I know nothing of them personally but the Trashcans have long been a favourite of mine. I bought the 7 inch of Only Tongue Can Tell the day I finished my A levels in 1990. Loved them ever since. So this is very […]

Mac is certainly a survivor. A few years ago (actually 8, I just checked) David Cavanagh did an interview with him in Mojo which, IIRC, was a pretty tough read and he came across as a lost and broken then […]

For exploitation and trumpification surely nothing beats football. My local team, the supremely unlovable Real Madrid, have waited precisely no time at all to launch a Pope Leo top after his visit this week. For […]

When the person or persons walking in front of you looking down is walking at varispeed and veering left or right and quite often stops suddenly. Of course they’re looking at their sodding phone. I estimate this […]

And quite a lot more than Johnny Marr’s 400k which he’ll be pleased about. Though no doubt he won’t be satisfied and it’s probably all an industry conspiracy against him etc.

I find Spotify figures fascinating. They provide a pretty unfiltered look at an artist’s enduring popularity. Clearly higher numbers for an older group require at least a) popularity in the US and b) crossing o […]

Predictably enough for here: Dylan Teenage Fanclub My heart says Felt But my brain says Brian Eno, plus collaborations and productions, because I could no doubt do with the occasional change from the […]

I’ve never knowingly listened to a full Radiohead or Led Zep album, partly out of blind prejudice, partly out of finding Thom Yorke massively irritating, but mostly out of not liking at all the little I’ve heard […]

⁹Lucky you discovering them for the first time. Nice you discovered Poem of the River because it’s rarely mentioned but I think Riding on the Equator is their finest 8 minutes and 8 of my favourite minutes of a […]

Aside from Blind Willie McTell the other genuinely great songs that only appeared later on the Bootleg series are Series of Dreams and Red River Shore. Think both would be in my Bob top 10. And sometimes Red River […]

Whatever the intent of the OP I don’t think pride in where you came from or where you are is a British trait. More likely to mock it, hence Crap Towns etc. Here in Spain though, from Valladolid to Valencia and […]

He’s a genuine cultural phenomenon in the Hispanic world and that was hugely enjoyable and most satisfying to watch. Be interesting to see if this breaks him even wider. Late last year, the tickets for his shows […]

Sadly the man who wrote that line is now firmly amongst that joyless, hate-filled group.

What I don’t understand about the people involved is how they’re able to keep on functioning in daily life knowing what’s in their past and what might come out. Most normal people, those without bullet-proof skin […]

I will be rewatching Best in Show and A Mighty Wind again this weekend in tribute. She was brilliantly funny.

Topaz is indeed a bit of a slog. But we both absolutely loved Torn Curtain, partly because of its flaws. Way too much use of matte painted backgrounds, sometimes good, sometimes clunkingly poor, some very dodgy […]

My last rereading project was Kurt Vonnegut early last year. I made it through, very quickly, reading chronologically, to Jailbird (1979). I’d loved him 30 years ago and was delighted to find that I loved him even […]