Sid Smith
@sidsmith.bsky.social
Freelancer writing about music & musicians in print & online. I share an office with a cat called The Bug.
Contact me here or via [email protected]
Contact me here or via [email protected]
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Sid Smith
@sidsmith.bsky.social
· Nov 11
My King Crimson biog is available here:
burningshed.com/sid-smith_in...
“Vivid and incisive” Mojo
"Beautifully written and engaging" Classic Rock
“Properly indispensable” Record Collector
"The most compendious, exhaustive history of the band that anyone could want." Stuart Maconie BBC Radio 6.
burningshed.com/sid-smith_in...
“Vivid and incisive” Mojo
"Beautifully written and engaging" Classic Rock
“Properly indispensable” Record Collector
"The most compendious, exhaustive history of the band that anyone could want." Stuart Maconie BBC Radio 6.
The Bug has entered the newly acquired pod from which he now balefully gazes at us, considering the numerous ways we continue to disappoint him. #Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Bug has entered the newly acquired pod from which he now balefully gazes at us, considering the numerous ways we continue to disappoint him. #Caturday
Clearing away those grey afternoon blues
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Clearing away those grey afternoon blues
Remembered Sky
Whitley Bay 2022
Whitley Bay 2022
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Remembered Sky
Whitley Bay 2022
Whitley Bay 2022
'...across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cruel and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes...and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.'
HG Wells obviously owned a cat. #caturday
HG Wells obviously owned a cat. #caturday
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'...across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cruel and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes...and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.'
HG Wells obviously owned a cat. #caturday
HG Wells obviously owned a cat. #caturday
Working the late shift tonight. I was trying to answer a question for a thing, and then remembered I had already addressed this very issue on a previous occasion, not only saving myself a ton of time but getting some great listening in as a bonus. win-win.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Working the late shift tonight. I was trying to answer a question for a thing, and then remembered I had already addressed this very issue on a previous occasion, not only saving myself a ton of time but getting some great listening in as a bonus. win-win.
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Remembered Sky
Monkseaton 2019
Monkseaton 2019
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Remembered Sky
Monkseaton 2019
Monkseaton 2019
Stellar music fills the office air on a grey afternoon.
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Stellar music fills the office air on a grey afternoon.
Current office vibes
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Current office vibes
Remembered Sky
Monkseaton 2019
Monkseaton 2019
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Remembered Sky
Monkseaton 2019
Monkseaton 2019
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#nowplaying #ecm #jazz #vinyl
Mal Waldron — ‘Free at Last’
Gonna try listening to every ECM LP I own in chronological order. Please join me on my #ecmodyssey and feel free to launch one of your own. This is the first ECM release. Obviously, it is the recent extended reissue, not an original.
Mal Waldron — ‘Free at Last’
Gonna try listening to every ECM LP I own in chronological order. Please join me on my #ecmodyssey and feel free to launch one of your own. This is the first ECM release. Obviously, it is the recent extended reissue, not an original.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#nowplaying #ecm #jazz #vinyl
Mal Waldron — ‘Free at Last’
Gonna try listening to every ECM LP I own in chronological order. Please join me on my #ecmodyssey and feel free to launch one of your own. This is the first ECM release. Obviously, it is the recent extended reissue, not an original.
Mal Waldron — ‘Free at Last’
Gonna try listening to every ECM LP I own in chronological order. Please join me on my #ecmodyssey and feel free to launch one of your own. This is the first ECM release. Obviously, it is the recent extended reissue, not an original.
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Come and join myself, @jothekendall.bsky.social and @sidsmith.bsky.social for a listening party celebrating Lizard by #kingcrimson at The Water Rats, London on Dec 7. Tickets and more info here! www.tickettailor.com/events/themo...
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogressiverock
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogressiverock
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Come and join myself, @jothekendall.bsky.social and @sidsmith.bsky.social for a listening party celebrating Lizard by #kingcrimson at The Water Rats, London on Dec 7. Tickets and more info here! www.tickettailor.com/events/themo...
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogressiverock
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogressiverock
OK, so I didn't get anywhere near the word count I was aiming for today, but I have thoroughly enjoyed revisiting The Beatles Anthology, spending around four hours straight with a big stupid grin on my face watching the boys do their thing. They really are magnificent.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
OK, so I didn't get anywhere near the word count I was aiming for today, but I have thoroughly enjoyed revisiting The Beatles Anthology, spending around four hours straight with a big stupid grin on my face watching the boys do their thing. They really are magnificent.
Remembered Sky
Whitley Bay 2018
Whitley Bay 2018
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remembered Sky
Whitley Bay 2018
Whitley Bay 2018
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Afternoon into evening.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Afternoon into evening.
Just off the blower with Theo Travis chatting about this and that. I'm very happy to have written the liner notes for the new Soft Machine album, Thirteen, due out in March next year. In addition to the music, I'm also taken with the lovely cover art.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just off the blower with Theo Travis chatting about this and that. I'm very happy to have written the liner notes for the new Soft Machine album, Thirteen, due out in March next year. In addition to the music, I'm also taken with the lovely cover art.
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Remembered Sky
Halmstad 2016
Halmstad 2016
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Remembered Sky
Halmstad 2016
Halmstad 2016
It's been a while since I was here, but duty calls
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's been a while since I was here, but duty calls
The Bug is getting his disdain in early today
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Bug is getting his disdain in early today
Remembered Sky
Halmstad 2016
Halmstad 2016
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Remembered Sky
Halmstad 2016
Halmstad 2016
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It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
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Remembered Sky
Cullercoats 2018
Cullercoats 2018
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remembered Sky
Cullercoats 2018
Cullercoats 2018
Looking for something to counteract the afternoon slump? Try a blast of this raucous 20th-century Karlheinz, man...
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Looking for something to counteract the afternoon slump? Try a blast of this raucous 20th-century Karlheinz, man...
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Fancy a #KingCrimson Christmas? Your wish is granted if you join me, @sidsmith.bsky.social & @mikebarnesjourno.bsky.social on December 7 at 1pm at The Water Rats in King's Cross for a Lizard Listening Party! Tickets and deets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/themo...
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogrock
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogrock
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fancy a #KingCrimson Christmas? Your wish is granted if you join me, @sidsmith.bsky.social & @mikebarnesjourno.bsky.social on December 7 at 1pm at The Water Rats in King's Cross for a Lizard Listening Party! Tickets and deets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/themo...
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogrock
#70sProg #MusicSly #70sprogrock
Today's instant mood uplift comes from my proximity to A Formal Horse's 2019 classic, Here Comes The Man From The Council With A Flamethrower.
Try it for yourself here
aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/here-c...
Try it for yourself here
aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/here-c...
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today's instant mood uplift comes from my proximity to A Formal Horse's 2019 classic, Here Comes The Man From The Council With A Flamethrower.
Try it for yourself here
aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/here-c...
Try it for yourself here
aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/here-c...
Remembered Sky
Cullercoats 2018
Cullercoats 2018
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remembered Sky
Cullercoats 2018
Cullercoats 2018