I’m doing everything the FAQs says to do to post an image but getting no joy. I’m going to try again.

It feels almost churlish to raise it given all the hard work that’s gone on to get us back home again, but is there any chance of putting the logo back on the site, or getting a new one.

It just feels slightly bare and functional with just the bold “Afterword” lettering at the top.

I already had these “in the can” when the site did a flounce and thought I’d revive it for the next few weeks. Work commitments will make it difficult to go back to one a week but I should be able to do a few more over the coming months. So here’s a mix of the songs covered by Kev both solo and with Dexys. enjoy,

Went to see him give a Q&A at a screening of that Dexys film a few months back. He was a right moody git. Wouldn’t talk about anything that happened in the past and my mate was chosen to ask a question and he decided to stroke his ego and Kev responded with that “Yes ,I am a genius” line he’d been waiting to use all night. Saying that he happily posed for photos after,not many were in a hurry to ask though and I had a 2 minute chat with him about ex-Wolves player Peter Knowles.

There is no more.

I’m sure the presenters on a festival jolly are having a whale of a time. I’m sure the punters that saw Mogwai last night really did enjoy themselves but ironically it seems to me that as soon as the 6Music Festival started, there seems to be far far more talk on the station. There’s normally far more talk for a station with Music in their name than I would like but it’s gone a bit overboard this weekend. Of course it may be that it’s just particularly boring talk and there’s not actually any more of it at all! If that’s the case, then I apologise!

We used to be able to see a list of what we’d posted/commented on … Is there any way of still doing that?

1. If I reply to a comment, it appears as a reply to the OP rather than the comment I was replying to (eg see my comment on DFB’s comment about the Bonzo’s/Rutles in IanP’s “Who you going to see” post. Can we fix this? Otherwise my comment doesn’t necessarily make sense.

2. I saved a New Blog Post as a draft, because I couldn’t work out how to post a photo. (Still can’t). But then when I went to “Post a Blog”, I kept getting my previous, saved one. Can this be sorted? Does this make sense?

BTW I of course appreciate the great work all the admin folks are doing. PLEASE can we donate something?

Peter Gabriel tried with Cameras. I say we swamp the whole fucking arena with Electric Guitars. Who’s with me?

A post that has lots of words I start to panic.

Not yet 48 hours old, The Afterword has cost me over 100 Quids so far! aaaargghhh!

Never did get the chance to enthuse about this Box Set as the pub burned down before I managed to compose anything.

Brought to you be the compilers of the excellent Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie-Pop ’80-’89 Set, this 4 CD set celebrates an often overlooked period of music, often unfairly referred to as “The Jam and some other bands. Oh, and Quadrophenia too”. All the big names are here: Secret Affair, The Chords, Purple Hearts, Squire, Merton Parkas The Jam do not appear (only in the guise of The Jolt performing the Weller song “See Saw” – and (perversely, possibly) that is a good thing. It gives lesser known bands a chance to shine. Bands which (in my opinion (which may not count for much!) that should’ve been massive like The Truth or The Prisoners (a retrospective statement, as I only discovered them 3 or so years ago) to worthy contenders, maybe not so vividly remembered names like The Combine, Untamed Youth, Beggar and The Vandells. The mid-80s Mod Revival-Revival is also represented in the shape of The Moment, Makin’ Time and the Gents.

Makes you want to buy some » Continue Reading.