If you never thought the world of wine and Japanese Manga comics ever had anything to do with one another then you’ve never encountered ‘Drops of God’ by Tadashi Agi. Described by Wine Spectator as ‘Shizuku Kanzaki is summoned home one day to discover that his estranged father, a famous wine critic with a cellar that’s the stuff of legend, has died. But he soon finds that claiming his inheritance will not be so simple as signing on a line: His father has devised an elaborate game in which he must identify and describe 13 top wines around the world—against a competitor, a brash young wine virtuoso the elder Kanzaki adopted. Shizuku works at a beer company.’ Just seen that all volumes are now priced at £0.00 (that’s free) if you have a Kindle from the tax dodgers (by that I mean Amazon). Ideal for lockdown wine study!

From Richard Williams’ always excellent ‘The Blue Moment’ blog

https://thebluemoment.com/2020/04/04/a-night-at-fillmore-east-1970/

Here’s a wine maker who plays jazz to his vines. What artists would you play to your grapes/hops/grains to make the besr quality drinks? Links to any alcohol based beverages are allowed

http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2014/03/chilean-immerses-wines-in-jazz

I’m sure this has been done lots of times before but was surprised to say the least to hear Devo’s ‘Whip it!’ Used in the latest Premier Inns ad. What are they trying to say?

https://youtu.be/rStdjbWeiTY

the Scandies do seem to be moving ahead with all kind of things – can’t find it now but there was a FB post a short while ago saying why Finland was the best place in the world to live. Time to buy a bigger coat?

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/radio-waves-fm-faces-big-freeze-7wfnctkr6?shareToken=05483fb2e18ebdf80fcd2112de6f54e7

So a glass or two may have been drunk, but I’ve been listening and thinking about some of these albums (I still call them that) of 2016 and……well no, sorry……but… I bought Blackstar on Amazon preorder and when it arrived was pleasantly surprised but how many times have I listened to it since? Definitely under the required 6 so listened again today and…it really isn’t that good is it? Always like Laughing Len but while this is definitely a good album, would it be in the top 10 if he hadn’t……well you know Radiohead – again nothing new here and they’ve done it better before….same can be said for Mr Cave I’m afraid (and I’m definitely a fan here) Michael Kiwanadu….ok like this one (except for the annoying single) Paul Simon will be seen as the genius he is once he dies I suppose Oops, missed out Teengae Fanclub but please…come on…best of the year???? Wilco…never really seen the point, Case, Laing etc can see this one growing on me, and Avalanches?? Why is it good that this one sounds exactly the same as the last one which was years ago? Now going down the list and was looking forward » Continue Reading.

If you ran a poll asking if people thought Pollsters were a bunch of ****wits, what do we think the result would be? GET A REAL JOB!!!

Sly little Afterword-friendly pun by Jeff Stirling on Gillette Soccer Saturday today. “The scorer was Niall Southerland, that’ll be appreciated by his brothers and Quiver” Mrs H despairs about this programme – according to her it’s watching blokes watching football on the TV – and what’s wrong with that?

Went to see Rich Hall in Bury St Edmunds last night. Thought this song about His Bobness would be appreciated here Sorry if it’s a repost

OK so I’m more often a lurker to this site, and I’m sure that there has been numerous links to the History of Rock magazine before, and I’ve only read a few of them (almost 10 quid for a magazine!!!! – I may be 57 but I tend to read most of my stuff on my lovely IPad and magazines, although I used to live for them, now are something that tend to only be bought for holidays) but when I saw the most recent issue was 1976, what I consider to be one of the most influential years of my life (I was 17, at VIth form, what did I know?) it had to be purchased (unlike the infrequent Mojo purchases at the local (Bury St Edmunds) market for £1 a copy (and only one month out of date!). So what have I learned? – that I now realise why I brought the NME every week and not the Melody Maker – for those not in the know about this magazine it tends to spread between NME & MM articles/reviews. God the MM was so pompous and self-important (the 1976 HOR includes an album review of Slik for Christs » Continue Reading.