Musings on the byways of popular culture
Obvious culprit would be Van Morrison who’s only released one – admittedly very, very good – 2CD set of outtakes (Philosopher’s Stone Vol 1) in the late 90s and a 3CD collection of the shows from the same tour as the mesmerising Too Late To Stop Now. He did start a huge reissue program a few years back but seemed to have lost interest.
Any one here think of any other examples?
As played by toffs (and pseudo-toffs) for toffs and pseudo-toffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIekZvhyrsk
Author:Joseph Knox
Alan Parks…Malcolm…McKay…Stay Shevez, Some first rate UK crime writers coming through these last few years.
Joseph Knox whose Aidan Waits series started appearing in 2017 is one of the most promising of th lot. There’s also lots of musically themed chapter titles to keep ATM massive readers happy.
Condemned to endlessly prowl Manchester’s late night streets by the demonic superintendent Parrs, Waits graveyard shift life is a never-ending spiral of booze, broads and class A drugs with the odd quirky case thrown in.
Published in mid-last year, The Sleepwalker, sees Knox ratchet up the tension with the tale of the horrific immolation of a child killer (think Ian Brady) and two of Waits’ colleagues. Well-written and pacey, Knox’ work stands comparison with the likes of Aidan McKInty’s Sean Doyle series set in early ’70s Norn’ Ireland. Let’s hope that Knox isn’t hamstrung by the poor sales that condemned McKinty to knock Doyle on the head and start writing more mainstream fare for the mass market.
Length of Read:Medium
Might appeal to people who enjoyed…
Ian Rankin, Alan Parks, Malcolm, McKay, Frank Lean or any first rate UK Police procedural writer
One thing you’ve learned
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While can understand bands starting out or who ain’t very successful using their better known songs to feather their pension nest, it always grates when you hear fairly successful acts/writers lining up with their hands out.
Recently heard snatches of Crimso’s 21st Century Schizoid Man in some perfume commercial on UK TV. It had apparently earlier featured on an ad for XBOX which at least seems a bit more relevant.
Worst one I can think of at the moment is the rerecording of Gold for Bold fabric conditioner – all together now “BOLD! Always believe in your goal, you’ve even got time to stroll”. Gary Kemp must be cringing with embarrassment as he starts licking his fingers and counting his ill-gotten gains.
Anyone here think of any equally atrocious crimes against good taste?
Year: 1970 Director: Kevin Billington
I remember wanting to see this when it came out only for it never to show up at my local Odeon on its 1970 release (those were the days!) Nor can I ever recall seeing it show up on any of the then three TV channels in the years in the next decade or so when I had a TV (Kids today! Don’t know they’re born, etc!)
Finally did get to see it on one of those old movie channels about six years back and finally got around to buying my own copy and rewatching again a couple of weeks ago.
While a critical and commercial bomb on its release, the film remains little more than a historical curio best known for apparently destroying Peter Cook’s career as a major movie star. While Cook never found another leading role to match his huge talent thereafter, it’s hard to see him going to Hollywood and doing any better than – say – Marty Feldman, whose career crashed and burned a few years later.
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