Peter Stoneman
@peterstoneman
Posts about music, films and telly. Also, books about music, films and telly. Writer. Collaborator. Ghost. Researcher. Manuscript fixer-upper. Former record company nobody. Beatlebum. peterstoneman.com
Man selling pirate costume on Facebook Marketplace bringing his absolute A-game.
I occasionally make this to cheer myself up if I'm a bit sad. My kids call it 'Dad's Brexit curry'.
Georgie Fame - Sound Venture (1966) Columbia LP The only good thing I spotted through the heat haze at the car boot sale today. Been after a decent copy for a while. #NowPlaying
The In Crowd - The Ultimate Mod Collection 1958-1967 (2001) Universal I admire the people on here with the energy to get up every 20 mins to flip over a record. I'm just gonna let the curators of this fine collection do the heavy lifting for me while I fan myself with the liner notes. #NowPlaying
REM - Automatic For the People (1992) Warner Bros LP I do favour the IRS years but, I mean, come on, this album is a banger. It's bloody Automatic For the bloody People. Shut up! #NowPlaying
Managed to catch the guy in the charity shop just as he was putting these out.
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds (1978) CBS LP Such a ridiculous record. 10/10. No notes. #NowPlaying
I am, of course, referencing the ace '1984 - the Year Pop Went Queer' by @wadeywade.bsky.social
Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent (1984) London LP A terrific synth pop record from the year pop went queer* #NowPlaying #Pride
So, now that the dam has been broken, obviously I found another one today. (Slightly less excitement this time around)
Paul Weller - Find El Dorado (2025) Parlophone LP I couldn't stretch to £40 when this came out last year - I bought the CD. Happy to pick up a copy at a decent price - for a double LP, at least - this week. #NowPlaying
Gram Parsons - Sleepless Nights (1976) A&M LP Poshumous compilation featuring a slew of unreleased (at the time) Burritos tracks. #NowPlaying
Geese - Getting Killed (2025) Partisan CD A Marmite album, apparently. Fortunately I love Marmite. #NowPlaying
James Brown - Black Caesar OST (1973) Polydor LP Tidy OG pressing from yesterday's car boot. #NowPlaying
Francoise Hardy - Il N'Y A Pas D'Amour Heureux (1968) - United Artists LP Charity shop pick up from yesterday. Délicieux. #NowPlaying
The Coral - 388 (2026) I know I say this every time, but they just get better. It's uncanny. #NowPlaying
Found this summer shopping list from my wife's uni days. Fizzy Ribena. Magic Mix. Ice cream and friendship rings. The only thing missing is a pack of king size Rizlas.
I appreciate this is very niche but for the past 25 years my friend and I have been hunting for a copy of David Gray's White Ladder with a particular hype sticker we saw once and she just found one in a Kent charity shop. (It always made us laugh because White Ladder was Gray's 4th album)
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Parlophone LP Car boot pick up from yesterday. Only have this in crackly mono (as well as a handful of CD versions) so it was cool to pick up a tidy stereo pressing for £1* (*2nd press, I believe, so nice, but not super special) #NowPlaying
Postman's been. Finally. Honestly, I could have built a cafe from the ground up and painted it blue in the time it took to arrive.