A while ago Pat Thomas asked me if he could look at the material I was obliged to leave out of my book Hymns To The Silence: Inside the Words and Music of Van Morrison. Pat has been a great friend to the book (and although we have never actually met, to me) and IContinue reading “Ian Matthews and Michael Nesmith”
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…then she appeared…
Earlier this week fell the birthday of one Andrew John Partridge of Swindon, aka Andy Partridge of the band XTC. Or should I say, with some sadness, formerly of the band XTC. Yet being an optimistic sort, I hold that caveat to possibly be a temporary one because not only are all former members ofContinue reading “…then she appeared…”
…and I feel like a pinball…
Choosing the first song to write about on here should probably have been a difficult choice to make. But it wasn’t. In fact it came to me while walking around the supermarket. Probably uncoincidental. ‘Pinball’ by Brian Protheroe was a hit in 1974 during a period when , for strange and asbestos-related reasons, our schoolContinue reading “…and I feel like a pinball…”
Put The Needle On The Record…
Does anyone remember a show on Radio 1 (in the 247 Medium Wave era) called ‘My Top Twelve’? It was kind of like Desert Island Discs but for pop musicians. Saturday mornings, hosted by (I think) Paul Gambaccini. It was the first place I ever heard Van Morrison (courtesy of Leo Sayer, believe it orContinue reading “Put The Needle On The Record…”
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