Simple.

Monday is ‘drink’ night, so it’s a few Oatmill Stouts and to end the evening one or two Cabbage Island coffee’s, a black coffee with a shot of Sambuca.

CIS was ‘invented’ (for me anyway) when staying on […]

It’s Jackie Leven….. need I say more.

https://youtu.be/L-IDbf2av84

@moonidus Yes it had been vandalised, but the good folk of Paxos have taken it upon themselves to repair/fix/replace, below is a message sent from a member of the Paxos community, (it’s been translated from the […]

Not long back from Corfu, planned to do a day trip to Paxos to see Jackie’s bench there and maybe grab a tipple in the Taverna he used to frequent. However when catching the hydrofoil to Albania and witnessing the […]

@black-type Babies… not solo

@rigid-digit agree whole heartedly, I have a great deal of time for all four of the ‘cocaine’ albums he produced in this period

@fitterstoke Fair point, well made!
I purchased an import copy of PH from Robinsons in Salford , not long after buying Quite Zone, got it home played it, played it again, then played it periodically over the […]

Sir Jackie Leven

Which divides the fandom – Shinning Brother Shinning Sister
Greatest Album of All Time – Fairytales For Hardmen
Locals favourite – Night Lilies
Mental breakdown – Greek Notebook
The one eve […]

Alice’s solo years….

Which divides the fandom – Constrictor
Greatest Album of All Time – Welcome To My Nightmare
Locals favourite – Detroit City
Mental breakdown – Lace and Whiskey
The one everyon […]

@fitterstoke forget World Record…. never!
T’was the my entry into the VDGG/PH world, caught the tour in Manchester, bought the album as a result and never looked back, and almost 46 years later shall be in […]

@davebigpicture A pre-teen non-committal shrug of the shoulders, which I guess was the best that could be hoped for, at least there wasn’t a ill disguised look of contempt at being forced to listen to ‘old […]

@davebigpicture played Ironmasters just the other day to the grandson, I’d picked him up from school and did the old ‘what have you done today’ question, “The Rebecca riots” so it would have been rude not to play […]

Jim White provides another that fits the bill

Bob Mould 2020 album Blue Hearts is full of wonderful protest songs.

@kaisfatdad I find the video equally disturbing and enthralling, Midwich Cuckoo’s meet Gulliver. DG have also produced videos for Small and Citrus, equally as arty and/or self indulgent depending on the viewers […]

The top 3 are set in stone, 4 – 14 are constantly shifting amongst themselves as are 15 to 20.. as of 17.21 on the 30th December this is is how 2020 newbies stand.

1 CLARK – PLAYGROUND IN A LAKE
2 JAMES McMURTY […]

Doll By Doll the bonus being I’d be able to get Jackie Leven to do all his solo things
Sparklehorse
The original Alice Cooper Group
Harp and a Monkey

Couple from Jackie Leven
Song for Bass and Death “That’s neat that’s neat, I really love your tiger feet”

And on the tracks ‘Leven’s Lament’ and ‘ Old West African Song’ he incorporates Ernest Gold’s Th […]

1 Jackie Leven – Straight Outta Caledonia

2 Springsteen – No Nukes

3 Virginia Astley – From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

The re-release of Jackie’s The Mystery of Love will no doubt top next year’s list […]