I know why the Brain DJ has picked this obscure track, I just don't know how the Brain DJ found it under cobwebs and red herrings –

Julian Cope, "Sunspots" (1984)

And probably one of the weirdest LP covers, bordering on "heta uma" ("bad but good") …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=685MRw2qSe8

Half the time
As I sit in disarray
I am thinking of a dream I never had

#NowPlaying

The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder (1981)

https://youtu.be/MQhEfZf6LLQ?feature=shared

Tonights cooking tunes courtesy of Julian Cope - Interpreter, released 1996. Still love this album!

#TonightsCookingTunes #JulianCope #music #NowPlaying

https://open.spotify.com/album/454H4LlxmK3Rz6O59ots7e?si=JOlfIBQnR0Ca9ElrbKLGfw

God I love #JulianCope !
#totp

#NowPlaying
There are a few folks on FB who post billboard charts from the 80s. The top modern rock tracks from this week in 1989 were pretty great so I made a playlist. I'll be skipping Little Miss S. by Edie Brickell because I still don't like it, but the rest? Dang...
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7EZG5rFlQ9Cs6sT8EeScYW?si=ed1737865b6a4815

In Ancient Times... for this weeks blog post we take a look at standing stones and ancient sites in cover art, featuring a #topnine of some of the best examples.

https://www.logofiasco.com/in-ancient-times/

#AlternateFridayMusic
October 13 2023
The prompt is Underground

Julian Cope, "My Nation Underground" 1988

In the burgeoning #PostPunk music scene in late #70s #Liverpool, nascent songsmiths #JulianCope and #IanMcCulloch penned “Books” (aka “Read It in Books”), then went on to found #TeardropExplodes and #EchoAndTheBunnymen respectively, each group recording and releasing their version of that song.

The Bunnymen would prove to have better legs, producing 5 albums of original material with their initial lineup. After two albums, Teardrop disbanded and Cope began his restless ongoing solo career.

My Nation Underground, Cope’s fourth solo album, has a distinctly #80s sheen, in a satisfying, bracing way. The track "Charlotte Ann" crackled out of the speakers from the widening radio palette of the time like a march, and the title track "My Nation Underground," a funky call to arms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVS_RPl4kug

https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/10/11/how-an-angry-god-can-seem-like-a-loving-one/
My mindset when I was still a Christian, grappling with the problem of evil.
#Culture, #Thoughts
#atheism, #religion, #gods, #theology, #collectiveunconscious, #DivinePunishment, #EdwardKaSpel, #God, #LegendaryPinkDots, #JulianCope

"And fighting men, aboard a raft
A sailing ship has run aground
And confidence is valued in these days"

#NowPlaying - The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder (1981)

#JulianCope #TheTeardropExplodes
https://youtu.be/6R_UH5a7cmU?si=o1_WuQGvjd-RcKU2

I had to walk some blues off, and found myself at the Valley of Rocks on a windy day. The rocks are Devonian, full of fossils from deep time; as Julian Cope would say, its magic is deep & severe. Wild goats were on top of the outcrops, giving the whole scene a perfect folk-horror vibe.

You can see the silhouette of the biggest goat on the cliff in pic 1. Very Dennis Wheatley/Rodney Matthews.

https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/08/04/acceptance-last-stage-of-grief-over-christianity/
Just had a little bit of insight into why I was such an angry guy when I became an atheist - and why I think a lot of Christians are angry these days: grief.
#Culture, #Religion #Acceptance, #Anger, #atheism, #Christianity, #Dawkins, #Grief, #Identity, #JohnVervaeke, #JulianCope, #Memes

#30DaySongChallenge Day 8: A song about drugs or alcohol.

Ten or eleven years ago, I trained up to run a half marathon. I had one of those little square iPods that I loaded up with banging tunes, but set it to random play. I was way too close to the front of the pack when the starting gun went off and I clicked play on this song. I couldn't keep up the pace even for 3 1/2 minutes... https://youtu.be/y0LoATTcoJs
#JulianCope #FlooredGenius Out of my mind on dope and speed

Some #JulianCope for #TonightsCookingTunes

Just not quite sure what to make as yet. I'll decide when I make it to the kitchen!

https://open.spotify.com/album/6fzZQVRkd0jJkiwsapvtbu

I have posted this before, and I shall post it again, because I like it and I just can't control myself –

Julian Cope, "Out Of My Mind On Dope and Speed" (1989)

#JukeboxFridayNight #OutOfControl #JulianCope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0LoATTcoJs

WARNING: SEX TAPE

Julian Cope in COPEULATION scandal

Julian Cope / Teardrop Explodes ~ The Culture Bunker
(from Wilder, 1981)
#NowPlaying #JulianCope

80s Julian was a little wiggy, but artistically he's at the top of his game here. Brilliant track from his Teardrop's masterpiece, Wilder.

https://youtu.be/-8ljx9c0FdU via @YouTube

#HappyNewYear! I only arrived here on Mastodon in Nov, part of the great #twittermigration. In that short time, I have connected with so many decent, interesting, bright & lovely people. Thx!

My husb & I met nearly 20yrs ago thru an interest in #Neolithic #AncientMonuments & #JulianCope's #TheModernAntiquarian, so for #StandingStoneSunday I'd like to share a #painting I made of the avenue at #Callanish.

(If you #FollowMe, I'll #followback, even if it's not #FollowBackFriday!)
#silentsunday

Started reading #GeorgeCarlin Brain Droppings and added the complete #BleakExpectations radio series to #aduible

#Music so far: #TheBeatles, #TheWho, #VelvetUnderground. #Stooges, #MC5, #VanHalen, #ThinLizzy, #TheUndertones, #RoryGallagher

Coming up: #PaulWeller, #JoeWalsh, #JulianCope, #Manics, #WonderStuff, #Metallica, #Megadeth, #Amaranthe, #DeLaSoul, #ArrestedDevelopment, etc