I always find it interesting that every couple of years there’s a latest “Everyone’s seen it” TV series when actually I’m willing to bet that none of them get the viewing figures in this country that Corrie’s been […]

And Afterword favourites Smokie.

All this and no Bobbie Gentry? I am often posting Bobbie Gentry on here.

And if you agree, there’s a great Twitter feed for you: https://twitter.com/africabytotobot?s=09

This thorny question was tackled by possibly my favourite tweet of all time:

No it's Africa by Toto https://t.co/iwUgHNcGma

— vezza (@veritysulway) June 30, 2017

A couple of times in Birmingham I’ve seen a guy called Andy Wickett play in tiny venues. He was in an early line up of Duran Duran and basically wrote Girls on Film but left around the time the band got signed and […]

$600,000 dollars for a set of speakers is quoted in this article. It’s fascinating stuff:

Actually I prefer this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSSMQVybzE

This is pretty special:

Might as well throw in the B-Side too:

That is some double whammy.

By 1964 James Brown is already a star. Out of Sight though is a different beast to what’s come before with a more staccato feel, at times it’s almost jazz. It’s not fully-fledged funk, but this is the record where […]

Been looking forward to this for a few weeks, the last couple of albums have both been really enjoyable. Get this man a UK tour!

The case for the defence m’lud…

I love The La’s. Lee Mavers must be a little (OK, very) bonkers not to hear what a wonderful record he released. I’ve heard the various alternative / live / in session versions […]

I hadn’t thought about the Shamen for years until Super Hans got married on Peep Show:

Shaun Ryder is nowadays a weird kind of National Treasure, more widely known as a guest star on various ITV shows than as a pop star to anyone under 35. Happy Mondays still have cred in music circles, but people […]

Cycling does it for me. A couple of years ago I bought a mountain bike, the first time I’d owned a bike for about 10 years. I planned to ride to work and back, and maybe the odd longer ride at weekends for a bit […]

“It’s *definitely* inspired by a drawing my son did”:

When I was a teenager being seen in town with your parents as you went round the shops was the worst thing imaginable. Not a viewpoint shared by Bobbie Gentry:

Many pop songs are about what you can get up to in bed, but John Denver sang about the bed itself. This is of course the definitive performance:

Odes to rats are bafflingly still a niche genre: