Anyone for Tennis?

A completely unscheduled post this one but I feel compelled to offer a few thoughts on thsi evening’s awesome match at Wimbledon. I hate tennis because, if I get involved in watching a match, it can become so absorbing and hours of potentially productive time can just disappear. Which is exactly what happened this evening…

House of Suns

I’ve recently finished the latest Alastair Reynolds book ‘House of Suns’. Reynolds is one of my favourite authors who can always be relied on to tell a good story and HOS is no exception. In HOS, Humanity is a long surviving species watching civilisations rise and fall. When one of the Houses, the Gentian Line,…

The Twelve Legged Psychedelic Groove Machine

As this is my 250th post I thought I’d do something different to mark the milestone. I have a not insignificant number of live tapes piled up which require digitising and I thought it would be a good idea to share some of these in the coming months. Starting this endeavour off on my 250th…

The Damned United

I’ve recently completed ‘The Damned United’ by David Peace, a novelisation of Brian Clough’s 44 day stint as manager at Leeds United. Whilst the previous book I’d completed, ‘Quicksilver’, and ‘The Damned United’ are novels based to some degree on real events they are separated by the fact that the principal character in Stephenson’s book…

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

TV21- Citrus Club, 14th June 2008 It’s funny how quickly things can change. At the tail end of last year a TV21 set relied heavily on old material. Yet in the space of just two gigs the balance has shifted dramatically in favour of new material. After the live debuts in February of the excellent…

Walking With No Shoes or Socks

Here’s another LP that I’ve come to well after the hip cognoscenti and as is often the case it’s been one that has been dominating my listening for the last 2-3 weeks. Despite the fact that they’ve been recommended to me by several people over the last few months (including this) I knew the name…