Yep, came to me in a flash at about half past two this morning!

which does make me wonder if the “half whispered price list” might be Murphys? The first syllable is half of murmur after all, can’t get the second part to line up though.

I’ve worked out one of my clues! Irish eyes almost smiling (7) = (look away now if you’re still trying to solve it yourself after five years) Beamish

my god, by this time of day I can’t remember what I had for breakfast this morning, let alone whatever was going through my head five years ago…

I’m just happy at least one other person voted for Blood Incantation

I love the Waterboys’ cover of this. One of the many stories about Van Morrison’s jovial amiability is the time Mike Scott asked him if he’d heard said cover, to get the response “it’s not as good as the original, is it?”.

wasn’t aware of the GoGo Penguin live affair, I will have to investigate that.

My favourites of the year were all 2023 films that thanks to the magic of release schedules only made it to the UK this year. So I’m counting them, and ya boo sucks if you disagree The Holdovers god knows what […]

I believe the son of the bloke out of number 5 plays on number 8. Mint choc chip please

no one ever mentions this one, but it’s one of my favourites of his

Still in retail (selling records) but currently on a secondment at HO. Felt very strange to be putting in a holiday request for Christmas week.

1, The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World 2. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere 3. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer 4. New Model Army – Unbroken 5. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks 6. Underworld – […]

another great piece. If you or anyone else here is a fan of the genre of “live soul albums where the audience are a vital part of the recording” then I implore you to listen to Donny Hathaway Live, officially the […]

It’s Moya, and for reasons somewhat close to yours for picking Storm. It’s one where they leave off the apocalypse and the massing dark clouds in favour of a thing of shimmering beauty. It’s light in the dark, an […]

Demilitarise!

I’ve said before that I find it difficult to comment on these posts, because they are so complete in and of themselves that saying “I like this record too!” seems to be superfluous at the very least. But I could […]

I don’t know how one becomes involved with a starter pack but should anyone want to follow me then @flyingsaucerboy.bsky.social ought to do it. I can’t promise much.

in reverse order Demdike Stare & Dame Area, Strange Brew Bristol DS were excellent, downbeat spooky electronica a la BoC. Dame Area not so much, lightweight derivative EBM Nick Cave And His Bad Seeds, Cardiff […]

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This is great. What a setlist!