It’s not like any other love
Thirty years ago today The Smiths released their first single. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: music
May 8, 2013
It shouldn’t matter to you
Razzmatazz is the great forgotten Pulp single. I remember picking up the 12″ single in a bargain bin of a local record shop, the kind of record shop that doesn’t exist anymore. It wasn’t particularly fancy, was geared more to mainstream stuff and that appeared to be what it sold. So, if you liked a more obscure song, it paid to wait a few weeks and then sift through the bargain bin. It was a good and cheap way of discovering new bands, or at least hearing bands I’d read about but couldn’t hear on the radio. Read the rest of this entry »
May 1, 2013
Beavertown and The Great Escape
The finest pint is the earned pint. After a proper day’s work there are few things better than that first sip of beer. Now, as something of a desk jockey by trade I don’t really have many days that genuinely deserve a drink of that nature as I’m not exactly physically exerting myself as I write reports/complete spreadsheets/answer dumb questions from colleagues/stare at a screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Video | April 26, 2013
White Lightning
As tempting as it is to raise a glass of industrial-strength booze in George Jones’ memory, I’ll probably be raising something slightly weaker in his memory tonight. Read the rest of this entry »
March 22, 2013
I’ll be your whatever you want
There is a pretty good case to be made that Cannonball by The Breeders was the best single of 1993. I think you could even make a case that it was the best single of the whole decade. If it happened to be someone’s favourite single ever I don’t think I’d be that surprised. Read the rest of this entry »
