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Bugger. Been chasing this for a while but Amazon UK won’t ship to Australia. The old edition on the Australian site costs $900!! If anyone in the UK is willing to purchase and forward this on I will happily pay in […]

Hi Smudger,

On an acoustic, 11s are extra light, 12s are light and 13s are medium. 12s are the most common and I’d start with those, as Tahir suggested. While 11s are easier to play, they don’t tend to drive […]

He’s a rank amateur. Here’s Iggy giving a masterclass from the Australian show Countdown in the 70s. Make sure you watch through until his performance.

I use it for a few things: Chart Music Podcast, Quietus etc. It does it’s job.

I do like the Pizza Tapes stuff with Tony Rice and Grisman, but Garcia isn’t remotely in the same league as those two and is just along for the ride (or the pizza). I also like Rueben and Cherise, I should add. […]

Challenge accepted!

Coincidentally, this morning I was embarking on my once-per-decade attempt to like The Dead. Listened to the usual recommended live recordings and once again, have shelved them for another decade. Awful, tuneless, […]

I’m glad I live in a world where Wuthering Heights Day can exist, but I suspect I would find the participants unbearably smug and twee. I think a Billy Squire “Rock Me Tonight” day would be vastly superior.

Am I a bad man for preferring the live version included with One Nation over the original studio cut? It’s Michael Hampton rather than Eddie Hazel.

Fools!
Archilles last Stand is the greatest solo ever recorded. And I’d give a special mention to Celebration Day.

I live on 20 acres in the mountains to the west of Brisbane, with National Park on two sides. On the right day, with the creek bubbling in front of the house, king parrots sitting on the veranda rail and wallabies […]

I think it was actually Mousey who took issue.

Ah yes. I remember the reaction here when I suggested that P.P Arnold’s backing vocals on Tin Soldier were a tad off key.

She has Gram Parsons’ eyes

Two thoughts:
1) She looks exactly like Nick Lowe from that era, with the same “oh, shucks” expression on her face.
2) No wonder the Explorer-shaped acoustic never took off. That thing would have needed a cas […]

I think the “laid back ocker” cliche lost its currency about 50 years ago.

Dylan, Townsville in 1998 or so. Just dismal and the worst live music performance I’ve heard, primary school band recitals included. Dylan played the same ham-fisted Chuck Berry lick over every song, seemingly d […]

Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
The Who – Who’s Next
Sly and the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Going On
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Radiohead – OK Computer

It’s funny, as I consider myself to have more subtle and […]