“They’re over there, between the land and the sky”.

Fawlty Towers – Basil votes leave despite clear instructions from Sybil. Cue hilarious episode in which Manuel is repatriated to Barcelona.

WTFK? is probably the remixed track that sounds most like its original self. The rest of the album sounds a little gutless, and the remix to these ears rather pointless.

One of my favourite REM albums, along with the underrated New Adventures In Hi-Fi. The 2-CD boxset has just dropped on the mat, courtesy of the Dodgers, but I can’t currently play it in all its migraine-inducing […]

It had voted Remain.

Isn’t it the sense of loss evoked by the Lark Ascending that touches us the most? For me the best music does just that, evokes how ephemeral things are and creates a sense of longing. Add that to a pastoral […]

What they said. Even my goosebumps have goosebumps.

This track from The Ties That Bind compilation of outtakes is just about as good as it gets.

…..and it will be yesterday once more…..

Still, if she kept the record then there’s always something there to remind her….

Probably not the quality end of the market, but I like Next’s mid blue straight leg jeans. A nice colour, a decent fit, comfortable to wear and reasonably durable for the price – a steal at 25 quid.

A biopic of Rosa Luxemburg and a Claude Chabrol boxset – both covered in several layers of dust.

Indeed, I’ve managed to hold out as a Netflix-denier, but I do stream a lot of music these days, though often end up buying it on CD.

Good choice – and barium enemas eh? Lots of clenching required there (“could you hang on to it a bit longer Mr Shaker, we need to take a few more pictures….?)

Respect.

Very sad news indeed. Neal was one of my favourite artists, and Fade Away Diamond Time is an absolute belter of an album. Pitchfork are reporting that Neal took his own life. Whatever the facts, 51 is no age to […]

Ryan Adams’s version of 1989 pays it due homage as a very decent album. Mind you, I don’t think we’re allowed to mention him these days.

For those interested in the full set of Tom Adams covers for Agatha Christie, plus just about every conceivable paperback cover of her novels ever produced anywhere in the world, this site is hard to beat.