RIP Fred Smith. Overshadowed, as bassists so often are, but he was as essential to the sound of Television as everyone else. And, of course, he had a role in getting Blondie on the road to everything they would be m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4s5...

RIP Kenny Morris. Dextrous, precise, commanding, thrilling, never clodhopping - everything a great drummer should be m.youtube.com/watch?v=amd_...

RIP Steve Cropper. "There was no colour Stax. It was just a bunch of musicians making music. That’s all. We never did look at each other different from each other." m.youtube.com/watch?v=50xx...

RIP Brian Wilson. Many songs could be chosen; this one says more than just about any other m.youtube.com/watch?v=IsPH...

RIP Sly Stone. For all his many troubles, he leaves a rich legacy of extraordinary music. Not least this song, an impossibly tuneful song of hope, unity and encouragement - which found the room to be funny as well m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49v...

RIP George Wendt. "Boy meets beer. Boy drinks beer. Boy meets another beer" ; "Ankles, Cliffie" ; "There's a gentleman over here that thinks you know absolutely nothing about photosynthesis." For these and many other moments, thanks.

Shopping in style. Here's Terry with his Volcanic Tongue special edition in an OG Volcanic Tongue bag. That's how you do it. We have copies on sale in the shop and online. Highest possible recommendation. monorailmusic.com/product/volc... @reversediorama.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

Brand new in TNPC. First in quite a while. BLUE GENE TYRANNY - OUT OF THE BLUE (1977) thenewperfectcollection.com/2025/01/12/b...

Happy birthday Robert Wyatt, 80 today. Some years ago, I saw Wyatt being interviewed on stage. Asked what records he'd been listening to, he said: "I've been getting into singers who are really in tune. Nat King Cole, voices that occupy the centre of the note." Changed the way I hear music. 🙏

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