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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 40m

Northern Lights right now in the Lake District.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 14h

We’re having a week in the Lake District. We arrived after dark yesterday and just woke up to this:

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Current location: Charnock Richard services on the M6 heading for a week in the Lake District. Footwear: Merrell Moab 2 (model’s own)

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A Certain Ratio (@acertainratio.bsky.social) ripping up the Exchange in Bristol tonight playing the Sextet and Force albums in full. Highly recommended if this tour is coming your way. Good to see Jez apparently healthier than he was last time. #MDANT night out with @timburrows19.bsky.social

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The evening’s entertainment beckons.

Theatre handbill: Stewart Lee vs. the Man-Wulf

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dermatologist recommended minor surgery for a non-urgent biopsy today. I braced myself for the 16-18 week wait that’s been widely discussed and she said “Can you wait 20 minutes? We have an opening at 11:30”. They got me in at 11:25 and I was all done by 12:15. Support & celebrate your NHS!

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Weddoes. They’re touring Seamonsters and will be in my neck of the woods in a couple of weeks.

Seamonsters by The Wedding Present LP spinning on deck.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Next up in You Must Gee Them All 2026: Fall Heads Roll I had lost touch with The Fall for a while and reconnected about this time so this one has a soft spot for me - mostly driven by the reassurance that they were still a force to be reckoned with.

Screen grab of a collection of photos starting with Steve Pringle’s You Must Get Them All book cover then 28 albums, CDs and a cassette of The Fall albums in chronological order.

Planning to finish by year end.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social I’m reading 21st Century Yokel and your piece about naming a housing development after what was destroyed in order to build said development. I thought you might enjoy this refreshingly blunt one near us in Gloucestershire.

Generic red brick housing development called “The Old Garden Centre, Staunton”.

This was indeed an old garden centre, a family-run independent that was a pleasure to visit but did not survive the Covid era.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Agreed. This new one is very much up to the standard set by its predecessors.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Honestly thought you had a picture of our Rupi there, Bruce.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

First time trying @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social on audiobook. Also my first of his non-fiction. He still draws you into his magical world, even if his accent wasn’t what I expected.

Screenshot of 21st Century Yokel by Tom Cox on the BorrowBox app.

Don’t that forget your local library often has titles that you might not expect.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Joe Jackson at Bristol Beacon tonight. My sixth or seventh time seeing him over almost 50 years and always a treat. High calibre band too including his stalwart bassist, Graham Maby.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight’s sunset from my favourite daughter in Portsmouth.

A highly dramatic sunset in pastel shades.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just replaced this old bird box that’s been up and undisturbed since at least 2019 when we moved here. This thing had archeological levels of historical strata in it.

A bird box with the roof and side removed. It is about 60% full of old nesting materials.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes, They had sheets of plywood over the ice but if you stood still for more than a minute you’d feel it. Thankfully the “camping” was in a gym next door with my dad’s old woollen overcoat as a sleeping bag. Hitchhiked from uni at Bradford where New Order played again six weeks later as seen here.

Barney Sumner crouching down with his guitar in atmospheric black and white.

Pic by a uni friend Andy Jones.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I jumped on board for Futurama 4 in 1982, held on an ice rink in Queensferry.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How to get married life off to a good start? Make a record shop visit part of your nuptials. I can highly recommend Carnival Records for people of all marital statuses if you’re ever in or near Great Malvern.

Photos show a bride and groom in full outfits posing in a record shop. The Wedding Present’s George Best is notably present.

Text:

Carnival Records
2h • ©
Love in the Afternoon... vinyl fans Elliot Rouse and his bride Beth (nee Cox) couldn't resist a quick browse at Carnival after their nuptials in Malvern on Saturday.
Elliot, 35, who is in sales, and Beth, 34, who works in marketing, tied the knot at the town's Bar Limon restaurant where they later threw a party for family and friends.
The couple, from Stourport, will honeymoon in Brecon.
Come on everybody, give them some love!
🥰

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Forty years ago today I proposed to this amazing being in the bandstand at Pittville Park, Cheltenham. I’m glad to report that she said Yes.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, this’ll be my third time in about as many years. They keep returning to The Exchange in Bristol which is a brilliant little venue.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@acertainratio.bsky.social - Sextet (2020 white reissue) - Force (2017 yellow reissue) Off to see them play both in Bristol in a couple weeks.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can - Live In Arles 1975 Arrived today to join its siblings - each one different, each one an absolute delight.

Can Live in Arles 1975 spinning on black vinyl

All six of the recent Can live reissues all lined up.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight’s Gloucestershire sunset is too broad for a single pic so here’s a video.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You’re OK. Officially it doesn’t start until 1st December.

WHAMAGEDDON
THE RULES
THE IST RULE
The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing
WHAM's Christmas classic; "Last Christmas".
THE 2ND RULE
The game starts on December Ist, and ends at midnight on December 24th.
(Yes, we're European heathens)
THE 3RD RULE
Only the original version applies.
Enjoy the fuck out of remixes and covers.
THE ЧTH RULE
You're out as soon as you recognise the song.
BONUS RULE
Post on social media with the #whamageddon hashtag when you get hit.
PUP?
While we can't stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So don't be a dick, mkay?

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mad Professor played a killer set a local brewery last summer. Great night out.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Went to see Wilko - Love & Death tonight. “It’s not a jukebox musical, it’s an illustrated monologue”. Moving performance by Johnson Willis (sic) as Wilko, interspersed with Feelgood’s early hits. Recommended but an odd sound mix with Wilko’s guitar almost lost behind the other instruments.

A band onstage as early-era Dr Feelgood.

Johnson Willis as Wilko Johnson, black and red Telecaster and all.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Priory Park, Malvern looking rather lively tonight.

Almost full moon over parkland and pond.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Partially. I boxed these myself in US Banker Boxes, then they were shipped transatlantic by sea and stored six months until we found a permanent home. No damage at all. I included them on the shipping insurance at Discogs median price as part of the overall value of our stuff.

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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m seeing lots of pics of Siouxsie at the Alexander MacQueen show but how many notice that Amy Taylor is wearing genuine Macqueen tartan, even if it is spelt wrong?