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..and also the follow-up to Life After Life, A God in Ruins

Yes might have to check that out. Flashman novels were always great fun and incredibly well researched. Other historical crime series I have loved have been CJ Sansom’s (RIP) Shardlake series and Caleb Carr’s […]

Forgot about Iain Pears. Superb book. For crime I can highly recommend Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther novels..start with the Berlin noir trilogy. Also Adrian McKinty’s Duffy series set in Northern Ireland. A […]

Wilkie Collins is a great alternative to Dickens. Start with the The Moonstone (one of the first detective novels) and then onto The Woman in White. An excellent modern day classic written in the same style is […]

Ed Harcourt – El Magnifico Michael Head – Loophole Bill Ryder-Jones – lechyd Da The Pernice Brothers – Who Will You Believe (The Purple Rain is my song of the year currently) English Teacher – This Could be […]

They were indeed bona performers

Also from Tell Tale Signs, can I throw in this version of Most of The Time? It’s extraordinary.

Great song and David Letterman’s glee at the end is brilliant

Nice try but actually it should be

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so brave and so sweet Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street

No groovy funk/jazz/soul vibes at all. Just a decent rock song.

Another hypnotic piece of camera work. Ending shot in Antonioni’s The Passenger with Jack Nicholson

Key tracks for me:
Splendid Isolation
Hasten Down the Wind
French Inhaler
Roland Headless Thompson Gunner
WOL
Accidentally Like A Martyr
Veracruz
Lawyers Guns and Money
Tule’s Blues
Play It All Night […]

Jerry Jeff Walker

RE: Grant McLennan. It was a toss up between Lighting Fires, The Dark Side of Town and Coming Up for Air. For BB…his version of Everywhere from same album is extraordinary.

A few from me
Billy Bragg – Tank park Salute
Aimee Mann – I’ve Had It
Belle & Sebastian – Sleep the Clock Around
Eels – Last Stop: This Town
Mercury Rev: Goddess on a Hiway
G.W. McLennan – Lighting […]

The National are always good for a tune. Boxer, Alligator, High Violet etc are full of them. Here’s a more recent one