Nick Portnell
@nportnell.bsky.social
England seemed to him to be nothing but horrors and misery now. The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.
Maybe we should just start spending all of our pension funds on records and recreational drugs now.
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Maybe we should just start spending all of our pension funds on records and recreational drugs now.
QTO an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
QTO an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10
#NowPlaying celebrating my new T-shirt.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#NowPlaying celebrating my new T-shirt.
#new2me25
13. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963)
I realise that everyone of you heard this album before I did and that you all know how amazing it is already. It is such a vivid sounding album, like a silent movie in reverse. Not a moment is wasted nor a note out of place.
13. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963)
I realise that everyone of you heard this album before I did and that you all know how amazing it is already. It is such a vivid sounding album, like a silent movie in reverse. Not a moment is wasted nor a note out of place.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#new2me25
13. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963)
I realise that everyone of you heard this album before I did and that you all know how amazing it is already. It is such a vivid sounding album, like a silent movie in reverse. Not a moment is wasted nor a note out of place.
13. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963)
I realise that everyone of you heard this album before I did and that you all know how amazing it is already. It is such a vivid sounding album, like a silent movie in reverse. Not a moment is wasted nor a note out of place.
November 15th: we have to rid this house of useless tat.
December 4th: look at this demented cat Xmas tree decoration from Habitat. It's half price, we would be mad not to buy it.
December 4th: look at this demented cat Xmas tree decoration from Habitat. It's half price, we would be mad not to buy it.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
November 15th: we have to rid this house of useless tat.
December 4th: look at this demented cat Xmas tree decoration from Habitat. It's half price, we would be mad not to buy it.
December 4th: look at this demented cat Xmas tree decoration from Habitat. It's half price, we would be mad not to buy it.
Unidentified item in the bagging area.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Unidentified item in the bagging area.
#new2me25
14. Organic Pulse Ensemble - Zither Suite (2024)
Not an ensemble at all, just one Swedish guy multitracking all the parts of a modern day spiritual jazz masterpiece. To my novice jazz ears, this is as good as some of the 60s classics, he needs a wider audience. An incredible record.
14. Organic Pulse Ensemble - Zither Suite (2024)
Not an ensemble at all, just one Swedish guy multitracking all the parts of a modern day spiritual jazz masterpiece. To my novice jazz ears, this is as good as some of the 60s classics, he needs a wider audience. An incredible record.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#new2me25
14. Organic Pulse Ensemble - Zither Suite (2024)
Not an ensemble at all, just one Swedish guy multitracking all the parts of a modern day spiritual jazz masterpiece. To my novice jazz ears, this is as good as some of the 60s classics, he needs a wider audience. An incredible record.
14. Organic Pulse Ensemble - Zither Suite (2024)
Not an ensemble at all, just one Swedish guy multitracking all the parts of a modern day spiritual jazz masterpiece. To my novice jazz ears, this is as good as some of the 60s classics, he needs a wider audience. An incredible record.
There is an excellent moon boob hovering over Reading right now.
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There is an excellent moon boob hovering over Reading right now.
#new2me25
15. Advance Base - Nephew in the Wild (2015)
Another @andrewmale.bsky.social tip-off, Advance Base is basically a man named Owen Ashworth who specialises in writing darkly humorous songs mostly about the everyday happenings of middle America. Lyrically up there with Berman & Jeff Lewis.
15. Advance Base - Nephew in the Wild (2015)
Another @andrewmale.bsky.social tip-off, Advance Base is basically a man named Owen Ashworth who specialises in writing darkly humorous songs mostly about the everyday happenings of middle America. Lyrically up there with Berman & Jeff Lewis.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#new2me25
15. Advance Base - Nephew in the Wild (2015)
Another @andrewmale.bsky.social tip-off, Advance Base is basically a man named Owen Ashworth who specialises in writing darkly humorous songs mostly about the everyday happenings of middle America. Lyrically up there with Berman & Jeff Lewis.
15. Advance Base - Nephew in the Wild (2015)
Another @andrewmale.bsky.social tip-off, Advance Base is basically a man named Owen Ashworth who specialises in writing darkly humorous songs mostly about the everyday happenings of middle America. Lyrically up there with Berman & Jeff Lewis.
Colour me shocked.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Colour me shocked.
BBC News - Trans girls can no longer join Girlguiding, organisation says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is sad news. The pressure they must be under because of certain high profile individuals makes this inevitable. British society is regressing at an alarming rate.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is sad news. The pressure they must be under because of certain high profile individuals makes this inevitable. British society is regressing at an alarming rate.
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girlguiding says the move is in response to the Supreme Court ruling that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
BBC News - Trans girls can no longer join Girlguiding, organisation says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is sad news. The pressure they must be under because of certain high profile individuals makes this inevitable. British society is regressing at an alarming rate.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is sad news. The pressure they must be under because of certain high profile individuals makes this inevitable. British society is regressing at an alarming rate.
I love Victoria Derbyshire. Newsnight tonight is a hard watch, but she is the best BBC News journalist by a long stretch.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I love Victoria Derbyshire. Newsnight tonight is a hard watch, but she is the best BBC News journalist by a long stretch.
#new2me25
16. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1974)
The first time I played this, I wrongly assumed that it was a greatest hits album, it's that good. I'm guessing most of you know the title track, but there isn't a duff song on the whole album. This is peak mid-70s pre-disco/soul music.
16. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1974)
The first time I played this, I wrongly assumed that it was a greatest hits album, it's that good. I'm guessing most of you know the title track, but there isn't a duff song on the whole album. This is peak mid-70s pre-disco/soul music.
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#new2me25
16. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1974)
The first time I played this, I wrongly assumed that it was a greatest hits album, it's that good. I'm guessing most of you know the title track, but there isn't a duff song on the whole album. This is peak mid-70s pre-disco/soul music.
16. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1974)
The first time I played this, I wrongly assumed that it was a greatest hits album, it's that good. I'm guessing most of you know the title track, but there isn't a duff song on the whole album. This is peak mid-70s pre-disco/soul music.
Can they just let him go, allow him to grow his hair out a bit and then cast him as Tim Buckley in a movie much better than either the Dylan or Springsteen ones?
"you get those photos of luigi on trial"
"sure did boss, real fucking sexy like you asked"
"sure did boss, real fucking sexy like you asked"
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Can they just let him go, allow him to grow his hair out a bit and then cast him as Tim Buckley in a movie much better than either the Dylan or Springsteen ones?
#new2me25
17. Veronique Chalot - A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair (1979)
Achingly beautiful Breton folk music that sounds as though it was teleported from 300 years before. Her voice is that of an angel and the combination of medieval instruments is utterly hypnotic.
17. Veronique Chalot - A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair (1979)
Achingly beautiful Breton folk music that sounds as though it was teleported from 300 years before. Her voice is that of an angel and the combination of medieval instruments is utterly hypnotic.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#new2me25
17. Veronique Chalot - A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair (1979)
Achingly beautiful Breton folk music that sounds as though it was teleported from 300 years before. Her voice is that of an angel and the combination of medieval instruments is utterly hypnotic.
17. Veronique Chalot - A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair (1979)
Achingly beautiful Breton folk music that sounds as though it was teleported from 300 years before. Her voice is that of an angel and the combination of medieval instruments is utterly hypnotic.
open.spotify.com/playlist/4IQ...
It's now officially December so you can shove this up your chimneys.
It's now officially December so you can shove this up your chimneys.
Winter Songs
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
open.spotify.com/playlist/4IQ...
It's now officially December so you can shove this up your chimneys.
It's now officially December so you can shove this up your chimneys.
I see that crisis team Liverpool are 9 points behind league leaders Arsenal with 25 matches still to play. I hope Slot finally sleeps well tonight.
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I see that crisis team Liverpool are 9 points behind league leaders Arsenal with 25 matches still to play. I hope Slot finally sleeps well tonight.
We bought a posh set of knives in the Black Friday sale. I am attempting to cook an Indian feast from scratch and things aren't going well.
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We bought a posh set of knives in the Black Friday sale. I am attempting to cook an Indian feast from scratch and things aren't going well.
#NowPlaying
#5debutalbums7074
This is a corker of an album. Featuring three members of the brilliant psych band Blossom Toes along with special guests including Julie Driscoll (that's her behind the bar on the cover) & Mick Taylor, it's funky guitar driven rock with a splash of jazz colouring.
#5debutalbums7074
This is a corker of an album. Featuring three members of the brilliant psych band Blossom Toes along with special guests including Julie Driscoll (that's her behind the bar on the cover) & Mick Taylor, it's funky guitar driven rock with a splash of jazz colouring.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#NowPlaying
#5debutalbums7074
This is a corker of an album. Featuring three members of the brilliant psych band Blossom Toes along with special guests including Julie Driscoll (that's her behind the bar on the cover) & Mick Taylor, it's funky guitar driven rock with a splash of jazz colouring.
#5debutalbums7074
This is a corker of an album. Featuring three members of the brilliant psych band Blossom Toes along with special guests including Julie Driscoll (that's her behind the bar on the cover) & Mick Taylor, it's funky guitar driven rock with a splash of jazz colouring.
Really weird seeing a T.Rex album on Casablanca Records. The label was home to Kiss, Cher, Donna Summer & The Village People. This was a 1974 US only album that completely flopped.
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Really weird seeing a T.Rex album on Casablanca Records. The label was home to Kiss, Cher, Donna Summer & The Village People. This was a 1974 US only album that completely flopped.
I normally wait until December (or completely fail to locate them), but it's Sufjan Christmas boxset time.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I normally wait until December (or completely fail to locate them), but it's Sufjan Christmas boxset time.
#new2me25
18. Pharaoh Sanders - Karma (1969)
I've bought a fair amount of jazz albums this year with varying degrees of success, but this one clicked for me immediately. Only two tracks, but the groove instantly feels familiar, possibly a nod to A Love Supreme? Hypnotic, dreamlike & beautiful.
18. Pharaoh Sanders - Karma (1969)
I've bought a fair amount of jazz albums this year with varying degrees of success, but this one clicked for me immediately. Only two tracks, but the groove instantly feels familiar, possibly a nod to A Love Supreme? Hypnotic, dreamlike & beautiful.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#new2me25
18. Pharaoh Sanders - Karma (1969)
I've bought a fair amount of jazz albums this year with varying degrees of success, but this one clicked for me immediately. Only two tracks, but the groove instantly feels familiar, possibly a nod to A Love Supreme? Hypnotic, dreamlike & beautiful.
18. Pharaoh Sanders - Karma (1969)
I've bought a fair amount of jazz albums this year with varying degrees of success, but this one clicked for me immediately. Only two tracks, but the groove instantly feels familiar, possibly a nod to A Love Supreme? Hypnotic, dreamlike & beautiful.
@profanity.accountant How's my cursing?
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@profanity.accountant How's my cursing?
George Harrison, 24 years gone.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
George Harrison, 24 years gone.
#5debutalbums7074 If you only know this band because of their rather annoying All Around My Hat hit, this is will surprise you. It's a stunning debut that is well worth checking out. You can find lots of nice original copies for under £20.
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#5debutalbums7074 If you only know this band because of their rather annoying All Around My Hat hit, this is will surprise you. It's a stunning debut that is well worth checking out. You can find lots of nice original copies for under £20.