A very happy birthday today to @mpenn.bsky.social #michaelpenn #songwriter #musician

Recorded vocals for another new song. Helena sounds wonderful. Enjoy this blurry image of her via a reflection in the window, along w/ silly effects. And a mix of the song. Planning on an early fall release. More soon. ✨✌️🙂🎶 #newmusic #homestudio #recordingvocals #electronicmusic #workinprogress

We will release our cover of The Durutti Column’s ‘My Country’ on 4 August to celebrate Vini Reilly’s bday. It is fully licensed & will be available via our Bandcamp page. This is an except of the video which will be on our YouTube page. #musicvideo #coversong #vinireilly #durutticolumn #mycountry

As we record our own new songs, inter alia, we finished our annual #durutticolumn cover, to be released for/on #vinireilly ‘s bday, 4 Aug. Here’s a clip, not yet mixed, w/ poor sound from my phone. It will be a fully licensed cover. More at the beginning of August. #newmusic #coversong #homestudio

Frickin’ funny book. 📖 #percivaleverett #jameskincaid #novel #satire

Productive weekend. Helena recorded vocals for a new song, tentatively titled ‘Endless’, featuring the talented Shannon Heaton on flute. Again, the arrangement changed when Helena added vocals. Enjoy this excerpt w/ video of slow-moving sky. #electronicmusic #workinprogress #flute #independentmusic

Chapter 1 of Con Chrisoulis’s fantastic graphic biography of David Bowie, “Rebel Rebel”. Like his “Tales of The Smiths”, it tracks the beginnings and influences & provides a cultural history of the England in which he grew up. 👨‍🎤✨✌️ #davidbowie #graphicbiography #comics #conchrisoulis #rebelrebel

Here’s an excerpt of a new song, ‘A Seahorse in the Thames’, w/ an unrelated 10 year old video from an Everglades airboat tour. It’s Bowie-inspired—its musical basis, Helena’s lyrics, & even title. More on all that later. ✌️✨ #newmusic #workinprogress #bowieinspired #electronicmusıc #pittsburghmusic

Finally got a vinyl copy of ‘Remain In Light’ and this is just wonderful. Wish it was the version with corrected writing credits and lyrics, but still a fantastic pressing and a nearly flawless listen, front to back. #talkingheads #remaininlight #adrianbelew #brianeno #vinylcollection

When someone asks you what Neil Young albums you like, I guess these aren’t the ones you’re suppose to choose. But they’re mine. Haha. #neilyoung #neilyoungtrans #landingonwater #sampleandhold #neilyoungarchives

As always, a very happy birthday to the inimitable Bruce Mitchell, Mr. Manchester himself. [📷 by Mick Steff] #brucemitchell #durutticolumn #manchester #drummer #albertoylosttriosparanoias

Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026) 😔 #marjanesatrapi #persepolis #graphicnovel #comics #director

A very happy birthday today to Stephen Duffy @thelilactime.bsky.social ✌️✨🙂 #stephenduffy #thelilactime #stephenduffyandthelilactime

A new Durutti Column album is fantastic news indeed. Cheers to Vini and Bruce and Keir, and cheers to @keelinmusic.bsky.social — can’t wait to hear this album in full. ✌️🙂✨👏🎶 #thedurutticolumn #vinireilly #caoifhionnrose #fact2point51 #londonrecords

Obviously intrigued. ✨🙂✌️🎶 #vinireilly #durutticolumn #thedurutticolumn #renascent

Music video for our cover of Bowie’s “Life on Mars” on our YouTube page. Originally recorded in 2016, this updated production is very Eno-influenced. Video source: Len Lye’s short animation, ‘The Birth of the Robot’ (1936). #musicvideo #davidbowiecover #electronicmusıc #experimentalfilm #lenlye

Really enjoying ‘Tales of The Smiths’, a fab retelling of the band’s prehistory thru ‘Hand In Glove’, Chrisoulis uses their own words to tell the story. Short episodes, including relevant listening & reading suggestions. Artwork/inking is fantastic. #thesmiths #comics #musicbiography #graphicnovel

We can never too many copies of Brontë novels. The covers for these Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions were too fab to pass up, including the back & flaps. These include cover designs by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. #janeeyre #wutheringheights #penguinclassics #bookstagram #brontë #rubentoledo

Used 3 different Danelectro guitars on a new song… 3 different sounds. Commie Red U2 w/ Jeff Senn bridge & .07 strings, AquaBurst U2 w/ original specs and .09 strings, & DC59M NOS+ w/ .07 strings. Because tone matters. ✌️✨🎸 #danelectro #ownthetone #guitars #homestudio #lefthandedguitar

Here’s an excerpt of yesterday’s patch/sequence in context. It’s a bit on the electronic side (but there are two guitar parts in there—one is a 12 string). Can’t wait to see what Helena adds with lyrics/vocals. The story goes on… #electronicmusic #homestudio #pittsburghmusic #workinprogress

Woke up way too early so I sorted out a simple synth patch and part on the East Beast before work. Excuse the crappy phone recorded sound with rain in background. It sounds great in context with the rest of the song. More on that later…. #synth #eastbeast #cre8audio #pghmodular #workingonnewmusic

For better or worse: Some late-night noodling on the Volca Modular to find some ambient inspiration. 🎶🎹 #korgvolca #volcamodular #ambientelectronica #selfgenerativepatch

Tom Hagler’s “Bowie at the BBC: A Life in Interviews”—a chronological account of Bowie’s appearances, w/ full texts & related photos. Spans from his 1964 appearance on BBC TV’s “Tonight” to 2005’s BBC Radio’s “Courtney Pine’s Jazz Crusade”.👨‍🎤📖🎶 #davidbowie #bookstagram #bowiebook #musicbook #bowie

Current songwriting research/inspiration. Still two of my favorites. #stevejansen #cdcollection #signedalbums #ambientmusic #electronicmusıc

The colour of spring. #crocus #colourofspring #flowers #markhollis #spring

Talk about M’s ‘Pop Muzik’ and wish the song a very happy birthday, released on 16 March 1979. Here’s my copy of the Sire Records 7” single. 📻📼🕺🧳🎶🙂 #popmuzik #robinscott #vinylcollection #7inchsingle #sirerecords

Picked up the 2-CD ‘Wish You Were Here’ 50. Bonus material is good, if not always revelatory. New stereo mix of ‘Shine On’ (Parts 1-9) is nice. Still one of my fave albums & nice to have this edition. #cdcollection #pinkfloyd #wishyouwerehere #wishyouwerehere50 #shineonyoucrazydiamond

Got this Seymour Duncan Woody XL soundhole pickup used off eBay. On my Alvarez AP70L parlor guitar. While it doesn’t sound like a mic’ed guitar—b/c it isn’t—it’s clean & well-balanced. Looking forward to recording w/ this setup. #seymourduncanpickups #alvarezguitars #parlorguitar #leftyguitarist

Current songwriting research/inspiration. ✌️✨🙂 🎶 #vashtibunyan #lookaftering #heartleap #fatcatrecords #dicristinarecords

RIP Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil. 🥁 #robhirst #drummer #midnightoil #midnightoilband #thepowerandthepassion