I recently bought a ticket for a flight from Berlin to London and back. As the return flight is after Brexit day, the confirmation came with a disclaimer (in very small print) stating that British Airways doesn’t […]

I bet a “Folk” issue in Uncut’s Genre Guides series is already in the works. (The “Prog” one is really good, by the way.)

So, one or two WHSmith outlets didn’t sell their copies – does that really mean that the CSNY Special “didn’t sell well”? In Berlin both editions of it sold out within a week, while the New Order one is still available.

The various series of UNCUT specials are based on the archives of Melody Maker and New Musical Express, and reprinting articles and interviews. The publishers are very good at this – very seldom do they use s […]

If you think “Bye By Love” or “Voices Of Old People” are filler you probably didn’t have a proper listen to the respective LPs – there’s a concept and a flow to both albums.

By the way, the New Order Special is really (really!) good. Lots of hilarious contemporary interviews, and brilliantly appropriate design, too.

Now listening to the Revenge album.

You surely don’t buy these kind of magazines to have a confirmation of your personal tastes, do you?
These “Uncut Guides” are interesting (at least for me) for the different reviews of the albums – even if t […]

And XTC also released tracks as Colin’s Hermits, David Dreams, The Golden, Choc Cigar Chief Champion, Terry & The Lovemen, The Colonel, and had some kind of Xmas hit as The Three Wise Men.

I don’t think there’s such a thing as “the Tull one”.

Great article.
I may add re. “Act Naturally” – The Beatles were all big Buck Owens fans, especially George Harrison who had been influenced by Buck and Don Rich’s guitar sound as early as 1964. The Buckaroos a […]

There were times when I spent more on cigarettes ‘n’ alcohol… 😉

(And I wish German libraries would have the budget to buy records…)

I’ve added the 30 New Albums of 2019.

What do you think – that I stole them? 😉

The Fats Domino box set also includes an LP-sized 200-page book with a full up-to-date biography, hundreds of ads, posters and newspaper articles, plus brilliant pictures – including all the original album s […]

Short, sharp rock’n’roll? I have the 10-inch of the Johnny Burnette Trio. I don’t need any of the annual re-releases on 180g vinly, hi-res CD or whatnot.

Typo alert!
It says “Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock” at position 100. This should read “Nick Cave – Ghosteen” instead.

Pearlfishers were part of a fantastic “Songwriter Concert” in Berlin a couple of years ago – the other band was Teenage Fanclub! (They played each other’s songs as well as their own “hits”.)
A splendid evening.

I knew all my possible entries would end up in one of these “sad” lists – but there’s hope for the Penguin Café.
Not a chance in hell for The Nits though.

Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you’re celebrating) to all the wonderful and erratic people here. My daily routine wouldn’t be complete without a visit here (and where else would I keep track of Van […]