Set the controls for timeless.. #5DebutAlbums8589

Because nobody rhymes like Rakim.. #5DebutAlbums8589

Only a new Delines record can save us..

Hell, this guy just appeared out of nowhere!..FULLY formed!!.. #5DebutAlbums8589

This is one of the best debuts of ‘88 and still maybe the best record since then.. #5DebutAlbums8589

Deciding on a couple of new LP frames going up.. ..and at the kids’ suggestion.. “What about old grumpy bollocks?..”

“The music is almost completely instrumental, except for occasional screams..” #5DebutAlbums8589

If, like the Sex Pistols, you’re gonna chuck all your ideas & ideology into one big bold basket of a debut, it helps if all your tunes are brilliant too!!.. #5DebutAlbums8589

Still gives me a strange sensation..

Give ‘Em Enough Hope.. #5DebutAlbums0509

‘Black Codes from the Underground’..an instant classic trailblazer that massively inspired all those brilliant young cats amid the mid 80’s jazz scene on both sides of the pond..go Young Lions!!..

Seriously, is it even possible to sing better than this?..imagine if he took his hands out of his pockets..

More Songs About Hustings and Roofs.. #5DebutAlbums0509

On this day in ‘84..I wish to stay forever..

Dickensian Days.. #5DebutAlbums0509

Been meaning to revisit this for ages..I needed to brush up on my Heavy Metal Drummer edits..

Despite busy being psychedelic, ‘Love My Way’ is one of the finest pop records of the 80’s..

Daft pub is playing at my house..

Tonight’s Moviedrome double-bill rental from the off licence downstairs..

You think you’re mysterious, you cannot be serious..

Don’t say I’m mercenary..that’s unnecessary..

Your face is a foreign food..I really don’t know if I should..

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.. * Great Pyramid of Giza * Colossus of Rhodes * Hanging Gardens of Babylon * Lighthouse of Alexandria * Mausoleum of Halicarnassus * Statue of Zeus * Temple of Artemis Seven Wonders of the Modern World..

Don’t let it get you down..

My..🤔..(cough) FIFTH Cafe Bleu..high street’s booming..💙

On the assumption that it can’t be a reissue if it’s a first time on vinyl, then this might be ‘first time on vinyl’ of the year..🔥🎶

We interrupt Storm Chandra for some little fluffy clouds..

Our little band in the early 80’s used to record home demo’s on a 2-track cassette recorder which very niftily had its own built-in drum machine..we called it ‘Sly’ because it never ever let us down.. RIP 💚💛❤️

Blue Monday..

Tonight’s Moviedrome double-bill rental from the off licence downstairs..

I’m re-reading FEAR to see if we have any excuse..of course we don’t..it’s all here..

Lazy Sunday?..lazy Bowie..

When you kick off your new long-player with ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ and the rest of it still holds up, well, you might be on to something..

Issue One contains FREE Jack London flick book..yours to cut out and keep..

Eden to Zen Arcade and everything in between might be my favourite year in music..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Heartbreaker’ by Ryan Adams (2000) and that whole singer-songwriter acoustic vibe that developed from the burgeoning Americana scene late 90s..this is still the high bar, even if it deserves much of the blame for an invasion of pale imitators..

This was Guildford Skate Park back in the day and by my reckoning, I’m now standing in the Zeppelin Bowl..perhaps the first I’ve been in there and not landed on my head..but there’s still time..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Cease to Begin’ 2007 is Band of Horses at their most Band of Horses..in other words, timeless, ethereal, unclassifiable and catchy as fuck..

Every year without fail..it’s the only diary I keep..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Dogrel’ by Fontaines D.C. (2019) because sometimes there’s a band..sometimes there’s a band..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: probably I should include the artist of the century and this is ‘another’ masterpiece..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘XTRMNTR’ by Primal Scream: which in 2000, sounded like a blueprint for the future of rock & roll in the 21st Century..and in 2026, sounds like a blueprint for the future of rock & roll in the 21st Century..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Surf’ by Roddy Frame (2002) because if we’re all really honest, THIS is the follow-up to ‘High Land, Hard Rain’ that we always wanted..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Post American’ by Dead Pioneers (2024) because this is one bold, blazing meteor of a mission statement and sometimes ‘anger’ feels like the only emotional response that’s appropriate..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century: ‘Home Again’ by Michael Kiwanuka (2012) because there’s very few albums where EVERY song is a perfect composition..this is one of them..

I’m posting some of my favourite records this century..The Fitzgerald by Richmond Fontaine is as beautiful as it is barren, bruised & brutally honest. Ultimately it feels timeless because however good life can get, even if it’s just ‘hope’, there’s always someone, somewhere who’s suffering like this

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you: My 21st and after a mad night on the beers we strolled up Primrose Hill with a bottle of Champagne & a skateboard. Days later, after a midnight descent, carnage wipe out and a stroke, I woke in the Royal Free.. Last year I revisited the crime scene:

If the Kooks were playing in my local I’d rather clean the shit out of the chicken coop..

Just another hard case..

Sound Clinic, my very first band, way back, early 80’s around Woking and some of whom, I haven’t seen since.. Last night we reformed for about 10 seconds..