Thanks. I really enjoyed that. I haven’t heard anything by her for years. I must dig deeper.

Speaking of the great Brian Moore, the sound of Sunday afternoons, here he is recording with industrial funk legends Tack>head! This is not sampled. He was obviously in a studio with the same rhythm section as […]

Motorhead again at the Kentish Town Forum. My flatmate kept his fingers in his ears through the whole gig. I was deaf after it. The next day I heard Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel on my stereo and couldn’t hear the […]

I saw them on the last tour in Dublin and really enjoyed it. I hadn’t seen them since the Book of Days tour. To my surprise, I enjoyed more of the big-in-the-USA stuff than the classic early stuff. Good guitarist […]

I love this track. You could hear a pin drop when he plays this live. Looking forward to his new Weller-produced album coming soon.

At long last, here is the great reveal. Clearly Back to the Future (1980s) would have been a more honest title than Here is the Future. The stylish cover art was created by sunlight slanting through my blinds onto […]

Apologies for not reading the original post @Jaygee I must’ve clicked on first new post and bypassed it. My favourite scene from Watchmen was that opening where the businesswoman is negotiating with the childless […]

This far down and not a mention of Watchmen. It was an absolute triumph and so in tune with the BLM v Trump-Nazi thing that played out in the USA this year. I loved it.

Honourable mentions also to the last […]

Time for a long overdue review of @VulpesVulpes The Future, a beautifully packaged collection with explanatory sleevenotes on the back and a charming Eagle-era retro-futuristic cover. Let’s get on with the marks […]

Here’s something I posted back in 2015 starting a post entitled “When they lost it and why”.

Inspired by the recent Sparkle in the Rain thread, I thought I’d start a thread in which people can vent on the s […]

Hi @VulpesVulpes. I should have given you the nod to share your details with the other group of swappers. I’ll make a point of only looking at this end of the thread until I’ve posted my review of your collection. […]

It arrived today @Vulpes Vulpes I hope to have a play through later. Top marks for the stylish presentation.

No sign of it yet @VulpesVulpes You’ll be the first to know when it shows up.

I might as well start the ball rolling by reviewing @Twang s collection Visions of the Future. I’ve lived with it for a few weeks now and given it the full kitchen stereo/car stereo/work stereo/ Den stereo range […]

The Pall Bearer’s Revue was the Jerry Sadowitz show, wasn’t it? I’ve heard speculation that the BBC might have been influenced by Savile to drop it after one series due to Sadowitz airing his strong beliefs about […]

My first thought was Bilko aka the Phil Silvers Show. It was so consistent and, with Fawlty Towers, was one of the few programmes my father, brother and I used to watch and laugh through together.

I’ll add my […]

Some personal favourites not mentioned above…
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Fear of a Black Hat
Monkey Business (Cary Grant)
The Commitments
The Sure Thing
The Producers
Raising Arizona
Midnight Run

Thanks for your kind offer. I’ll take you up on it. CDs will go in tomorrow’s post from Ireland (obviously). I’ve sent you a message with my address.

In all this discussion around Chris Frantz’s book, the unmentioned truth is that the original four members produced their best work when augmented by better musicians. Stop Making Sense is proof but album 2 of the […]

I’ve two long weekends coming up. Hope to longlist this weekend and finalise next weekend. Looking forward to the finished products, mine and yours already!