Ricky McAllister
@rickymca.bsky.social
Husband to Jenny - dad to Ethan, Holly, Micah, Benji & Annie - Man U fan for 40 years - Music & film - coffee - Reader of books but a failed novelist - SEN teacher - lover of a fine stout/porter.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Cousin
🎤 Wilco
A momentary break from all things Wilco…always time for the mighty Wilco. One of the greatest American bands of the past 30 years for sure.
This is my favourite Wilco album since A Ghost is Born.
💿 Cousin
🎤 Wilco
A momentary break from all things Wilco…always time for the mighty Wilco. One of the greatest American bands of the past 30 years for sure.
This is my favourite Wilco album since A Ghost is Born.
January 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Cousin
🎤 Wilco
A momentary break from all things Wilco…always time for the mighty Wilco. One of the greatest American bands of the past 30 years for sure.
This is my favourite Wilco album since A Ghost is Born.
💿 Cousin
🎤 Wilco
A momentary break from all things Wilco…always time for the mighty Wilco. One of the greatest American bands of the past 30 years for sure.
This is my favourite Wilco album since A Ghost is Born.
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Daylight Storms
🎤 Air Formation
Hard to believe this is almost 20 years old. Such a wonderful album…the opener Cold Morning is a beast; the title track is huge & closer Before We Forget is a stunner.
What I wouldn’t give for a copy of Near Miss though…😎
💿 Daylight Storms
🎤 Air Formation
Hard to believe this is almost 20 years old. Such a wonderful album…the opener Cold Morning is a beast; the title track is huge & closer Before We Forget is a stunner.
What I wouldn’t give for a copy of Near Miss though…😎
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Daylight Storms
🎤 Air Formation
Hard to believe this is almost 20 years old. Such a wonderful album…the opener Cold Morning is a beast; the title track is huge & closer Before We Forget is a stunner.
What I wouldn’t give for a copy of Near Miss though…😎
💿 Daylight Storms
🎤 Air Formation
Hard to believe this is almost 20 years old. Such a wonderful album…the opener Cold Morning is a beast; the title track is huge & closer Before We Forget is a stunner.
What I wouldn’t give for a copy of Near Miss though…😎
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Collide
🎤 The Asteroid No 4
Delighted to finally have a physical copy of Collide in my hands…it is sounding really good. It is making for great company, front to back, with a few standouts.
Opener Ghost Garden is up there with my favourite AN4 tracks.
💿 Collide
🎤 The Asteroid No 4
Delighted to finally have a physical copy of Collide in my hands…it is sounding really good. It is making for great company, front to back, with a few standouts.
Opener Ghost Garden is up there with my favourite AN4 tracks.
January 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Collide
🎤 The Asteroid No 4
Delighted to finally have a physical copy of Collide in my hands…it is sounding really good. It is making for great company, front to back, with a few standouts.
Opener Ghost Garden is up there with my favourite AN4 tracks.
💿 Collide
🎤 The Asteroid No 4
Delighted to finally have a physical copy of Collide in my hands…it is sounding really good. It is making for great company, front to back, with a few standouts.
Opener Ghost Garden is up there with my favourite AN4 tracks.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 How Lucky to be Somebody
🎤 Little Oso
A little gem of an album…glorious, melodic indie-pop. This cracker from 2025 is fully deserving of a much wider audience.
💿 How Lucky to be Somebody
🎤 Little Oso
A little gem of an album…glorious, melodic indie-pop. This cracker from 2025 is fully deserving of a much wider audience.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 How Lucky to be Somebody
🎤 Little Oso
A little gem of an album…glorious, melodic indie-pop. This cracker from 2025 is fully deserving of a much wider audience.
💿 How Lucky to be Somebody
🎤 Little Oso
A little gem of an album…glorious, melodic indie-pop. This cracker from 2025 is fully deserving of a much wider audience.
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head
John Lennon
Hope Sandoval
Thom Yorke
James Skelly
Richard Ashcroft
Nathan Nicholson
Lana Del Rey
Robin Pecknold
Molly Rankin
Rachel Goswell
John Lennon
Hope Sandoval
Thom Yorke
James Skelly
Richard Ashcroft
Nathan Nicholson
Lana Del Rey
Robin Pecknold
Molly Rankin
Rachel Goswell
top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head
David Bowie
Brett Anderson
Sarah Blackwood (Dubstar)
Marvin Gaye
Stuart Staples
Hikaru Utada
Nick Drake
Robert Smith
Michael Stipe
Stevie Wonder
David Bowie
Brett Anderson
Sarah Blackwood (Dubstar)
Marvin Gaye
Stuart Staples
Hikaru Utada
Nick Drake
Robert Smith
Michael Stipe
Stevie Wonder
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert & the band or artist.
The Prodigy | The King’s Hall | Belfast | 6th December 1996
At the height of their Breathe/Firestarter fame…have to say they freaked the life out of 16 y/o me that evening.
Unfortunately the venue no longer exists.
The Prodigy | The King’s Hall | Belfast | 6th December 1996
At the height of their Breathe/Firestarter fame…have to say they freaked the life out of 16 y/o me that evening.
Unfortunately the venue no longer exists.
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert & the band or artist.
The Prodigy | The King’s Hall | Belfast | 6th December 1996
At the height of their Breathe/Firestarter fame…have to say they freaked the life out of 16 y/o me that evening.
Unfortunately the venue no longer exists.
The Prodigy | The King’s Hall | Belfast | 6th December 1996
At the height of their Breathe/Firestarter fame…have to say they freaked the life out of 16 y/o me that evening.
Unfortunately the venue no longer exists.
#nowreading #BookSky
These Borrowed Hills | Scott Preston
This is a really impressive first novel. The tale itself is viscerally written, edgy and violent but shot through with a pitch perfect dose of black humour.
Really, really enjoying it.
These Borrowed Hills | Scott Preston
This is a really impressive first novel. The tale itself is viscerally written, edgy and violent but shot through with a pitch perfect dose of black humour.
Really, really enjoying it.
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
#nowreading #BookSky
These Borrowed Hills | Scott Preston
This is a really impressive first novel. The tale itself is viscerally written, edgy and violent but shot through with a pitch perfect dose of black humour.
Really, really enjoying it.
These Borrowed Hills | Scott Preston
This is a really impressive first novel. The tale itself is viscerally written, edgy and violent but shot through with a pitch perfect dose of black humour.
Really, really enjoying it.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Atta
🎤 Sigur Ros
‘Minimal music played maximally’.
The only SR I didn’t own (& had never actually listened to) so couldn’t resist at an absolute bargain price.
It hasn’t disappointed. Some of Atta is astonishingly beautiful.
💿 Atta
🎤 Sigur Ros
‘Minimal music played maximally’.
The only SR I didn’t own (& had never actually listened to) so couldn’t resist at an absolute bargain price.
It hasn’t disappointed. Some of Atta is astonishingly beautiful.
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Atta
🎤 Sigur Ros
‘Minimal music played maximally’.
The only SR I didn’t own (& had never actually listened to) so couldn’t resist at an absolute bargain price.
It hasn’t disappointed. Some of Atta is astonishingly beautiful.
💿 Atta
🎤 Sigur Ros
‘Minimal music played maximally’.
The only SR I didn’t own (& had never actually listened to) so couldn’t resist at an absolute bargain price.
It hasn’t disappointed. Some of Atta is astonishingly beautiful.
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Sprained Ankle
🎤 Julien Baker
Her debut album is still a raw, heartbreaking listen. It’s really spare stuff: little besides her guitar, her voice & a little reverb. Confessional songwriting at its finest.
Paste Mag has called it 1 of the best indie-folk albums of all time.
💿 Sprained Ankle
🎤 Julien Baker
Her debut album is still a raw, heartbreaking listen. It’s really spare stuff: little besides her guitar, her voice & a little reverb. Confessional songwriting at its finest.
Paste Mag has called it 1 of the best indie-folk albums of all time.
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Sprained Ankle
🎤 Julien Baker
Her debut album is still a raw, heartbreaking listen. It’s really spare stuff: little besides her guitar, her voice & a little reverb. Confessional songwriting at its finest.
Paste Mag has called it 1 of the best indie-folk albums of all time.
💿 Sprained Ankle
🎤 Julien Baker
Her debut album is still a raw, heartbreaking listen. It’s really spare stuff: little besides her guitar, her voice & a little reverb. Confessional songwriting at its finest.
Paste Mag has called it 1 of the best indie-folk albums of all time.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Blue Valentine
🎤 Tom Waits
The football team I love is in turmoil, yet again, but if anyone can lift the despondent mood, the great Tom Waits can.
It’s not his most loved or widely acclaimed album, but it absolutely holds up. Great to lie back and soak up.
💿 Blue Valentine
🎤 Tom Waits
The football team I love is in turmoil, yet again, but if anyone can lift the despondent mood, the great Tom Waits can.
It’s not his most loved or widely acclaimed album, but it absolutely holds up. Great to lie back and soak up.
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Blue Valentine
🎤 Tom Waits
The football team I love is in turmoil, yet again, but if anyone can lift the despondent mood, the great Tom Waits can.
It’s not his most loved or widely acclaimed album, but it absolutely holds up. Great to lie back and soak up.
💿 Blue Valentine
🎤 Tom Waits
The football team I love is in turmoil, yet again, but if anyone can lift the despondent mood, the great Tom Waits can.
It’s not his most loved or widely acclaimed album, but it absolutely holds up. Great to lie back and soak up.
Can’t pretend to know what is going on behind the scenes but it doesn’t seem to be a happy camp.
Whether you are for/against RA keeping his job, comments like these rarely end up positive for a manager. His tenure has been a disaster but he hasn’t been helped much either.
Rinse & repeat I guess.
Whether you are for/against RA keeping his job, comments like these rarely end up positive for a manager. His tenure has been a disaster but he hasn’t been helped much either.
Rinse & repeat I guess.
Angry Amorim tells Manchester United: ‘I’m here to be manager, not coach’
Ruben Amorim cast doubt on his long-term future at the club in an outburst after Matheus Cunha’s goal earned Manchester United a 1-1 draw at Leeds
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Can’t pretend to know what is going on behind the scenes but it doesn’t seem to be a happy camp.
Whether you are for/against RA keeping his job, comments like these rarely end up positive for a manager. His tenure has been a disaster but he hasn’t been helped much either.
Rinse & repeat I guess.
Whether you are for/against RA keeping his job, comments like these rarely end up positive for a manager. His tenure has been a disaster but he hasn’t been helped much either.
Rinse & repeat I guess.
Anticipated albums 2026…
I’m sure many will be added over the next few months:
Ailbhe Reddy
Dry Cleaning
Paper Kites
Whitelands
Bill Callahan
Nothing
Ladytron
IST IST
Boxer Rebellion
Lana Del Rey
Tori Amos
War on Drugs
Rumoured:
The Cure
Massive Attack
Peter Gabriel
Bob Dylan
Phoebe Bridgers
I’m sure many will be added over the next few months:
Ailbhe Reddy
Dry Cleaning
Paper Kites
Whitelands
Bill Callahan
Nothing
Ladytron
IST IST
Boxer Rebellion
Lana Del Rey
Tori Amos
War on Drugs
Rumoured:
The Cure
Massive Attack
Peter Gabriel
Bob Dylan
Phoebe Bridgers
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Anticipated albums 2026…
I’m sure many will be added over the next few months:
Ailbhe Reddy
Dry Cleaning
Paper Kites
Whitelands
Bill Callahan
Nothing
Ladytron
IST IST
Boxer Rebellion
Lana Del Rey
Tori Amos
War on Drugs
Rumoured:
The Cure
Massive Attack
Peter Gabriel
Bob Dylan
Phoebe Bridgers
I’m sure many will be added over the next few months:
Ailbhe Reddy
Dry Cleaning
Paper Kites
Whitelands
Bill Callahan
Nothing
Ladytron
IST IST
Boxer Rebellion
Lana Del Rey
Tori Amos
War on Drugs
Rumoured:
The Cure
Massive Attack
Peter Gabriel
Bob Dylan
Phoebe Bridgers
Show us the last four albums you listened to ⬇️
#last4albums
‘Not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow’ edition.
#last4albums
‘Not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow’ edition.
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Show us the last four albums you listened to ⬇️
#last4albums
‘Not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow’ edition.
#last4albums
‘Not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow’ edition.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Hail to the Thief
🎤 Radiohead
I’ve a funny relationship with this. Feel like it needed an editor…I definitely skip more tracks on this than their other albums. Could live without Young Blood, Myxomatosis & Punchup.
On the other hand, The Gloaming is one I have come to love.
💿 Hail to the Thief
🎤 Radiohead
I’ve a funny relationship with this. Feel like it needed an editor…I definitely skip more tracks on this than their other albums. Could live without Young Blood, Myxomatosis & Punchup.
On the other hand, The Gloaming is one I have come to love.
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Hail to the Thief
🎤 Radiohead
I’ve a funny relationship with this. Feel like it needed an editor…I definitely skip more tracks on this than their other albums. Could live without Young Blood, Myxomatosis & Punchup.
On the other hand, The Gloaming is one I have come to love.
💿 Hail to the Thief
🎤 Radiohead
I’ve a funny relationship with this. Feel like it needed an editor…I definitely skip more tracks on this than their other albums. Could live without Young Blood, Myxomatosis & Punchup.
On the other hand, The Gloaming is one I have come to love.
#5DebutAlbums9094
Early research indicates my 5 will come from this lot.
2 are definites…with the remaining 7 to slug it out with many others I have undoubtedly forgotten about…
Early research indicates my 5 will come from this lot.
2 are definites…with the remaining 7 to slug it out with many others I have undoubtedly forgotten about…
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
#5DebutAlbums9094
Early research indicates my 5 will come from this lot.
2 are definites…with the remaining 7 to slug it out with many others I have undoubtedly forgotten about…
Early research indicates my 5 will come from this lot.
2 are definites…with the remaining 7 to slug it out with many others I have undoubtedly forgotten about…
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: Petite Maman
2022: Top Gun: Maverick
2023: Past Lives
2024: Radical
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: First Cow
2021: Petite Maman
2022: Top Gun: Maverick
2023: Past Lives
2024: Radical
2025: One Battle After Another
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
2021: The Worst Person In The World
2022: Aftersun
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Outrun
2025: No Direction Home
#FilmSky
2020: Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
2021: The Worst Person In The World
2022: Aftersun
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Outrun
2025: No Direction Home
#FilmSky
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
2022: Corsage
2023: La Chimera
2024: Grand Tour
2025: One Battle After Another
2023 and 2024 were bloody good cinema years ❤️❤️
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
2022: Corsage
2023: La Chimera
2024: Grand Tour
2025: One Battle After Another
2023 and 2024 were bloody good cinema years ❤️❤️
January 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: Petite Maman
2022: Top Gun: Maverick
2023: Past Lives
2024: Radical
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: First Cow
2021: Petite Maman
2022: Top Gun: Maverick
2023: Past Lives
2024: Radical
2025: One Battle After Another
Show us the last four albums you listened to
#last4albums
New Year’s Eve edition.
Health and happiness to you all in 2026.
#last4albums
New Year’s Eve edition.
Health and happiness to you all in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Show us the last four albums you listened to
#last4albums
New Year’s Eve edition.
Health and happiness to you all in 2026.
#last4albums
New Year’s Eve edition.
Health and happiness to you all in 2026.
25 best albums of the last 25 years (A-Z, one album per artist)
(1-8)
Air Formation | Near Miss
Alvvays | Antisocialites
Beach Fossils | Bunny
Beach House | 7
Andy Bell | Flicker
Bon Iver | S/T
The Boxer Rebellion | Union
The Coral | Butterfly House
(1-8)
Air Formation | Near Miss
Alvvays | Antisocialites
Beach Fossils | Bunny
Beach House | 7
Andy Bell | Flicker
Bon Iver | S/T
The Boxer Rebellion | Union
The Coral | Butterfly House
25 best albums of the last 25 years (A-Z, one album per artist)
Allah-Las — Allah-Las
Arctic Monkeys — Suck It And See
The Asteroid No.4 — These Flowers Of Ours
Big Red Machine — How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?
Bon Iver — Bon Iver
The Coral — Coral Island
Delorentos — You Can Make Sound
…/
Allah-Las — Allah-Las
Arctic Monkeys — Suck It And See
The Asteroid No.4 — These Flowers Of Ours
Big Red Machine — How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?
Bon Iver — Bon Iver
The Coral — Coral Island
Delorentos — You Can Make Sound
…/
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
25 best albums of the last 25 years (A-Z, one album per artist)
(1-8)
Air Formation | Near Miss
Alvvays | Antisocialites
Beach Fossils | Bunny
Beach House | 7
Andy Bell | Flicker
Bon Iver | S/T
The Boxer Rebellion | Union
The Coral | Butterfly House
(1-8)
Air Formation | Near Miss
Alvvays | Antisocialites
Beach Fossils | Bunny
Beach House | 7
Andy Bell | Flicker
Bon Iver | S/T
The Boxer Rebellion | Union
The Coral | Butterfly House
#last4albums #MusicSky
‘Throughly enjoying the Christmas holiday now that Christmas Day is over’ edition😊
‘Throughly enjoying the Christmas holiday now that Christmas Day is over’ edition😊
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#last4albums #MusicSky
‘Throughly enjoying the Christmas holiday now that Christmas Day is over’ edition😊
‘Throughly enjoying the Christmas holiday now that Christmas Day is over’ edition😊
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 What A Pleasure
🎤 Beach Fossils
Obviously the band would go to hit new & genuinely wonderful heights with Bunny.
This isn’t near that in terms of quality but there are fine moments on this. It’s an interesting & diverting listen for a band with a few gears to go through yet.
💿 What A Pleasure
🎤 Beach Fossils
Obviously the band would go to hit new & genuinely wonderful heights with Bunny.
This isn’t near that in terms of quality but there are fine moments on this. It’s an interesting & diverting listen for a band with a few gears to go through yet.
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 What A Pleasure
🎤 Beach Fossils
Obviously the band would go to hit new & genuinely wonderful heights with Bunny.
This isn’t near that in terms of quality but there are fine moments on this. It’s an interesting & diverting listen for a band with a few gears to go through yet.
💿 What A Pleasure
🎤 Beach Fossils
Obviously the band would go to hit new & genuinely wonderful heights with Bunny.
This isn’t near that in terms of quality but there are fine moments on this. It’s an interesting & diverting listen for a band with a few gears to go through yet.
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Light Verse
🎤 Iron & Wine
A lovely surprise Christmas gift this morning.
The history books say it was 7yrs between Beast Epic & this. The intervening years included 2 EPs, 1 Archive Series release, Calexico collab, 1 reissue of his breakthrough album, two live albums & a doc🤷♂️
💿 Light Verse
🎤 Iron & Wine
A lovely surprise Christmas gift this morning.
The history books say it was 7yrs between Beast Epic & this. The intervening years included 2 EPs, 1 Archive Series release, Calexico collab, 1 reissue of his breakthrough album, two live albums & a doc🤷♂️
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Light Verse
🎤 Iron & Wine
A lovely surprise Christmas gift this morning.
The history books say it was 7yrs between Beast Epic & this. The intervening years included 2 EPs, 1 Archive Series release, Calexico collab, 1 reissue of his breakthrough album, two live albums & a doc🤷♂️
💿 Light Verse
🎤 Iron & Wine
A lovely surprise Christmas gift this morning.
The history books say it was 7yrs between Beast Epic & this. The intervening years included 2 EPs, 1 Archive Series release, Calexico collab, 1 reissue of his breakthrough album, two live albums & a doc🤷♂️
A very nice book and record haul this morning. My family know me well☺️
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A very nice book and record haul this morning. My family know me well☺️