Say you like U2. Oh! The ‘cancellation’ of Morrissey, Ryan Adams, Woody Allen etc etc

I thought ‘The Lost’ Symbol’ looked liked something the graphic designer used on the mock up as a generic Dan Brown-style title until the confirmed proper name was faxed across. ‘The Secret of Secrets’ gives […]

New Order’s Shellshock 12″ had the band’s name and song title superimposed on it by Factory’s Australian distributor. It was only years later I realised in its real guise the only word on the front cover was […]

That was my Mum’s first question when I brought that record home. “Who’s Mangue?”

All of the above, and also: “Apparently there was a lot of bloodshed at the Nell Gwynn Tea Rooms”

I think what I find particularly annoying is that there isn’t even any mention of logistical hassles or uncertain global financial times. Those on reddit suggest it’s a way to boost slow sales; to me it seems the […]

Buckleys of Sydney shows of course. Given the artwork’s use of King Of Limbs era imagery, and the recent Hail to the Thief remaster, I’m guessing this will be career-wide setlists with no new gear, basically […]

As much as I love Behaviour (and Actually, and Introspective, and Please…) I recently took delivery of Pet Shop Boys’ Discography 1985-1991 and it’s as cohesive and satisfying album experience as you’re likely to find.

I’m good at using iMovie to organise and edit the family’s iPhone footage of our various overseas trips* to make home movies of pretty good calibre. I think I’ve got a good eye for selecting the best footage to […]

Can’t remember where I read it, but if you think of the beat as a dot on the page, you can zoom in and see that dot as a larger circle on which you have to land *somewhere*. Musicians will naturally land earlier […]

We’re not born into the universe; we’re born out of it. We are inextricably connected to the infinite causes and conditions of the universe, all of which culminate in the present moment. This process remakes […]

My dad was only 8 when his family emigrated to Australia from Italy, so his conversations with my grandfather were peppered with English words that either had no translation or that were outside his Italian […]

It is indeed a thing of beauty. I’d only just started listening to vinyl again. My band had just an unexpectedly well-paid corporate gig that landed me the 500 Australian bucks the set cost here. Done. […]

My immediate reaction to the OP was that, such is the enormity and cultural heft of the group, that Ringo and Paul (and lets face it John and George) are forever The Beatles. If that was the intention, I agree: […]

Some good reading this morning also about the result being a reflection of a waning influence of right-leaning mainstream media (which most Sydney press is at least). We all know at a gut level that not many of us […]

All artists of longevity rely on a relationship with their fans in which the artists life is absorbed into their work: it’s not ‘just’ the music; it’s the story. I can’t think of an artist whose current cultural […]

As with many of these complexities around race and culture, power imbalance is the point of contention. Has the complexity and dignity of the source culture been cheapened or lessened by the association? Does the […]

On looking at the clip again, that’d definitely an electric kit. Also, I just remembered reading about Townshend’s knee replacements, hence the knackered gait I suppose.

Don’t you all mean The Baba O’Reilly Hitmakers (as I’ve now heard them referred to at least once in every article)? The BO’RH? I found the first few minutes difficult enough with Townshend’s knackered gait over […]