I don’t care for the Beatles or the Floyd. I have (or have had) 24/50.

Great news – best present. Good news about the Missus too.

Sadly, what she got, was some Tupperware boxes and a dustpan and brush.

A week in Cornwall in August.
A framed photo collection of us from 40 years ago when we were childhood sweethearts.
Must marry that girl sometime soon.

Going for Gold > Gold Blade > Black Elvis > Elvis Presley> Are You Lonesome Tonight > Tonight > Drummer Man > Manfred Mann >

Nick Cave
Lana Del Rey
Michael Kiwanuka
The National
Lizzo
Fat White Family
Karen O/DangerMouse
El Hombre Malo
FKA Twigs
Vampire Weekend
Sam Fender
Taylor Swift (was that this year)
Sharon Van Etten […]

Unhappy Home – James King and the Lone Wolves
Keep This Fire Burning – Robyn
Man – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Softshock – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Called You Queen – Haley Bonar

I lived at 2 Bank Road, a couple of older kids lived at 2 Bank Close. Occasionally we’d get mail for the other address including, memorably, an issue of Disc weekly sometime in the mid 70s.
Before taking it round […]

I have a couple of the issues from when Melchester Rovers signed Martin Kemp and Steve Norman from ver Spandau Ballet – which was of course parodied in Viz when Fulchester signed Shakin’ Stevens and mick Hucknall.

single: bought for me – Poppa Joe by the Sweet. Bought by me: Crazy by Mud.
LP: bfm – We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing by the New Seekers. Bbm – Kimono My House by Sparks
CD: Nirvana Unplugged – I was late […]

Ace review Tiggs. I was slightly obsessed with Lana a few years ago. I hunted down loads of unreleased tracks through YouTube etc. But something happened, I don’t know what, that made me lose interest.
Maybe i […]

I have a new single out. Ha ha. Actually, a cover of the Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees, that the Passmore Sisters recorded over thirty years ago has just been discovered in a loft and released via the […]

Fuck. Brilliant. Chills.

not sure if I read the authors because of the music but I know I was reading James Ellroy and listening to the Afghan Whigs around the same time, similar cross-consumption with David Peace and Luke […]

Loads of good ones here.
My favourite is I Don’t Care If You Live or Die by James King and the Lone Wolves

my fave Clash is City of the Dead

Not really sure, but the following would be there or thereabouts
Setting Sons – the Jam
Doolittle – Pixies
Reckoning – REM
Vivadixie… – Sparklehorse
Black Love – Afghan Whigs

Tim Wheeler from Ash

I like what I’ve heard. Another young female who seems to be everywhere at the mo is Jade Bird. Well worth seeking out.

I liked that very much. Bit of Sparklehorse, Daniel Johnstone, Neil Young maybe?