That wonderful woman on the left turned 19 today, all grown up and sensible, a joy to be around - shame the same can’t be said for the eejit on the right!🤦🏻‍♂️

As a 59 year old indie kid, am I too old for a mid-life crisis🫣Looking forward to reading this by Ed Gillett after a beguiling review in the @lrb Thanks as always to Porty Library thinks that Spring is sprung (maybe)

The only time I’ve had that esteemed John Niven HQ somewhere underneath me…😉

⁦MP Flapp⁩ ⁦John Hawthorn⁩ a lovely listen yesterday bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

(Me and my) Bigmouth strikes again🫣😱

“No wonder Mary, Mungo and Midge moved out.” A lovely homage to High Rise living and a moving tribute to a mother ⁦Neil Cooper⁩ neilcooper.substack.com/p/high-rise-lo…

Easter Monday, Barcelona ⁦Lost Footballs⁩

That was a brilliant night, our first gig in that there London, as hot and sweaty as a wrestlers jockstrap. There are some lovely pictures somewhere of us all backstage!🤩 Bothy Bikes

“Distant, intangible, unreliable, lost, our histories”
Farsley 1974-75, up the hill & down the slope, Junior school where I excelled, of sorts, at Football & for one lovely summer’s day, Country Dancing - Jennifer Greatrex apologies for treading on your toes, my heart is yours!

Northern Icons😉

Detroit ‘85.
Kicking out the Jams (in a C&A cardie)

Hitting that lovely, sweet spot where Bonnie Prince Billy meets Belle and Sebastian - ‘when that gruelling death bell knells we’ll have such a wondrous thing to remember’ Can’t wait for the QMU gig in August🤩⁦Connie Killy⁩ ⁦stuart murdoch⁩ youtu.be/dNhVuwqDtXg?si…

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