Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Good times with the mighty Cabaret Voltaire in Dublin last night. Delighted to see Chris Watson back in the line-up for this next run of shows. Go and see them if you can. 0110
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. 080
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 · 31/07/2026Ha! Very good. I'm strictly Dandelion & Burdock these days x 010
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 140
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Rather lovely light installation spotted at King's Cross station, London yesterday. 020
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 · 24/07/2026Ah Simon, thank you so much. That means a lot. Mission accomplished. 010
Roger Quail @rogerquail.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I know! It was 16 weeks minimum before I retired, and that was quick. 010
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 · 13/05/2026Wild Horses were (I think) a Thin Lizzy spin-off. 120
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 · 07/05/2026Not sure which is more scary. The big plant or John Duttine's beard. 100
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 · 28/04/2026It was a smashing place, looking longingly at the lists on the wall: "got, got, not got, want, can't stand, etc etc..." 010
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 · 27/03/2026Hiya, ah thanks so much, really appreciate it. No, it's buried in the vaults somewhere, I've not heard it since we recorded (and rejected) it. Thanks for digging out 'Big Slam'! All the best and thanks again, Rog 010
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