Sparklehorse……

“Imagine a record as a galaxy, and all the songs as sort of little planets.
And some of them are messed up and spinning off-axis.”
~ Mark Linkous – describing his music.

A beguiling mix […]

@jaygee A case for being ‘forgotten’ could be laid at the door of Cooking Vinyl (his record label) after his death they talked of retrospectives, re-issues etc and yet 10 years on we still wait.

How is Jackie not a a household would most always the first topic of discussion whenever two or more members of the Church of Leven got together, on a selfish note his anonymity to the world at large permitted us […]

And there’s

It’s a little know fact that all Bumble bees are called Norman and they like to be greeted with a hearty ‘Good Morning Afternoon Evening Norman whenever you meet then.
Anyway here’s Jonathan Richman and The […]

The closest I’ve got to sampling quince jam is probably eating a tomato sauce butty with a jacko song playing in the background, but as for oldie world quincey music….. you can’t go wrong with Trio Meideavel. […]

Can’t recall if you have listened to Jackie Leven if not try Creatures of Light and Dark.
If you have heard Jackie, ignore the above and try Harp and a Monkey – Victorians

1 – George of the Jungle – 1997

2 – Love and Death – 1975

3 – Muppet Christmas Carol – 1992

4 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 1969

5 – Flash Gordon – 1980

6- Shawshank Redemption – 1994

7- […]

Oh yes, working my way though Ed’s adventures, a most enjoyable way to wile away the time

1- Creatures of Light and Dark – Jackie Leven

2 – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations – Eels

3- Harp and a Monkey – Harp and a Monkey

4 – Cursed With Being – Gorgeous

5 – No Such Place – Jim […]

Jackie Leven’s wonderful lament for his Father, I kind of pinched it for my Father, I don’t think Jackie would have objected

Nice to see Night Lilies get another vote, a wonderful album.

On Thursday evening there was a virtual concert to raise a glass of toffee vodka to Jackie, arranged by Deborah (his widow) and Jinder a friend of Jackie’s and fellow musician. It featured various Jackie related […]

1 – Night Lilies – Jackie Leven

2 – Tunnel of Love – Bruce Springsteen

3 – Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot – Sparklehorse

4 – Bob Mould – Bob Mould

5 – Closer – Joy Division

6 – Brotherhood […]

This keeps me grounded in both good and bad situations –
Stiff Little Fingers – My Dark Places

Has to be Alice Cooper – School’s Out, epitomises what a chart record should be, teen friendly, sarky rebellious lyrics, caused outrage in the parents, catchy whistle-able tune.

Doing a FB 10-a-day Live album thingy, not a great lover of such albums and I’m struggling to name 10 and of those I am naming probably only a couple will have been played with any sort of regularity. Oh and to […]

My scores on the doors, decided on only one entry per artist, so here goes…. struggling to press the ‘post’ button as I still want to change things…. oh bugger it here goes

1 – Forbidden Songs of the […]

The then marriage was, in possibly unpoetic terms, a car crash, to escape I’d spend hours in the local forest with the dogs, just walking the hills.. As a rule we go we’d go later in the evening when there wasn’t […]