Swiss actor Bruno Ganz died yesterday. I’ll always remember him as Tassilo, the country singer-turned-private-eye from a German TV series, or for his acting in Wim Wenders’ movie “Der amerikanische Freund”.
But […]

By that logic “Ulysses” and “Berlin Alexanderplatz” would be fascist novels. And “The Face” would be a right-wing magazine.

So what exactly was “right-wing” or “Nazi” with Saville’s sleeve designs?

The article is devalued by adding unnecessary examples like the ones stated above. What does it add by quoting Bowie’s opinion that Hitler was “the first rock star” – he has a point there (he doesn’t even say if h […]

I’ve been to a South American (Peru) restaurant this week. They have a burrito-style dish that’s served with a delicious peanut & cocoa sauce. Maybe I’ll stick to that…

Anybody got any tips on gaining a few pounds?
That hospital food in the summer didn’t do me any good – there’s still some curvy bits that need fattening…

Don’t know what kind of dodgy download he’s referring to, but the CDs definitely are new masters from the original tapes – no vinyl rumble between the tracks. And the booklets in both sets are great, with fine r […]

“…blond, tattooed, beautiful, fragile, immaculate and stunningly talented….” you say?

That can only mean Gregg Allman. Sigh.

I bet you have spreadsheets in Excell to prove it.

Yes, of course it was piss-taking (I remember quite a lot of lobbying on those Yahoo groups at the time), but he didn’t even complain or make a joke about it…

Another kind of piss-taking occurred in a small […]

In line with all the assumptions here it seems Mr. Bowie “hated” his hit single “The Laughing Gnome”. During the “Sound + Vision” tour he asked his fans for songs from his catalogue that they wanted to hear (in an […]

Trevor Horn was a member of Yes on the “Drama” album – that was five years earlier.

But the instrumental track for “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” was originally intended for Mr. Horn’s solo album (mentioned in s […]

Maybe I should start a “List” of The Best 2018 Apologies… (Theresa May quotes don’t count), but then again – the best one must surely be this from the latest issue of Songlines magazine: »In last issue’s al […]

Ultima Thule (named of course after a non-album Tangerine Dream single, nothing to do with the Prince Valiant comic) published the best book on Krautrock, “A Crack In The Cosmic Egg”. Which I saw at the Helter […]

Absolute highpoint of the year – well, apart from the Phish 13 gigs “Bakers Dozen” mega box set – surely was when our kid recently announced (in a video! …on bloody Facebook!!) she’d be a mum next spring. I’m […]

You mean, the Youtube clip isn’t from last week’s Jools Holland show???!!!!

Nevertheless, he was born 90 years ago.

And he’s still the govner.

My list of 20:
1. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub | Earthly Powers
2. Julia Holter | Aviary
3. Get Well Soon | The Horror
4. Yo La Tengo | There’s A Riot Going On
5. Paul Weller | True Meanings
6. Moonlight […]

I have no interest in Spotify, “clouds” or toys like that (radio stations in Germany are quite good and all-encompassing), but for the stuff I’m really interested in I usually spent around 100 euros per week – t […]

I’m still wondering why my arse wasn’t mentioned… 😉