I was reminded of a quote from a recent Dave Gilmour interview. When he had played the album demos to his prospective new (and »young«) producer, the knob-twiddler’s first question was, »Does EVERY song has to ha […]

Just ordered. (JPC offers free shipping – from Germany. Who would refuse that?) I have a couple of their key tracks on various compilations, and the Beat Club show on DVD, so this is just perfect.

I think The Face was quite good – and they didn’t take themselves quite as seriously as I-D and BLITZ magazine, who really did think they were changing the fashion industry. The sense of humour (and irony) at T […]

I think the poster is not bad at all – the style is a lot like those black-ink-with-Rotring-pen drawings that were popular at the time. Kelley Mouse Studios did those for the Grateful Dead, and similar i […]

Just for clarification – that all those Zappa CDs appeared at Fopp’s wasn’t a discount or sale on their part. When Universal had acquired the catalog they decided to reissue ALL the albums (more or less at once) a […]

By the way…. there’s a new Reinhard Kleist graphic novel coming: LOW • The Berlin Years

Hasn’t Noel Gallagher mentioned in an interview that his pal Weller will punch him in the face if he gets involved in an Oasis reunion?

Well, I’m regularly doing the dishes… 🙂 Like I said, a bit of running water after each use is enough. (And the two parts are made of glass, not porcelain, so nothing sticks.)

Exactly. And the lower part is the actual »coffee pot« ready to serve. And you just clean both parts with running water – that’s all.

That vacuum thingy (»Believes vinyl…«) is just miraculous. Best coffee I ever had outside Italy, and no filter or cleaning hassle. What could be better?

You’re probably thinking of the quite good MOJO Special on Zappa. Uncut or Record Collector have never done anything Zappa-related in their series of special editions (they’re probably too busy promoting Queen, […]

If you’ve still got money to spare – good boy Sean has made ambient mixes of »Mind Games« (the track, not the album) and spread them over three LPs. Which come in a »mirrored« sleeves, nothing less. Can’t wait […]

Exactly.

The Zappa catalog may not have the »hit album«, but it’s a steady seller. When a lot of the 60 core albums were out of print before Universal bought the rights, big shops like JPC and Amazon had such a high d […]

You can always waste a lazy afternoon with this: https://kamala-holding-vinyls.glitch.me

JPC have updated/corrected the description on their website – it is indeed the CD-only standard version that they’re selling. (BTW, pre-orders there were always pretty safe: according to German law they only t […]

JPC often make exclusive distribution deals for the German market (they’re bigger than Amazon in Germany, and still independent), so it’s quite possible that they’re shipping the Deluxe box (they’re including the […]

The Warner Bros. info describes two versions of »Archive III«: • The Deluxe Box with 17 CDs, 5 BluRays, poster and a big 160-page hardcover book • The CD Box with 17 CDs and a 32-page booklet. I guess the C […]