I use/have used both Tidal and Qobuz. I should declare that, being in the industry, my subscriptions to both are free (it’s who you know!). I rarely use Tidal, not because of the sound quality – it’s very good […]

I live in San Pedro, 30 miles from Hollywood. We have the harbor, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach right down the road. There have been hundreds of TV shows and movies filmed here. You can’t […]

You got there before me.

I saw him at an industry event in New Orleans a few years ago. I got the impression that, as it was a corporate gig, he didn’t quite give it his all, but he was still good.

Oh! I almost forgot the Gary Glitter gig at Cheltenham racecourse. It was June 30th, 1985. I remember the date because I flew to LA the following day. Some friends had got tickets as a “farewell” (probably […]

Even Waits himself was dismissive of the album, describing it as “very ill-formed, but I was trying.”

He was wrong. It’s a great album.

I had the exact same experience when I saw his Bobness in Irvine, California in 2004.

I have been mostly listening to:

1. My Aim Is True – Elvis Costello
2. New Boots & Panties!! – Ian Dury
3. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
4. The Heart of Saturday Night – Tom Waits
5. Peter Gabriel (1st one) – Peter Gabriel.

I could be wrong, but wasn’t ‘Warm Leatherette’ originally the b side of ‘TVOD’?

The correct answer is ‘Jail Guitar Doors’, the b side of ‘Clash City Rockers.’

A couple of – what I think of as heartachingly beautiful – tunes from artists who aren’t exactly renowned for their beautiful melodies. The first is Kevin Coyne’s ‘Juliet & Mark’ from his ‘Dynamite Daze’ […]

Graham Parker’s ‘Heat Treatment.’

Cyril Connolly?

Look Sharp.

Millie Jackson?

Chris Spedding?

1) is Peter Tosh
2) is Catch A Fire

It is!

Hasselblad.

… or the Four Seasons.