I have the Fidelia app from Audiofile Engineering on my MacBook Pro. It makes a huge and obvious improvement to music stored on iTunes. I think I made a one-off payment of £20 or £30 for it several years ago. C […]

Just when I’d almost forgotten about him…!

I was at the Thin Lizzy / Radiators from Space gig and I witnessed one of Keith Jarrett’s tantrumettes at the Royal Festival Hall (I think) in July 1991.

A particularly awkward gig was one that a group of […]

As an infrequent mountain biker, I’d never ride without wearing a helmet. The thought of cracking my skull on the flint and jagged stones that I encounter when riding the Sussex Downs is enough. Most riders I […]

I think it’s Michael Mann’s masterpiece. You’re right about the sub plots and side characters. Most of them revolve around the themes of family / family life – pretty traditional and familiar. And then there’s the […]

Bonnie and Clyde, Heat, The Day of the Jackal and – despite its inordinate length – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Even though, like most here, I can watch them on demand and I have them on DVD.

Except the debut album was called “The Party’s Over”…

Really? I think that’s fantastic! The suits look good, the playing is exciting and the guy can certainly dance. Good song too. Far better than most of the insipid or insufficiently talented / over ambitious post punk brigade.

Great song! Interesting character too.

I never thought Weather Report’s albums were sonically special. Having just taken my system apart – well, unplugged and moved because the nearby chimney was being swept – I’ll give them a try. But CBS vinyl […]

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and, err, the other one. I find their success puzzling, although I bought the debut and “A Rush of Blood to the Head”. The name alone is irritating (what is a coldplay?), but there are […]

I never saw them with Jay B, but live they are incredible and I agree that Nels has made a huge difference. Current best band in the world? They must be up there.

I’m not so sure (about Wilco). The last few albums have been disappointing (Star Wars, Schmilco barely registered chez Firefly). I’m beginning to think the Jay Bennett years were the best. But hope springs […]

and scraping…

Folk dancing isn’t without its charms.

Todd Rundgren (and Utopia for Ra)

Broooooce!

PoP due a reappraisal, I reckon…

Exactly! Maybe slightly more PC. Slightly…

I saw it yesterday and it’s a very odd film indeed. Despite this, it is doing excellent business and seems to be an international hit. As a wonky history of Queen, as others have commented, it plays fast and loose […]