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hoopshooley.bsky.social
@hoopshooley.bsky.social
Banging on about music and Welsh stuff...

BLOGS - Music (general): https://jessejamesbolero.wordpress.com/
Welsh music: https://baraffwndl.wordpress.com/
On the turntable for today’s #VinylSaturday selection:
- Steely Dan: Pretzel logic (1974)
- Julie Tzuke: I am the phoenix (1981)
- 10cc: Sheet music (1974)
- Bruce Springsteen: The River (1980)
#NowPlaying
July 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
June 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Today’s rainy #VinylSaturday selection / record fair haul:
- Linda Lewis: Not a little girl anymore (1975)
- Count Basie: Basie picks the winners (1965)
- Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA (1984)
- Henry Mancini: Charade (soundtrack) (1963).
June 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Firecracker of a show tonight. Song after song after song pop pop pop pop from the 39-year-old @throwingmuses.bsky.social back catalogue. A great night. (With added cello.)
May 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today’s #VinylSaturday selection:
- Wings: Wings at the speed of sound (1976),
- Ella Fitzgerald: Ella sings Gershwin, vol. 2 (1959),
- Julian Cope: My nation underground (1988),
- Gladys Knight and the Pips: All I need is time (1973)
#NowPlaying
May 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Day 2 @focuswales.bsky.social: guitars ‘n’ stuff at the Rockin’ Chair: Public Order, @melysmusic.bsky.social, Ballsy, Tara Bandito. 👍
May 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Diwrnod cyntaf gwych yn @focuswales.bsky.social / Excellent first day @focuswales.bsky.social - Cyn Cwsg, Seazoo, Malan and Muireann Bradley yr uchafbwyntiau / the highlights.
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today’s #VinylSaturday selection:
- Björk: Post (1995)
- Paul Simon: One Trick Pony (1980)
- Various Artists: Slipstream - the Best of British Jazz Funk (1981)
- Roxy Music: Greatest Hits (1974)
#NowPlaying
March 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
BLOG: 'I'm Still Here': the Silencing of a Revolutionary Music - jessejamesbolero.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/i...
#FilmOfTheWeek
March 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Top New Orleans music incoming on the recent Mardi Gras episode of the Funk & Soul Show. Quality. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@craigcharles.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
‘I’m Still Here’, well deserving of its #Oscar  nominations. Fernanda Torres is brilliant. Yes the brutalism of the Brazilian military dictatorship but also what a mother will do for her family. Not the easiest watch obviously but the best film I’ve seen for ages. #FilmOfTheWeek
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Great battling performance from Cymru women tonight and a fantastic result. Onwards and upwards. #CymSwe 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽️
February 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
MUSIC BLOG: Some words about "Wales: 100 Records" by Huw Stephens, a fascinating trawl through recordings by Welsh artists and about Wales through the decades: baraffwndl.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/1...
(English translation below the Welsh)
19. ‘Wales: 100 Records’ by Huw Stephens
Pwy sy ddim yn hoffi rhestr? Yn y llyfr hwn mae’r darlledwr Huw Stephens wedi dewis cant o enghreiffiau sydd, yn ei farn e, yn adrodd hanes recordiau Cymru dros y degawdau. Wrth gwrs, mae Ste…
baraffwndl.wordpress.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today’s #VinylSaturday selection:
- The Temptations: Greatest hits (1986)
- Edward H. Dafis: ‘Sneb yn becso dam (1976)
- Happy Mondays: Loose Fit 12” (1991)
- Suzanne Vega: Days of open hand (1990)
#nowplaying
February 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM