Wurlitzer jukebox
I could take or leave the BBC4 documentary Do it yourself: the story of Rough Trade last night (UK only, available for seven days after broadcast). The account – topped and tailed by the dismal Duffy – was largely of the inevitably jaded and drawn-out financial end of an undertaking begun with earnest idealism, and [...]
Daunt Square to elsewhere
I can’t claim to have summoned this out of the ether with my last post, but coincidentally it transpires that a Microdisney anthology is about to appear, making their music more widely available than it has been for some time. It includes six-tenths of The clock comes down the stairs, on which Cathal and Sean [...]
Juvenilia
There was a time when I would have point-blank refused to let pages from my fanzines see the light of day for a second time, as looking back on my efforts has routinely induced a muscle-wearying degree of wincing embarrassment. But it’s the distant past now and I offer what will be an ongoing selection [...]
