia suggests there is an unreleased Fatboy Slim remix of this track!
youtu.be/aFrsEafn_4s
May 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: THE SISTERHOOD - FINLAND RED, EGYPT WHITE
Today we have a two-fer from Andrew Eldritch's hastily cobbled together spoiler outfit:
📍Finland
📍Egypt
Wikipedia suggests there is an unreleased Fatboy Slim remix of this track!
youtu.be/aFrsEafn_4s
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: THE SISTERHOOD - FINLAND RED, EGYPT WHITE
Today we have a two-fer from Andrew Eldritch's hastily cobbled together spoiler outfit:
📍Finland
📍Egypt
Wikipedia suggests there is an unreleased Fatboy Slim remix of this track!
youtu.be/aFrsEafn_4s
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 8: FRANK TURNER - WESSEX BOY
📍 Wessex, Southern England
The eagle eyed may have spotted FT in the Beans On Toast video for his song about Essex yesterday.
Add a 'W' & here's Frank's own song about the place where he grew up.
youtu.be/hNHcS0Bic78
#MusicChallenge
Day 8: FRANK TURNER - WESSEX BOY
📍 Wessex, Southern England
The eagle eyed may have spotted FT in the Beans On Toast video for his song about Essex yesterday.
Add a 'W' & here's Frank's own song about the place where he grew up.
youtu.be/hNHcS0Bic78
May 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 8: FRANK TURNER - WESSEX BOY
📍 Wessex, Southern England
The eagle eyed may have spotted FT in the Beans On Toast video for his song about Essex yesterday.
Add a 'W' & here's Frank's own song about the place where he grew up.
youtu.be/hNHcS0Bic78
#MusicChallenge
Day 8: FRANK TURNER - WESSEX BOY
📍 Wessex, Southern England
The eagle eyed may have spotted FT in the Beans On Toast video for his song about Essex yesterday.
Add a 'W' & here's Frank's own song about the place where he grew up.
youtu.be/hNHcS0Bic78
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 7: BEANS ON TOAST - PETER PAN'S PLAYGROUND
After Blackpool's 'Pleasure Beach' yesterday, another sea adjacent theme park.
In reality, this is a song about Essex, the land of my youth, & preconceptions around it.
📍Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
youtu.be/12AKuklOIs8
#MusicChallenge
Day 7: BEANS ON TOAST - PETER PAN'S PLAYGROUND
After Blackpool's 'Pleasure Beach' yesterday, another sea adjacent theme park.
In reality, this is a song about Essex, the land of my youth, & preconceptions around it.
📍Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
youtu.be/12AKuklOIs8
May 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 7: BEANS ON TOAST - PETER PAN'S PLAYGROUND
After Blackpool's 'Pleasure Beach' yesterday, another sea adjacent theme park.
In reality, this is a song about Essex, the land of my youth, & preconceptions around it.
📍Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
youtu.be/12AKuklOIs8
#MusicChallenge
Day 7: BEANS ON TOAST - PETER PAN'S PLAYGROUND
After Blackpool's 'Pleasure Beach' yesterday, another sea adjacent theme park.
In reality, this is a song about Essex, the land of my youth, & preconceptions around it.
📍Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
youtu.be/12AKuklOIs8
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 6: JETHRO TULL - UP THE 'POOL
📍 Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
"The iron tower smiles down upon the icy sea
And along the golden mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea
Oh, Blackpool..."
youtu.be/InCqhZXdahA
#MusicChallenge
Day 6: JETHRO TULL - UP THE 'POOL
📍 Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
"The iron tower smiles down upon the icy sea
And along the golden mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea
Oh, Blackpool..."
youtu.be/InCqhZXdahA
May 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 6: JETHRO TULL - UP THE 'POOL
📍 Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
"The iron tower smiles down upon the icy sea
And along the golden mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea
Oh, Blackpool..."
youtu.be/InCqhZXdahA
#MusicChallenge
Day 6: JETHRO TULL - UP THE 'POOL
📍 Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
"The iron tower smiles down upon the icy sea
And along the golden mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea
Oh, Blackpool..."
youtu.be/InCqhZXdahA
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 5: FRANK ZAPPA - BOGNOR REGIS
📍 Bognor Regis, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/kCTikulu1Ks
#MusicChallenge
Day 5: FRANK ZAPPA - BOGNOR REGIS
📍 Bognor Regis, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/kCTikulu1Ks
May 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 5: FRANK ZAPPA - BOGNOR REGIS
📍 Bognor Regis, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/kCTikulu1Ks
#MusicChallenge
Day 5: FRANK ZAPPA - BOGNOR REGIS
📍 Bognor Regis, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/kCTikulu1Ks
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 4: STRAY CATS - RUMBLE IN BRIGHTON
📍 Brighton, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/xSZhVgfBxys
#MusicChallenge
Day 4: STRAY CATS - RUMBLE IN BRIGHTON
📍 Brighton, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/xSZhVgfBxys
May 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 4: STRAY CATS - RUMBLE IN BRIGHTON
📍 Brighton, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/xSZhVgfBxys
#MusicChallenge
Day 4: STRAY CATS - RUMBLE IN BRIGHTON
📍 Brighton, Sussex, UK
youtu.be/xSZhVgfBxys
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 3: THE FALL - BOURNEMOUTH RUNNER
📍 Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
I have to include The Fall in any music challenge, it's the law.
youtu.be/9ugGVQJkuWs
#MusicChallenge
Day 3: THE FALL - BOURNEMOUTH RUNNER
📍 Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
I have to include The Fall in any music challenge, it's the law.
youtu.be/9ugGVQJkuWs
May 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 3: THE FALL - BOURNEMOUTH RUNNER
📍 Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
I have to include The Fall in any music challenge, it's the law.
youtu.be/9ugGVQJkuWs
#MusicChallenge
Day 3: THE FALL - BOURNEMOUTH RUNNER
📍 Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
I have to include The Fall in any music challenge, it's the law.
youtu.be/9ugGVQJkuWs
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 2: KEVIN COYNE - EASTBOURNE LADIES
📍 Eastbourne, Sussex, UK
Had the privilege of seeing him in his later years at a small cellar gig in Bracknell, of all places. He didn't seem in a great way, but the performance was exemplary.
youtu.be/RI_pep8qrgY
#MusicChallenge
Day 2: KEVIN COYNE - EASTBOURNE LADIES
📍 Eastbourne, Sussex, UK
Had the privilege of seeing him in his later years at a small cellar gig in Bracknell, of all places. He didn't seem in a great way, but the performance was exemplary.
youtu.be/RI_pep8qrgY
May 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 2: KEVIN COYNE - EASTBOURNE LADIES
📍 Eastbourne, Sussex, UK
Had the privilege of seeing him in his later years at a small cellar gig in Bracknell, of all places. He didn't seem in a great way, but the performance was exemplary.
youtu.be/RI_pep8qrgY
#MusicChallenge
Day 2: KEVIN COYNE - EASTBOURNE LADIES
📍 Eastbourne, Sussex, UK
Had the privilege of seeing him in his later years at a small cellar gig in Bracknell, of all places. He didn't seem in a great way, but the performance was exemplary.
youtu.be/RI_pep8qrgY
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 1: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - WESTWARD HO! MASSIVE LET DOWN
📍Westward Ho!, Devon
The only town in the UK to have an exclamation mark in its name, and 1 of 2 in the world (allegedly).
youtu.be/aOlJzM4Up1c
#MusicChallenge
Day 1: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - WESTWARD HO! MASSIVE LET DOWN
📍Westward Ho!, Devon
The only town in the UK to have an exclamation mark in its name, and 1 of 2 in the world (allegedly).
youtu.be/aOlJzM4Up1c
April 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#MusicPlaces
#MusicChallenge
Day 1: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - WESTWARD HO! MASSIVE LET DOWN
📍Westward Ho!, Devon
The only town in the UK to have an exclamation mark in its name, and 1 of 2 in the world (allegedly).
youtu.be/aOlJzM4Up1c
#MusicChallenge
Day 1: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - WESTWARD HO! MASSIVE LET DOWN
📍Westward Ho!, Devon
The only town in the UK to have an exclamation mark in its name, and 1 of 2 in the world (allegedly).
youtu.be/aOlJzM4Up1c
April 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#Random80sSongOfTheNight
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - THEME FROM STARSKY & HUTCH
youtu.be/jmVCBjarUU0
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - THEME FROM STARSKY & HUTCH
youtu.be/jmVCBjarUU0
April 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#Random80sSongOfTheNight
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - THEME FROM STARSKY & HUTCH
youtu.be/jmVCBjarUU0
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - THEME FROM STARSKY & HUTCH
youtu.be/jmVCBjarUU0
#5CoverSongsFaves
#MusicChallenge
5/5 - JEFF BUCKLEY - CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL
Britten's 2nd setting of the hymn's surviving Middle English text inspired Buckley's sublime interpretation on 'Grace'.
"Original" version: Benjamin Britten, performed by Janet Baker & Gerald Moore.
youtu.be/pRyHLrsqO0c
#MusicChallenge
5/5 - JEFF BUCKLEY - CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL
Britten's 2nd setting of the hymn's surviving Middle English text inspired Buckley's sublime interpretation on 'Grace'.
"Original" version: Benjamin Britten, performed by Janet Baker & Gerald Moore.
youtu.be/pRyHLrsqO0c
April 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#5CoverSongsFaves
#MusicChallenge
5/5 - JEFF BUCKLEY - CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL
Britten's 2nd setting of the hymn's surviving Middle English text inspired Buckley's sublime interpretation on 'Grace'.
"Original" version: Benjamin Britten, performed by Janet Baker & Gerald Moore.
youtu.be/pRyHLrsqO0c
#MusicChallenge
5/5 - JEFF BUCKLEY - CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL
Britten's 2nd setting of the hymn's surviving Middle English text inspired Buckley's sublime interpretation on 'Grace'.
"Original" version: Benjamin Britten, performed by Janet Baker & Gerald Moore.
youtu.be/pRyHLrsqO0c
April 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM