The opening bars to this:

I could play this on a loop all day:

Good review from Luke Haines here. Not a huge fan of his music but he writes excellent prose: https://spectator.us/beatles-white-album-reissued/

I am on my way home from seeing First Aid Kit in Birmingham. Set highlight for me, I don’t think I will ever tire of this song:

At this year’s Brit Awards the best female went to Dua Lipa. Not only had I never knowingly heard her music, I hadn’t even heard of her *at all*. In fact I had to look up her name before posting this because I’d […]

I don’t think Corbyn’s playing a long game. Corbyn isn’t really a politician at all, he’s an activist which is very different. I don’t have a problem with activists per se, they can sometimes play an important […]

Seconded on Luke Haines. Not a great fan of his music but the books are hilarious. His Twitter feed is a hoot too, he may be the heir to Mark E Smith.

First album bought: Nirvana – Nevermind (possibly – I’m not 100% sure)
Last Album Bought: The Coral – Move Through the Dawn
Desert Island Album: The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Last Album Listened To: Hawa – […]

Caitlin Moran is superb. She divides people, but once you get past the often very funny knob gags she has some really good advice to share. Reading her and talking to my wife over the last few years have […]

Start with the 100% Dynamite compilation from Soul Jazz. If you like that move onto 200% Dynamite. I think they were up to 500% Dynamite last time I checked. Actually Soul Jazz have all sorts of interesting themed […]

The Action. Cult 1960s mod favourites, tipped for big things, worked with George Martin, never managed a hit. Phil Collins loves ’em.

I need this in my life if the price ever comes down. Love Bobbie Gentry, but her back catalogue has been served very badly for years. I’m sure there’s plenty of good stuff I haven’t heard beyond the stuff that […]

Many contenders, lately this one’s been getting a lot of spins:

Dogwood blossoms float against
The ice encrusted creek bank
A tender blade of new green grass
Is bravely pushing upward through the melting […]

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They need to back a second vote. The membership (I’m one though not a Corbynite) are overwhelmingly for it, if the leadership aren’t going to come across as “meet the new boss, same as the old boss” then they have […]

Not as many as I expected once I’d put my mind to it:

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
Richard Hawley – any of several
The Innocence Mission – Befriended
Brendan Benson – Lapalco
The Killers – Hot Fuss
The […]

I see no problem here. The joy of barely being in my 40s but with Afterword tastes is that I can go to gigs and genuinely feel like I’m the youngest person there. Certainly that was the case at a Georgie Fame […]

Was going to start a thread on this topic then realised we’d done it before so thought I’d resurrect this one. As it’s about TV, think of it as a repeat…

This clip’s been on BBC4 tonight for the umpteenth […]

Not a jazz buff by any means but Chet Baker, baby…