i am 57 years old. precocious 8 year old fan of bowie, child of punk rock and post punk and then the miserable git canon – cohen, young, mitchell. typical nme reader from 1977 until about 1981 -loved the me me […]

I’ve got the majority of these up to Duets and would say I rate Back on Top in his top 10 albums- a relaxing quality listen and think Duets is solid and interesting and give Magic Time, Down the Road (too long) […]

sorry i’m not going to be able to do this. i haven’t got round to it yet and now covid is rampaging through the mental hospital where i work so i’m stressed beyond belief and have neither the time or energy to […]

I had the same cassette purchased in approximately 1983 and a similar impression – loved LA Woman and still do – found Morrison Hotel too much “meat and potato blues” for my then tastes which were then into the […]

Thanks for the list Mike H

Peter O’Toole
Gene Vincent
John Coltrane
Fela Kuti
Tony Bennett
Leonard Cohen
Raymond Chandler
Iain Banks
Robert Fripp
Peter Cook
Kurt Vonnegut
Howlin’ Wolf

I’m liking this list- it […]

Hi I work in mental health too – as a nurse. I have been having cold showers now for about 10 years and this year have finally developed a cold water swimming practice – 2 – 3 times a week – hope to continue into […]

Just like to second MD in the Private Eye – totally on it and the only thing you need to read to truly understand what’s going on with the Covid crisis – just read the latest Pandemic Update . MD on Covid Round 2 […]

I taped the Garvey, Bowie and Floyd on this channnel along with the two Toots shows on BBC 4. And what with Robert Plant on Jools Holland what a great night for music TV

I actually “saw” the Pink Floyd Pulse […]

Actually,the two 1990 TOTP’s shown that evening were playing in the background at work and I was pleasantly surprised at the killer to filler ratio Beats International, EMF, Vanilla Ice (he sucks but its a […]

I’m slightly surprised that there is no mention of religion here. There must be a few lurking closet Christian, Quaker, Buddhists here or is the Afterword crew totally atheist and secular.

I class myself a […]

Is it just me, or does Birdland remind anyone of the Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’?

Will there we go. I can claim to be at both gigs. The only two times I ever saw Sham 69. Reading 1978 – Friday afternoon – blistering line up, Radio Stars, Penetration, Sham, the Pirate, Ultravox and the Jam. […]

Yes, I’m up for this. Despite being on the site for a few years now – and posting for the last year or so -this has passed me by before. Looking forward to doing my first “mix tape” for over 30 years. My […]

3 that I have seen and would like to see again – as they’re not making them anymore

The Specials with Jerry Dammers – Hammersmith Palais August 1979 – the week Gangsters went into the charts, supported by the […]

oh by the way for those who don’t get it
original buddhism – rock n roll
second wave mahayana – prog rock
zen – punk

Giving you 5 of the absolute genius, one off, post punk singles
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden, – just two chords, described by ZigZag magazine at the time as The Velvets play the Water Margin and […]

Yes it Stan Deely here, Yes I can confirm she was the 4 years older, 17/18 in 1977, the perfect age for punk, and so saw all the first wave bands at our local tiny club in Swindon 3 minutes walk from our house – […]

I’m a buddhist. Stay with me here. As far as I can see Buddhism has had 3 waves. The origins (whats known as Theravada – the original Buddhism) the Buddha reacts to his native Hindu-ism with its pantheon of Gods […]

Just had a quick look at others’ entries and would probably have added Billy Liar and The Graduate to my choices, and then there’s If and Kes. What’s the deadline again? I am finding this easier and more […]

Done off the top of my head in 5 minutes and posted without looking at anybody elses so I am not influenced. I may revise later.

In no order, 5 points each – films that stand up to repeated […]