My first child, who’s now 9, was born December 19. Spent the whole week pretty high on adrenaline and living from moment to moment. Then on Xmas Eve, with all in bed, I stood on the back verandah as the televised […]

I tend to tune out at the coda of Arcade Fire’s Wake Up, the double time bit. They were doing just fine up until then.

I’ve always felt the Chuck Berry solo on Unguarded Moment is the most incongruous thing in their catalogue. It’s never made musical sense to me.

Well, well. I only just tweeted him last week respectfully asking about this. Volume 1 is a career high. Great work on Wasp Star but doesn’t feel so much a unified whole as Volume 1. Can’t wait for this.

I think Disintegration is anyone’s best album.
There. I’ve said it.

It’s not *quite* the same thing, more scansion than rhyme I suspect, but I need very little encouragement to exclaim that…
“it’s loud and tasteless and I’ve heard it before
You shout it while you’re dancing on […]

Yep. That’s the gist of my original post. Less about whether or not someone ‘likes’ a particularly popular piece of work; more about cultural consensus over time.

I’m simultaneously meta, metal and mental.
(if Steve ‘arris is watching, i’ve got your autobiography title sorted)

A very valid point, but therein lies the rub: Whether or not we (or our kids) like The Beatles or Dylan, they’re still “The Beatles” and “Dylan”. Or “The Stones”, “Pink Floyd”., etc Radiohead will, I’m guessing, […]

Sub-sub-sub-thread: Pogues playing fugues in rock!

Or, indeed, Deep Purple In Rock Playing Pogues Playing Fugues In Rock!

Funny you say that: I was listening to Bowie (Scary Monsters rather than Station to Station) while I was writing that post.
Sub-thread: Canons in Rock!

A football oik looked sneeringly at my high school pencil case. “Joy Davidson? Who’s SHE?”.

I was 11 when my mum took me and friend to see Queen at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in 1985. They blew our fucking minds. I’d never seen a concert before – Hell, I’d never seen that many people before – and […]

Great review!

I caught a special screening the week before official release in Sydney with a Q&A afterwards with Ray Argall and Rob Hirst (drummer/songwriter/custodian/archivist). Quite a few faces from the film […]

While I don’t agree, The Joshua Tree is seen as very ‘front loaded’. I heard that on the recent 30th anniversary tour, Bono introduced Red Hill Mining Town by saying ‘welcome to Side 2 of the Joshua Tree […]

All of the above looks promising. Thank you!

That one is well and truly on the list!

Is Vinyl Boutique the one Boz Boorer is involved with?

Brilliant! Thank you all for such excellent suggestions. I shall investigate! Very much appreciated.