An alternative view is that a good fade out can leave you wanting more. Steely Dan’s Brooklyn Owes the Charmer has a beautiful fade and hints of what could have been had it gone on longer – ie it gets really i […]

Have Mercy!

A tenuous link admittedly:

Josh Rouse Anything by him really. This is from ‘1972’

Leonard Cohen – Live in London is superb Jackson Browne and David Lindley – Love is Strange is pretty good too

Livin’ on the Fault Line

The under appeciated title track of an under appreciated album. Personally ….I love it

for Steely Dan, how about these for a start: Bodacious cowboys Felonius, my old friend Shine up the battle apple

Not a bad list. I would, however, find room for Eels’ Electro-shock Blues

Shelby Lynne’s Dustin Springfield tribute album ‘Just a Little Lovin’ is superb. You can hear a pin drop. But then it is produced by Phil Ramone.

Malcolm Lowry – Under the Volcano The sentences are very loooonnnngggggg

One of my earworms of this year

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This is all very interesting but nobody yet has advised the crucial importance of the right sort of butter in achieving toast nirvana. Put plainly, it has to be proper butter – ie expertly churned cream, […]

Thank you Martin. The Miyashita is a balm for the senses. I have been listening to some of the recent mixes on Headphone Commute dedicated to Ukraine. A little more unsettling perhaps but very moving.

Short and sweet is the way forward. There is a new series of ‘Ghosts’ on the Beeb from Friday – 30 minutes per episode and 6 episodes per series. ‘Detectorists’ is another to warm the heart and leave one wanting […]

Beautiful and mystical Goldfrapp

Mental as Anything’s ‘If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?’ …
…springs to mind.

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in […]

My view is that there is far too much light pollution. Do outdoor lights really deter burglars, or just make it easier for them to see what they are doing?