Didn’t have a CD player back then so I could but dream. I’ll give Lonesome Tonight a listen though.

I remember being gutted when I bought New Order’s Substance on vinyl and then finding out that the cassette version had a whole tape of b-sides. I was 14, value for money was important. 34 years later I’m pleased […]

Here in the city mostly just sparrows, pigeons and endless dogs. In the pueblo things get a bit more varied with cats, swifts, bats, rabbits, lizards and even the occasional wild boar. Plus endless dogs.

So many great songs above, a wonderful thread (and a Spotify playlist wouldn’t go amiss) but amazed to see so little:
Teenage Fanclub (v edited list) – Everything Flows, The Concept, What You Do To Me, Starsign, […]

I wen for I Think I as a first step after it was mentioned in the interview. It’s lovely, more or less the definition of timeless.

Lupin is shallow but stylish fun on Netflix.

My favourite series that no-one else ever mentions is Santa Clarita Diet. Been cancelled now but it’s more or less Modern Family with Zombies. Drew Barrymore makes a […]

Mixed vibes from the Afterword massive then. Unsurprisingly. As a remain-voting Brit, long-term resident on mainland Europe I still somehow maintain some hope. Foolishly. As the kids approach an age when they’ll […]

I reckon the double vinyl Jehovahkill with side 4 being an etching of the cover stones is still the coolest piece of vinyl I own. Sides 1-3 are very good too.

Tripadvizer is a good call. A v good comp for those of us who tuned out after his major label days. Contains his late career masterpiece All the blowing themselves up mother******* will realise the minute they’re […]

Floored Genius is surely the best best of title of all time.
After those mentioned above (Peggy Suicide and Jehovakill are the best for me) do investigate Interpreter. His last album before he became a cottage industry.

Teenage Fanclub are touring this autumn (though sadly not in Spain) and seem to be charging less than 30 quid/euros a pop. For a band who are clearly in the beloved category (at least by me and a smattering of […]

Before this evening I’d never heard La Grange. What a song.

Ditto. The canonization of McCartney continues at such a pace that it’s going to be like Diana all over again when he finally leaves us.

For a long time I was a bit against Barney Hoskyns due to the below extract from Repossessed by Julian Cope. Poor Julian Cope, bad Barney Hoskyns I thought.

But since then I’ve grown up a bit, read several of his […]

This is a fascninating read if you want to understand (ish) the sounds coming out of your children’s TIk Toks.

Clearly pooroldl Raye as been put into the (feat.) category by her label. One of her (feats.) has over half a billion streams while plenty of others are 100 mil+. So they’re basically trying to piggy back on the […]

Agreed. My still most shared video is Tracey Ullman’s Overley-woke support group. Which has now probably been cancelled. Something uncomfortable and odd is happening.