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 […]

Thought my running was respectable, but Bingo has put paid to that. I will usually do at least two 5k runs a week, and quite often push one of them on into a 10k. This being the AW though, I am curious as to what […]

This Corrosion by The Sisters Of Mercy is a maximalist Jim Steinman kitchen sink and all production that aimed to replicate the vibe of a disco party run by the Borgias. It’s great, but twenty odd years later […]

you’re like a cabbage in this society…

Maghreb music via Paris, courtesy of Orchestre National De Barbes

Jets To Brazil’s Conrad is a sad and tender vignette of someone ending their life, and a great piece of capsule storytelling A hounds-tooth coat Pockets are bulging with Nembutal, bought from some doctor Who also […]