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

some enhanced images

I'm currently enhancing loads of blurry gig images from over the years.....

Pictures I Have Taken......

keep checking back here for daily additions

The Upper George , Halifax

View all the images Here:

So. I was looking " Proper Hard" as usual........

ßénchplayer · Alison

ßénchplayer · Solsbury Hill

𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯 𝘛'𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯.....♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

All my photo's this morning are Here

 

I had an hour to kill this morning , so I had a walk up to The Bridestones ( between Todmorden & Blackshaw Edge) Like walking up T'Moon! click for it's History

what was done to Jeremy Corbyn this week was terrible

 

"𝐴 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑" : 𝐷𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑠

 

I have only been briefly out of the house twice in the last 7 days. 

Flu:nose-bleeds : coughs; blah-blah-blah . I wondered "Covid" but ,thankfully the result was

 " negative".

 Comfort of sorts! Anyway to cheer myself up , I've booked tickets to see Don Letts in Todmorden in May . 

Today's  audio is Elvis Costello Live at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA; June 3, 1991. So,  the image is a photo i took of  a figure on Ken's Living Room wall this afternoon : he has a bust of an arab sticking out of the plaster ( I didn't like to ask...) +  he gave me some Moldovan Chocolates , to cheer me up . The most exciting thing that's happened all week........

 

ßénchplayer · (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

ßénchplayer · Alison

Lest We Forget

 

dropping a clanger

Someone on twitter wrote regarding this image :

"This is a genuinely, albeit inadvertently, interesting piece of political communication imo. The allusion to the 90s via the visual Friends reference, Creasy’s baby in there as a nod to liberal feminism and to signal that the managerial class should be able to do as they please."  

It's either that , or else Keith just farted............

 

 

in Halifax tonight

album

 

Tony Blair's Best Mate

𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 "𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓" 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅

You Can Sign The Petition HERE Already over a million people have signed it

Facebook are taking away my video profile picture Bastards! So I'm just parking it here!

 

I Contain Multitudes

Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, West Virginia; November 13, 2021

ßénchplayer · I Contain Multitudes

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2021

 

King Cross Halifax: 1948

The Winter of 1948 This is a Sepia Saturday post

Merry Christmas from Cathy & Tony

'Blue ' Live

Joni Mitchell : 9 songs The photo is the view from Pizza Hut in Halifax ! Merry Christmas X

ßénchplayer · Blue : Live

Halifax18th December 2021

 

Manchester

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medicated goo

Me Cathy & Chris all had our Boosters in Todmorden on Wednesday ( it should have been Monday but stormdamage closed the Health Centre that day) We had Moderna ( the first two had been Astra Zenica) I had a slight reaction . Fevered dreams and a sore arm for 2 days , but nothing this tough lad couldn't handle ! I treated myself today ( Friday) to a 70 lap swim & a 3 hour sauna .That's my longest sweat in over 2 years ! Delicious !

Jackie Leven : Classic Northern Diversions

JACKIE LEVEN : wikipedia

dear sweet Jackie .Much Missed x

 

JACKIE LEVEN : wikipedia

Today in Halifax

 

Jackson Browne ~ this month

ßénchplayer · In The Shape Of A Heart

Sarah Moss ~ my latest literary crush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Moss

 

he knew all the journey's fortresses

Rune stone, Kungshållet, Kjula, Södermanland, Sweden in 1929. 

 The inscription reads:  

‘Alrik, Sigrid’s son, raised the stone in memory of his father Spjut, who had been in the west, broken down and fought in townships. He knew all the journey’s fortresses.’“

 

A very old friend is being seen for lung cancer. I've been supporting them in Huddersfield & Leeds these weeks.....

ßénchplayer · . Free As A Bird

The audio is a very rare Beatles outtake.

Basket In The Pool

Full Concert :

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=5361

Nothing to report. Very quiet atm.

Been full of cold & Sinus .Hey-Hoy This is Phil Och in Hollywood in 1970

ßénchplayer · Basket In The Pool

Gram Parsons

80 minutes long. A lovely tribute.

ßénchplayer · Gram

Gram's Birthday Today ( 1946) Walter Egan & the Grampyres with Chris James The 5 Spot Nashville, TN November 5, 2010 Hee-Haw ( etc etc)

"𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑦𝑛": still going well i see......

Part of me ( probably not the nice part ) thinks it serves us right......