At The Movies – Frost/Nixon

We made a rare trip out to see a grown up film the other night and we picked a good ‘un. Frost/Nixon is based on the play of the same name and examines David Frost’s ultimately successful attempts to secure an exclusive series of interviews with disgraced former American President Richard Nixon. At its heart,…

A Failing Memory

My memory isn’t what it used to be. I was going to follow up the ‘Street to Street’ post with another on another North of England compilation – Bouquet of Steel – but I don’t actually seem to own it! Or at least not any longer. So I’ll continue this “series” in a couple of…

Back Street Boys

Having dipped into the early 80’s with my last post, today I feature a compilation LP also released by Open Eye Records. Although released in late 1979 ‘Street to Street – A Liverpool Album’ is not by and large a record that captures what became known as the Liverpool sound of the late 70’s/early 80s….

Systems Theory

I’ve just finished Neal Stephenson’s ‘System of the World’ and hence the complete Baroque Cycle. Everything I’ve said about the two previous books holds true about ‘System of the World’ – I am totally on awe of someone who can produce these novels. The trilogy is staggering, densely plotted, laden with memorable characters and based…

It’s Getting Later and Later

This has snuck up on me a bit. I listened to it a couple of times separated by a week or two. Then I listened to it  a few days ago for a third time it finally blew me away. ‘Power and Light’ may well get some attention given that it’s a single 25 minutes…

Rock The Boat!

Rock The Boat – De Rosa / Evan Crichton / You Already Know / Mitchell Museum – The Ferry, Glasgow – 10th January 2009 Saturday’s ‘Rock the Boat’ event at the Ferry in Glasgow provided a fine, varied bill, as these things are liable to do. And given that it was officially a covers evening…