Gogol Bordello
Saturday 14th December 2013, 9.25pm (day 842) Altogether now… “in the old times…. in the old times…. in the old times… this was… NOT A CRIME!” If you don’t know this band, shame on you. You really...
View ArticleIn the crowd — Nine Inch Nails, Manchester
Sunday 25th May 2014, 10.20pm (day 1,004) Tough choice today! Felt moved to do a Flickr album for the first time in ages as I felt I had a few to choose from. In the end though I went with this one, of...
View ArticleBassist, the Dictators
Thursday 4th August 2016, 9.20pm (day 1,806) I do the blog with a fairly crappy compact camera that needs replacing, only I can’t afford to at the moment. Rock gigs are like football matches, I’d...
View ArticlePort de Moulin, Sark
Monday 13th August 2018, 2.55pm (day 2,545) The Isle of Sark lies a few miles east of Guernsey and in the 16th century was the haunt of marauding pirates, at which point Queen Elizabeth the First...
View ArticleCraggy island?
Saturday 30th May 2020, 1.35pm (day 3,201) There continues to just about be enough visual interest around my locality to keep this all going. Who knows how long it will be before Authority deigns to...
View ArticleClimbing the Bowder
Friday 23rd July 2021, 3.25pm (day 3,620) Clare reaches the top of the steps that take one up onto the Bowder Stone — a famous attraction of the Lake District that I have never before seen. Its name...
View ArticleOut of season
Wednesday 30th November 2022, 3.40pm (day 4,115) Circumstances today brought me to Southport, a place that has featured twice on the blog before: here and here, both of them images of endless sand and...
View ArticleMain Post Office, Jamestown
Tuesday 24th January 2023, 9.55am (day 4,170) Philately is one of the few concerns that has ever made St Helena any money. If you want your hard-to-get first day covers of the local stamps, this is...
View ArticleRoger Daltrey does his scream
Sunday 9th July 2023, 9.35pm (day 4,336) The Who should have already appeared on this blog one way or another. I had tickets to see them in Manchester a few years ago and then couldn’t go for reasons...
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