Photo a Day

A healthy habit, fatmumslim prompts are followed.

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Music

The very stuff of life. Listenings shared.

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Books

Shit I've read this year, it's a habit that keeps me sane.

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Where my keys should be

June 9th Where my keys should be

9th, Architecture, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Indie, June 2025, Monday, Music, Photos

Where my keys should beWhere my keys should be, A good day.

Music

  1. Sox From The Band Tugboat Captain – The World Is Big And I Feel Scared
  2. Henry & Sox – Thought I Found A Glow Worm
  3. Tugboat Captain – Bosch
  4. Tugboat Captain – Be Strong, Smoke Less
  5. Tugboat Captain – Day To Day
  6. Tugboat Captain – Artificially
  7. Tugboat Captain – The Distance
  8. Tugboat Captain – Flash Of Light
  9. Tugboat Captain – Deep Sea Diving
  10. Tugboat Captain – No Plans (For This Year)
  11. Tugboat Captain – The Tugboat Captain
  12. Tugboat Captain – Like Caroline
  13. Tugboat Captain – Everybody Seems To Think That I’m A Raincloud
  14. Tugboat Captain – Grace
  15. Tugboat Captain – Record Time
  16. Tugboat Captain – The Tugboat Captain EP
  17. Tugboat Captain – Rut
  18. Tugboat Captain – Around Here
  19. Tugboat Captain – Dog Tale
  20. Tugboat Captain – Until Now
  21. Tugboat Captain – True Love
  22. Tugboat Captain – Don’t Want To Wake Up On My Own
  23. Tugboat Captain – Marmalade Making

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Something suss

May 8th Something suss

8th, Architecture, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Funk, Garage, Indie, June 2025, Music, Photos, Punk, Reggae, Sunday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Something sussSomething Suss… surveillance culture, me watching you, watching me.  It’s all a bit disconcerting!

Music

  1. Dawn Sev – 55!
  2. Dawn Sev – Tart
  3. The Big Small Boy – Asimov
  4. The Big Small Boy – Time For Sleep
  5. The Big Small Boy – The Watershed
  6. The Big Small Boy – Every Single Both Of Us
  7. The Big Small Boy – Christmas Summer
  8. Lunchbox – Evolver
  9. Peel Dream Magazine – Demos
  10. Peel Dream Magazine – Modern Meta Physic
  11. Peel Dream Magazine – Magic Is Pocketed
  12. Peel Dream Magazine – Rose Main Reading Room
  13. Peel Dream Magazine – Moral Panics
  14. Peel Dream Magazine – Up and Up EP
  15. Peel Dream Magazine – Pad
  16. Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna
  17. Dub Narcotic Sound System – Fuck Shit Up

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Sock that lost its partner

June 7th Sock that lost its partner

7th, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, June 2025, Music, Photos, Saturday, Still Life, , , , , , , , ,

Sock that lost its partnerSock that lost its partner… Saturday and we’re off.  Brief debate about trip round the Parish Church in Wigan, weather is shite so we postpone.  C fetches wool to do a bit of knitting for work. General shop.

Music

  1. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Second Album
  2. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Byker Hill
  3. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – No Songs
  4. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – But Two Came By
  5. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Prince Heathen
  6. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Life And Limb
  7. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – 100 Not Out
  8. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Skin & Bone
  9. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Both Ears And The Tail
  10. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Straws In The Wind
  11. Dave Swarbrick – Swarb!
  12. Dave Swarbrick – Flittin’
  13. Dave Swarbrick – Lift The Lid And Listen
  14. Dave Swarbrick & Friends – The Ceilidh Album
  15. Dave Swarbrick – Smiddyburn
  16. Dave Swarbrick – Swarbrick + Swarbrick 2
  17. Dave Swarbrick – Rags, Reels & Airs

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The laundry I ignored

June 6th The laundry I ignored

6th, Beat, Blues, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Friday, Garage, June 2025, Krautrock, Mod, Music, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Pub Rock, Punk, Still Life, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The laundry I ignoredThe laundry I ignored… on a day off.  Catch up on sleep, do a bit of housework.

Music

  1. Various Artists – Time! Gentlemen! Pub Rock Rhythm ‘n’ Grooves: Classic Cuts And Rarities 1974-1982
  2. Various Artists – Electric Junk (Deutsche Rock, Psych And Kosmische 1970-1978)
  3. Various Artists – Get Ready For The Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets

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Something in my junk drawer

June 5th Something in my junk drawer

5th, Classical, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, June 2025, Music, Photos, Pop, Street Photography, Thursday, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Something in my junk drawerSomething in my junk drawer… well the cable ties will come in useful. Last day in for a couple of days and it’s another stinker.

Music

  1. Heavenly – Portland Town
  2. Stereolab – Not Music
  3. Stereolab – ‘m Going Out Of My Way / Breaker Breaker (With Scrawl)
  4. Stereolab and The Cat’s Miaow – Split (With The Cat’s Miaow)
  5. Stereolab – Miss Modular (EP)
  6. Stereolab – Fires (With Ui)
  7. Stereolab – Guitare Boy (With Guitare Boy)
  8. Alexei Sayle – Allo John Got New Motor
  9. The Mighty Maytones – Showcase Album: Tune In And Rock
  10. Various Artists – Best of Richard Wagner

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Shouldn’t Be Here

June 4th Shouldn’t be here

4th, Abstract, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Garage, Indie, June 2025, Krautrock, Music, Photos, Street Photography, Surf, Wednesday, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Shouldn’t Be HereShouldn’t be here, yep that’s how it felt, a slightly better day but still shit!

Music

  1. Mark Malibu and The Wasagas – Return of the Wasagas
  2. Mark Malibu and The Wasagas – Crash Monster Beach
  3. The Leaf Library – Monuments I-V
  4. The Leaf Library and Firestations – Lines Composed A Few Metres Above The Earth (live at Sublimate)
  5. The Leaf Library – Hissing Waves (radio edit)
  6. The Leaf Library – Tired Ghost
  7. The Leaf Library – Tomorrow Is The Morning Of The World
  8. The Leaf Library – Bird Sounds
  9. Various Artists – Distraction Paths Remixes By The Leaf Library Volume One
  10. The Leaf Library and The Scattered Orchestra – Quiet House
  11. The Leaf Library – The Greater Good / Goodbye Four Walls
  12. The Leaf Library – The Celebration
  13. The Leaf Library – Different Activities, Similar Diversions
  14. The Leaf Library – Swim Variations
  15. The Leaf Library – Building Better Worlds
  16. The Leaf Library – Walking Backwards / Magical Breath
  17. The Leaf Library – Pattern Grammar
  18. The Leaf Library and Steven Adams – The Shipping News From Languard Point
  19. The Leaf Library – Losing Places / Losing Places (Isan remix)
  20. The Leaf Library – Activity / Carousel

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Accidental art

June 3rd Accidental art

3rd, Abstract, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, June 2025, Music, Photos, Pop, Tuesday, , , , , , , , , ,

Accidental artAccidental Art from the seat of the toilet at the Robin Hood. First day of earlies and it’s unremittingly grim.

Music

  1. Ian M Bailey – The Last Chime
  2. Ian M Bailey – Lost In A Sound
  3. Ian M Bailey – Never Read The Signs
  4. Ian M Bailey – We Live In Strange Times
  5. Ian M Bailey – It’s Summer Rain
  6. Ian M Bailey – Shots of Sun
  7. Ian M Bailey – I Wanted The Sun To Shine
  8. Ian M Bailey – You Paint The Pictures
  9. Lauren Desberg – Sideways
  10. Lauren Desberg – Twenty First Century Problems
  11. Lauren Desberg – Out For Delivery

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I forgot I owned this

June 2nd I forgot I owned this

2nd, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, June 2025, Krautrock, Monday, Music, Photos, Still Life, , , , , , , , , , ,

I forgot I owned thisI forgot I owned this… the trolley token from the Nationwide goodie bag.

Music

  1. Various Artists – Snö
  2. The Leaf Library – About Minerals
  3. The Leaf Library – On An Ocean of Greatness
  4. The Leaf Library – Nightlight Versions
  5. The Leaf Library – The World Is A Bell
  6. The Leaf Library – Bell Tones
  7. The Leaf Library – Versions
  8. The Leaf Library – Library Music Volume One
  9. The Leaf Library – City In Reverse / Kendrick Road

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The Mess I'm Ignoring

June 1st – The Mess I’m Ignoring

1st, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Food, Indie, June 2025, Music, Photos, Sunday, , , , , , , , ,

The Mess I'm IgnoringThe mess I’m ignoring – aka the Marmite pot, which is a gooey mess.  Day is a bit strange, C’s last day off and start to sort the kitchen light with Steven’s aid, once he emerges from his cocoon.

  1. Darren Hayman And His Electric Guitars – Nobody You’d Know
  2. Birdie – Tomorrow / Bowling Green
  3. Portable Radio – Counting to Three
  4. Various Artists – Silver Discs #3
  5. Various Artists – wiaiwya 7777777 2013
  6. Various Artists – The Moon And Back One Small Step For Global Pop
  7. Various Artists – seven at 77
  8. Various Artists – wiaiwya 7777777
  9. Various Artists – Fuc 2 A Fuctory Sample
  10. Various Artists – wiaiwya-7777777 2015
  11. Various Artists – wiaiwya – 7777777 2014
  12. Various Artists – seven at 77 2018
  13. Various Artists – wiaiwya-7777777 2016
  14. Various Artists – Silver Discs #1
  15. Various Artists – Silver Discs #2
  16. Various Artists – Silver Discs #4
  17. Various Artists – Seven at 77 2019
  18. Various Artists – Singularity
  19. Various Artists – Two-by-four
  20. Various Artists – Constant and True – a tribute to the songs of Rose Melberg
  21. Various Artists – Living High On The Dirty Business Of Dreams – a wiaiwya sampler
  22. Various Artists – It’s The Taking Part That Counts A Global Pop Sportsday
  23. Various Artists – Christmastime, Approximately
  24. Various Artists – 50,000,000 Elves Fans Can’t Be Wrong
  25. Various Artists – 24

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Something Blue

31st May – Something Blue

31st, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, May 2025, Music, Photos, Pop, Portraiture, Punk, Saturday, Selfies, Space Rock

Something BlueSomething blue, that’ll be me am feeling incredibly down.

Music

  1. Shrag – Rabbit Kids
  2. Shrag – Unseasonal Thoughts
  3. Shrag – Long Term Monster
  4. Shrag – Punk Grammar
  5. Shrag – Life! Death! Prizes!
  6. Shrag – Shrag, Life! Death! Prizes! & Canines
  7. Shrag – Shrag
  8. Shrag – Different Glue
  9. Shrag – Pregnancy Scene
  10. Shrag – Talk To The Left
  11. Shrag – Canines
  12. Shrag – Devastating Bones
  13. Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
  14. Hawkwind – There Is No Space For Us

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