"some travel restrictions"

Tis a shame,this just arrived this morning. We were quite looking forward to it. Oddly, Sea Powers big tour ( due in Manchester this week ) has cancelled some dates due to Covid. It seems the Gods are restless.....

Bone In My Ear

Some  photos I took at this week at Valley Antiques in Hebden Bridge. Our first Post-Covid visit there.... [link]

The audio is Bruce Coburn in 1997.

By the way, my arms have healed ( for now ! )

ßénchplayer · Bone in My Ear

the photo doesn't do that stuffed parrot justice! so manky, falling to bits..... ! Poor Soul :(

a video of Jayn Hanna Wissenberg

Jayn Hanna Wissenberg , the singer with the band Darkher who we see play live next Tuesday night : (hopeful) some of my images of that here later

𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑛' 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑧𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑔𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡 !

𝐻𝑒𝑦 𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑠 ! 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 1066!

This evening I booked some tickets for Hope Baptist Church in Hebden Bridge next week .

 We see The Devils Parade ( 'Hungarian Doom Folk') Forndom ( 'Swedish Atmospheric Nordic Folk') and Darkher ( 'Haunting Etheral Doom' ) 

Frankly I havn't a clue!  blushes..........

But , pop -pickers,it's sure to be a memorable evening whatever!

ßénchplayer · Joy

LUCINDA WILLIAMS "JOY" Live at La Zona Rosa, Austin Texas March 20, 1994.

He said, there's a body I'm tryin' to find....

 

My skin is getting older . 

Loads of bruises this week on both my arms.

 It seems this happens as your skin gets old . Ironically , most of my 'wounds' I can place from swimming ( brushing my arms on the swimming pool' lockers: brushing my arms against the lane ropes ;etc etc)

Hey -hoy! :)

ßénchplayer · Isis

Live at the War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, MA; October 30, 1975

Phil's 70 th Birthday Curry

My new Azov Battalion haircut

Mannequins used in an Atom Bomb Test in Nevada, 1955

Now I ,finally, understand what those lyrics were all about ... ;) We "need to know" when we most need to know.

ßénchplayer · A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Halifax. Monday 14th March 2022

 

ßénchplayer · Us And Them

A Littleborough Curry

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Stop The War ( Manchester today )

 

Sea Power : Hebden Bridge Trades Club

I went to see Sea Power at The Hebden Bridge Trades Club last night !

 Bit of a surprise I was there tbh. Tickets for this Launch of their new album had been sold out weeks ago. I was a bit sick not to be seeing them ( I've seen them 5 times before .The first time being 2006 in Manchester ).But had resigned myself to missing today. 

But i heard it thru the grapevine that ,because of the fear of floods & transport disruption over the weekend , many of their travelling Barmy Army from Leeds & Manchester had blobbed.So tickets to spare! I dashed down to the Trades at 8:30pm on the night , they were due onstage at 9 , and got in ! Phew! From Slippers to Rock N Roll in 20 minutes! I should be in The Olympics !

 A Strange Coda to the evening Halfway through the set , a bloke next to me , had what i think was a suspected heart attack. His partner asked me to "look after him" while she fought thru the mosh pit to ring an ambulance & alert staff. After 10 minutes , she came back with them. and we helped the bloke down the Fire Escape at the back of the building. As he left the building the band played " No Lucifer". And in a further creepy twist, one of their new songs mentions " Fire Escapes" in the lyrics ! I hope he was ok........? 

 

 

Sophie Ryder at The Piece Hall

Main image is that of the newish permanent sculpture of Ann Lister ( AKA "Gentleman Jack" ).

 

Details here:

ßénchplayer · Helpless

R. I. P. Paul Gledhill

Sad.Sudden.Shocking News .

 I hear that Paul has died. 

I worked with him for several years. he also came with me to see Bob Dylan in Manchester once.

 We lost touch after I retired. The last time I saw him was during the first Covid Clampdown .I took this photo of him with his " Lockdown Beard". Currently, 

I have no more details yet....

ßénchplayer · Darkness to Light

𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 : 𝘋𝘈𝘔𝘖𝘕 𝘈𝘓𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘕