Hey Duggee is an absolute masterpiece. The superhero badge in particular is hilarious.

Me and my one year old daughter have been annoying my wife with it all weekend!

This is my fireworks dance.
I do it when there’s fireworks.
Fireworks fireworks.
Fireworks fireworks…

My daughter is called Elodie, named after a song by Lanterns On The Lake. Specifically the instrumental guitar part from 3.02 onwards which I think is one of the most beautiful things ever recorded.

Also, my […]

I dug Rave Tapes. For me the career low was Hardcore Will Never Die.

The new record is great though. I think my favourite track at the moment is “Crossing The Road Material”

The LCD Soundsystem record is […]

Can’t make it myself but they’re brilliant live. I hope somebody snaps them up.

Swordfish is still worth visiting. It’s a bit hidden though so there’s absolutely no passing trade at all. It’s in Dalton Street, just over the road from Birmingham Crown Court round the back of Scruffy Murphy’s. […]

Just down the road from Lichfield, in Polesworth, North Warwickshire, there’s a house called Pooley Hall. In the 80s and 90s Northern Soul legend Edwin Starr lived there. Edwin once had his friend Stevie Wonder […]

Pornography/Disintegration/Bloodflowers gets my vote for the best trilogy of albums, particularly as Disintegration is the actual best album of all time by anyone ever.

I think it’s the Pacific coast highway. It at least joins up with it if not.

Correct! Pooley Mound in Warwickshire. About a mile from where I grew up in Polesworth.

Yep.

If you need a clue, the photo on the album cover was taken at the same location.

I’ve always preferred this version…

This location is described in the song but its not the song title.

Name the song

Amazing album. Like Abba through a distortion pedal…

The Killers “Hot Fuss” is the best example I can think of. It opens with possibly their best song “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”, which should have been a single, but wasn’t. Then there’s the 4 singles, then 5 […]

Dead Man Walking on Earthling is bloody fantastic.

So earlier this year Bowie’s death hit me pretty hard, but even before the music obsession kicked in for me there was Star Wars.

Where other things I’ve loved have come and gone, Star Wars has remained a […]

Glad you liked it mate! I can’t believe I forgot Anoushka Shankar’s album!