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Hi Mastodon,

I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (https://alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/album/a-cufflink-wearing-guy)

There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

#songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

Hi Mastodon,

I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (https://alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/album/a-cufflink-wearing-guy)

There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

#songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

Hi Mastodon,

I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (https://alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/album/a-cufflink-wearing-guy)

There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

#songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

Hi Mastodon,

I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (https://alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/album/a-cufflink-wearing-guy)

There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

#songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

Hi Mastodon,

I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (https://alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/album/a-cufflink-wearing-guy)

There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

#songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

The Modern Lovers (BMG 964216351, 2026)

Couldn’t resist. Found this #RSD release on ebay for what I would’ve paid in the store so I snatched it up. One of my favorite albums of all time (although I consider the 1989 Rhino CD release my definitive track listing). This sounds really good though. So fun.

@vinylrecords #vinyl #ModernLovers #JonathanRichman

THE MODERN LOVERS
Pablo Picasso
suédée par Hugues Baum
(sur une proposition d'Antoine Kahlmann)
.
.
.

"Un super groupe, un morceau que j’adore qui en plus parle d’un peintre. Après, l’image de Picasso est bien différente aujourd’hui… Et le côté viril mis en avant dans la chanson prend une autre tournure depuis quelques révélations sur le personnage… c’est pourquoi je ne l’ai pas gâté visuellement et que je suis partie de cette photo où il est en cowboy si fier de son flingue…" H.B.

#pochettededisque #jonathanrichman #themodernlovers #pochettepirate #pablopicasso

"Roadrunner" is a song written by #JonathanRichman and recorded in various versions by Richman and his band, in most cases credited as #theModernLovers. Richman has described it as an ode to #MassachusettsRoute128. Critic #GreilMarcus described it as "the most obvious song in the world, and the strangest". #RollingStone ranked it No. 269 on their list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime in 2004 and No. 77 in 2021. In 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQDNWpCQfE

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers:
🎵 Lonely Financial Zone

#JonathanRichman #TheModernLovers

https://crazytrane.bandcamp.com/track/the-lonely-financial-zone-jonathan-richman-the-modern-lovers

https://open.spotify.com/track/2aYyJZrmUPkZXhluXWP8TM

Wire - 1976 Demo (Bootleg)

Broke my rule about boots to get this rare bit of history...very early, very rough Wire doing a bunch of early tracks and covering...

...Roadrunner.

Now that's something I'd never expect.

Supposedly a rehearsal tape recorded in August 1976 by Nick Garvey (or so says Read & Burn).

#nowplaying #vinyl #ArtPunk #Wire #JonathanRichman #Roadrunner

Bermuda Strollers 73 (Edmar ELPS-1122, 1973).

In Jonathan Richman’s “Monologue About Bermuda” he says the Modern Lovers’ trip to the island signaled the end of the band because he was getting more excited by what the local guys like these guys were doing. Features “Bang Bang Lulu.”

#MyVinylSolution #JonathanRichman

#BostonWeekend 15x Fri-Sun JOJO Jonathan Richman in #SomervilleMA for 3 nights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWhqQpp4pk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFU98mEem4 https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/live-on-stage-jonathan-richman-featuring-tommy-larkins-on-the-drums/ #ColdPizza #JonathanRichman #JoJo #ModernLovers #TheModernLovers #BostonMusic #Boston

🇺🇦 Auf #radioeins läuft...

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers:
🎵 Egyptian Reggae

#NowPlaying #JonathanRichman #TheModernLovers

https://open.spotify.com/track/426eL4gFMqgtu3hulUEMFs

#ThePastels were/are a quietly revolutionary band from Glasgow. The were DIY in many respects and paved the way for #BelleAndSebastian, #Mogwai and #FranzFerdinand. I loved the "anorak" scene, which was basically dressing down in the 80s when everyone else was dressing up. Their songwriting was a bit #JonathanRichman, a bit deliberately fragile but they still knew how to rock. The opening track on their debut LP "Ride" is massive and still sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XcDgt9o3NY

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder

Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.

My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.

#1980s #1987 #BrennanTotten #craftRecordings #ElectricFetus #JohnnyAvila #JonathanRichman #JonathanRichmanAndTheModernLovers #MinneapolisMN #ModernLovers #NatickMA #rounder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder

Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.

My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.

#1980s #1987 #BrennanTotten #craftRecordings #ElectricFetus #JohnnyAvila #JonathanRichman #JonathanRichmanAndTheModernLovers #MinneapolisMN #ModernLovers #NatickMA #rounder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder

Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.

My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.

#1980s #1987 #BrennanTotten #craftRecordings #ElectricFetus #JohnnyAvila #JonathanRichman #JonathanRichmanAndTheModernLovers #MinneapolisMN #ModernLovers #NatickMA #rounder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour

Jonathan Richman:
🎵 I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

#JonathanRichman

https://rounderrecords.bandcamp.com/track/i-was-dancing-in-the-lesbian-bar

https://open.spotify.com/track/2UayKZmrsYyjNj6T8frugJ

"Roadrunner" is a song written by #JonathanRichman and recorded in various versions by Richman and his band, in most cases credited as #theModernLovers. Richman has described it as an ode to #MassachusettsRoute128. Critic #GreilMarcus described it as "the most obvious song in the world, and the strangest". #RollingStone ranked it No. 269 on their list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime in 2004 and No. 77 in 2021. It charted at no.11 on the UK chart in 1977.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c8

The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later – this one in 1976.

Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ, and backing vocals, with Ernie Brooks playing bass, and David Robinson drums. John Cale produced six of the songs. That’s a gig poster for Gloucester High School auditorium on the rear cover.

Some legendary songs here – “Roadrunner” (which you may know via the Sex Pistol’s cover and after which a local venue is now named) and “Pablo Picasso” which has been covered by many people including David Bowie and Jack White.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is a later reissue (2009) by 4 Men With Beards on 180g vinyl.

#1970s #1976 #4MenWithBears #A1Records #Beserkley #DavidRobinson #ErnieBrooks #JerryHarrison #JohnCale #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #NYC #Reissue #Roadrunner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later – this one in 1976.

Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ, and backing vocals, with Ernie Brooks playing bass, and David Robinson drums. John Cale produced six of the songs. That’s a gig poster for Gloucester High School auditorium on the rear cover.

Some legendary songs here – “Roadrunner” (which you may know via the Sex Pistol’s cover and after which a local venue is now named) and “Pablo Picasso” which has been covered by many people including David Bowie and Jack White.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is a later reissue (2009) by 4 Men With Beards on 180g vinyl.

#1970s #1976 #4MenWithBears #A1Records #Beserkley #DavidRobinson #ErnieBrooks #JerryHarrison #JohnCale #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #NYC #Reissue #Roadrunner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later – this one in 1976.

Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ, and backing vocals, with Ernie Brooks playing bass, and David Robinson drums. John Cale produced six of the songs. That’s a gig poster for Gloucester High School auditorium on the rear cover.

Some legendary songs here – “Roadrunner” (which you may know via the Sex Pistol’s cover and after which a local venue is now named) and “Pablo Picasso” which has been covered by many people including David Bowie and Jack White.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is a later reissue (2009) by 4 Men With Beards on 180g vinyl.

#1970s #1976 #4MenWithBears #A1Records #Beserkley #DavidRobinson #ErnieBrooks #JerryHarrison #JohnCale #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #NYC #Reissue #Roadrunner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later – this one in 1976.

Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ, and backing vocals, with Ernie Brooks playing bass, and David Robinson drums. John Cale produced six of the songs. That’s a gig poster for Gloucester High School auditorium on the rear cover.

Some legendary songs here – “Roadrunner” (which you may know via the Sex Pistol’s cover and after which a local venue is now named) and “Pablo Picasso” which has been covered by many people including David Bowie and Jack White.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is a later reissue (2009) by 4 Men With Beards on 180g vinyl.

#1970s #1976 #4MenWithBears #A1Records #Beserkley #DavidRobinson #ErnieBrooks #JerryHarrison #JohnCale #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #NYC #Reissue #Roadrunner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers:
🎵 Roadrunner

#JonathanRichman #TheModernLovers

https://ah-mashups.bandcamp.com/track/a-roadrunner-song-tipsy-shaboozey-vs-jonathan-richman-the-modern-lovers

https://open.spotify.com/track/4uy9WHrsebHCAWNG5vToBP

🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55kiq57r1ErxcYnr6B3P6g

🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

47 years ago today
Jonathan Richman onstage at Eric's in Liverpool on June 13, 1978 in a breathtaking shot by Kevin Cummins.

Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band, in Boston, Massachusetts

#protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, guitarist and founder of the proto-punk band the Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

the MODERN LOVERS "She Cracked" 1972

#protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the influential proto-punk band Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

Photo by Masao Nakagami

#protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Sooo... here's the second in a new series which I call, snappily, SONGS I WISH I'D WRITTEN (but did not because I'm not a good enough songwriter).

https://youtu.be/Gy88-5pc7c8

#Roadrunner #TheModernLovers #JonathanRichman

Golly that was fun

#JonathanRichman #Bluebird #Denver

Been listening to the ”Original Modern Lovers” (Bomp) collection of summer 72 Dinky Dawson demos and October 73 Kim Fowler sessions, plus a boot of unreleased studio demos and I sure wish these would all get a proper mix, mastering, and official release.

That band didn’t record that much stuff. It should *all* be available in the quality it deserves.

http://www.jojochords.com/cds/unreleasedstudiodemos1971.html

#ModernLovers #JonathanRichman

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Roadhouse

Jonathan Richman:
🎵 Since She Started to Ride

#JonathanRichman

https://weanietots.bandcamp.com/track/since-she-started-to-ride-jonathan-richman

https://open.spotify.com/track/5UrOPz3zRxNtLGmcaL9mnC

Jonathan Richman - “Monologue About Bermuda” (live)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=w5tTW2UQIeQ&feature=share

#JonathanRichman #bermuda #LiveMusic #stiff #ModernLovers #BangBangLulu