On the understanding that a “classic” has to predate the birth of Christ, how about The Odyssey? Full of great adventure and remarkable scenes, and the fairly recent translation by Emily Wilson zips along.

I thought this was going to be higher!

This is one of my top Springsteen songs. But reading that astoundingly well-written piece bought another song to mind, an obscure New Model Army track called Turn Away, so obscure they’ve never actually recorded […]

If your definition of a “discriminating” attack includes detonating thousands of devices when you don’t know where they are or how many people are around them, leading to 3000-odd injuries and the deaths of […]

the little coo going into the first chorus

That Imperial Triumphant live experience the highlight of Bossk’s set Briqueville forty five minutes of Slift live. This will take you into space

I also bought this on cassette on release! Can’t honestly say I’ve revisited much in the last thirty years, but I am tempted by this, especially as a quick mental interrogation suggests I still know all the words…

I have this on 7”! But muso nerd nonsense aside, do you really expect me to believe that Mike and Psmith were the biggest Wodehouse influence on a poster who calls himself Bingo Little?

Here. We. Go.

My first kiss was in Maker, a school camp sometime in the early to mid 80s. Good to hear it can still offer a tremendous experience.

yes! I kind of feel bad about not commenting more in these threads, but these pieces are so well done and self contained that it feels almost redundant. I may not be saying all that much, but rest assured I am […]

I was nineteen when Nevermind came out, so maybe you are right. Drain You is the best Nirvana song, and I will not be taking questions.

I’m also quite happy that for all the talk about Reform making gains, their vote share is only 1% or so higher than UKIP achieved in 2015.

they didn’t have a Spice Girl at Bearded! I’d say at BT they were one of the acts worst affected by the mud in that standing in a quagmire in wellies isn’t the most conducive to having a dance and losing yourself […]

These musings tie in a little bit with something I’ve noticed in my own life. I suspect I have maybe ten years on you, and I too went through that period of having to learn to behave like an adult and do serious […]

the ones I enjoyed the most at home so far have been Heilung (love them or hate them, there wasn’t anything else like them all weekend – a friend texted me partway through saying she couldn’t work out if going to […]

Putting this Heilung set on between Danny Brown and Jungle is quite the scheduling decision.

I went to the Eras tour show in Cardiff, and it was one of the best concert experiences of my life. Probably don’t need to go into the show too much at this stage, but everyone who told you it was amazing was r […]

melodies, big choruses, metallic….you need to go see Skindred who are, I believe, headlining the Avalon Stage one night. Ragga metal from South Wales may not sound like anyone’s cup of tea but they are an […]