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Cath Aubergine

@cathaubergine.bsky.social

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Generally here for the music stuff, though come springtime there will probably be photos of baby geese. MDANT, left/green, workplace union rep, mostly adherent to the Gospel According To Nigel Blackwell.

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · Jan 31

I often say that for people like me every week is independent venue week: over 200 gigs last year, probably two thirds in indie places. I love them. I support them. I do however despair that that support is still not mutual. By which I mean: VENUES! PUBLISH YOUR FUCKING STAGE TIMES IN ADVANCE!

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 1d

We Are The Physics were great, saw them a couple of times in Manchester c/o the "algorithm" I used then and indeed to this day: the name appeared on the listing of a trusted local promoter and I thought "that looks interesting".

They absolutely did not fail. They played gigs people like me enjoyed.

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 2d

Post yourself from a different era: me and my dad, 1975

A man with incredible 1970s hair playing a red guitar and a three year old child in dark purple dungarees copying him on a ukulele.

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 3d

It amused me at the time that the close proximity of the Pixies and Marychain gigs meant we heard Head On twice in quick succession by different artists. Though later that year Half Man Half Biscuit covered Freakscene the same weekend we saw Dinosaur Jr, so had that twice in three days 🙂

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 6d

A few weeks ago we went to see young Manchester musician Ellen Beth Abdi, who alongside T-shirts and tapes was selling her own made marmalade (it's genuinely fantastic too). Off to see Mr F on Monday and may well be tempted by this... Any musicians out there doing bread? Complete my breakfast! 😄

Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 6d

Superior snacking at Robert Forster’s Brighton show.

Robert Forster’s Spring Grain, a superior muesli made with the good folk at Needle Mythology.

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 8d

I got the link but kept hanging, the O2 one came up first

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 8d

Me: why should people get priority tickets for gigs just because of what phone network they're on for random long lost historic reasons?

Also me: fuck yeah Kraftwerk tickets in the bag, and relax 🙂

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Elisabeth Elektra @elisabethelektra.bsky.social · 12d

Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨

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Elisabeth Elektra

Euphoric Art-Pop from Glasgow, Scotland elisabethelektra.com ‘Mercurial’ LP out now: “Giddy electronic pop” ☆☆☆☆ MOJO “A haunting, odd gem” ☆☆☆☆ RECORD COLLECTOR "Stark, dramatic, crystalline" - ME...

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 13d

That'll be my Friday night viewing sorted then 😄

Rob Morgan @durutti74.bsky.social · 13d

In other news, I've found all the Trumptonshire trilogy is on ITVX.

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 15d

Is that Rockaway date of Sat 3rd definite? Got tickets as usual but may not be able to do the whole weekend this year and Whitelands literally my #1 priority so keen to find out (festival doesn't publish splits til nearer the time) cheers

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 17d

My 2004:
1. The Fall Of Math
(large void)
2. dunno, probably other things, including some of those, but... yeah. A CD I bought with no prior knowledge because it looked interesting, and I put it on and it was exactly the music I didn't even know I needed but blew me away...

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks for posting a picture which may help younger viewers (if we indeed have any, which I doubt) understand what my post on this thread is actually on about 😄😄😄

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 19d

Oof, a tough one which calls for some sideways thinking. You are of course familiar with James Islip and Andy Abbott, FKA That Fucking Tank, now Lands And Body - so named because of what happened when you tried to type "James and Andy" on a 90s Nokia mobile 😄 andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/dark-m...

Dark Mild EP, by Lands & Body

3 track album

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 20d

Prior to the unpredictable weirdness that is 2025 I might have said The Loft or The Man From Delmonte, but... 🙂 so I'm going to swerve away from the 80s into the mid 2000s, Barnsley, and yes, some of them went on to be Exit Calm and Rob's had some success as Humanist, here he was when he was young 🖤

Sold me a Ride by Lycasleep

YouTube video by Spacirelei

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 20d

Utterly predictable again, sorry, but.... "Let it happen, bass player!"
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Half Man Half Biscuit - Time Flies by (When You're the Driver of a Train) [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 20d

There's actually... lots of stuff I like ??????

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 20d

I actually don't know how to process not being slightly underwhelmed by the lineup announcement, it's been a while (always enjoyed it when we actually got there obviously)

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 21d

Looks like one of those shit companies that do off-the-shelf training packages for workplaces on shit like quality systems and auditing. From 1997. (I remember one that came to our place, logo was three interlocked gear wheels. Yes, three. Wouldn't turn. Possibly not the metaphor they intended).

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 21d

Haha, yes, that would have been my second choice. Extra points to anyone who can think of a third l... I can't, although Suede's "The Insatiable One" actually covers today's and yesterday's words in one line 😄

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 21d

Might as well drop this one while I'm here
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Ulrich Schnauss - Monday Paracetamol

YouTube video by SysLocal

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 21d

Way too easy that one (title as used by me for several blogs and even my MySpace page back in the early days of the internet)
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The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator

YouTube video by Martin Denning

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 27d

Sent this to my fellow union rep at work today, he's a music fan (jazz) and listens to podcasts (mostly lefty comedy) but doesn't do any social media, he was horrified. He's going to switch now, but it really brought home to me how most people, even those who would care, have no idea how bad it is.

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 28d

In fact the Greenock lot (I work in the Oldham factory but I do a lot of collaboration with our Scottish colleagues) will probably piss themselves if I tell I'm going to Paisley for a night out!

Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 28d

Very fortunate that with some exceptions I can choose my own days off. Colleagues are always bewildered by where I say I'm going but at least Mogwai are famous enough for some of them to have actually heard of them...

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to my first ever gig in - or indeed visit to - Paisley, and a long overdue return to Aberdeen. As well as Manchester of course, but I can walk to the Apollo in 20 minutes from home so needed a bit more of a challenge 🙂

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Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 29d

Plank