Chris Hester

Digital Artist, Photographer, Writer & more. Editor of Adventure Coder/Workshop. Author of Shimmerkin 1 & 2, The Walrus, 11 Letters & Runaway adventure games.

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What's with music stars and their cats? 🐈

Freddie Mercury, Syd Barrett, Kate Bush, Ozzy Osbourne, Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell..!

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@MusicJim2 Genesis / Level 42

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Going to a Hendrix concert. 🟠

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@hardistymark I quite like it but not as much as Caffe Nero or Costa. The problem is I need to go to Leeds to find one. (Anyone remember when it was once above Waterstones in Bradford?)

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@tonybanksmusic I listened to it recently and wondered who the great singer was! 😎

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Caught the Super Furries live on 6! Incredible live sound with the guitars and electronics, a bit like a Welsh Blur? It's always great to have them back. 👍

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@CartoonCrawlers M6 is their *fifth* studio album! 😮 "Hits" (released after Beggar) must therefore be M5.

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@CartoonCrawlers Actually I see Nick Davis was involved! Probably helped with the Phil-like drum sound!

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@CartoonCrawlers Yeah, that wasn't good. There's another cover on this album! It was ok, but the originals are often the best.

Overall it's a good album! I liked the style, very We Can't Dance at times - I had to check if Nick Davis was producer, but it was Christopher Neil & Mike.

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@CartoonCrawlers I'm persevering one track at a time. I like it! Mea Culpa has Mike in Genesis mode! Love the stereo percussion and the riff. Just needed a Banks solo.

Wasn't too sure about the previous track, but comments on YouTube Music show people love it.

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@CartoonCrawlers I can play the whole album but not do anything else with the phone. Still, at least you get videos. This is the song I heard Banks couldn't believe was a hit when his singles failed to chart. 😖

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@CartoonCrawlers Spider Man, Superman, Slipperman...

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@CartoonCrawlers Well this is awkward. Spotify won't play Beggar on a Beach of Gold, so I went to YouTube Music. Played the title track (great to hear Phil Collins on drums – it is him, isn't it? 😄). But if I switch to another app the sound cuts out, plus there's ads. 😬

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@CartoonCrawlers 😄

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@crockpics My favourite Led Zeppelin album (on CD saved as mp3). I like The Ocean best.

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@CartoonCrawlers I was gonna ask if you liked Roachford. He had a big hit years earlier and I even bought two of his albums, great stuff! So of course I was glad to see him join M + TM. I'll let ya know what the album is like for sure!

Loving the new Squeeze single myself right now, catchy!

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@CartoonCrawlers I used to play every album in chronological order by bands I liked on my iPod, forcing myself to listen to those early albums in full. Then I got into Spotify and did the same thing with the back catalogues of Stevie Wonder & The Stones. So now it's Mike's turn! 🎸

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@w_ulanowski @U2 @fansofu2 @GlobalNetworker @U2TourFan A very decent list. 👍 I was never too keen on Unforgettable Fire though, so I'd have to replace it with something else. Also make room for How To Dismantle near the top – their last classic album imho. 👌

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@CartoonCrawlers M3! Oh dear, not too keen. A great title track though! (How come you never hear it on the radio?) It was good, but somehow failed to make me love it like the last two.

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@joserael @ProgROCK_Bon @sk_stanis This is most likely the *other* Paul Young who was a big success in the UK charts, not the one from Sad Café who went on to join Mike + The Mechanics. 😎

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@CartoonCrawlers Phil: "I didn't, I, I didn't do it..."