22 Dreams is great isn’t it? Really successful experimentation and a lovely lightness of touch you don’t always associate with Weller.

Controversial that…good choices all but I’d have to add Good Together, which adds a poppier sheen.

Oh god yes, I’d forgotten about the misogynism apparent in the book. Very careless of me.

Wow, if that’s true I may well end up never listening to anything he’s ever done again! I should probably avoid it then after reading the last one.
I can only think with his last book he must have thought his […]

I really loved reading the book when it came out last year and the album from before it was superb. To my shame I only came to Amy via Wreckless Eric but I’d like to hear more, and check her out live if/when she […]

Yep, sounds like ours. Huge great thing, was almost like having another sideboard. Had to switch on and leave for about 2/3 mins to warm up but it sounded fab. Would love to have it back.

Will give that a listen. My 17 year old son likes quite a few XTC songs but then he loves The Beatles too, so there is already a thread there I think. Interestingly he also likes ELO who I had never really got on […]

Yes, another Designated Survivor fan here as well. Really enjoyed it, and can’t believe it ended.
Maybe I need to start on TWW which sounds right up my street…

Oh that’s great…is this a generally known thing about his shows??

Weather brightened up somewhat unexpectedly this afternoon, so the boy and I decided to take in a very lowly non-league football game, Abbey Rangers v Frimley Green, in the Combined Counties League. We can’t see […]

Drove 60 miles to see them on a Monday night. It was fantastic. People were there from all over the world and my journey suddenly seemed a bit local in comparison.

The nearest I got to seeing XTC was seeing TC&I, the Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers combo at Swindon Arts Centre a couple of years back. Grown men had tears in their eyes.

My copy arrived yesterday…red vinyl, which sounds good to me. A fine album. Nice balance of tunes which works really well as a whole, and one which starts well and gets better as it goes on. Digital version is […]

I saw the Guildford gig on the Excess Moderation tour…it was mostly kind of OK but definitely going through the motions with one too many crowd singalongs for my liking.

Thanks for the review @fentonsteve, I’ve been looking forward to this album for ages now. The advance songs all sound excellent and I will hopefully get my copy at the end of the week. Good to see the link with […]

OK, point taken but it’s Guy Pratt’s style of “banter” that I’d have more of an issue with.

I want to like this, and I’d be interested in a gig, as a bit of early Floyd is a great thing. Was considering the Guildford gig. But it’s not the involvement of Gary Kemp that has the potential for […]

The idea of a universal basic income has, for obvious reasons, become increasingly debated throughout lockdown. Although not an expert, based on what I have heard it seems like the way forward. Anything that puts […]

Looking forward to hearing this. Life’s Hard and Then You Die was a great album (nice reissue a few years ago) and Driving Away From Home one of my favourite singles of the eighties.