It is really good, as is my tape I recorded off the wireless of their gig, aka the Cool White Stare bootleg CD. PM me for ‘help’ if required.

His last episode was October so he’s a little overdue, but keeps us all aware of progress. I sponsor the 2-hour show at $5 per month, which is bugger all by comparison to the amount I spend on new music as a […]

Ditto my tumble dryer, which packed up on Saturday when faced with a load of wet bath towels. Mind you, it was nearly 14 years old.

It always amuses me thet Songlines are the official sponsor (i.e. give him an advert) of the Andy Kershaw podcast. They might discuss the same things, but their approach is such that chalk and cheese doesn’t even […]

Hampers are cool.

Based upon repeated sightings in the wild (i.e. charity shops) I would add: Lostprophets G*rY Gl*tt*er R*lf H*rr*s Black & White Minstrels There’s usually a lovely lady of my mum’s vintage behind the […]

Nothing since mid-December. I hope her publicist is OK.

They split in 1987, a whole five years after the dreadful The Hunter album. Anyone who saw the videos could tell that he was ill and she/they were (both) on hard drugs. Still, in AW terms, that’s last week.

I rest my case!

Leicester did produce the Psychedelic Furs and Diesel Park West. Is it something to do with rain that keeps people indoors and honing their craft? The music of California holds little interest for me, […]

To paraphrase Ziggy: four years, that’s all we’ve got.

Bauhaus were cool, and yet came from Northampton. They must have worked hard at it to reach escape velocity, so deserved their success. There are not many places less cool than Northampton, except perhaps […]

Clockwork Orange by A Certain Ratio, released 25th July 2024, in a limited run of 500. Get me, I’m contemporary! Albeit by a band formed in 1977…

I’ve not yet been to Cob, but Aled Jones once thrashed me at snooker in Porthmadog while I was on holiday in Harlech. That must have been nearly 40 years ago – post-WITA, but he wasn’t yet old enough to spend his royalties.

At 4:59pm, I will be hovering over the play and record keys of my BetaMax.

It has to be Eat, surely?

There’s a six-page article in yesterday’s Telegraph* magazine on the recovery of a tape from the YA sessions. Too much to post here, if anyone needs ‘help’ with reading it, PM me. *no, I am not a subscriber, […]

One of the bands I’ve picked up 12″ singles and a couple of LPs in bargain bins over recent years. None of the other albums are as good as Modern Times and none of the singles are as good as Radio Africa. I […]

The Family Cat were a lot more Indie sounding than DPW. The only things I know about them are by relation – they were from Yeovil (as was one of my uni housemates) and were on the same label – Dedicated – as […]