The Answer Is, Stay
For various reasons this is by far my lowest time of the year and so I went to the Mighty … Continue reading The Answer Is, Stay
Category: Record collecting
Far-out Island
Now I may be guilty of slightly overrating my cultural influence but what the hell is wrong with you folks? … Continue reading Far-out Island
All Kind Of La De Fuckin’ Das
Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn’t know what crazy was if Charles Manson …was eating Fruit Loops on … Continue reading All Kind Of La De Fuckin’ Das
Jesu Swept
In the unseemly scrimmage of musicians heading for the exit door in 2016 I missed the passing of Prince Be … Continue reading Jesu Swept
The Floorspace Is Redesigned By Huge Blue Signs
It’s 2017 everybody, time to get lit up, get down and Paaaarrrttyy like it’s 1999!! Elsewhere. We are all about … Continue reading The Floorspace Is Redesigned By Huge Blue Signs
1537 vs. 2016
Welcome ladies, gentlemen, all non-binary folk, owlbears, and gelatinous cubes to this, my fifth annual 1537 Awards Ceremony, which was recently … Continue reading 1537 vs. 2016
Flying Sauce Attack
Don’t love my baby for her pouting lips Don’t love my baby for her curvy hips I love my baby … Continue reading Flying Sauce Attack
Trad. arr 1537
Well one man he drinks up his whiskey Another he drinks up his wine And they’ll drink ’till their eyes … Continue reading Trad. arr 1537
Another Broken Reindeer
I had moment of rare peace and seasonal tranquility last night as I sat, glass of Prosecco in hand, in a room … Continue reading Another Broken Reindeer
Clenched In Lust
So tell me what it feels like You tell me dearest one She turns around and takes her shades off … Continue reading Clenched In Lust
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sick Machine
The world is a sick machine Breeding a mass of shit With such a desolate conclusion Fill the void with… … Continue reading Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sick Machine
Roister And Sup
A man’s ambition must indeed be small To write his name upon a shithouse wall But before I die I’ll … Continue reading Roister And Sup
Debark The Log, Slop The Heavy Hog
Wafer thin The waif is in She’s chlorine clean and portion fed Feed the dog Slop the hog Shine the … Continue reading Debark The Log, Slop The Heavy Hog
And The World Drags Me Down
So what do Abba’s first #1 single in Costa Rica, Ann Peeble’s follow-up single to ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’, the … Continue reading And The World Drags Me Down
Hammy Horror
As the UK’s second-best writer once wrote in Sonnet 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. … Continue reading Hammy Horror
Let It Be … Sloppy
Yeah, I know I look like hell I smoke and I drink and I’m feeling swell Yeah, I hear you … Continue reading Let It Be … Sloppy
Winged Demons Are The Hardest To Outfox
I only picked up The Pretenders a couple of years ago but I’ve known and dug it for ever, great … Continue reading Winged Demons Are The Hardest To Outfox
The Basement Traipse
Gorgon-solar, anyone? here is the self-proclaimed ‘cosmic rock’ of Medusa: 150 gram vinyl slab of infinite blackness? Psychedelic sorcerer mind … Continue reading The Basement Traipse
The Goat In The Machine
Goat Live If You want It Udder The Bridge If You Want Blood, You Goat It Goat To Get You … Continue reading The Goat In The Machine
Behind These Shades The Visions Fade
You ever get stuck on a song? I do, often. Tonight I was spinning Mott The Hoople Greatest Hits, in … Continue reading Behind These Shades The Visions Fade
Pretty Little Ladies
White boy : I don’t think it’s a problem cuz most of the girls ask for it Kathleen : Uh … Continue reading Pretty Little Ladies
The Way I Use My Walk
This post is my entirely non-humble entry for the Film Soundtrack Festival which is being tirelessly and lovingly curated by … Continue reading The Way I Use My Walk
Specific State – Icy Kiss Mix
Hmm, alto sax, bird song, waves on the cover art … hmm, we’re in hurtling through the suburbs of Clichéville in a … Continue reading Specific State – Icy Kiss Mix
Freshly Squozen
Until I heard Graham Parker & The Rumour Squeezing Out Sparks I had him pegged as a very good product … Continue reading Freshly Squozen
Ballfire
Funny what you can learn from blogging isn’t it? I’ve learned all manner of things about architecture, Bulgarian death metal, … Continue reading Ballfire
Nice & Swirly
So there I was back in 1990 at Jumbo Records in Leeds, talking nonchalantly to the girl behind the counter … Continue reading Nice & Swirly
1-2-3-4 … Regrets, I’ve Had A Few
So there I was mindlessly browsing my way through some stuff on Discogs this afternoon, when I happened across this: … Continue reading 1-2-3-4 … Regrets, I’ve Had A Few
Baldness, Beach Keyboards, Bras, Bullrushes
Wow. I have just seen the light. I was a boy 5 minutes ago, now I’m a man. ‘Make It … Continue reading Baldness, Beach Keyboards, Bras, Bullrushes
Can’t Run Butt
Like most of the Western world I fell in love with Paul Simon’s Graceland album, coming from a household where … Continue reading Can’t Run Butt
The Heat On The Breeze
Don’t read another word, just play this: That video is pretty much all you need, Tinariwen’s leader Ibrahim Ag Alhabib … Continue reading The Heat On The Breeze