On Otis Redding’s birthday… The energy here is astonishing - check out the young blonde woman down the front who’s irresistibly caught up in it. But a tough watch knowing that such a passionate performer was so cruelly stilled just months later. #Otis youtu.be/MxYV-ael7Hg?si…

American singer, songwriter and painter Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet, 1941-2010) at the offices of publicist Tony Brainsby in London, during "The Spotlight Kid" tour in March 1972 Photo Michael Putland

On September 9, 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon with support from Vanilla Fudge and Soft Machine. #JimiHendrix #Portland

Some fine yodelling on youtube.

“We had faces then.”

“I'm sick and tired of hearin' things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth.”

“When the music’s over / Turn out the light….” 🎶 #disgrace

Unsurprisingly, Siouxsie was a big Bolan fan…

Soft Cell will be visiting Australia in April 25. The shows will see the band perform Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret in its entirety alongside a set of greatest hits + there will be performances by Marc Almond performing his solo hits and more.❤️ TICKETS & INFO: daltours.cc/soft-cell

September 10th 1972 Iggy and the Stooges started work on what would become the Raw Power album, Initial demo sessions were held at RG Jones Recording Studios in Wimbledon with sound engineer Gerry Kitchingham and at Olympic Studios in Barnes with sound engineer Keith Harwood,

Someone’s really not been paying attention these past few years. #dontgetfooledagain #Labourinnameonly

Good morning to the women of America. And the men, too.

The design of Look At The Fool makes it look like Tim Buckley’s long lost novel.

Met Marcia at Soho watering-hole the Colony once and just couldn’t keep quiet about my enthusiasm for this, Black Monk Theme and the classic of the era, Bill Is Dead.

This *is the Labour I refused to vote for. #NoRegrets

A treasured interviewee. Just needed a few thoughts on her favourite pieces of music and suchlike, but the encounter turned into the longest lunch with my ears flapping to one of the great voices in entertainment. As far as I remember, no one smoked.

Was his work on Apples And Oranges Syd’s most creative six-string moment? It often sounds that way.

Watched this again for 1st time in decades. Two possible pop references. One character steals ladies’ underwear from washing lines. Given that it was based on a play that ran in the West End during 1966, it made me think Arnold Layne. Script also includes ‘puppet on a string’ ref