Steve Nieve just played “Ain’t No Sunshine” during his Daily Improvisation online gig (you can watch it on Facebook). And he did a mighty fine “Still”, too. Best half our in a long time.

The Quireboys played a biker festival in a former socialist ballroom in Berlin. They were announced by the drummer of local punk band Die Ärzte, who drove onto the stage on his Harley (the security/health & […]

Holger Czukay – that was a one-off concert/art installation in an abandoned museum in Berlin. Herr Czukay mostly played telephones and short-wave radios, but finally picked up a Hofner violin bass when David S […]

A Amadou & Mariam
B Asha Bhosle
C Holger Czukay
D Dr. Strangely Strange
E Element Of Crime
F The Feelies
G Gas
H Hüsker Dü
I Chris Isaak
J Flaco Jimenez
K Kanda Bongo Man
L Little Village
M Baaba M […]

Just a short update from Berlin – which is practically closed (even the Berghain and the Museum Of The Currywurst have shut down). While the morons are running around panic-buying bog rolls and Haferflocken, my m […]

Today’s promotional activities for music – especially in the pop or radio formats – means constant presence on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc. Resulting in the usual “thousands of” likes and clicks, and the art […]

It’s a ten-part Scandinavian/German TV series about a virus that breaks out among pregnant women somewhere in Lapland near the border to Russia. Virus experts examine the case and try to find the guy who’s […]

You’ve all watched the “Arctic Circle” TV series, haven’t you?

When our kid studied in Bali for a year she posted all her “party & drinks all night” stories and pix in a (closed) Facebook group to merrily annoy family and friends back home. The group and its archive were […]

Don’t worry, the US president promised the virus will go away when spring comes and it gets sunnier. Apparently no-one knows more about this than him.

Yeah, you’re probably right. But where IS the Super Deluxe Edition of “Low” – including the unreleased/unfinished “Man Who Fell To Earth” soundtrack, etc. etc.?! (Instead they keep on reissuing “Space Oddity”…)

It’s not quite so easy to reassemble “No. 2” from the official remasters – for example, the version of “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” on “Rolling Stones Now” and “More Hot Rocks” is the first take (3 m […]

Bowie did a special concert in Berlin during the Reality tour. The Velodrome venue was full of cameras (including several massive overhead cranes), and at the start of the gig Bowie announced that they were going […]

Exactly. The Sam Lee album is good & nice in its own way and doesn’t need this sort of PR.
And my god – “Liz Fraser is back!”: she’s singing backing vocals (backing vocals!) on some of these tracks. She’s done t […]

Back in Berlin from a London weekend. Amazing how many UK passengers at the airport try to use the “EU citizens only” queue at the passport check 😉 . They sure didn’t vote for THAT.

And the Folio Society have […]

Yes you are (that’s the deal, you know: until the end of the year).

The only difference is that you don’t have any say in creating that law.

😉 😉