This one came to mind.

It doesn’t look that random or curated. The Sinead, R.E.M., GNR and Metallica songs are all from around the same time.

You can dance to lots of Sisters songs. Doktor Avalanche knows how to keep a groove going. The main idea behind This Corrosion is that it was “the soundtrack to a disco at the Borgias”. Fulfills that brief pretty well.

I think we should review David Attenborough like we do musicians: “the new series had its moments, but let’s be honest, there was nothing there nearly as good as the mountain gorillas”.

It’s more than decent.

Great post Niall, and good to see you in a good place. The chase if getting some (deserved) love so let me just say that a good tomato bruschetta is difficult to beat. The antipasto of antipasti.

I agree, I’d like a book that covers the Black & Blue to Tattoo You period. Maybe start with the 1975 US tour and end with the 1982 European one. I think this period is underrated, the albums have a good vibe and […]

The rock star book I have enjoyed the most is Elton John’s Me, which covers all the decades, pretty equally all told. There’s always something going on. Does it matter that the 80s albums aren’t great when you […]

That’s very good.

A Larkin poem I particularly like is Dockery and Son, where he is back at his old school and the Dean informs him that Dockery, who was junior to him when he was at school now has a son there. It then leads to a […]

And number one this day 45 years ago? It’s a great song, and I’m not giving any clues except to say that in 10 years time, the people who bought it probably will actually qualify for next year’s old age pension.

I’ll see your Roger Waters and raise you Osama bin Laden.

I think this is a very good point and I agree, you can’t scale up. But I think we can agree if you scale down and then the other team ends up being better than your old team that’s ok. I bet when Chiz swapped […]

I’ve sold about half of my CD and vinyl collection over the last 7 years or so using the local version of eBay here in Singapore. From that experience, i have two prices of advice: (i) if it’s important to get the […]

I think following a club and watching the World Cup are different beasts. With the club, I think there’s an element of what Bingo refers to on his thread as duty. It’s quotidian. The World Cup on the other hand is […]

Kallax unit! Now we’re talking! 4×4 or 2×4?

I haven’t read any of these books, but I’m intrigued by the fact that the series so consistently seems to be a favourite around these parts. Where to start? Does it make sense to start with the first book, or are […]

Perhaps, but another criticism of him is that it tends to be other people who end up resigning because of said messes. As one commentator put it: “what rotten luck the prime minister has had with his recruitment”.