REM Near Wild Heaven (and many more)

Touch my garden…
Well I er…does it need tending? Er…

Recorded some bits for podcast as in ‘you are listening to a podcast from The Word’.

The David Live album gets slated but it’s got great performances by him. Like on Sweet Thing. His contradictions and complications are what make him a compelling act. Great confidence coupled with self doubt.

Borrowed Tune also. As weary and disillusioned as can be.

Dua Lipa, Haim, Neil Y (old but new) and Halsey all pretty good I reckon. Dylan I can’t get with, what with that unpleasant raspy, phlegmy muttering. I realise it’s the patina of age, the traces of the experiences […]

1 – In Rainbows – Radiohead
2 – Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
3 – Hand.Cannot.Erase – Steven Wilson
4 – Lost In The Dream – The War On Drugs
5 – Honey – Robyn
6 – A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead
7 – […]

I wasn’t really wowed by this song before until I recently saw this old performance from Later… on youtube. I was impressed. A thrilling version of Hallo Spaceboy.

Not all European countries the same. Off the top of my head, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Finland fared less badly than others. I believe this was down to prompt, early action in the form of lockdowns and closed […]

Yes I believe the drive-in Saturdays concert was a big success.

Did she stand in for Stacia? Oh dear. Sorry.

They ruined it for me just like happened after the Perfect Day cover. Spoiled it forever.

On the other hand, an upbeat, driving banger with a light touch absent on what is, in the main, a rather dreary, samey album with too much of Hooky’s whiny bass lines. And I like New Order. Not sure about Love […]

Red House by Jimi Hendrix. After telling us his woes over his baby going away it’s all fine because if my baby don’t love me no more I know her sister will. He teases us with his torment but he’ll be fine anyway. […]

Jaume Plensa’s heads are dramatic and stunning. They look almost photoshopped as they are so pristine and seem to come from another dimension. Naturalistic but distorted. They had one at The Hermitage which we saw.

When we were in San José in Costa Rica* we sat on a bench next to John Lennon. True story. Here’s an article about his missing glasses:

*Yes, my posts on this thread about statues are just excuses to show off […]

Maybe Baden-Powell’s statue could be replaced by one of somebody who approved of both smoking and masturbation? Bill Hicks perhaps? Or Madonna?

Essay came after. It was the tweets that set it all off. An essay would have been the place to start from and forget the tweets. How can you navigate that complex minefield in 280 characters? The response was vile though.

Had a walking tour on communism in St Petersburg last October. Apparently Lenin had his arse blown off, not a line in a Stranglers song as far as I am aware. There’s a statue outside the Finland station, as it’s […]

Fair enough.