Mister Fusty

Kinga Głyk - Bass Solo (St.Pölten) YouTube video by Kinga Głyk

Current obsession: Polish bass player Kinga Glyk.

A whole set made up of bass solos - sounds like a nightmare, right?

Nope, I could listen to this woman all evening - and will, do, next time she plays in London.

Explain it like I'm 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public? Your phone still functions when held to your ear, people!

The also drives me nuts and baffles me! arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

If you fancy seeing Sugar in London in May I have tickets for sale. secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E006348E...

Teenage Fanclub - Toppermost The Songs From Northern Britain period could be seen as the high point in their career - a top twenty single, a well-regarded album - but it was only because the world had turned towards Teenage Fancl...

The Teenage Fanclub Toppermost from @durutti74.bsky.social and @riverboatcapt.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/teenage-fanc...

Neil Sedaka, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Laughter in the Rain” Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 86 The Brooklynite's esteemed body of work also includes "Calendar Girl," "Oh! Carol," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Where the Boys Are," "Bad Blood" and "Solitaire."

Neil Sedaka was so talented, and he inspired me to follow my dream of being a songwriter.

With love and gratitude and condolences to his family.

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The Olympians “Honey Bea” (OFFICIAL AUDIO) YouTube video by DaptoneRecords

This is the best album out at the moment, The Olympians are back after 10(!) years with some wonderful cinematic soul youtu.be/dKE_c8s0Ckg

Conference "A.I." from the Armando Iannucci Show YouTube video by Simon Kidd

I see various people posting this up. Here’s me from 2001 talking about AI. Dunno how accurate it is. I hope it isn’t. youtu.be/6mvUqM2Ty5c?...

The Soup Dragons - Toppermost Backwards Dog was the first of three singles to be lifted from The Soup Dragons’ second album Lovegod. By now Paul Quinn had assumed control of the drummer’s stool and brought with him a more danceflo...

The Soup Dragons Toppermost from @johnynocash.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/soup-dragons...

SUGAR is back! Love You Even Still 2026 Tour + new song "Long Live Love" out today. Register at sugarcopperblue.com for presales starting Tue Jan 27 10am local. 7" vinyl pre-order available. More shows coming soon!

Bandcamp prohibits music made ‘wholly or in substantial part’ by AI Bandcamp is banning any music or audio on its platform that is "wholly or in substantial part" made by generative AI.

Historically artist-friendly Bandcamp leads with a clear policy on AI music.

The Cribs - A Point Too Hard To Make (Official Video) YouTube video by TheCribsVEVO

The new Cribs album is great, best album I’ve heard in ages. youtu.be/-UJiJmHvvcE

Be My Friend YouTube video by The Goods - Topic

It’s Friday and I think we deserve some gloriously unfashionable jangle/power pop from The Goods. youtu.be/aOtHhMOcm2A

Winter, by Mister Fusty 4 track album

I made some wintery instrumental music 10 years ago (!) check it out
misterfusty.bandcamp.com/album/winter

George Martin wearing a tuba as a hat.

George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.

Turn it up to 11 today. 💔

To REALLY sound like an old doofus I’m going to say a lot of new music sounds to me like music done way better 20, 30+ years ago. Pass the Wether’s original…

I think I’m officially old now, when I see all the lists of best albums of 2025 I only recognise about 10% of the artists. 🤷‍♂️

Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73

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RIP Martin Parr. I worked with him once on a story about the NHS. I interviewed and he photographed Britain's busiest and least busy GP. I think he was brilliant and this is one of my favorites of his.

RIP the great Martin Parr

More than just Christmas everyday: Wizzard frontman Roy Wood’s 20 best songs – ranked! He’ll be forever known for his festive hit, but Wood was virtually the face of 70s glam rock – writing and performing stomping hits with the Move, ELO and Wizzard

Great list, I love a bit of Roy Wood, the British Brian Wilson? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

Steve Cropper. What an absolute legend. RIP

Jimmy Webb’s Words And Music album cover

NEW post: “In the late 60s Jimmy Webb virtually defined American popular songwriting with hits such as MacArthur Park, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman…”

@covers.bsky.social selects 10 best songs sung by #JimmyWebb

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The Coral - Toppermost The Coral is a band of brothers. A rapscallion bunch of travelling minstrels on a journey through time and tide waiting for no man. If there’s a story to be told, The Coral will find a melody and harm...

The Coral Toppermost from @daveamitri.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/coral-the/

‘It explored the spectrum of humanity’: the enduring pleasures of Northern Exposure The quirky early 90s drama ran for 110 episodes, had fans in Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, and showed one of TV’s first gay weddings. Now, having been forgotten for years, its warm-hearted charms are be...

Northern Exposure was great, FINALLY available on streaming (shame it’s Amazon Prime 🤷) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Beatles Anthology, the documentary supposed last word on the Fab Four, begins. During the first break, Carlsberg spot their opportunity.

Life is pretty grim these days, but we have one thing going for us. At least the boys have finally left town. That was- ... Oh, here comes Phil Lynott! Hey, Phil, good to see you. Any news?

The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?

Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com

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DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: What moved me about this film was the way it shows, without a load of sentimental corn, how writers work, drafting and redrafting their material. It's also about how beautiful things--music, books, poetry--emerge from unhappy times.