Frog of the day

Be one of the exclusive few to pre-save Pete's debut solo release - coming out 13 May!

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Fascinating.

Here’s my book review of Neu Klang, the first Krautrock oral history: on.ft.com/3yaPakq

This is positive. If successfully actioned it will make a huge difference to grassroots live music...

Sandy Denny, Billy Connolly & Nick Drake backstage together. Mental.

Hover fly.

There’s tadpoles in the pond too! Look at these proud parents.

Big news: WE’VE GOT FROGS!!! Four years ago our garden was all concrete. I lifted about 150 slabs and we put in two small ponds. Now we have at least four of the little fella’s!

If people want to spend £200 to see a spec in the distance, fair play to them, but we need grass roots or all those specs are going to be bloody old in ten years.

That's sad. Burned so bright, etc... RIP

Next weekend at Just Dropped In :

Come down and have a dance with a super cool band from Canada 👌

If you like Talking Heads, B52's, ESG, Art Brut, Gossip, CSS etc you'll love this!

Jerry Dammers of The Specials entertaining a group of young children, dressed as an alien, 1980.
Photo: Peter Anderson.
Thanks to Marc Campbell via FB

This week’s album reviews: Dua Lipa (2*) and Kamasi Washington (4*)

Three reviews by me in the June edition of Opera with Opera News including one of an event whose ineptitude made me angry. And I don't do angry.

“The poorest fifth of the population are now much poorer [in the UK] than most of the poorest countries in central and eastern Europe,” says Stephanie Flanders. “They would be better off in quite poor countries in the European Union.”

I would go further.

If you convert Khan's lead into Japanese Yen and map it against the inflation adjusted price of short grain rice in Latin America from 1967-69 then, assuming Mercury remains in retrograde and the Yankees win the World Series, it's a tough day for Labour.

Working on a diss track about our bitter rival, Warner Music Group.

Lisa Haden-Author/Singer/Songwriter Estella Dawn fuzzruckus 3Mind Blight Kristine Best Songwriter MD DONNA BlackettMusic.com - Art Promotion MarkAlexanderCarroll a.k.a. #MaRkAc Cheers Lisa😎👍
Some cool tracks from
satosii🌌✨
John Townsend Music
Johnny & the box
Andy Carhart
Keith Schwartz 🎶
PostIndustrial Poets
m'arako Ⓜ️ • The Anjo Project • Marako Marcus
AnnBS 🎶
Alex Yemelyanau ☮️
matarison
Psy Surf 🎧
Adky Wun
Stephen W. Foster 🎶 (Astral Rock) 'Suite Dreams'
Harrison and Dunkley

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If you’re heading to Rannerdale Knots to see the magical bluebells you might want to pop in here on your way for a snack in our Tearoom

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