Paging @vulpes-vulpes and @moseleymoles!

1. Son et Lumiere / Inertiatic E.S.P. by the Mars Volta: The opening track(s) from their first album, Deloused in the Comatorium. I love how atmospheric the start of […]

Cheers @moseleymoles! Glad you enjoyed some of it. It’s funny you say that about the soundtrack mood, I had to ditch another couple of tracks from movies as it was all getting a bit samey. I’ll post my track lis […]

Cheers @vulpes-vulpes! Plenty for me to dig into there. I must’ve listened to that Royksopp album recently, and I’ll be checking out Morgan Geist! I’ve definitely heard that Porter and May song before, but I’ve […]

I’ve been using Blackwells – generally cheaper than Waterstones and free delivery on everything.

My 4 year old’s favourite song is We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) by the Vengaboys. I’ve heard that more than any other song this year. I look forward to him discovering these other classics.

This has got fa-la-las and bum-bum-bums and oohs and who knows what else…

What’s that coming over the hill, is it a monster, is it a monster?

Probably not.

Cheers @vulpes-vulpes, glad you enjoyed most of it. On number 2 I’m afraid the hiss is indeed part of the track! Number 4, “the sense that a huge noisy section was imminent” suggests you are familiar with this […]

I love Mono. A brilliant live act too, although they mainly play sitting down so if you’re a short-arse like me you don’t see much. This is the first song of theirs I heard:

Here we go, @vulpes-vulpes. This came with rather snazzy cover and and a nice bit of blurb on the back setting up the theme in contrast to my own kind of rushed, just-scribble-your-name-on-the-disc […]

First up, @moseleymoles.

Moseley Moles – the Future
1. I recognise this one from the title, although I’ve never heard it before. Sparse drums, twangy guitars, pitch-shifted vocals, a little bit of organ. Som […]

I loved Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude but haven’t read anything of his since. Think I’ll add this to the Christmas list!

@moseleymoles got your CD at the weekend, mine are burned and ready to go as soon as I can get to the Post Office…

Job done! I’ll chuck my name in again.

These new Penguin editons are very classy looking. I’ve been picking up a lot of the Gollancz sci-fi Masterworks over the last few years (usually 2-for-a-fiver in Fopp) and there are some great books, but dear […]

Alligator is still my favourite, too. The run of Alligator-Boxer-High Violet is brilliant.

I started reading The Kraken Wakes about a month ago (2 for a fiver in Fopp) but since this has all kicked off I’m finding it hard to go back to. The coronavirus might finish off my taste for bleak sci-fi for g […]

About a month ago at parents’ evening, we were told our 5 year old daughter was struggling with reading and would benefit from one-on-one support which the teacher couldn’t always provide. We had been stepping up […]