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TrypF commented on the post, getting off the bus 3 days, 6 hours ago

Most performers can have the 27 law applied to them – before that age, they are yet to settle down properly and are in a certain white heat of creativity. There are exceptions, of course, (Leonard Cohen) but by […]
TrypF commented on the post, Great guitar solos of these times 5 days, 2 hours ago

That Mary CC solo is a doozy.

My vote is for Jason Falkner’s ‘She Goes to Bed’ – starts messily quoting the melody line a al Cobain, ends up rich and euphoric. It’s one of Dave Gregory’s favourites too, FWIW. […]
TrypF commented on the post, On Track – Gong/Aimee Mann/Level 42 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Thanks for the heads up, Barge – I’m a big fan of Aimee Mann and have now ordered the book.
TrypF commented on the post, Album Discoveries That Changed Your Musical Direction. 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Six years old. My Dad travelled a lot, so the family vinyl had been abandoned for a small box of tapes for easy transportation. A new purchase appeared one day: big-ass headphones with the curly cord. After a […]
TrypF commented on the post, Having a laugh with Crowded House 2 weeks, 6 days ago

He announced it on Twitter that NF had informed him his services were not required any more in 2020. Hart was a gentleman about it, but expressed his surprise. Could be that that stint in Fleetwood Mac gave Finn a […]
TrypF commented on the post, Having a laugh with Crowded House 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Start with Together Alone Dave.

Must admit, after seeing Neil Finn in CH, with his brother and solo many times, that I’m disappointed in how he sacked Matt Sherrod and, after many more years service, the e […]
TrypF commented on the post, Non-alcoholic alternatives 3 weeks, 1 day ago

For non-alcoholic beers, I find Cobra Zero the best of an indifferent bunch, with Beck’s Blue the worst. I’m with Gatz, a chunky tumbler with tonic, ice and lemon (possibly a couple of drops of bitters) is a gre […]
TrypF commented on the post, British retail 4 weeks, 1 day ago

I frequent large newsagents as the music mags I buy are niche, but I don’t want to buy every issue. Back in the day (pauses to puff on pipe) there were some great independent newsagents near my work, but t […]
TrypF commented on the post, Greatest commentaries 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Oh my poor heart Dai, can’t take too much of this. Man, what a game. Myself and Turtleface of this parish have been following the fun and larks as it happened. I had Sco/Fra nailed on as a title decider. What do I know?
TrypF commented on the post, Greatest commentaries 1 month, 4 weeks ago

It was, though Ieuan was a yard from the line by then. It was, indeed, a hell of a game, rivalled only by Wales Scotland 2010 and a couple of England ones.
TrypF commented on the post, Greatest commentaries 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Me and one of my Welsh mates can be relied upon at most games to relive Bill Mclaren’s commentary from Ieuan Evans’ try against Scotland, which I can’t find an excerpt of on YouTube.

“I don’t know if you’ve […]
TrypF wrote a new post, The one member who just doesn't last… 1 month, 4 weeks ago

I’ve been on something of a Squeeze listening binge of late, and can’t help but notice from liner notes (and following on, Wikipedia) that they’ve been through an excessively large amount of bass players, eight in […]
TrypF commented on the post, Successful musical offspring of well-known actors, artists, writers, etc 2 months ago

Floyd bassist and top raconteur Guy Pratt is the son of Mike Pratt, Hopkirk in “Randall and Hopkirk, Deceased”. Power pop genius Jason Falkner is son of Avery Falkner, an abstract expressionist painter of some note.
TrypF commented on the post, Quiz Time! Redux 2 months, 2 weeks ago

13. The Waitresses?
TrypF commented on the post, Lickerish Quartet / Threesome Vol. 2 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ok, let me get my trainspotter’s notebook out. I spotted…

The intro and 3:30 synth washes are quite Frankie to these ears, in fact the whole thing has a Trevor Horn glossy production. Speaking of […]
TrypF wrote a new post, Jeremy Porter and the Tucos – Candy Coloured Cannonball 2 months, 3 weeks ago

What does it sound like?:
There’s a kind of music that falls through the cracks of traditional rock-journo classification. Somewhere in the middle of a Venn diagram of punk, traditional rock’n’roll, garag […]
TrypF commented on the post, Engaging with famous people over social media when they acknowledge you. 3 months, 1 week ago

Andy Patridge, before Twitter barred him, responded very kindly to my shameless flattery a couple of times. Jez Ashurst of Farrah replied to my question about a new album (not a peep for years from them, though). […]
TrypF commented on the post, Have you ever been in a musical group now before or since and are you willing to tell us all about it? 3 months, 1 week ago

I second that last point. I’ve been lucky enough to be in quite a few bands, and nobody particularly poisonous in any of them, but have endured many shows with other bands containing at least one arsehole, and […]
TrypF commented on the post, Have you ever been in a musical group now before or since and are you willing to tell us all about it? 3 months, 1 week ago

My avatar shows me on stage with my last band, Neil Gowans and the Winos, fronted by another member of this fraternity, Turtleface. I was in the band for about 11 years, not a bad effort for blokes in their 40s […]
TrypF commented on the post, Free Prog for Christmas 4 months, 1 week ago

..and for those of you who like their Prog a bit folky, there’s a free sampler from Big Big Train’s English Electric Recordings, linked from Prog magazine. 5 BBT tracks, plus 2 each from Dyble/Longdon and Nick […]
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