Cuckfield and my gig buddy was from Haywards Heath. I had “Crime of the Century” and my brother had Gallagher & Lyle’s album (“Breakaway” – or was that later). I think it was a £1, which seems incredible now. We […]

Awkward! I wonder if it was the A&M package tour in – I think – 1975. Support was from Gallagher & Lyle and a solo Chris de Burgh. If so this was my first gig (at Brighton Dome) and I still remember being […]

First time I heard this abomination, I thought the commentator meant “meddle” and assumed it was a discrete way of saying “cheat”.

And the ripoffs? I’ve spotted “Spread your Love” (“Shockwave”) by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club so far…

Thanks. I’m glad I’m not alone. I shall draft a complaint.

Don’t you think that Ritz crackers have slipped in quality recently? More broken ones per box, more overbaked ones? Not as thick or as crisp and yet light? I’m seriously considering drafting a complaint.

What is that thing in the middle of the cover photo? A hot water bottle? A flattened hamster? Anyway, I love this album and it has always been hard to imagine where he / Talk Talk could have gone from there. The […]

Glyn Johns produced “Joan Armatrading” and the next two. I’m fairly sure these three were recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes. They all have a great sound despite being pressed on the thin vinyl that A&M […]

I haven’t used it for many years, but the Star Ferry connecting Hong Kong to Kowloon was always very enjoyable. At night the mix of light from the buildings, the warm and humid air (depending on the season) and […]

And no “City of God”? I was expecting that to be in the top 10 – if not top five. And I walked out of “There will be blood” – terrible, tedious film.

Quite. And the debut sounds great! (from a hi fi perspective). I still play my original (vinyl) copy from time to time and in every respect my copy has worn extremely well.

Quite. A wonderful voice and a great singer.

How rude!

Always. Come up with something original! (I blame Kurt Schwitters, T.S. Eliot etc….)

Walking through the UCLA campus one lunchtime, I heard the unmistakable (if slightly misguided) strains of Dread Zeppelin blasting out near the student union shop. I’m sure AW folk will remember DZ – they played […]

I’ve skied the Lauberhorn at Wengen and the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhel (although the famous drop on the former (the hundschopf) was closed to preserve it prior to the race). I took my time…

Thanks Lunaman, I bought it yesterday and am already over a third of the way through. It could have done with better proof-reading and fact checking, which undermines my confidence in the accuracy of the story, […]

Thank you!

Na na, hey, hey, kiss him Goodbye Mr. Chips
The House of the Rising Sun also Rises
This is the Sea The Sea The Sea
Sweet Child o’ Mein Kampf

The Colour Purple Rain
The Power of Love in the Time of Cholera
Decline and Fall at your Feet