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Sean Walters

@seanwrite.bsky.social

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Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.

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Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 46m

Blistering 1978 live recording of the song "Hearts" by proto-punk supergroup Sonic's Rendezvous Band led by Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5) and Ron Asheton (Stooges). From the official bootleg album Sweet Nothing recorded in Ann Arbor, Michigan. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rK9S...

Hearts ~ Sonic's Rendezvous Band

YouTube video by Pirate Radio

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 51m

Devo performing "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')” live in a 1978 concert. From their Brian Eno-produced debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwl...

DEVO - Sloppy - live 1978

YouTube video by Alain From France

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 2h

1972 song Sonderangebot" ("Special Offer") by iconic German Kosmische band Neu! Produced by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother with Conny Plank. From the band’s self-titled debut album. #Kosmische #Krautrock m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fm...

NEU! - Sonderangebot

YouTube video by groenlandrecords

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 14h

Four-Song Peel Session of theatrical UK post-punk band The Tea Set from March 25, 1980. Length: 15:33. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPnj...

The Tea Set - Peel Session 1980

YouTube video by Vibracobra23

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 15h

Sharp live 1976 version of "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson. Off the album It's Your World. m.youtube.com/watch?v=bujl...

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Home is where the hatred is (Live)

YouTube video by FreedysseusX

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 15h

1967 song “Life is Just Beginning” by British mod freak beat band The Creation. B-Side on debut single “How Does It Feel to Feel?”. Can be found on the band’s anthology Our Music is Red - With Purple Flashes. #ModRock #Freakbeat m.youtube.com/watch?v=SJHs...

The Creation-Life is Just Beginning

YouTube video by Rory O'Bannion

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 16h

La Castidad (Chastity) by late Chilean artist Carmen Aldunate (1940-2026). #RIPCarmenAldunate

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1978 song "Nicotine Stain" by post-punk band Siouxsie & the Banshees. From debut album The Scream. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=MAjG...

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Nicotine Stain

YouTube video by RadioCorbeau

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Four-Song Peel Session of British pre-New Wave band The Fabulous Poodles from October 3, 1978. Length: 15:13. #RIPTonyDeMeur m.youtube.com/watch?v=2b25...

FABULOUS POODLES - John Peel Session 1978

YouTube video by Rockula Bacchus

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tony De Meur, aka Ronnie Golden, has died. The singer/comedian was founder and vocalist of British pre-new wave band The Fabulous Poodles. A favourite of John Peel, the band was known for their witty lyrics and quirky stage antics. The band live in 1979. #RIPTonyDeMeur m.youtube.com/watch?v=1-cg...

"Mirror Star" Fabulous Poodles including Bobby Valentino

YouTube video by VennyBedePromotions

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Calypso legend Mighty Sparrow has died at 91. Ona of the Trinidadian’s best-known songs was 1967’s “Congo Man” which touched on topics such as racial inequality, interracial sex and political strife. Sparrow performing the song live in 1995. #RIPMightySparrow m.youtube.com/watch?v=SDV2...

G.B.T.V. CultureShare ARCHIVES 1995: MIGHTY SPARROW "Congo man" (HD)

YouTube video by CultureShare Studios

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1971 song "Where I Belong" by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Song originally on his debut album Can I Have My Money Back? Can be found on the V/A collection Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-1975. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_-S...

YouTube video by Gerry Rafferty - Topic

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Donovan vibe on 1968 Sunshine Pop tune “English Sparrows” by American singer-songwriter Paul Parrish. Opening song on his debut album The Forest of My Mind. He would later find fame in Germany in the 1970s as member of soft rock duo Parrish & Toppano. #SunshinePop m.youtube.com/watch?v=PvJ-...

Paul Parrish -[1]- English Sparrows

YouTube video by ThePsychedelicGroove

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Three-Song Peel Session of Birmingham electronic music band Plone from April 26, 1998. Length: 14:21. #Electronica m.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFx...

Plone - Peel Session 1998

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

2008 song "Endless Summer of the Damned" by British goth rock icons Bauhuas. From the band's reunion album Go Away White. #GothRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=azHO...

Endless Summer of the Damned

YouTube video by MoonSpiritFlower

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spiritualized performing "Little Girl" live in 2012 for BBC Radio 6. Song on 2012 studio album Sweet Heart, Sweet Light. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrqg...

Spiritualized perform Little Girl live at Maida Vale for BBC Radio 6 Music

YouTube video by BBC Radio 6 Music

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rhode Island power pop band Velvet Crush performing “Hold Me Up” on Conan O’Brien in July 1994. Opening song on their brilliant Teenage Symphonies to God album. #PowerPop m.youtube.com/watch?v=_26z...

Velvet Crush - Hold Me Up - 1994-07-15

YouTube video by steelygray

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sonic Youth performing “Kool Thing” Live on MTV in July 1992. The song was inspired by an interview Kim Gordon once conducted with LL Cool J. It reached #7 on the U.S. alternative chart. Originally on the 1990 studio album Goo. #SonicYouth m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkiz...

Sonic Youth - Kool Thing (Hangin' with MTV 1992)

YouTube video by Sonic Youth

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Full concert of Primal Scream live at the London Astoria in March 2000, promoting the XTRMNTR album. Length: 1:18:12. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8PU9...

Primal Scream live at Astoria 2000 complete

YouTube video by Crab Nebula

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2003 song “Can You Be True?” by Elvis Costello. From the LP North, an album influenced thematically and musically by his blossoming relationship with Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2f...

Can You Be True?

YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Early poster for a concert of The Fall in 1979. #FallFriday

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Four-Song Peel Session of T. Rex from October 26, 1970. Includes "Ride a White Swan". Length: 15:23. m.youtube.com/watch?v=q4z9...

T. Rex - Peel Session 1970

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

French actress Marina Vlady has died at 88. Two of her finest performances were in Marco Ferreri’s 1963 film The Conjugal Bed and Godard’s 1967 film-essay Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Vlady in the latter film. #RIPMarinaVlady m.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-n...

Due o tre cose che so di lei - I pensieri

YouTube video by CG Entertainment

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reggae session bassist Jackie Jackson has died at 79. He played on such classics as Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites”, and Toots’s “Pressure Drop”. His work on the Alton Ellis 1967 song “Girl I’ve Got a Date”’is a foundational rocksteady bassline. #RIPJackieJackson m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMd8...

Alton Ellis - Girl I've Got A Date

YouTube video by JABLESPANOL

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Welcome to the 1970s as thrift store used record regular James Last & his Orchestra perform their cover of Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine” live in 1974, #SpaceRock #Instrumental m.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2O...

James Last - Silver Machine

YouTube video by kreuhnkohrman

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Books bought at ABC Books closing sale - 6 books for $28 (2/2); Collected Novels and Plays (2002) by James Merrill New Rolling Stone Record Guide 2nd Edition (1983) Collected Stories (1984) by John O’Hara

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Books bought at ABC Books closing sale - 6 books for $28 (1/2); The Complete Poems 1927-1979 (1983) by Elizabeth Bishop Nothing/Doting/Blindness (1979) by Henry Green The Dark Stuff -Selected Writings on Riock Music (2nd Ed) by Nick Kent

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Four-Song Peel Session of David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars from January 11, 1972. Includes "Ziggy Stardust" and "Queen Bitch" and the cover of VU's "Waiting for the Man". Length: 15:15. #DavidBowie #GlamRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhd9...

David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars - Peel Session 1972

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1971 stoner rock anthem “Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath. The intro contains a fragment of a coughing fit by guitarist Tony Iommi, captured after he was smoking a large joint. Opening cut in the band’s third album, Master of Reality. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5dS...

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf (1971)

YouTube video by 70s Rocker

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Virginia guitarist Evan Johns died in 2017. His career started playing with the late Danny Gratton and he was the originator of the term “redneck jazz”. Playing "Would Not Lay My Guitar Down" live in 1987. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0eoT...

Evan Johns - would not lay my guitar down

YouTube video by christopher m coon

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1984 song “All Lovers are Deranged” By David Gilmour. Lyrics by Pete Townshend. From the Pink Floyd guitarist’s second solo album, About Face. #PinkFloyd m.youtube.com/watch?v=ni0i...

David Gilmour - All Lovers Are Deranged

YouTube video by Alessandro Rossi

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes performing "Siberian Khatru" live in a 1979 Philadelphia concert. Closing cut from the classic 1972 prog rock album Close to the Edge. #ProgRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3U...

Yes Live In Philadelphia (1979) Part 1- Siberian Khatru

YouTube video by devoutyesfan

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Figura de Mujer (1966) by late Argentine artist Carlos Alonso (1929-2026) #RIPCarlosAlonso

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hawkwind performing live for Studio 22 in Australia in 2000. Length: 26:08. #SpaceRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Qh...

Hawkwind @ Studio 22 Australia 2000

YouTube video by The Hawkwind Bootleg Emporium

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1998 song ^Time’s Up Part Ii” by English electronic dub group Rockers Hi-Fi. From the album Overproof. Length: 7:41. #Dub #Electronica m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvN...

Rockers Hi Fi – Times Up Part II

YouTube video by morfeus Opus

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And if you ever wanted to see a live version of "Okolona River Bottom Band" as performed by Bobbie Gentry with that sultan of sultriness, Bing Crosby, at the Hollywood Palace circa 1968 - here you go. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vyAz...

Bing Crosby and Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band

YouTube video by W Meeze

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1968 psych rock song "The Magic Train" by British freakbeat band The Flies. Their third and final single. They achieved notoriety for exploding bags of flour over their audience at the end of a live set. From anthology Complete Collection 1965-1968 #PsychRock #Freakbeat m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgpd...

THE FLIES - The magic train

YouTube video by MushroomMachineClub

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Four-Song Peel Session of British folk legends Fairport Convention from March 18, 1969. Includes a French-sung cover rendition of Bob Dylan’s “If You Gotta Go, Go Now”.. Length: 15:10. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqld...

Fairport Convention - Peel Session 1969

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1973 song “La Bomba in Testa” by late Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De Andre. The song is about a white collar worker who decides to build a bomb and blow up the Parliament. From the concept album Storia di un Impiegato. m.youtube.com/watch?v=T35A...

La Bomba In Testa

YouTube video by Fabrizio De André - Topic

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sex Pistols performing "Anarchy in the U.K." live in Sweden in July 1977. From the classic Never Mind the Bollocks... album. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=ICXd...

SEX PISTOLS - Anarchy in the UK - rare live at sweden 1977

YouTube video by Ernest O.

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Books bought at Deer Park & Roncesvalles United Church’s Book Sales (4 books for $10): On Movies (1968) by Dwight MacDonald Young Törless (1906) by Robert Musil Zazie in the Metro (1959) by Raymond Queneau Flesh (2025) by David Szalay

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Verve perform "Virtual World" live on UK show The Beat in 1993. From debut album A Storm in Heaven. m.youtube.com/watch?v=728E...

The Verve - Virtual World (Live @ On A Beat - 1993)

YouTube video by LeighMichelle75

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Cure performing “High” live in a 1993 concert. The studio version reached #8 on the UK chart. First single from the Wish album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cffw...

The Cure - High (Live Show 1993) (HD Remastered)

YouTube video by Remastered videos

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Three-Song Peel Session of American band Mercury Rev from July 13, 1993. Songs would appear on the band's sophomore studio album Boces. Length: 17:26. m.youtube.com/watch?v=goQe...

Mercury Rev - Peel Session 1993

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dr. John & Johnny Winter live on the show IN SESSION in November 1983. Length: 47:54. #NewOrleans #Blues m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1_...

Johnny Winter - Dr John - In Session complete

YouTube video by rknrne

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leon Russell sings "This Masquerade" live in 2002. On DVD A Song for You. Covered by George Benson. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVtY...

Leon Russell - This Masquerade - Leon And His Piano

YouTube video by David Karwowski

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Sisters of Mercy cover the Bob Dylan song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" live at a 1985 concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Song was included as a B-Side on 1990 single "Doctor Jeep." #GothRock #BobDylan m.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7u...

Sisters Of Mercy - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Live in London - Royal Albert Hall 1985

YouTube video by bngbootlegs

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Four-Song Peel Session of The Fall from May 30, 1978. Includes "Mother Sister". Length: 12:29. #FallFriday #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=LD_T...

The Fall - Peel Session 1978

YouTube video by Vibracobra23

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Peel Session version of "Dreams Burn Down" by UK band Ride from February 4, 1990. Studio version on Nowhere album. #Shoegaze m.youtube.com/watch?v=ArJl...

Ride - Dreams Burn Down (John Peel session)

YouTube video by RideOfficial

Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Billy Bragg performing “Strange Things Happen” live on The Tube in January 1985. Song can be found on his early album Brewing Up With Billy Bragg. m.youtube.com/watch?v=44dc...

Billy Bragg - Strange Things Happen LIVE * UK TV Jan 6 1985 * Talking With The Taxman About Poetry

YouTube video by heldopen