Lovely day buying records, drinking beer and chewing the fat with Sid Smith

Post work boozes with CiderTartG at Mean Eyed Cat

“How do you say a Thank You? How do you ever tear yourself away?” Recent purchase at Newcastle Record Fair on the prompting of Sid Smith. That chap knows his onions. Sleeve is roached and the disc has a little surface noise but boy do the tunes take you away. Top stuff.

“Hey son, what’s on your troubled mind?” Another Newcastle Vinyl Record Fair purchase. Picked this up on spec because of Mel Collins’ involvement. Decent 70s pop rock a la 10cc with cracking production.

“I’m not saying it’s over and done” Yep, another Newcastle Vinyl Record Fair purchase. I always look out for 80s rock when I flip through the racks and this is an album I had picked up and put back several times back in the day. Great vocals from Darby Mills.

Zwanze 2024 Lambic with Sea Lettuce Free Trade Inn #zwanze #zwanze24

That was the day (so far) that was… Thanks to Fraser for the great company. Cafe Amsterdam

Happy Birthday Little Twister Cider Tarts

Had the pleasure of hosting this chap at work yesterday. Made sure to tell him that Gordon needs to be in his squad this summer 😁

Best team ever!

Today I’ll mostly be doing this… #RDF24

“I hear the voice of the scarecrow calling me” Saga’s best album? Possibly. Either way this is a cracking listen.

Monday morning chills before I head out to the record fair.

Had a lovely time at the Stu Brew event tonight, despite melting into a puddle in the heat 🥵

Afters…

You seen this Sid Smith?

Top boozing thanks to BombGirl The Central Bar

Booked our trip to see Pat Benatar in NYC in July; staying at the Refinery Hotel. I may be slightly giddy…

I may have spent too much at the record fair today, but I blame Sid Smith for the encouragement. At least that’s what I’m telling CiderTartG …

Well, after over 15 years on Twitter/X this will be my last post here. I simply can’t justify supporting Musk and the cesspit he has overseen this place turn into. If you can be bothered I’m now over on Bluesky and have actually started posting again. bsky.app/profile/merely…