Queen, Eagles, and Abba Greatest Hits albums? What is this, Alan Partridge’s glove compartment?

I don’t like discos at weddings; they seem to ruin the fun with all the enforced jollity. I’ll get me […]

“Yeah, well that’s just your opinion, man”. But good luck to the fans of Abba. We’re all different.

That said, if I want life affirming pop with wonderful melodies, superb production and great singing, give […]

“Chiquita”? “Eagle”? “Fernando”? This is ironic squarecore. “Dum Dum Diddle”? That was a good one.

If we are going for mainstream melodic, give me Barry Manilow, any day. Tunes, and show tunes, no […]

Abba are real “Young Conservatives Disco” fare. Note the other kinds of acts Conservative like; Eric Clapton, Spandau Ballet, and Phil Collins after he left the weirdo stuff and jazz behind. Kids, just say “no”.

Frank Zappy
Gang (actually, that’s pretty good)
The Sweat
Fat Lizzy
Poxy Music

Love these shows. Welcome to academic life.

It was Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins who really shafted Genesis. In this month’s Mojo, Mike is pissy about playing “Apocalypse in 9/8” in the forthcoming dates. Phil Collins used to like sneering at […]

IMHO, Dismal. Another dreary Roger Waters solo job. Presume the other chaps had addictions that had to be paid for and these took priority. OOAA.

I have long stopped caring. I’ve been a fan over the years, but they are so over-exposed as to the music having stopped meaning much. Gilmour is a fab guitarist who needs a foil to bring out his best, and […]

And “The Hissing of the Summer Lawns” is so good it was in twice at 46 and 70.

I far prefer the 11 to 20 albums. I’m that kind of guy. Second best. But there again, the second mouse gets the cheese from the mousetrap.

For a while now I’ve thought the brains are no longer in music or politics. So where have they gone? It certainly ain’t management.

It’s so depressing. The Orange One will be remembered as an early 21st century Nero or Caligula, and is a proper third-world monster leader. Meanwhile, the Democrats don’t seem to be able to lay a convincing […]

Not being a confirmed bachelor, I am probably not the target market for Eurovision. Frankly, I’d rather see “Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts”.

My thoughts exactly.

This is what we want. As a “broad-minded” rock music fan, I am all for salacious details and prurient insights, ideally supported by photographic evidence. More please.

I’ve long been a big fan of chitlin’ circuit 50s r’n’b, and the more I understand about the history of popular music, the more I am aware of the Sister Rosetta Sharpes, Andre Williams’s, etc. As a rock fan, […]

The mem and I watch gritty Netflix series from the international thrillers section. Currently on an intricate bollycrime set in Mumbai over 20 years. Previously enjoyed series from Korea and Russia. Lots of good […]

I didn’t like being in a car when we’d all been getting stoned. This seems like idiocy to me. What japes, indeed.

John Martyn squandered a sublime musical reputation by being an addled shitbag who should have received a bit more of what he dished out to learn some humility long before he died. Artistic temperaments are often […]