The next one Two is also very good but not nearly as immediate

Current listening Manouma, the Bryan Ferry reissue. Sumer is Icumen in, a box set of psych/prog/folk stuff Loophole, Michael Head Y – The Pop Group Some Robin Guthrie eps Mid/late 70’s Marvin Gaye albums

Did you get the first reunion album One? It’s very good, right up there with their best stuff

I went to a comprehensive school in the early eighties and was bullied by a teacher that I had for chemistry, physics and occasionally games. Constantly yelled at in front of the other kids by him and […]

I saw him play in Spain a few years ago. I think he was living there at the time. Lene Lovich and Dr Robert also on the bill. Great night

OK then. I might not!

I’d say I’ve listened to the first House of Love album more than the Stone Roses over the last 30 years.

The 7” of Elephant Stone that is (not Fool’s Gold)

And of the two original versions it has to be the 7” over the 12” for me too

I saw them at the Irish Centre in Brum around the time the album came out and they were brilliant. Not so much at the Newport gig later after the 2nd album when there was a lot of trouble with Swansea and Cardiff […]

I’ve got FS&P bought around the time it came out because I loved the Slow Motion Kisses single. Great album. I’ve got pretty much all the vinyl only stuff on disc that I bought from a guy in Turkey years ago […]

I saw Blur at the F1 in Abu Dhabi a few years back. I like Blur but have no interest in the racing. He started off in a bit of a strop at that as well but settled down after a bit. It didn’t really feel like t […]

I loved Purple Noon with Alain Delon, but it’s an odd film because as deeply unpleasant as his character is portrayed you’re always hoping he doesn’t get caught while you’re watching it (that’s how I found it […]

I saw the Fatimas in about 1991 at the old Barrel Organ in Brum. It was one of the loudest gigs I’ve ever been to

You just see the alien planet creeping into shot as well. Great stuff

Not forgetting Mensi

Sade. A friend of ours who we hadn’t seen for a while was chatting to us the other month round a pub table, can’t remember what it was about. She started a sentence “I was chatting to Sade about that the other […]

Somebody burned me a Tihista compilation years ago. I’ll have to dig it out as I remember enjoying it at the time (no idea where it is and a lot of CDrs have been dumped or lost during various house/country moves)

There was also the many different varieties of Spizz and Wah!

I’ve never liked the band band Throwing Muses although they made some very good records. What are they throwing? Are they being thrown and by who? Or are they being sick? I’m not sure it’s ever been explained by the band