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BigJimBob wrote a new post, MF Doom RIP 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Shit TBH this has hit me harder than I expected.Someone who had a genuinely original perspective.
BigJimBob commented on the post, ffs 2 months ago

Foxy, I recommend ex-lax chocolate
BigJimBob commented on the post, Stories in songs 3 months ago

Oh can I add one more please? One of the few songs that will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Great use of strings.
BigJimBob commented on the post, Spencer Davis stops running 3 months ago

Very nice read. Glad I could contribute a tiny sliver to a mighty edifice.
BigJimBob commented on the post, Stories in songs 3 months ago

Of course, there is Lilly, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts, a Western heist movie as imagined by Dylan. Or Isaac Hayes’s By the Time I get to Phoenix – an 18 mins epic exposition on amour fou, And A Very […]
BigJimBob wrote a new post, Unreleased songs 3 months ago

Playing this a lot recently. Apparently it has never been officially released as Liz didn’t think it was up to muster. I disagree. Seriously apart from live tracks, are there many unreleased songs that are as good as this?
BigJimBob commented on the post, Spencer Davis stops running 3 months ago

This story is from the current Popbitch mail out:

With the death of rock statesman Spencer Davis this week, friends in LA have been sharing their fondest memories of him.

Despite his successful music career, […]
BigJimBob commented on the post, I have to tell you this Government is at war with Manchester, what happens next? 3 months ago

Guys thanks for your thoughts. Death of someone who was far too young but whose life spiraled out of control. Not helped by this Situation.
BigJimBob commented on the post, Hello neighbour, right you are. 3 months ago

It think Arendt’s point is summed up by this Leonard Cohen poem written when he was still just a poet:

All There is to Know About Adolph Eichmann
Leonard Cohen […]
BigJimBob commented on the post, I have to tell you this Government is at war with Manchester, what happens next? 3 months, 1 week ago

in John Peel voice; “following recent events in Manchester here is the mighty Fall”. Surely, enough to raise Mark E from his grave?
BigJimBob commented on the post, Spencer Davis stops running 3 months, 1 week ago

thanks for that. Nice to hear he was a good man
BigJimBob commented on the post, I have to tell you this Government is at war with Manchester, what happens next? 3 months, 1 week ago

occasionally I do wish for an up button. Your second para had me laughing Chiz, thanks.
BigJimBob commented on the post, I have to tell you this Government is at war with Manchester, what happens next? 3 months, 1 week ago

Some suggestions on interweb the Manchester thing is a gesture to the EU. Like when the Bond evil genius or sadistic Nazi kills a random innocent in front of the protagonist so that the narrative can illustrate […]
BigJimBob wrote a new post, I have to tell you this Government is at war with Manchester, what happens next? 3 months, 1 week ago

So, the government’;s negotiations with politicians in Manchester and the EU have collapsed and CV19 deaths are back up to a daily Grenfell Tower toll. Apparently S Yorkshire and a lot of other places are […]
BigJimBob wrote a new post, Spencer Davis stops running 3 months, 1 week ago

A bit of a Long John Baldry/Alex Korner figure. More famous for introducing members of his band to their initial dose of limelight.
BigJimBob commented on the post, This song has reduced me to a tearful wreck 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wow, that is a belter PS. Thanks for the steer.
BigJimBob commented on the post, This song has reduced me to a tearful wreck 3 months, 3 weeks ago

yeah it was cathartic to be honest. Guess there is quite a bit going in my real life as well as the CV19 stuff and this was the final twist to open the emotional fizzy pop bottle
BigJimBob commented on the post, Grey day. 3 months, 3 weeks ago
BigJimBob wrote a new post, This song has reduced me to a tearful wreck 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I think the Current Difficulties are getting to me. Working in the office with the new Fleet Foxes album on. This came on, started listening to it properly and I am a blubbing hot mess. Not sure why. Anyone else […]
BigJimBob commented on the post, congratulations, Michael Kiwanuka 4 months ago

Ah ha, the old NME-in-its-pomp; “yeah, well I liked them when they were good, which was before they were popular actually” argument 😉
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