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A Million Times

 

So, you've pre-ordered your new Alpaca Sports single, haven't you?

New Years Greeting from Dawlish.

Today's ride took me down the estuary out to Dawlish, the home of the Black Swan. See, there it is flying above the breakwater in the photo. Oh no, hang on, that's a seagull. Whatever. 

It will probably come as no great surprise to many regular readers of a certain age that Dawlish always makes me think of The Triffids, if only because of their lovely 1989 album 'The Black Swan'. Here's a fitting track from that set.

 

New Year's Kiss

Here's one that arrived just too late to make it onto the first Unpopular mix of the year. From the forthcoming live 'In Cambridge' set by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, out in February on the fabulous Orindal label.

  

Cornered

Cheer Up - The Wolfhounds (new single on Odd Box. get it on Bandcamp)
I Am Right - Sonic Youth (YouTube)
Cornered - Fat Children (from 'It Came From The Attic' compilation. Also on 'Three Quarters of a Fistful')
Blood - Palms (From 'Some Songs Side-by-Side'. Soundcloud)
15 Golden Balls pt. 1 - Sharpie Crows (Bandcamp)
Apostate - Brown (from 'It Came From The Attic' compilation)
Windscreen Wipers - Dog Fish Cat Bird (from eponymous 1986 casette release)
Half of a Century - The Delphines (Bandcamp)
Baltimore - Trick Mammoth (from 'It Came From The Attic - The B-Sides' compilation)
Scotch + Soda - Swiss Alps (Bandcamp)
It Takes All My Time - Skelocrats (Bandcamp)
Just Kids - Sacred Paws (From 'Some Songs Side-by-Side'. Soundcloud)
Hours - Mmdelai (Bandcamp)
I Love Thousands Every Summer - Paradise (Bandcamp)
As Long As I Have You - Alpaca Sports (from new single on Luxury and Cloudberry. Soundcloud.)
HML - Delay Trees (from the 'Soliti Zip Volume 2' compilation)
Lemonade - Tyrannosaurus Dead (Bandcamp)
Waiting In The Wings - Big Wave Riders (from the 'Soliti Zip Volume 2' compilation)
Absolute Peace - I DREAM IN TRANSIT (Bandcamp)
Massive Song - Mark Wynn (Bandcamp)

cold winds are colder now

Rock 'n' Roll Even

Saw this sign on my ride up to Dulverton this afternoon. For the rest of the ride my head was filled with snippets of this:

 

2013 is here...

...and it's full of beautiful birds!