Not a million miles away, Mrs Wilson has just informed me that what she wants for Christmas is a squatty potty, after reading this article:

There was must a joke about a yule log there somewhere…

He was great in Edinburgh last night too, and it was the most quiet, attentive audience I’ve been a part of in a long time. Tempted to get tickets for Glasgow in March.

Thanks Nigel, not a bad hit rate! The unusual rhythm thing hadn’t occurred to me, but I do play the drums so maybe that’s what appeals to me about some of these songs. Track 2 I chose in part because I liked the […]

I didn’t realise there was new epic45 stuff on the way! Cheers for the heads up. They’re also playing a tiny venue in Glasgow for a fiver so I’ll need to add that to my list. And yes, I heard them first on a Word CD.

It’s been a relatively quiet year for gigs, but in the next few months I have Olafur Arnalds, Teleman, Gogo Penguin, Christine and the Queens and Young Fathers. And I’ve just just booked my first gig of next yea […]

The Final Front Ear by @NigelT

Track 1: Very Floyd-y, spacey guitar over organ. Doesn’t outstay its welcome even at 9 minutes. Reminds me of the New Zealand band The Phoenix Foundation, particularly in t […]

Space by @Mike_H

Track 1: Sparse piano over a drone (trumpet?) Reminds me of some of the stuff on Nils Frahm’s last album but don’t think it’s him. Short, atmospheric and enigmatic. Feels like a taster and I […]

And Hollyoaks!

Male
40-45 (just in that bracket and it still rankles)
Archive technician
Scotland
Scotland

Haha! I knew track 11 would be a love-it-or-hate-it one! The main artist (the one who’s singing, anyway) generally gets that reaction here. Your CD has had its three listens so my review is on its way. @NigelT y […]

Blu-ray will also be progressive rather than interlaced – a still from an interlaced video can give you ragged edges that will only become more obvious as you enlarge. So if you end up going from your DVD you […]

Yes Mike, thanks. I was holding off listening to it until mine was done, so it’ll get its first spin tonight.

@nigelT @Mike_H CDs finally in the post.

See also De La Soul’s Art Official Intelligence.

Inter Stella Overdrive
Stout of Time
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Martini

Brian May?

There Goes the Beer.

Mrs Wilson has just asked, as she occasionally does, if there is any interesting chat on the Afterword. ‘No dear, other than the general condemnation of your actions…’

Mrs Wilson has the endearing* habit of not putting CDs back in the proper case, just whatever one is handy. So while there are plenty of albums of hers in our combined collection that I’d like to listen to, the l […]

Nothing Better by the Postal Service has Ben Gibbard as the jilted boyfriend trying to convince his ex to come back, and Jen Wood as the unconvinced girl. Her first line is ‘I feel I must interject here…’