They were probably thinking along similar lines to the parents of Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno.

Whichever way you serve it, she’s no angel after that test and trace fiasco.

This is sweet bud talk. Timely too. My wife’s in the market for some new ‘hands free’ ear vibrators, and this news from the East will be afforded due diligence. The Hairnet family wakes older but immeasurably bud […]

Thanks @mikethep

We got very lucky. Terrifying watching the progress of this giant red blob on the computer screen as it inched towards our property, with my entire music collection and a million memories at stake.

This weekend I will be celebrating my house not burning down. I don’t know whether anyone caught the news last weekend about the forest fire north of Estepona, thought to be started deliberately. Last Sunday […]

That Animal Collective one from over a decade ago that topped everybody’s end of year lists. There was an emperor’s new clothes vibe in the breathless enthusiasm of so many reviews, a desperation to find and […]

In the interest of humanity I’ve found a better place for this to go. Just a nudge into the recently updated in case it was missed yesterday.

I bought the Elvis Essential 60s Masters box set recently – 5CDs in a small hardback book thing. The CDs were held in place by these mysterious plastic tabs that wiggled up and down to no obvious effect. I spent a […]

I can remember hearing it while creosoting my neighbour’s fence.

Liking the new songs and looking forward to the album. The abbatars are an amazing creative/technological endeavour, but leave me cold. One aspect I don’t understand is that the body movements are modelled on the […]

Given that thought depends on electrical activity in the brain, this must represent quite a challenge.

I do know someone who installed a Faraday cage in their bedroom though, to block unwanted electromagnetic fields.

Some judicious curation of the back catalogue might be in order.

Quark, Strangeness and Charm (the song) cropped up on one of my Spotify Discover Weekly playlists the other month, and I loved it, so went off to […]

Probably blown away by now.

Andalucian based Afterworder here. 100 per cent share your frustrations. I’ve been on edge for the last five years and have given up on the hypocrisy and mindless jingoism of much of the UK press. Utterly […]

I’ve recently become addicted to Joe Robinet’s YouTube channel. Thirty-something bloke heads off into the wilderness on solo canoeing/camping trips in northern Ontario and films as he goes. Strangely therapeutic.

Always had a soft spot for ATTWT because it was the first Genesis record I bought. It had a strange, trebly sound, and Hackett’s absence meant many too many keyboard parts for our Tone. I still enjoy the chugging […]

How’s his backstroke?

There have been some really good recent re-releases on Factory Benelux, but the availability of the back catalogue on CD is a bit patchy. Kooky records (https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/collections/kooky-records) […]

And a belated happy Bank Holiday to you too @vulpes-vulpes.

I think The Durutti Column is always my go to band in times of crisis. I discovered the band during a very bleak period in my life, when I was living […]