Puneta!
Estaba pensando sobreviviendo con mi sister en New Jersey Ella me dijo que es una vida buena alla Bien rica bien chevere, Y voy! Puneta! Ahh, … Continue reading Puneta!
Category: Rock
Both Barrels: No Irony, No Distance
Here’s one that’s got me properly fired up again, Neil Young Freedom, out in ’89, picked up by me in … Continue reading Both Barrels: No Irony, No Distance
Mean Mistreater
I guess I’m just that kinda guy. I do a little bit of mechanics every now and then, when someone … Continue reading Mean Mistreater
The Battle’s Fought And The Game Is Won
Here you go, record #3 of the 1537*, Queen A Kind of Magic, I remember cleaning out our goat shed … Continue reading The Battle’s Fought And The Game Is Won
2.1 Singles
Having spent my Saturday painstakingly fighting a wallpaper border, taking a hard-won victory inch by bloody inch, I’m more than … Continue reading 2.1 Singles
Don’t Dog Me
I can’t speak French, baby, but No more l’amour I had wanted to hear some Raging Slab for years but … Continue reading Don’t Dog Me
ALADATTYLAE
Here you go, two random records plucked from my shelves just as I plucked them both from the shelves of … Continue reading ALADATTYLAE
Bones a-Jingle When We Fall
Bones a-jingle when we fall But little red drops are no obstacle For I would bury myself to hold you darling … Continue reading Bones a-Jingle When We Fall
A Water-Washed Diamond
I was an avid comic book collector when I was a kid^ and my favourite line for years was a … Continue reading A Water-Washed Diamond
A Bad Case Of Eightiestrebleosis
What a difference actually sitting down and listening to an LP makes on your pre-conceived ideas of it. Sometimes. Well, … Continue reading A Bad Case Of Eightiestrebleosis
Jackalope Season
Howdy! As I gear myself up for re-entering the world of work again tomorrow morning I find I’ve been drawn … Continue reading Jackalope Season
One In A Million
Now here’s one I’ve not played in a long, long time Guns n’ Roses Lies! The Sex, The Drugs, The … Continue reading One In A Million
Clutch Live: Ritz, Manchester 10-07-13
I woke up this morning sweaty and still tired from the night before, with sore legs from dancing, a hoarse throat … Continue reading Clutch Live: Ritz, Manchester 10-07-13
Time’s Running Out
Ladies and gentlemen let us raise a glass tonight to all those road warriors, Transit van dogs and rockers who play … Continue reading Time’s Running Out
Anger Burns
Anger burns inside of me Give me a war to fight I’m feelin’ cold, feelin’ restless Out on the streets … Continue reading Anger Burns
Ween We Were Kings
I blew the chance to see Ween at Leeds Duchess of York* when I was at university, a far hipper … Continue reading Ween We Were Kings
Greatest Greatest Hits
I’ve just spent three days away in the Lake District camping with family, with all the usual laughing, walking, eating, playing … Continue reading Greatest Greatest Hits
Hell HoL
As regular readers know I like being a cheery sort, bountifully dispensing ‘I love this’ and ‘I love that’, in … Continue reading Hell HoL
Wait For The Ricochet
Rather incongruously I first heard that Jon Lord had died from my friend Will in the wonderfully plush glass-and-plants-and-chrome lobby of … Continue reading Wait For The Ricochet
Coming Down Slow
A visit to another dusty corner of my collection today for Cherry Bombz Coming Down Slow, recorded at the Marquee … Continue reading Coming Down Slow
Touched By The Hand Of Ofra Haza
Don’t you just love progress? well, not if you’re a goth it seems. Now The Sisters of Mercy changed my … Continue reading Touched By The Hand Of Ofra Haza
The Shame of 1537
I’m an obsessive collector and cataloguer of music, but you already know that. My records sit there all proud and … Continue reading The Shame of 1537
Trollgasm – 9:18
Okay, okay I’ve held off long enough, Endless Boogie – Long Island, this LP got me so hot under the … Continue reading Trollgasm – 9:18
P.O.T.USA Good Day
It’s funny, some times you only really notice you’re having a really good time as a family afterwards, other times … Continue reading P.O.T.USA Good Day
Blown Video
Not being one to shirk a challenge I thought I’d write about a nadir today, one for my favourite band no … Continue reading Blown Video
In The Future … Grrr !
In 2005 news began to come through of an exciting new alt-rock band from Canada called Black Mountain who had … Continue reading In The Future … Grrr !
Crucial Velocity
Okay this is cheating I know that 1537 is supposed to be a bit of a retrospective gig but I … Continue reading Crucial Velocity
Judgment Night Judgment
Judgment Night to my mind is proof that a great soundtrack doesn’t necessarily need a great film to be tagged … Continue reading Judgment Night Judgment
Marillion Predict The Internet
So here I am once more In the playground of the broken hearts One more experience, one more entry in … Continue reading Marillion Predict The Internet
Oasis & The Forbidden Rhyme
Patriotism is something I find a bit confusing, well, outside the context of rugby anyway* – possibly the legacy of a vaguely hippy … Continue reading Oasis & The Forbidden Rhyme