I was disappointed to miss Greig Park Rangers adding the Cup win at Bayview to their trophy haul last night I’m so proud of my nephew Scott - 1st season as manager after being forced to retire from playing - winning the league & cup double Scott with his son Ollie & nephew Beau

Today’s turntable choices; Loop - Twelves (Reactor) Strobes In Space (Comp - Two Piers)

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My song for today - to all my friends on here… Justice Vs Simian - ‘We Are Your Friends’ My ideal jagged blare of perfectly bridged electroclash & EDM ‘Because we are your friends You’ll never be alone again Ooh, come on, ooh, come on….’ youtu.be/i1VTPg2s-5c?si… 📸 Me

Jane Ulla Margareta Bark (née Årfelt), 1931 – 2023 Swedish illustrator

Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide Sports Saloon, 1963 Topaz-tinted gold. Only 55 made between 1961 & 1964 Hand-built to order at a cost of £4,950 (approximately £74k in today’s money) 48 still survive ©️Bonham’s

Rainbow Band Formed Denmark, 1969, as a ‘super-group’ Peer Frost (ex-Young Flowers), Lars Bisgaard (ex-Maxwells), Carsten Smedegaard (ex-Beefeaters), Bent Hesselmann, Niels Brønsted & Bo Stief “…seduced by its sense of freshness & space” Melody Maker, 1970 ©️Cosmic Rock

Causa Sui Psych with healing properties. Ideal for where my life is right now Their name is Latin - meaning “cause of itself, self-caused” Vibrant, visceral onslaughts. Boundless creativity & virtuosity that transcends genres Kings of European psychedelic underground music

Now released after a short delay This will be on the turntable for a while ‘Psychedelic fury…’ “Drug Hunt, a bizarre quintet of natural seditionists, bastardises Psychedelia with the orphaned idealism of American Post-Punk & early British Hard Rock.” Additional info below…

Babe Paley (Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley; 1915 - 1978), wearing ‘Traina-Norell’, 1946 “Babe Paley had only one flaw; she was perfect. Other than that, she was perfect” Truman Capote 📸 Horst P. Horst

Current turntable medication prescribed by Dr. Cosmic Kaleidoscope To be taken daily - improve surrealistic grooviness & smooth the passage to higher planetary consciousness…

Thank you to Marie Damer & James Thomson for my recovery gifts! You both know me so well…♥️

Lewis took me for breakfast this morning We went back via his, to see the kits he rescued after the mother died. He’s releasing them once they are healthy He has rescued; 3 dogs, 2 parrots, 80 exotic birds, countless indoor/outdoor fish, 4 rabbits, etc A vet’s life…

My post ‘event’ recovery reading Thank you to everyone who has dropped off/sent me books & magazines to help my return to full health ♥️

Out this week, on ‘Survival Research’ Les Rallizes Dénudés- Critical Trip (Live at Kōkumeikan, 1987) As you know by now, one of my favourite bands, & this captures them at their very best…

Has there ever been a more important magazine cover photograph… maybe, but not for me. Felix, ‘The Harder They Come’, The Face, March 1985 Styled by Ray Petri Photography by Jamie Morgan

Birmingham, 2008 - Drenched in sweat, standing on a table, belting the words out, arms round my two pals, jumping to the beats, living in the moment… This was the song… ‘I see the ghost of Lena Zavaroni…’ Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker youtu.be/G0E8MWb3hgo?si…

Reader’s competition, TV Times “Who is the best dressed man?” September, 1978 (Lewis & Ian, in my opinion)

Kintsugi Heart Combining the Japanese art of kintsugi with the imagery of a heart, symbolising resilience, beauty in imperfection, & the healing of brokenness.