Followed up with Blackwater Park by Opeth. Very different but also feels appropriate. 🤘

#NowPlaying
Endtroducing.... by #DJShadow

Thirty years on this is still a fabulous album, and it seems to suit the sultry weather very well.

Hi Fedifriends! This is a post on behalf of my sister's UK-based jewellery business at https://cocktailcat.co.uk/

She sells antique, vintage, and contemporary silver and costume jewellery and always has something interesting and affordable.

She's had some rotten luck over the past few years and is just starting to build her stock up again. There are only a handful of items up at the moment but more on the way, she assures me!

#CocktailCat #Vintage #Jewellery

I can definitely hear it today. 🙉

I can't actually hear #ParklifeMCR from my house, which is very much not usually the case. Judging by the apparel of people spotted heading there earlier, I wouldn't really fit in anyway.

(Also I'm about 40 years too old and I had to go to the tip.)

First visit to #GrandCentralManchester in like, forever. Live music tonight! Blood of Achilles were quite ambitious and varied (bits of sludge, djent, and prog) but occasionally didn't quite hit the mark.

Next up are Tiberius who describe themselves as anthemic contemporary metal tinged with pop. I'll be the judge of that...

#metal #supportlocalmusic

NEWS! Defeated Robert Kenyon booked in to fix Count Binface’s boiler https://newsthump.com/2026/06/19/defeated-robert-kenyon-booked-in-to-fix-count-binfaces-boiler/

The post box near us gets crochet toppers for events
This one is the most impressive in a long time just for ingenuity

#Scotland #football #worldCup #soccer #crochet

We cut the parts for 1 of 5 petals

Another visit to #TheYardMcr for the ambient loveliness of #MarconiUnion giving me a chance to renew my acquaintance with these fine characters.

J. L. Borges: Hey if you have a library full of books containing all possible combinations of letters and words you effectively have nothing because anything insightful will be lost in an infinitely huge ocean of meaningless drivel, and it's intent and purpose and the ability to find texts that gives words power

Google: 20% of all videos on youtube are already ai generated crap, isn't that great?

#BoardsOfCanada #Inferno 8-track tape.

Well, who'd have thought such a thing would come to pass? Seeing the return of #Sugar, and on #BoardsOfCanada release day as well! 😁

I've spent portions of the day wandering the paths of the Forest of Dean, a pleasant way to avoid the full heat of the sun especially when interrupted by the odd pint of local cider. Unfortunately it's now uphill all the way back to my friend's house where I'm staying.

Seen in Ramsbottom. Raises more questions than it answers.

The Manchester spring has obviously rather suited my palm tree.

Well, if you're a fan of dream pop, shoegaze or adjacent genres, I urge you to check out #Deary. They were great!

Back at #YESPinkRoom for a cheeky midweek gig. I wonder if the room was painted to match the name or named to match the paint job.

Fifty-five years on this good Earth, and it's only just occurred to me that toothpaste is subject to gravity.