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Reader, writer, musician, MUFC, and vinyl enthusiast based near Manchester. Oh, and I work for the NHS.
#mufc #vinyl #writing #reading #music #jazz #guitar #piano #FatherJohnMisty #BigThief #BlackCountryNewRoad #JordanHarper #StephenGrahamJones #WilliamChristopherBaer #Manchester
HiFi SystemCartridge: Dynavector 10X5mk2; Turntable: #Rega P8; Phonostage: Accession MM by Graham Slee with the Enigma PSU; Integrated Amp: Rega Elex-R; Speakers: Dynaudio Emit M30
Guitars and stuffMy main acoustic guitar is a #Gibson J200, my main electric guitar is a #Fender Elite #Telecaster with a vintage Tele as a backup. My primary amp is a VOX AC30 through a rammed pedalboard. I play a bit of lead, plenty of rhythm & a bottleneck.
Favourite authorsFiction: #WillChristopherBaer, #MeganAbbott, #CormacMcCarthy, #StephenGrahamJones, #StephenKing, #GillianFlynn, #EvelynWaugh | Poetry: #EdmundSpenser, #WBYeats, #JohnDonne
Favourite musicBlues: #SonHouse, #MuddyWaters, #JohnLeeHooker | Rock/Pop: #JeffBuckley, #Nirvana, #BlackCountryNewRoad, #Radiohead, #BigThief, #FatherJohnMisty, #LanaDelRey, #BobDylan | Jazz: #MilesDavis, #CharlesMingus, #BillEvans
#NowSpinning #TheBluesAndTheAbstractTruth by #OliverNelson - Eric Dolphy, Paul Chambers, Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard… what a line up, what an album.

Last night I rewatched #CapeFear after a 20-something year gap.

The story is ripe; I mean, really, really ripe. But it’s directed with such panache, an incredible score, & with standout performances from DeNiro and Lewis.

Although *that* scene between DeNiro and Lewis was a tough, tough watch.

#NowSpinning #AhUm by Charles #Mingus - for me, one of the top 5 #jazz albums, & one of the most consequential albums of all time.

This is the #MoFi OneStep - the music is monumental and cacophonous and this pressing captures it about as well as any.

#Vinyl #VinylCommunity #VinylRecords

#NowSpinning this piece of perfection - #GodsFavoriteCustomer by #FatherJohnMisty.

“I’ll take it easy with the morbid stuff…”

#Vinyl #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity #FJM

Early Christmas present and I’ve upgraded to my first bean to cup coffee machine: the DeLonghi PrimaDonna Soul.

And ain’t she pretty…

Over at Bluesky, I’m listing my 20 most important/impactful books and this is number 9.

I love Chuck Palahaniuk and, imo, his output, from Invisible Monsters through to Rank, is unrivalled. But, of all those incredible novels, Lullaby is my favourite.

Such a twisted set up. Strikingly original characters. And some of my favourite - and vividly drawn - scenes in modern literature.

Oh, and that ending - ‘cos, whatever else, that ending hits hard.

#bookstodon

This is number 8 on my most influential/impactful books (as posted over at Bluesky).

It really was a toss up between this and The Killer Inside Me. Although, in truth, I’ve never read a bad Jim Thompson novel - so any of his books would have made the point well enough.

#bookstodon

Again, another book that has stayed with me (my number 6) and, in honesty, I've never read anything quite like it: weird, unsettling, bizarre, creepy, and compulsive.

#HouseOfLeaves really is a unique masterpiece.

Taking a break from #Mahashmashana & #NowSpinning #BlondeOnBlonde by #BobDylan.

This is a first UK stereo - a bit beat up, but it has the right vibe.

#Vinyl #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity