What does it sound like?: Today, quite incredibly to me as it barely seems possible, marks the 45th anniversary of the original release of this album. It's now been reissued on … [Read More...]
Musings on the byways of popular culture
Nights In
Mavis Staples – We Get By
What does it sound like?: Mavis Staples is eighty in July. She has no intention of slowing down. There have been three celebratory events where the likes of David Byrne, Maggie … [Read More...]
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – Before The Beginning – 1968-1970 Rare Live & Demo Sessions
What does it sound like?: This is the first release of a discovery of a treasure trove of Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac live recordings and unreleased studio sessions from 1968 … [Read More...]
Big Big Train “Grand Tour”
What does it sound like?: Much anticipated by a very loyal fan base, the increasingly prolific Big Big Train are back with a new album. The scope of “Grand Tour” moves beyond the … [Read More...]
Nights Out
Two Nights Out with Thea Gilmore
Venue: Open, Norwich, and Union Chapel, London Date: 21/05/2019 What a difference a lighting rig can make. I have loved Thea Gilmore’s music for most of the couple of decades … [Read More...]
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa
Venue: London Palladium, that London Date: 14/05/2019 So I went to see a hologram. And you know what? It was rather good. The Zappa Family Trust, never slow in identifying new … [Read More...]
The Unthanks: Unaccompanied, As We Are
Venue: London's Union Chapel Date: 02/05/2019 This was my 15th or 16th time seeing Becky & Rachel Unthank and like other artists I have seen many times it's the fact that … [Read More...]
A Bowie Celebration
Venue: State Theatre, Sydney, Australia Date: 10/05/2019 I have to say I never go to these tribute shows, I hate the whole idea of them, and there seem to be more and more of … [Read More...]
Features
Respect The Shelving: or the six ages of collecting
moseleymoles on In which Mr Moles muses on his life through objects
Recent changes chez Moles have thrown more focus onto the shelves, racks and piles of stuff that we – chiefly I – have filled our des res with over the years. The re-organisation of the Front Room has led Ms Moles to make what she would like to think is a ‘full and final settlement’ of the space allocated for CDs/vinyl/books/comics/DVDs. That settlement in full:
The DVDs not to exceed their allocated shelving. Roughly 650 DVDs worth.
The fiction shelving not to exceed their allocated shelving. Approximately 800-900 including overflow onto the floor below and behind the sofa.
Non-fiction and vinyl not to exceed their allocated shelving. Vinyl is one area Ms Moles does chip in with approx. a third of the total. And no, we may have been together 30 odd years and produced two offspring but those collections remain unmerged.
New shelving to be provided in the front room as part of its redecoration for the CDs – I would reckon between 1500-2000 (maybe 300 Ms Moles). And for the comics – around 2500 (er…all mine, 90% 2000AD).
Though I instinctively bridle, I know that » Continue Reading.
Films
Avengers: Endgame (Spoiler free)
Year: 2019 Director: Russo Brothers Much excitement Chez Twang as we head for the lovely art deco Broadway Cinema in Letchworth to see the opening night of "Avengers: Endgame". … [Read More...]
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Year: 2019 Director: Steve Sullivan I hate funerals. Well I guess no one looks forward to funerals but they are an event where people are remembered and talked about with warmth, … [Read More...]
Cold Pursuit
Year: 2046 Director: Hans Petter Moland Every family has a film thing yes? Some shared collection of actors, genres and in-jokes that bind you all together in front of the screen … [Read More...]
A Private War
Year: 2019 Director: Matthew Heineman I can’t imagine this film will be seen by many people unaware of Marie Colvin’s story – (spoiler alert) sometimes described as a “rock star” … [Read More...]
Reads
All That’s Dead
Author:Stuart MacBride The latest volume in this long running and consistently first class series featuring Inspector Logan McRae, along with his usual cohorts, Steel, Rennie and … [Read More...]
Record Play Pause
Author:Stephen Morris ‘Drummers, Stephen, they all end up taking morphine and drinking absinthe. You don’t want to end up like that do you?’ Fatherly advice received by New Order … [Read More...]
A Book Of Bones
Author:John Connolly John Connolly celebrates twenty years as an author with this new work, a real doorstop of a novel, almost 700 pages in length, and a sequel to last year’s … [Read More...]
A Life In Movies – Stories From 50 Years In Hollywood
Author:Irwin Winkler Whether you know Winkler’s name or not, you are bound to have seen one of his films. His production credits include the “Rocky” / “Creed” series, “Raging … [Read More...]
Games
Destiny 2
Platform:Playstation Age Rating:16+ Year of Release:2017 Review:In 22 Jump Street - possibly apart from Aliens and T2 the best ever sequel - Ice Cube greets the returning cops … [Read More...]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: The Game
Platform:C64 Age Rating:3+ Year of Release:1985 Review:It's hard to explain how flipping massive FGTH were in 1983-5 and how much they milked that cash cow. I still recall that … [Read More...]
Noticeboard
Re-Play Papworth – 1981 Pop
26/05/2019 OMD's Architecture & Morality, The Human League's Dare, Soft Cell's Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go 12" and a handful of other 1981 pop singles played from … [Read More...]
Barmcake
A new issue of my magazine Barmcake is out now. It features interviews with the director of Being Frank, Tjinder Singh from Cornershop, Adelle Stripe, A Certain Ratio, Bernard … [Read More...]
Nothing Is Real – A Beatles Podcast
Hey folks. Myself and StevenC have started a new podcast about, are you ready for this, THE BEATLES. We are launching today and in future weeks will cover such topics as Help! … [Read More...]
John Renbourn – Unpentangled: The Sixties Albums
'Unpentangled: The Sixties Anthology', from Cherry Red at a mere £23, is a 6CD set collecting John Renbourn's three 1966-68 solo LPs, his two LPs with Dorris Henderson (1965 & … [Read More...]
Coming Up: BBC 4 Friday Night At 9. Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only
03/05/2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p077k8zn "Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only is a special 90-minute live show paying tribute to the iconic 1960s BBC Two jazz show of … [Read More...]
Nick Lowe Ticket – Manchester Royal Northern College of Music
09/06/2019 I can no longer make this gig and so I have a ticket for Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets going at face value if anyone is interested. Front row Seat AA6. … [Read More...]
