I’m glad I’m not alone!

I hated it! Far too long, far too slight in terms of characterisation across the board and I really don’t and didn’t care who did what to Jimmy Hoffa and why. I watched it because the reviews have been […]

I wasn’t, but I will now. Thanks.

With the rare – perhaps only – use of the word “moot” in a popular song.

I liked it (having done “Othello” for A level English Lit). Oink!

Give “80/81” by Pat Metheny a try (unless Keira provides you with her phone number). That and Keith Jarrett’s “Koln Concert” are the first two ECM albums that sprang to my mind.

Great city and the area encompassed by the Ringstrasse (Innere Stadt) is traffic-free. This part of the city is dominated by the Stephansdom cathedral. It has lots of places to eat, drink and shop and has most of […]

I have “Johnson” (sp) by the Fat Lady Sings. Great album. Terrible name for a group, though.

Two in particular stand out. The Secret Machines and The Unbelievable Truth. The latter seemed to get a lot of airplay on GLR (I think it was) in the late 90s. The debut (“Almost Here”) was a little downbeat but […]

I’d imagine proofing a hi-fi mag for someone without extensive knowledge of that world would be a nightmare. What with Linn’s obsession with the letter “K”, names with random capitals (darTZeel sticks out), other […]

“rock group Keane”? Apologies – that was an open goal.

Leaving the Chas error aside, has this been edited at all? The speculation as to who of Kiss, the Who and the other bands might go solo is hilariously […]

Quite. Two “A” levels, Grade E. That’s quite a shocking achievement. He then dropped out of a degree (not sure how he got to enrol on one in the first place) at North London Poly. The rest is history.

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 […]