1 – Diamond Mine – King Creosote and Jon Hopkins
2 – Hand. Cannot. Erase. – Steven Wilson
3 – Essence – Lucinda Williams
4 – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
5 – W […]

In a former life as a very junior civil servant in the Department for Trade and Industry in the late 80s/early 90s, I remember drafting a response for our Secretary of State, Nicholas Ridley, stating that he’d […]

I wouldn’t swear to making it through the full 10:19 *every* time but I’m still glad it’s there.

1 – Reckoning – R.E.M.
2 – On the Way to the Peak of Normal – Holger Czukay
3 – Dare – The Human League
4 – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
5 – Utopia Parkway – Fountains of Wayne
6 – M […]

Mmmmm. That’s one to add to my Trip Advisor places I want to visit list.

I think I always just assumed they were American and named after an anglicised version of a German name, or something.

That’s not by any chance the place that gave its name to Hasselback potatoes, is it?

Barnard Castle is a good 30 miles away. How were they planning on getting back if his eyesight hadn’t been good enough?

It’s not hugely clear though. A cup of flour, for example, can weigh anything from 120g to 150g, depending on how compacted it is.

I notice his copy of There Goes Rhymin’ Simon is in approximately the same position as mine, so I’m guessing he’s got those arranged alphabetically as well.

I wonder what he’s got in those protective dust […]

1 – Reckoning – R.E.M.
2 – On the Way to the Peak of Normal – Holger Czukay
3 – Marquee Moon – Television
4 – Dare – The Human League
5 – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
6 – Trans Europe […]

I remember seeing a great TV movie called Rogue Male with Peter O’Toole back in the 70s. I had no idea it was adapted from a book.

The one that always makes me uncomfortable is Jakko Jakszyk from King Crimson, who has a guitar with the ItCotCK album artwork on it. Which is tacky enough but somehow made even worse by the fact that he wasn’t a […]

Just the thought of that is enough to send a shiver down my spine.

And then repost this…

Number one best seller in Hair loss, it would seem…

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Not this one?

Never saw Queen, the Quireboys (!) or XTC, so blanks there.

Angelwitch
James Brown
Cud
The Damned
Echo and the Bunnymen
Frank Chickens
Genesis
Hawkwind
Iron Maiden
The Jam
Kraftwerk
L7
Minty
Ted […]

The Edge (band with Lu Edmonds/Jon Moss rather than behatted U2 guitarist)

Macho Man! That was a cracking single, IIRC. Very Stranglers-y.

I’m going with this… (And I’m not even particularly a Clash fan.)

3) Moving Hearts (those hearts *are* moving, aren’t they?)
12) The 4 of Us

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