The Original Sound of Mali, Vol 2, from Mr Bongo (just released). Not as good as the first volume, sadly.

Tired of Waiting by The Flock, from a CBS sampler called ‘Fill Your Head With Rock’, the very first album I bought. I had an elder sister so had been exposed to The Beatles and other pop songs of the time. But Tir […]

Don’t know the album but that really reads like Charles Shaar Murray. It reminded me of Crosstown Traffic, his very good book on Hendrix.

I remembered that a few weeks back there was an Afterword thread on getting behind a paywall. I searched and here it is: Many thanks @mousey. And so here is the NY Times article: Barry Goldberg, an […]

The obit is behind a paywall. Is there any chance of you copying and pasting it here, please?

I have been likened to Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad fame and Robin Williams: neither one of them is stunningly good looking.

Thanks for this. I saw the other day that Barry Goldberg had died but there seemed to be a remarkable lack of interest in his passing (at least in the forums I am reading at the moment). He was one of those […]

With the Senate, House and Supreme Court in his pocket, there is not much that Trump cannot do now. Perhaps he will set a precedent (again) by unpardoning those pardoned by Biden. The only restraint that I can see […]

What’s to stop Trump using an executive order to overturn any pardon from Biden? He appears to be able to overturn everything else. On a separate matter, did anyone else spot the similarity with Melania Trump, […]

John Lennon summed it up for me in Hey Jude: ‘For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool / By making his world a little colder.’ I didn’t heed his warning, unfortunately. I now realise I missed a lot o […]

Great thread. And right at the top of the list is Cob Records from Porthmadog in Wales. Cob was a lifesaver for me when I was living in South Africa. Import records were tricky to come by away from the main cities […]

Duran Duran or Sigue Sigue Sputnik? Definitely knobs with mullets. Don’t know about the castles, but Duran Duran did frequent yachts.

I loved Johnny Dowd’s early albums but could never convince others of his greatness. Just listen to this, from his best (IMO) album Pictures From Life’s Other Side.

Colin, please reassure me you aren’t planning a ‘Slady Live at the BBC’ 25-CD boxset on Repertoire

I was a bit bemused initially as I remembered an earlier thread about an ECM engineer dying and I thought it was Jan Erik Kongshaug. However, this a great opportunity to post a lovely track which I hadn’t heard a […]

Slightly off topic as this is about a lazy lyric, specifically “Good Technology” by Red Guitars. It is a great song, with lyrics that go: “We’ve got photographs of men on the moon / We’ve got water that is good […]

This will be great to watch, I love that era with all the witty responses to dumb questions from reporters and the general mayhem. Reference to The Ed Sullivan Show reminded me of Mike Edison’s very readable b […]

Great concert from John Martyn. I had always thought songs like One World, Dealer and Big Muff were heavily reliant on studio trickery. But, live and solo, Martyn pulled them off superbly. Thanks for the heads up […]

Same as ‘brutally murdered’. I’ve yet to hear of a ‘gentle murder’

TV newsreaders must always match their facial expressions with the news story, ignoring how ridiculous they look. “In football, England made it through to the…” (broad smile); switching to “In Gaza…” (deeply pai […]