It’s all about girth (so I’m told)

Blame Fraser Lewry – it was his idea and Paul B who built the original Afterword site, and myself who rebuilt most of what you see here replicated it. I never looked at the ‘most commented’ widgets myself, I never […]

Moose I hope Ian Brown and that other Covidiot Noel Gallagher get rejected by my Greater Manchester neighbours for their insulting and unhelpful behaviour during the pandemic which has slammed us harder than most […]

Junior, the voice of reason! You’re right I’ve let a personal beef with HP get the better of me but yes, it should be ancient history and time to move on.
I feel like John Lennon at that press conference now […]

Genuine Question @Burt/Saucecraft – What is it you want? What do you want this site to be? I was heavily invested in this site for some time on the technical side. I stepped down some time ago but still check in […]

Fair enough, If you were going to sell a major bit of your legacy this is a good one as Ian wasn’t a guitarist at all, he just strummed the odd chord out of necessity when Bernard was playing keyboards – but there […]

Popwise the big songs are all written by committee – big songwriting teams with people who are expert on writing hooks/middle8s/bass parts etc and patched together in an industrial way. In terms of dance music, no […]

I’m not really a Radiohead person but I did buy Kid A when it came out as I was interested to hear how Thom had been interpreting things I like such as Autechre, Aphex and various other minimalist electronic […]

Hmm, – no opinion on this myself – if only there was a massive Tull fan on this site to comment – I’m sure there’s someone but I can’t quite recall who it might be. Oh that’s going to bug me all day now. It’s on […]

Slim pickings on drops 2 and 3 nothing I fancy really. I get the feeling they front loaded the big hitters on drop #1 maybe in case it wasn’t possible to do the next 2.

I got a few bits in drop 1, Spacemen 3, […]

Vinyl Tap in Huddersfield were doing the same thing, you had to hand in a wish list which they time stamped and basically first person to request Bowie or whatever would get a copy. Presumably they’d let you know […]

The rules this year aren’t posted on the RSD website. The deal is, shops can either operate a ‘normal” RSD with a socially distanced queue, they can sell entirely online after 6pm on the day, or, in the case of […]

I’m amazed anyone has seen or put on any live music at all! I live in Greater Manchester where we’ve barely come out of lockdown since March. I managed to get a small window where restrictions were lifted so I […]

Not my thing – but then “my thing” wouldn’t trouble the Top 100 Afterword charts never mind the Mercury (and I wanna keep it that way). I can’t see Kiwanuka going the way of Speech Debelle – not least because I […]

Thirded for 4K here too. YT downloading is fraught with Malware and scam websites. Have Used 4k for a while and no issues or nasties. Hepworth is forever banging on about how everything is on YouTube, forever. […]

Does anyone in 2020 care what Van Morrison thinks about anything? It certainly doesn’t help but I’m more concerned about Noel G and Ian Brown. I can’t say I look to either of them for inspiration and certainly not […]

Yes I ditched probably 80% of the plastic cases to save space, except for some real favourites and rarities. Those poly sleeves are good and ive put some in filing trays that are quite nice to flick through, don’t […]

Good thread! Whenever a SuperDeluxeEdition is posted – no matter how extensive and exhaustive you can be sure someone will get into a hissy fit because a Belgian 7″ Radio edit is missed off a Dollar reissue or a […]

Yes it runs at 33 and is 5.5mins long. I’m pretty sure it’s not a an edit it’s a completely different mix, possibly a different take. Both feature a drum sound that sounds like someone slamming a cutlery drawer in […]

WFH is fine but I would rather my home were not also my permanent workplace – and as others have said is not sustainable for people who don’t have the luxury of space to put a desk and work quietly.
I suspect […]