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Grant McGaheran

@grantmcgaheran.bsky.social

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From Sheffield, in Tokyo since 2000. Books, walks, modernism, records, cats.

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@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:29 AM

12

Low rise block of flats by night. They date from the 60s but are newly painted. A number 12 on the wall, a lit stairwell
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:57 AM

'Flung' definitely the right choice over 'threw'. And 'lobbed' would've taken us into altogether seamier territory.

@ianfmartin.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:25 PMReposted by @grantmcgaheran.bsky.social

For #HomeMadeMusic on the theme of "best enjoyed on a high", this is a song that about the ecstasy of falling in love. And the manly sport of darts. @grantmcgaheran.bsky.social and I also for some reason performed a tag team rap in bad fake Dutch accents:
rizladeutsch.bandcamp.com/track/maximu...

@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:39 PM

Joyous day recording this. Maybe Ian and I are only truly happy when we're Dutch! I've tried to come close to the sonic weapon of a riff from N'Draman Blintch's I First U Last many times over the years. Here too I think. Don't put it on too loud, it'll take your face off!

youtu.be/_TMFJ-P7yJA?...

@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:22 AM

Saturday stillness, Suzuran

Suzuran dōri shopping street in Hirai, Tokyo on a gentle early autumn early evening. Two old rusted shops lit up: Ichigoya and Takesushi. A tree, street lamp, old lady opening up the sushi shop for the evening.
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:35 AM

You said you wanted some space Well is this enough for you?

UR Wakamatsu 2-chome Danchi water tower in Funabashi with its mural of astronauts floating in space, clouds and blue sky behind.
?Unknown authorOct 1, 2026, 6:27 PMReposted by @grantmcgaheran.bsky.social

I like your bedroom moon.

Light fitting in an upstairs window at night. It looks like the moon.
@loltype.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:19 PMReposted by @grantmcgaheran.bsky.social

tin tabernacle, pink !

A faded pink corrugated iron church with white barge boards and stained glass mullion windows
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:54 AM

The Downtown Lights

View of scaffolding, tall buildings, Tokyo Sky Tree in early evening orangey blue
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM

門番

Vigilant tortoiseshell cat on a concrete step by a hose
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:36 AM

'Since Pain was paying no attention to him, he decided that he might without impropriety ignore Pain. He and Pain together watched a scene which reminded the Collector of the beach. How pleasant it is to sit on the cliffs of Dover and watch the waves rolling in.'

J.G. Farrell
The Siege of Krishnapur
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 5:51 AM

Ach, don't stare so.

Big fluffy cat with alarmed face stares behind glass
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 11:54 AM

THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN FACTS MATE I SHALL BEAR THEM IN MIND

A black metal umbrella stand with the words: 'PREPARE FOR RAIN
RAINDROP IS A DROP OF WATER WITH THE SIZE OF MORE THAN 0.5MM IN DIAMETER AND COMES
DOWN FROM THE SKY' in white capital letters on it
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:20 AM

Billy Idol screeches in in a pink Cadillac. Chomping on a cheeseboiger.

@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:57 AM

(I Like Finding) Fragments of the Eighties Fifties

A sake shop called Sakikaya in a covered shotengai. Its lettering is small, white, wonky on dark wood. Above it a large painted sign with a 1950s American waitress holding a big pizza and the words CRISPY, PIZZA, PASTA, From Tommy's, 1988 and a Budweiser logo. When I lived near this sign in the year 2000 there was no evidence a shop had been open there recently, Tommy's or otherwise. I presumed it was a ghost from the 1980s 50s/60s Americana boom. IT LIVES ON.
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:27 AM

金時

Faded once-red (?) door of a presumably abandoned Chinese restaurant called Kintoki. The door has a white circular handle and the name of the shop in white kanji. There is a rusted awning and a display case. Near Koiwa, Tokyo
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 8:39 AM

秋分の日

A stone sculpture of a small child in winter clothes, behind it a narrow stream with rocks and small stone bridges between the road and the pavement. A wet day in Koiwa, Tokyo
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 8:05 AM

O / OFF

Chunky buttons in a beige plastic housing. The On button is black and the Off is red faded to pink. The N of the ON has completely worn away. Nishifunabashi station, Chiba.
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 3:17 AM

Miserabilism
(Is is, and isn't isn't)

youtu.be/uevG6sXNMSc?...

US 12" of Pet Shop Boys single Was it worth it?
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 11:51 PM

Would be mint if Eduardo's song is just him giving the same dance instruction over and over again.

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