But the Scar, That Scar Remains
I may have mentioned it to you before, but I detest, absolutely detest, that whole ‘it’s so crap its brilliant’ we-love-kitsch stuff and so when I profess my undying love for this next record I’m not...
View ArticleIt’s Dirty, It’s A Pity
It’s dirty, it’s a pity And time ain’t exactly on our side There you go job done, that’s Four Horsemen Nobody said It Was Easy review in the bag in 12 words filched from the title track. Next! Hey it...
View ArticleYou Were The Fool
I was saddened today to see that the great sci-fi writer Frederik Pohl had passed away, aged 93; if you can be sad at someone passing at that age. I come from a geeky sci-fi stock and know my...
View ArticleBad Stuff / Good person
Key: Bad Stuff is this: Good Person is this: No idea what on earth caused this to my 1983 shaped picture disc of AC/DC Guns For Hire (bought in 1990 for £15). It’s never been exposed to water, or any...
View ArticleOne Step To The Side
Here’s a nice one, Fish A Gentleman’s Excuse Me, which due to my defective collector’s genes I ended up buying on 12″ picture disc and shaped picture disc, despite there being no extra tracks. In fact...
View ArticleWhole Lotta Metaphorin’ Going Down
Brain dead, totally tired, I needed a pick-me-up and here are the boys with a real doozie, ZZ Top Sleeping Bag. Not only that but it’s on a pharaoh shaped picture disc, a vinyl shape that has in...
View ArticleNa Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na!
On 28 February 1990 I came back from an open day at Leeds University with a vague idea I quite wanted to go there in October to study and, much more importantly, the shaped picture disc of Thunder...
View ArticleThe Goat In The Machine
Goat Live If You want It Udder The Bridge If You Want Blood, You Goat It Goat To Get You Into My Life Baby, Please Don’t Goat Kid Janie’s Goat Gun Billy’s Goat Gun The Future’s So Bright, My Goat...
View ArticleArrow Smith Attacked By Apes
I woke up singing this song in my head this morning, Christ knows what manner of Bangkok shocks I’d been dreaming of. Ah, well, whatever, never mind. Like a lot of European chaps Dude (Looks Like A...
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