kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm afraid that future has been cancelled. You may need to board the parallel future arriving on platform 3, in 20 minutes. Better get your skates on. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I think Julian and Sandy would agree that is very bold. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Post and packing is another £3.99 so still around $41, but I don't use Amazon; probably a bit stupid but there you go. 020
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I'd buy the Tubers LP but something like that costs the equivalent of around 45 of your US dollars now. Even the CD would be around $25. I'm getting priced out of new music. 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I don't t know this bunch at all, but I've just listened to it and it is a total delight. I shall have to get to know them better. 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It did go something like that, along the lines of, "Listen. It's so quiet". The main reason for buying any CD back then was for extra tracks which weren't on the record- two home demos on the XTC. I never thought I'd ever own a CD player, but I knew someone who could tape my CD for me to listen to. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I also bought CDs before I had anything to play them on. One of them was a 3" disc of XTC 'King For a Day' in a die-cut sleeve. A friend of mine was an early adopter and was insistent I listened to 'Telegraph Road' by Dire Straits because it was so free of the extraneous sounds of his LP. 110
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thank God. I was beginning to worry about that cat- long time no see. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Looking forward to it's arrival although stupidly I have just left the country and am currently in Australia. In my defence it's not my idea to be here-promises were made that weren't kept. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Would be nice to see a UK issue of William Carlos Whitten and Diana Crash 'Telepaths' CD can you help @wormholeworld.bsky.social ... @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social 142
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I was thinking them- also Wormhole World have form. 021
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026That's probably the answer. We need to get some hep cats on the case. 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026In my experience it's usually the other way around. I can certainly send an LP to the US much cheaper than I could have one sent to me. Post everywhere is quite pricey now, but the US most definitely does not want to trade with other people- well only in one direction. 011
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Need some more CDs of this, and UK distribution. 210
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Yes it is. We like our pair of Dunnocks. We don't get anything like the variety of birds you get- no finches at all. Mostly Great, Blue, and Long-Tailed Tits, Collared Doves, Wood Pigeons, Blackbirds (but not so plentiful of late) and the occasional Wren. Robins too, of course. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Always think of Harry Hill when I hear Sild www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiOY...youtube.comSild for Christmas | The Harry Hill ShowYouTube video by HARRY HILL 000
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Dunnocks certainly have had a bumper year. We always have two around but I looked out this evening and said to Claire, with a note of excitement in my voice, "there are six Dunnocks out there". 110
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Keep your eyes peeled for this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HN...youtube.comPeter Cusack and Clive Bell - Bird Jumps Into Wood (Side 1)YouTube video by Celestialrailroad 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026You can always guarantee that Peter Cusack will be, at the bare minimum, interesting- which is a very decent starting point. 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Bought this book from Tom last year and I can confirm, as some others have said, that the room I was in also became very dusty as I neared the end- dust affecting my eyes and so on. Best read in a vacuum. 091
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026New CD from Dan Haywood. I don't often bandy the word Genius about except, maybe, when I'm talking about Vic Godard. I'm going to bandy it about in the case of Dan Haywood, though. danhaywood.bandcamp.com/album/ten-si...danhaywood.bandcamp.comTen Signs, by Dan Haywood & Harvey Lord10 track album 053
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Obviously a corker, but I'd like to see less remastering and HDing of stuff- including us human beings. 022
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Could almost pass for the world's best cat. I'd have to see it close up to be sure. 000
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Kit appear to be releasing a lot of stuff just lately- usually interesting stuff. 110
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Agreed. Cut off point will be when I get my state pension. I just put on a pair of Black Brogues (Loakes) and walked down our hall. Only 30 ft but it felt good (wooden floor). Then I strode into town to meet Claire, like a beast. Return journey not so Lee as I was pushing a wheelchair. 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Are we getting to old for it now do you think? 100
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026If I'm in a long corridor I always walk down it like Lee Marvin if possible. I still wear actual shoes so that helps. 281
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We also have Pelican, Puffin, and Toucan crossings. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Enjoyed the Lone Capture Library record from last year. I don't think he gets it right every time- well not for me anyway- but it's very good when he does. I also respect his right to get it wrong for me but right for others. 110
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026We don't even have the ground over here. We hover everywhere over huge yawning voids of infinite space. 000
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026No, modern life is great* because you can buy it on a CD for less than half the price of the double LP and only £1 more than a D/L and listen to it without having to get out of your chair every 15 minutes. *point taken, though because everything else is rubbish. 021
Reposted by kestrelblazerHouse of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 28/05/2026RIP Steve Barrow. 🙏 Prior to the magnificent Blood and Fire label, Steve worked for Trojan. In the late 80s he dug deep into their archive and compiled dozens of LPs that contained many rare reggae and rocksteady gems. Here's just 9 of those incredible LPs... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #musicsky 1013827
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I came by him via Series Two Records, in the old days, when people were still putting out CDRs, and you could afford to buy from the U.S. There was a lot of good, weedy-pop on Series Two. Gotta say I miss those days; there was a charming naivety about life which has long gone. 021
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I'm in the kitchen with a 2 day old doughnut and some Ethiopian coffee. It's 80 degrees here. This beautiful Ryoko Akama CD is just the thing- long, lingering notes, and silence, and not quite silence. some of my favourite performers on here, specifically Cyril Bondi, and Stefan Thut. 041
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026You deluded fool! We were promised three days of 'thundery showers' last week by the BBC weather page. Result? Nowt, not even drizzle. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Kali Malone 'Studies for Organ (Rehearsal Demo Tape). A nice bit of droney organ. Five years old now. Hanne Lappard 'PigeonPostParis'. Her voice acts on me a bit like Kali's droney organ and there is music chiming in the background. A favourite tape of mine by a fascinating artist. #cassunday 0101
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Yes, I have this. I especially like the tracks that feature Linda Thompson. She has such a beautiful, clear, and natural voice. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Hard to beat bread and butter. After that it's just window dressing. 020
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I wonder who it was that used to drastically reduce things to 72p? 120
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Xanthoceras sorbifolium looking good just now. I recommend this for a trouble free spring flowering large shrub. The leaves are equally delightful having a narrow fern-like appearance. This is in the driest most sandy soiled part of our garden but is completely reliable. 010
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Kick-arse record for those who need their arse kicked. #NowPlaying 040
kestrelblazer @kestrelblazer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026New DJ Mitmitta Ethiopian tape on Ultraaani. His first tape is a long time favourite and came in an Ethiopian fabric pouch. The new tape features a bunch of keyboard instrumentals often simply a band jamming to fill up the end of a tape where they'd just backed a singer. #cassunday 070
