good list, I reckon. In lieu of an exhaustive breakdown of what I like / have heard, may I just say that the closing track on that Jeff Rosenstock albums features a brilliant build and release section? Absolutely […]

I have indeed walked through the valley of the shadow of the Erdtree. The good news is it’s more Elden Ring, but the bad is also that it’s more Elden Ring – nothing feels radically different or fresh. I had a […]

coming to the end of Dredge myself. I’ve enjoyed it, but I must say that as far as indie games about catching fish with an unexpected twist go, I did like Dave The Diver more. If you haven’t played it, give it a […]

I would pick different tracks off those Chemicals and Charlatans albums (MAH and Come Home Baby respectively), while still agreeing that your choices are great tunes. Which suggests that they are pretty good albums!

pretty much all of this, but especially the bit around 0:52 where the frontline all rush the mics in unison

I actually had the U2 conversation with my daughter (17) quite recently. She didn’t know who they were, and when prompted, came up with “oh yeah, that’s the guy from Inhaler’s dad”.

There was, maybe still is, a vegetarian Indian restaurant in Plymouth called Veggie Perrin’s. It leaned heavily into the world of Sunshine Desserts, with pictures of the cast, taglines like “I didn’t get where am […]

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.