Duh!

You got it Moose.

Oh Jim, lead us to better days.

I think the goosebump feeling I get when the vocal comes in at the beginning of Strange days is somehow because he is not just commenting on the period of his life and times, but […]

I find myself at odds with most of these judgments. To me the best studio albums are Strange days and Waiting for the sun. They are just so stylish and beautifully produced. The first album is great of course, but […]

Well, put me down with those who think that neither the USSR or China or Cuba were or are communist in any sense that matters, although of course Lenin, Mao and their followers clearly thought they had found the […]

When you least expect it, mate!

Oh god, the PhD declines even further in value.

Is it okay to spit at an old gentleman in a stylish peacoat?

Japan to beat S Africa? Naaah.

But wait — that’s what they did last time!

Illusion by Keith Richards (feat Norah Jones)

Thunder on the Mountain by Wanda Jackson

I’d rather be with the girls by Ronnie Spector

It means you can be Aunty Wheaty sometimes, if you want to.

and a Message to you Rudy!

Oh go on. You don’t even know me yet.

for a guy of his calibre …

and Sex Machine!

He was one of the factors that made world music happen and fusion happen. He was one of very few musicians in 60s rock that was actually respected by jazz musicians.

He had severe addiction and anger problems. […]

Get down on it — best dance tune ever!

A couple of tracks by the Reddings wouldn’t go amiss — “It’s Friday night / be a good time to get down”

What about the Neville Bros? e.g. Pocky Way, Lil’ Liza Jane, […]

Although I have to say in this clip Bill is not quite at his best and Charlie’s solo is quite weird …

The album Ginger made with those two was one of his best ever.

Who could ever better this?

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop.
They didn’t want to, ’twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And Pressed Rat’s collection of dog legs […]