lovely small hours music, twelve minutes long and could be double that

Running Up That Hill?

I had a great Halloween synchronicity moment when I was living in Tokyo. It was back in the days of iPods, and mine was on shuffle when I emerged out of the Metro station into my neighbourhood on October 31st. The […]

I know! It’s 3:32 – 3:37 in Nowhere’s Nigh by Parts And Labor where the key changes and the fizzing keyboards come in, isn’t it? Certainly one of the most thrilling five seconds in music I know but play fair, […]

wow, I’ve been going through thinking surely that initial drum hit from Like A Rolling Stone is on there

yeah, I miss him too.

“Train Of Love” by Neil Young from the Sleeps With Angels album is musically identical to “Western Hero”, which is, er, by Neil Young from the Sleeps With Angels album.

see also Hit The Ground Running by Doves

Sunrise is a great buried New Order track. Not one that ever gets talked about, but seems to exemplify their sound

was going to post this, spectacular stuff

any excuse to post this again, one of the best openings to a gig I’ve ever come across

One of two celebrities who have complained about something I’ve done at work: I was working at HMV in Cheltenham a long time ago, and a set of Jilly Cooper branded classical CDs had been launched. Like any […]

Imagine opening your mouth and that noise coming out and then thinking “I’m going to be a singer”

been to a few shows at Calstock Village Hall. Not as fancy as the Arts Centre looks.

all of them, simultaneously

The Cure – Disintegration Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (may not pass the family test, but definitely ticks the vibe box. Also unforgivably broken into six tracks on streaming when it is clearly just […]

As I scrolled (see above) I was also thinking Loaded

Been scrolling down the thread thinking “I’m going to say Wrecking Ball”

As I type this I am being side-eyed by a little brown terrier. She is nineteen now, not too fussed about going for a walk when she could be having a snooze instead, but still lively should a squirrel or pigeon […]

1. First Concert: Fish out of Marillion at the Cornwall Coliseum, 1990 2. Last Concert: I did two days at Arc Tan Gent festival in August, and think the last band I saw there was Mclusky. If that doesn’t c […]