Tim Riley

"Importance isn't important. Good writing is."

Thanks Chris. Yours too.

Ah, thank you, Valarie.

The lips?

Edinburgh.

Artspreading.

Schon.

Saturday Morning - Pianist Vikingur Olafsson at the piano - BBC Sounds Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend!

He's about an hour in...

He told a funny story about it on R3 on Saturday.

Italian photographer Franco Fontana, a pioneer of colour photography.

Rabat, 1981
#FrancoFontana #Photography

Loved the four-handed Bach.

Went to see Vikingur Olafsson and the orchestra ended up in the audience. (Bonus point if you can spot @bombaylychee.bsky.social)

You can keep your Netflix.

Unexpected treat at the greengrocer's this morning.

Row G 😊

Love a U-Bahn station.

I did. Were you sitting near the band?

😁

We had a Murphy on a metal stand. In white.

Mash up of Unknown Pleasures Joy Division sleeve and Neil Sedaka.

Love Will Tear Us Apart and Neil Sedaka’s version of Love Will Keep Us Together were recorded in the same studio. (Strawberry, Stockport.)

Amazing.

Thanks Dean. I had no idea Andy even met Neil, let alone took his picture.

Neil Sedaka - "Going Nowhere" (1974) YouTube video by Lance The Scorpion

I was named after "Stephen" by Neil Sedaka; it was on the radio while my dad drove home from the hospital after I was born. But I've always had the softest spot for this overblown monster, a constant presence on my dad's in-car mixtapes back in the day. RIP Neil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZMD...

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I bought this on your recommendation and enjoyed it very much. (If 'enjoyed' is the right word.)

One of Europe’s most legendary Cold War cinemas has just reopened – and it’s cooler than ever Take a tour of an old communist kino with a bold new makeover

Time Out says yes. (Unless they've just copied the wiki entry...)

I wondered about that, too. But I haven't seen another one like it for Marty Supreme, so 🤷🏻‍♂️

It's on Karl Marx Allee in what was East Berlin.

Missed you!