Great question! If I had to choose one song that really defines me, I think it would have to be “The Weight” by The Band. It’s a song that perfectly encapsulates the journey of life—the burdens we carry, the peo […]

I’m a bit surprised by the choice of Caroline Rose album, I think the latest one is vastly superior. Otherwise, I’ll investigate further in case I missed something. I often look at Paste weekly lists and potted […]

The Beach Boys sing on Cottonfields “It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana”. A quick look at the map shows that it’s at least 25 miles as the crow flies.

It does to me too. Is seems very short sighted in this day and age to not have a backup of the work which is essentially your livelihood. As soon as I had a song on the page I’d be taking a picture of it. Also, […]

I’m not sure when the change happened because it’s one of the few things Letchworth was famous for, but these days there are several pubs in Letchworth. Many of them are featured in Simon Pegg’s Worlds End. I […]

It;s a lot easier to praise online sketch stuff because there’s a tendency to go by recommendations and consequently only what the best sketches. If you do that with ‘recent’ BBC sketch shows, then I think the […]

I’ve listened to it a few times now and although there’s not a duffer on there, and it really is a fine album, its a bit of a disappointment because it doesn’t really feel like a new album. At least half of the […]

Does that mean you don’t like her earlier ones? I think “You Made It This Far” is on a par with the last two.

That’s an option that, in this case, would have been hard on the Uber fans who already have all the albums. Otherwise I think it’s a good idea when a tour supports an album (although I’m not sure if it’s that way […]

They do appear to be learning though. Often big sales like this happen on a Friday and mess up the sales of smaller gigs. At least they’ve chosen a Saturday.

That was the case live as well. I recall at least James Burton being in the band at the Albert Hall.

I’d like to add Rockpile to the list. I know Dave Edmunds & Billy Bremner have now retired but surely a big wedge could coax them out. Nick Lowe is still on the release tour cycle (albeit the cycle is now ten years long!).

They would be top of the list but I fear that this time round, getting tickets would prove almost impossible but some new recordings would be nice.

I wonder if the Ramones fit the bill even better. Loads of people have bought the t shirts but I wonder how many know the songs.

In country, at least, there are lots of artists that appear on the surface to be solo artists, but they still need a hand to play live and they are often the same band for a long time. I’m not sure of the […]

I’m not a New Yorker subscriber but I do flick through it fairly regularly…. mainly the cartoons though and very rarely the longer articles!… I’m more a Smithsonian man myself!

I have a second filter cone at work. Each day (when I actually go to the office!) I put a couple of carefully folded up filter papers that I’ve preloaded with coffee, in my bag and I get coffee at my desk just the […]

I was with you with Melitta but you lost me at ‘machine’! All I use is a Melitta drip cone, a mug and a kettle. Nice clean tasting hot coffee every time and very little clearing up afterwards. Spend the rest of […]

I was right up at the stage for that Talking Heads gig. I had bruises on my arms the next day where I’d been drumming on the edge of the stage! It was also to first time I’d seen Space Invaders played […]