Thanks to an online suggestion, the refurbishment of our flat is now being driven forward by comparison with the "Welsh Wizard", the one and only Shakin' Stevens. There's a strong Welsh link with this blog, but this might be the first time I've had the pleasure of featuring someone from Ely. Or "Lower St. Fagans", as a taxi driver once told us the locals call it (Cardiff in-joke).
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Thursday, 13 September 2012
In Praise of Clutch
It would be great if
this was an article about the rather good band by the name of Clutch. In fact,
it wouldn’t be hard to write in praise of them, as their first album was an
absolute ripper. But no, it is with the third pedal in manual transmission cars
in mind that I write. And I’m not talking about “the” clutch. No. I’m talking
about the concept of clutch.
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Salsify your Soul
We went out last night to a free concert the district culture ministry had organised to celebrate Bogota being named as one of UNESCO's cities of music. In the line-up were La-33, who I'd never seen before, and Ondatropica, a collection of living legends from Colombia's musical past, partly guided by Quantic as a producer.
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Get Your Rocks Off
It’s a pathetic
attempt to spice up a tawdry tale of house renovation with an over-worked reference
to rock and roll, but there has been a noble tradition of glancing rock
references in the titles of the various texts in this blog, and chipping 50
year old tiles away from our cracked walls seems close enough to “getting your
rocks off” to warrant defiling the memory of Bob Dylan, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, the Rolling Stones and Primal Scream.
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