Spoker's Woes

you can listen to spoker's records here.

17/04/2025 23:46 - Capel St Vintage Shop

the vintage shop in capel st is the best thrift store in dublin. every time i go in there (bi-weekly) there's always new cool and weird stuff. i've gotten a good few walkmen and tapes in there since i've been going to college. the first thing i got there was a 1950s reel to reel player which i'm pretty sure works, i cleaned it out and replaced some bits but i have no idea how to power the thing. its been sitting in the shed for a while so i hope to get it out again and try figure out how to get it working, cause i got actual blank reels of tape i wanna record music onto. bit of a tangent lol.. but today i got a video-8 tape and a pair of htc earphones. ever since my actual headphones broke at the machine girl gig i've just been living off cheap earphones. at least these ones are comfy tho :3

02/04/2025 17:44 - theDragon's Debut

i'd love to share this amazing record sent to me by theDragon, their debut album. the record contains tracks heavily inspired by the late, great Daniel Johnston. tracks like 'Whistle' and 'Waiting in the Reign' celebrate the lofi home tape recording side of DJ, with theDragon recording these songs on a 1980s fischer-price tape recorder. All revenue generated from the album will be donated to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). Pls check it out!! https://spokersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sleeper-test

02/04/2025 17:37 - Digital Frenzy

i'm currently in the process of digitizing my records and tapes. starting off with I Start Counting's "Catalouge" cassette which features remixes by Fortran 5 and an awesome industrial mix of 'Letters to a Friend' by Daniel Miller. Right now I'm digitizing 'Switched-on Bach' by Wendy Carlos, my Japanese copy from 1969. It has lots of cool additions like an OBI and exclusive artwork, like a portrait of Johann "Electronics" Bach composed entirely out of HTML lettering. Super cool. I may add some of these files here after I'm done digitizing.

12/01/25 17:48 - Setlists Galore

here are setlists that i have taken from bands at their gigs i currently have 8 setlists:

From left to right...

• The Red Stains - 11/08/24 - The Chameleon, Nottingham, UK (i really enjoyed their punk energy)

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• Nasty Fishmonger - 11/08/24 - The Chameleon, Nottingham, UK (folky screamy people. very cool)

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• Skinner - 22/06/24 - Beyond The Pale, Wicklow IE (signed by the band at spindizzy records after the release party of new wave vaudeville, aaron signed it first on a copy of 'The Prodigy - Experience' on vinyl. super cool. the bassist drew a paper airplane next to their signature because when i asked for the setlist at BTP they fashioned it into an airplane at threw it at me from up on the stage)

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• (Signed Eppie poster for Special K Evenings release party 01/15/24, when their bassist was still part of the lineup)

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• Eppie - 05/15/24 - The Grand Social, Dublin IE (i added the encore to the end of the setlist, when palomi asked the audience "do the kildare people want to hear Gwen Stacy?"

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• Post-Punk Podge and the Technohippies - 08/03/24 - All Together Now, Waterford IE (i loved this set so much. setlist was obtained when i walked on stage and took it from where podge was standing)

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• eXTC - 11/20/24 - Sub89, Reading, UK (i asked a stage handler for this setlist, other audience members were pissed off at me because they thought i took their signed setlist, they tried to kill me but there were too old)

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• Martina and the Moons - 19/9/24 - The Grand Social, Dublin IE (support band for iNNUENDO. the bassist was awesome)

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• Beach Fossils - 08/04/24 - All Together Now, Waterford IE (fell in love with this band after this festival)