I’m a Local Government lifer, Musician and Linux dabbler. This is a large and sprawling disorganised mess - a bit like me really. I’m interested in lots of things at the same time but a LOT of music. I’m not really doing this for any particular purpose other than being an old-ish dog learning some new tricks
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Seminal Romney Marsh Grindcore lunacy from the mid 80’s - “Septik Breth” were two of my friends with a cheap keyboard, a drum machine, some guitars and basses and a karaoke cassette machine in a garage somewhere in Littlestone. Excavated Releases of “Septik Breth” and “Bonjela”
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A collection of songs created by two American expatriates living in London in 1980. Recorded in their living room on a Teac tape machine, Synthesis was entirely composed and performed on a mail order Serge synthesizer kit that Planetary Peace (the husband and wife duo of Will & Kalima Sawyer) had built themselves.
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Croxley Green is both a village and a suburb of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is also a civil parish. Located on the A412 between Watford to the north-east and Rickmansworth to the south-west, it is approximately 20 miles north-west of central London.
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Tala Vala combine experimental recording methods bridging marginalised genres, synths, brass and strings, jagged guitars and primal percussion. Both the Ep and album were recorded on 2 inch tape and mixed by Jake Jackson who engineering credits include Mica Levi and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.
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Charlene Knight recorded as a solo artist on Pamela Records in 1961 with the sides_If You Pass Me By / If My Dreams Come True. and in 1962 as Bob O’Donnell & The Tru-Tones_Shy Boy / The Magic Trumpet.
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BBC 6 Music - Zakia Sewell - Dream Time
Zakia Sewell is a hidden gem on Sunday evenings on BBC6 Music. 2 hours of themed and expansive radio with an emphasis on dreams.
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Colley’s Dog 5.2% ABV Yeast, hops, water and malt. Lots and lots of malt. Tasting notes This dark ruby premium ale is all about the malt, and we’ve packed a lot into this brew. It’s nutty, it’s malty and full of body. An old school strong English bitter.
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“Dog” by artist Diego De La Rosa. oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches 2022.
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More adventures in reluctant software development.
Having discovered last week that a heady brew of Mermaid scripting and AI could speed up some epic and dull process mapping for a caseload database system, I thrashed out some charts to send to the overseers.
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The Rainy Daze was a psychedelic pop group formed in Denver, Colorado in 1965. They were composed of singer/guitarist Tim Gilbert with his brother Kip on drums, lead guitarist Mac Ferris, bassist Sam Fuller, and keyboardist Bob Heckendorf.
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