Durham cathedral sounds like it's going to be good Paul

Last week (Friday 12th) we went to one of my favourite venues, the Brudenell club in Leeds. It's difficult to encapsulate why this is such a special place but it is. Dry Cleaning were the main "act_ with a group called Softness as the support. Softness who I had never heard of were good. Unfort...

I continue to flip flop from one genre to another but right now I am enjoying Arvo Part a lot. His compositions reward multiple listening sessions.

Good choice of music LM. Quiet Christmas my end with no musical presents. After 30 plus years of mixing and matching kit I'm happy with my current system so I am continuing to slowly sell off my unused stuff, next will be 40/50/60 LPs that I don't play and the money will be invested in some fresh LP...

It looks remarkably similar to the old NVA premises at Hatley St George where I first met Richard back in 91 or 92.

I hope you make a full recovery Fret, hospital is definitely the best place to get over pneumonia

Clifton Chenier ~~~ Bogaluse Boogie.

Outside the skies are grey and it's blowing a hoolie but this is musical sunshine

Pere Ubu ~~~ Cloudland
I am not normally inclined to listen to music of my younger years but this was a rewarding exception. When released it was their most accessible LP at that point in their development

I am all over the place, TamTams latest release Ramble in the rainbow, lots of old school reggae and a bit of Shostakovich.

Neither Labour or the Conservatives resemble the parties I grew up around and that cannot be a surprise given the fundamental change in communications brought about by the web, social media, smart phones etc. Big money has always influenced politics, it's one of the few factors that hasn't changed b...