New tech alert - we got the coolest bit of kit, a bluetooth reciever for the stereo, meaning we can finally stream straight from our phones. That's pretty awesome. it's super tiny as well and doesn't take up much space. If you're interested, here they are online - not a bad price either. The quality's pretty good.

For #threetunetuesday I'll start with two songs Jamie was excited about and played for me when I got home from being out and about. Now I'm not an ABBA fan at all but I love this version by Bristol legends Portishead. They'd released it just after the death of MP Jo Cox as a tribute. She was a tireless campaigner of refugess. It ends with Cox’s quote from her maiden speech in parliament: “We have far more in common than which divides us.”. Ain't that the truth.

It's a lovely haunting version - for some reason I'm reminded of Sisters of Mercy but I might be off there. That's just me.

The next one is Jamie XX. Apparently the sample is the yoga video he was watching in lock down, but he thought it could be relevant to all kinds of situations.

Next is jus a song I really love and heard on the radio on the way home today - I love it. I fraeking love Mark E Smith, rest his soul, we saw him live in Melbourne once and he was more punk than punk. Guy kept walking of stage, pulling sheets of lyrics out of his pocket, just generally being a nutter, but in a really good way. They definitely broke the mould when they made him. This is seven minutes of relentless awesomeness.

The lyrics though - so mental. I told you he was punk.

nd all humans
Cavalry or cavalry
And not a drop of water
Or paper
Or paper
J.W. said "walking bass, walking bass"
Don't forget
Don't forget
You expected Aristotle Onassis
But instead you got
Mister James Fennings from Prestwich, in Cumbria, down!
Do you?
The flat is evil
Full of cavalry and Calvary
His first appearance was on Moscow Road
The poster came first
At first I thought it was just a poster
I was talking to Jane Seymour
Eyes wide open
The neck was slightly dislocated
But then I walked up the street
There was
A repellent plastic
Said poster with a picture
"Do you work?"
I was on one leg
At the top of the street
There was a poster
A plastic front
From Moscow Road it came
From Deansgate it came
From Narnack Records it came
I was on one leg
I had to be in by nine-thirty
I said walking bass
Paper times two
Paper times two
Paper everywhere and not a drop of water to be seen
I said
I was by the ocean
I saw a poster
I am licking my feet
I am licking my feet
Everywhere I look
I see a blind man
I see a blind man
Everywhere I look
I see a
I, I can't get my eyes checked
My blues eyes can't get checked
I'm only on one leg
I said to poster, "when's curfew over?
I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
I said, "blind man, have mercy on me"
Blind man have mercy on me
Oh Great One, I am a mere receptacle
The egg tester for your sandalwood and other assorted woods
In dark green
Blind man
Have mercy on me!
I got a metal leg, truth!
Flat is the evil of Calvary and cavalry