They’ve made the 18 hours of demos available to buy after hackers stole them and tried to blackmail them for $150,000. The profit from selling the demos themselves is to go to climate crisis activists Extinction Rebellion.
Roky Erickson RIP
We’re gonna miss him.
My favourite LP is 30 today
Not particularly Afterword friendly I know but Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation was released 30 years ago today. It completely blew me away at the time, changing me from a twee indie fan to a noise freak over the course of one listen and still gets a regular spin to this day.
John Lennon swearing in the library
Spent some time this morning mooching around the new Library/Cinema/Theatre complex in Chester. Whilst browsing around the large (and busy) cafe/non-fiction area*, I realised the music playing was familiar – ‘Working Class Hero’, complete with f-word. I looked around but no one else seemed to notice (peasants!) but I did think Paperback Writer might have been more appropriate. * Yes it is confusing.
Unique (?) three song playlist
The Proper Ornaments by The Free Design The Free Design by Stereolab Stereolab by The Proper Ornaments
See what I did there? Any others?
Songs about horse racing
I started working at a famous racecourse last week which lead me to thinking – any songs about horse racing?
Most copies?
My favourite album but I’ve only owned 4(?) copies in 33 years – only 796 to go! Who has the most copies of a single album then?
Shindig! magazine having problems?
It apparently has been rebranded as ‘Kaleidoscope’ much to the editing staff’s chagrin, judging by their latest tweet!
https://twitter.com/shindigmagazine/status/585549579556409345
