Mastodawn

I first arrived as a student in #Siena #Italy in 1995 with a rucksack and a guitar. The next day I had my first of thousands of espressos since then.

It’s now 2026 and the bar I’m in is playing #Sade as they were in 1995.

Siena is already getting under my skin. Siena, you smooth operator! #coffee

Jason Newton Oct 21, 2025

The new #Apartments album is just so good. A quietly magnificent masterpiece. Perfect for autumn. This was the first single. One of my favourites on the album #music #newmusic https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlDyrU9_JP4

A Handful of Tomorrow by The Apartments

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Jason Newton Oct 8, 2025

What a magnificent song by #gracejones Been on repeat all day. Oddly soothing https://youtu.be/WGfqqSVwYHU?si=XH4dsPzAxTA4FL-q

Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician

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Jason Newton Oct 3, 2025

On the bus en route to #Madrid watching this beautiful song Surfers In Twilight by #thedelines Lucky to have seen them twice before. Going to see them in Madrid tonight. Going to be wonderful! https://youtu.be/vU0JKYxhxrg?si=3d-kl3YgqLuV5CTS

The Delines - Surfers In Twilight (Live at Bocce)

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Jason Newton Aug 10, 2025

Oblique Strategies Aug 10, 2025

Just carry on

#ObliqueStrategies

Jason Newton Dec 5, 2023

I love #Italy and especially #Venice In November https://link.medium.com/1sUjFAEShFb Read my latest post on #Medium
#Globetrottters
#travel #travelwriting #travelling

Jason Newton Nov 26, 2023

Clare Nov 25, 2023

On my way out to go to the tank farm (gas station for you who don’t live in the Arctic) and something stopped me in my tracks. #Nunavut #photography #LandscapePhotography

Jason Newton Nov 24, 2023

Had a lovely and ever so slightly decadent lunchtime in #Granada today https://departuresandcoffee.com/2023/11/24/a-decadent-friday-lunchtime-in-granada/ #Andalucia #Spain #lunch #vermouth #food #foodie

A Decadent Friday lunchtime in Granada

It’s Friday afternoon and so after a busy week, I’ve decided to come into the centre of Granada to do some work/writing and spoil myself by having a ‘proper’ lunch. And so, may I present, my old fr…

Departures and Coffee

Jason Newton Nov 21, 2023

I had a lovely moment when out this morning. Read more at Departures and Coffee, my kind of travel/living in Spain website https://departuresandcoffee.com/2023/11/21/cortado/ #Granada #Andalucia #Spain #Niguelas #coffee #expat #pueblo

Cortado?

Tuesday morning in my local-ish bar in Niguelas mid-way through my morning walk. It’s the only bar open at 9.30am. The sun is out, the sky is blue and it’s more than a bit chilly in the shade (16 d…

Departures and Coffee

Jason Newton Nov 14, 2023

This beautiful quote is an extract from the magnificent Red Hand Files by #NickCave.

"We are obligated to make our best attempts to become the thing we wish to be, otherwise we forever remain the sorry consorts of our own defeat."

If you don't know about it, the Red Hand Files website allows Nick Cave fans to submit open questions which he then answers in beautifully written replies that are posted online and via the mailing list.

https://www.theredhandfiles.com/singing-could-be-better/

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #260 - I’m 17 years old, and I don’t know if I want to record and publish an ep that I’ve been working on with a band with some friends of mine and that I’m very proud of for what regards the instrumental part but I know that my singing could be better and that I could wait a little bit more to create something I’m 100% proud of, but still I don’t want to wait anymore because we have the chance of recording in a great studio and I don’t want to slow down the process. What should I do?

Dear Eugenio, When I started as a singer I was exactly the same age as you are now, and I had no idea how to sing. I was generally...

The Red Hand Files