Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I can't hear the name of the UK PM without thinking about the Tom Waits' song "Uncle Vernon." "Andy Burnham, Andy Burnham, Independent as a hog on ice, He's a big shot, Up In Manchester, Where everybody says he's nice." 240
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Good times with The Wailers in Dublin last night. Nice to hear "Rat Race", "Rastaman Vibration" and "Smile Jamaica" mixed in with all your Sunshine Radio favourites. 030
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Apparently it's International Cat Day. Here are Linda and Louise giving it some 80s Synth Duo. 070
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"🎵Looking for A Certain Ratio! 🎶" Spotted in Dublin this week. 030
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Happy birthday to Elizabeth Beresford, born in Paris on 6th August 1926. 130
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Last night in Dublin. The Arsenal team in their pre-match huddle discussing how they can sell more of their (it has to be said) rather fetching canary-yellow third-kit. 010
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"It's fun to play at the YMCA..." 😀 On this day in 1979. My first gig in London. Good times at The Prince Of Wales Conference Centre under the YMCA on Tottenham Court Road. 070
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Hi Folks, Friday plug for my latest podcast and blog episode. Back to 1980 for the recording of "Thirst", the second album by ClockDVA. Interested? Then follow the links... blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com podcast - lnk.bio/rogerquail Have a smashing weekend, Rogx 130
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Rather lovely light installation spotted at King's Cross station, London yesterday. 010
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A start-the-week plug for my latest blog & podcast episode. Back to the autumn of 1980 and the recording of "Thirst", the second album by Sheffield band ClockDVA. podcast - lnk.bio/rogerquail blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com 061
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I just shared a new blog & podcast episode. I went back to my teenage diaries to talk about the recording of "Thirst" by ClockDVA, way back in 1980. Follow the links - podcast: lnk.bio/rogerquail blog: www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com #sheffield #clockdva #postpunk 2102
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Saw "The Odyssey" at The IFI in Dublin yesterday. (Epic voyage fuelled by their very good coffee and banana loaf.) I really enjoyed it, well worth a look. 030
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 13/07/2026When in the West of Ireland, a bit of the old "near/faraway" is always welcome. 020
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 06/07/2026If I were to describe a record shop located in a small, sleepy Irish town, that only opens for a couple of hours on Sunday mornings, with two dogs roaming around and free tea and coffee; it might sound like "Brigadoon" rewritten by Nick Hornby. Happily, it's very real. Vintage Vinyl in Rathangan. 190
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Look, it's my first (and almost certainly last) magazine front cover, and it only took 45 years to get. Of course I'm going to have it framed. Thank you Push and Electronic Sound. 1110
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 02/07/2026€15 to watch the National Symphony Orchestra play Mendelssohn, Massenet, Saint-Saens and R. Vaughan Williams at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. An absolute bargain. 020
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Really enjoyed CV in Brussels last Friday. Everything: set-list, production, sound & the onstage confidence felt like a big leap forward from Manchester last year. Very much looking forward to Dublin in October. Try and see them if you can before the show comes to the end of the road in Sheffield. 1153
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Released today. Really happy to see 'Thirst' by ClockDVA back out in the world. 0151
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Spotted on the wall of an old, long-closed newsagent in Dun Laoghaire. 060
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Good times. Thank you Arsenal. Photo (and replica trophy) courtesy of Adrian at Marcie's pub in Trim. 120
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Congratulations to Daniel Dylan Wray on the publication of his book on Sheffield music from 1960 to 2020. I'm delighted to have made a small contribution to the story and happier still to receive a glowing endorsement for my blog www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com 1121
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Delighted to get my hands on one of these pump clips for the recent brew of "Nag Nag Nag" from Bradfield Brewery. Thank you to Sheffield pal Brent Sharp who brought it over to Ireland this week. 070
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 12/05/202612.05.1979. Arsenal beat Man Utd. 3-2 in the "Five-minute final" at Wembley. Further north, I joined ClockDVA. 0110
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Hello Sunshine. A trip down the time tunnel with Super Furry Animals in Dublin last night. 0111
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I really like it when the postie delivers something that you had completely forgotten that you had ordered. It's like a little Christmas. 090
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Spotted on a recent trip to Sheffield. The old shop front for Revolution Records, high up on the now mostly derelict Castle Market Arcade walkway. Pictured outside the shop in its punk-rock heyday are Paul Weller of The Jam, shop owner Pete Martin and young fan Michael Denton. 1122
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 26/04/202626.04.1980. DVA recorded 'White Souls In Black Suits' in an old 'Little Mesters' garret in Sheffield. I'm very happy that 'White Souls' is back out in the world again. This new re-release by Mute Records is the closest that the listener will ever get to being in the room on that day in Spring 1980. 071
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It's taken some time, but my podcast finally reached 25,000 downloads. Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to check out an episode or two. If you don't know what I'm banging on about, follow the link to check it out on Apple, Spotify or YouTube: lnk.bio/rogerquail 090
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Meanwhile, in Central Spain. An imposter is spotted in the solemn Easter week procession... 020
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 22/03/2026New blog & podcast up. Back to January 1985 and the last night of The Box at The Leadmill in Sheffield. Blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com podcast options - lnk.bio/rogerquail RSS - feeds.buzzsprout.com/289673.rss Box photo by Pete Care. Sheffield 1984. 141
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 20/03/2026New blog & podcast episode up! The last gig by Sheffield band The Box at The Leadmill in January 1985. Links: blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com podcast - lnk.bio/rogerquail (I've just switched to Lnk.Bio so please let me know of any gremlins in the links.) Enjoy! 030
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Help needed. Can't stop saying "In the Straits of Hormuz" in the same sultry style of D. Bowie's "On the streets of Brazil". 173
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 09/03/2026"The next ship from platform 9 will call at all stations to Alpha Centauri..." Mons railway station doing a good impression of an interstellar space port. 1658
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Spotted in Lille. The lesser-known French tribute act. 1194
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 04/03/2026The Courtauld Gallery. Come for the Seurat, stay for the staircase. 040
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 16/02/2026It's only taken 45 years but I've finally made it to the cover of a magazine. (I took the photo too, which is a bonus.) Myself and fellow X-DVA guitarist David Hammond celebrating in Dublin over the weekend. 2191
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Snail, meet Ark. thequietus.com/news/clock-d...thequietus.comClock DVA Unveil 'Thirst' Reissue | The QuietusClock DVA’s 1981 album Thirst is getting reissued. Marking 45 years since its original release, the band’s second studio LP has been newly remastered especially for the updated edition. The reissue wi... 172
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 30/12/202521 years and 2 days since I moved to Ireland. Happy out. 060
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 15/12/202515th December 1979 and members of Sheffield bands Clock DVA, Stunt Kites, I'm So Hollow & Vice Versa gather to have their photo taken by Pete Hill, ahead of the release of "1980: The First 15 Minutes" on VV's Neutron Records label. Remembering Judd and Steve Chapman. Long gone, not forgotten. 1151
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 02/12/2025December 1967. Sheffield boutique Lift Up Your Skirt And Fly, at the junction of Howard St. and Norfolk Street. (Photo: JR James Archive). 070
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Thank you folks for checking out my latest blog & podcast about Marc Almond's visit to The Leadmill in October 1984. If you haven't dipped in yet, here are the links: Apple - bit.ly/4rtcl0G Spotify - bit.ly/4pdo4yQ YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6 Blog - bit.ly/3Mvj89S 010
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Saturday morning plug for my latest podcast and blog episode. October 1984 and a trip to see Marc Almond launch his solo career at The Leadmill in Sheffield. Links: podcast - pods.to/ex8mxwr blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com YouTube - bit.ly/47KfCQ6 030
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Really enjoyed catching up with Mal & Chris at their Cabaret Voltaire gig in Manchester this week. 2110