Gloomy Sunday?

Finally hit a 180 with my Harrows Graflite 24g. I've had them since the end of June. I only throw with them occasionally - maybe a bit more now - but it's always nice to hit a least one 180 with any darts you have knocking about.

Now, if I could only hit a 180 with my 28g Datadart brass darts  . . . 

51/50

Big Gold Dream (2015)

Monday Toonage #6

If you put me on the spot about what my favourite Bowie album is, I'd probably plump for his 1990  compilation album Changesbowie.

I'm not trying to be a cheeky swine. For me, Bowie, more than anything else, was a great singles artist. And the reason I pidgeon-holed in such a limiting fashion? The honest answer is that I never properly checked out his albums . . . for reasons which currently escape me. That's my loss (and possible future gain) because it means that it's only now that I discover great album tracks like 'Blackout' from his '77 Heroes album:

That's where Billy and Alan got their soundscape from. Now I understand.

Friday's Playlist #17

An ongoing series:

The Associates, 'Gloomy Sunday' (Sulk)

Cilla Black, 'It's For You' (The Best of Cilla Black)

Pete Shelley, 'Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca' (Homosapien)

Paul Haig, 'Heaven Help You Now' (The Warp of Pure Fun)

Bethnal, 'Nothing New' (Crash Landing)

A House, 'More Endless Art'

Madness, 'NW5 (I Would Give U Everything)'

S Club, 'Love Aint Gonna Wait For You'

The 1990s, 'Pollockshields' (Cookies)

Simple Minds, 'Film Theme Dub' (Flexi Disc)

Friday's Playlist #11

For that cheeky bastard, Reidski. A resumption of an ongoing series:

The Jam, 'Absolute Beginners' (Snap)

Human League, 'Seconds' (Dare)

Billy Idol, 'Dancing With Myself'

The Pretenders, 'Message of Love' (Pretenders II)

The Associates, 'Message Oblique Speech' (Fourth Drawer Down)

The Passions, '(I'm in love with a) German Film Star'

Dexys Midnight Runners, 'Plan B' (Too-Rye-Ay)

Siouxsie and the Banshees, 'Love in a Void' (Once Upon A Time)

Japan, 'Visions of China' (Tin Drum)

Soft Cell, 'Entertain Me' (Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret)

Why 1981? Why not.

Update 11/11/ 22

I wish I'd picked a better Associates song. And what's the deal with picking that song by Billy Idol? Did I lose a bet?

Spotify Playlist Link.