No Vincent, I doubt that would do anything. Fake news, fake photos, left wing conspiracy etc etc. Look at the JFK assassination as an example of how conspiracy theories can throve for decades despite a mountain of […]

I doubt he’ll get nailed in his lifetime, whether he is charged or not. He’s not young and there is a lot of legal manoeuvring he can do to buy time. Regardless, he will continue to be a martyr for the looney […]

My father spent the last half century of his life working closely with Aboriginal people, all of whom pronounced his name “Ass-hol”, much to the merriment of myself and my brother.

There have been reports for some time that she was in palliative care, so she did well to make it this far. I think every boy (and possibly some of the girls) at my primary school had a serious crush on her. Even […]

Ok. Anyone not called Athol?

Well, I just ordered the 8cd version of this for a few reasons:
1) I love WFC
2) I’d love to hear that set without overdubs (there are a lot) and horns
3) The slide guitar solo in Mercenary Territory is my […]

Athol Guy, the bass player, was also a Liberal Party Senator in Australia during the 70s, so yep, none more square.

He is one of only three people I’ve heard of called Athol, the other two being a local […]

So many sad stories in that band.

Is this like when Mojo would come out with different covers in the same month?

I have written before on here about that count in. The casual ‘Ah’ on the four is full of swagger and contempt. He’s a weary man who, after considering and sampling the pleasures to be found in hot pants, has […]

And of course James Brown’s count ins were as much a trademark as The Ramones.

“We’ve done four already but now we’re steady
And then they went: One, two, three, four”

On a recent Word in Your Ear podcast, Dave and Mark go on at length about how attractive (I think “gorgeous” was the term used) the Small Faces were. I was stunned. They are all weird looking, with that big Thu […]

That’s fantastic. Maybe I need some Squeezer in my life.

It’s a bit Minnie Ripperton, but surely his destiny is to front a NWOBHM – revival band, no? I kept waiting for him to crack into “Run to the hills”.

Yes, was going to mention the first Blue Nile album. Or the live Tomorrow Never Knows by 801.

Truth is, if I were ever going to do something as wanky as take a CD into a hifi store it would be something with a […]

That Prodigy track would be compressed to the gills. There are only a few albums which make me come over all Hoffman-esque with ear fatigue, and that’s one.

I cleared out about 300 books a few years ago. I just took them to a local Treasure Island at the dump where anyone could grab them. When I returned a few hours later there were only 20 or so left! It was […]

A well reasoned and convincing rebuttal. I shall listen to it again (note that I have listened to this album extensively in the past and have owned multiple versions). Maybe the more fey warblings were not well […]

Response below from my partner, age 54.

Actually the initial exchange was a bit different.
“Can you please fill out this survey? All the chaps on The Afterword are asking their wives to do it. It’ll be a […]