Yes, I hear it (and I like it too). I see they also went the name-that’s-too-long-to-scratch-into-your-school-desk-with-a-compass route. As much as I’ve loved all the great pure pop over the last few years, I h […]

As you said please, barely topic-adjacent, here’s Barrington Levy in fine voice only last week on KEXP:

And I, in turn, got a copy of that copy. Thanks to Foxy and nice to be reminded of Stimpy as it always is to recall the ones we’ve lost.. P.S. I’m almost afraid to mention it in the light of recent threads, but […]

This sort of thing:

Her Vauxhall Viva – TMFTL

The problem is in Ireland the stonemasons charge the same for four consonants as they do for one vowel. I gather the it’s something similar for the fellas that make the signs for the towns in Wales..

On a related tip: the stuff about Noel’s House Party on the current Chart Music podcast had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up…

Thanks @mike_h

Just dropping in with a rather odd AOB On Bandcamp Friday, while I was perusing some artists I wished to support I noticed that, not only were there predictable “out of stock” labels on LPs, CDs and merch, but […]

1. It’s just a fact that some great acts are/were singles artists (The Supremes, The Undertones etc) 2. Some fixtures in best lists are effectively greatest hits sets anyway (Sex Pistols, Redskins etc) 3. From w […]

Tee hee – this is where somebody posts that Siouxsie recorded the definitive version of Dear Prudence..

Champion review M Moles and I agree with almost everything you say, especially about the variety (although because of that variety a couple of tracks miss for me, but at over 50 minutes for fifteen songs it can […]

With you on this one, DD. I feel for my AW chums who still buy LPs as album art, in general, has just become abysmal over the last ten to fifteen years. The last album I saw where I thought that would be lovely […]

Big Log by Robert Plant Richard The Turd by Supergrass..

After a few very lean years, 2025 has been a good ‘un for those of us who like a bit of rapping: Backxwash, Wretch 32, Kae Tempest, Paris Texas, Saba & No ID, McKinley Dixon and – yes Bingo! – Clipse. And for u […]

Worth remembering on what is yet another “what’s wrong with this Trump f*cker?” thread that when Blatter was in situ we all thought “anyone would be an improvement on this guy”..

The final will be on the same stadium in New Jersey. Will probably have the same hype man too: “In the blue corner, from Stamford Bridge on The King’s Road in London… Let’s get ready to rumble”* Another reason th […]

Earth, Wind and Fire/ Barry White double bill cancelled because Barry went and died..

On Foxy’s Burning Spear request thread that it was remarked that it wasn’t all that special to which he replied that it was great just to see him up there. That made me think about how I feel every year when I see […]