Yorkshire TV was never really known for pop music, but in the mid-70s, they would sometimes fill space between programmes with a bit of Modern Popular Music. This meant that…
Listening Diary 2026-01-28
Future Falling – The Album Leaf – https://thealbumleaf.bandcamp.com/album/future-falling – Most recent LP from Californian ambient/shoegazer Jimmy Lavalle and friends, his sixth since 1999 and seven years after the previous one.…
Listening Diary 2026-01-23
Sidings – Craven Faults – https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings – another epic journey through time and Yorkshire, following closed railway lines and abandoned industrial spaces on the ground and in the mind. The…
Listening Diary 2026-01-20
Some #jamuary offerings… Jamary 2026 – Paul Griffin – @paul_griffin https://bandwagon.fm/6957f558043e674cdf5a793e – Paul has risen to the challenge and has produced a track a day so far ranging from techno…
Listening Diary 2026-01-19
Black Arrow – Roberta Fidora – @robertafidora https://robertafidora.bandcamp.com/album/black-arrow-2 Ether/Orbit – Roberta Fidora – @robertafidora https://robertafidora.bandcamp.com/album/ether-orbit – The fedi’s favourite popstress (copyright Smash Hits 1987) gets conceptual with two long form…
The gift of sound and vision
The contents of the old Experience TV gallery at the National Media Musuem have been reinstated as Sound and Vision at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford as…
Jamuary 2026
I’m going to have a go at #jamuary this year. I think the general plan will be to switch things on, hit record and see what comes out. Here we…
New year, new blog
I’ve finally got myself together to create a proper website, and what better way to launch it than on New Year’s morning when everyone is still either asleep or standing…
Listening Diary 2024-10-18
The Advisory Circle: As The Crow Flies https://iamblip.bandcamp.com/album/old-gear I Am Blip: Old Things https://iamblip.bandcamp.com/album/old-gear Birmingham Electric: Communication https://birminghamelectric.bandcamp.com/album/communication
Listening Diary 2024-10-17
Cluster: Cluster 71 https://clusterofficial.bandcamp.com/album/cluster-71 Anthony Manning: Islets in Pink Polypropylene https://germstore.bandcamp.com/album/islets-in-pink-polypropylene-1994 Sun Electric: Castor & Pollux https://sunelectric.bandcamp.com/album/30794-live-1995