I was kindly sent two pics of Auntie Val I’d not seen… Left; with a ‘Phoenix Club’ volunteer’s son, mid ‘70s Right; receiving an award. Possibly late ‘60s. Apparently there’s a celebrity in this photo, but I don’t recognise them.

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GR spoil us with 2 new releases… Texan’s ‘Homer’ sole LP from ‘70, psych hard rock & layers of folk & country ‘Hunger’ (‘69) shared stages with The Doors, Steppenwolf, etc at ‘Whisky A Go-Go’, delivering fuzz drenched riffs, featuring the brilliant ‘Colors’ Guerssen Records

“I was 19 when we did Top of the Pops & John is a year younger, so the fact NME found it a nice thing to print death threats to teenagers was just sick.” Amanda Top of the Pops & Beastie Boys - 30 years of Bis bbc.com/news/articles/…

Beautiful views of Fife from Edinburgh this morning… 📸 Me

If you are going to the Outwith Festival at FireStationCreative this evening to see David Keenan I’ll see you there… Memorial Device ANT’s assemble…

Out on ‘Numero Group’ One of the rarest original LP’s, a psych ‘Holy Grail’ An acid ingesting hippy who turned to Jesus, & created a kooky fuzz rock, folk, jazz influenced masterpiece Re-issue Gods have blessed us with this whimsical & beautiful record to enjoy… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Weekend’s listening… Kooky fuzz drenched psych, DIY acid folk from France & UK, Scandanavian experimental jazz-rock, Anatolian belters, zithers, Japanese cosmic rock… Lashings of lysergic infused, herbal smoke stained desert rock chaos & Walter Wegmüller & Michel Mouline…

Thought for the day… The amount of records I buy is nothing in comparison to the amount of records I don’t buy… It’s merely perspective.

Today’s walk… Dunfermline Public Park Bandstand, gifted by Louise Carnegie, B listed, constructed by Saracen Foundry, Glasgow, 1888 Fife Babies Memorial Garden & Entwined Sculpture, opened by Provost of Fife, 2023. Garden/sculpture design by Andy McLatchie/Kevin Paxton 📸 Me

Early 70’s band, signed to ‘Vertigo’ via Sabbath manager, Patrick Meehan The 2 dusky, atmospheric, ethereal psychedelic LPs are under appreciated Successfully blending elements of jazz, avant-garde, folk, heavy prog & psychedelia into a peculiar, but yet rewarding listen

Much anticipated 2nd album On ‘Cardinal Fuzz’ Max fuzzed guitar, epic distortion, hypnotic drums, creating a molten noise odyssey… A savage riot of brooding & excess that’ll blast your speakers into the red zone Outrageous levels of psychedelia… Recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️