A Song A Day For A Year. 283/365. Nick Lowe, All Men Are Liars, 1990. Been rattling around my head for days. Genuinely no idea why. tinyurl.com/bdcttdkd
Just finished Graham Greene's wickedly mischievous Travels With My Aunt. Way ahead of its time and who couldn't fall in love with Aunt Augusta? I must read even more Graham Greene. ****
A Song A Day For a Year. 280/365. Terry Jacks, Put The Bone In, 1974. Insane. And, assuming it's not a metaphor, what happened next? tinyurl.com/mck78h9n
Farewell then Steve Bruce (and Steve Agnew and Steve Clemence). You have been temporarily replaced by Steve Dobbie and Steve Banks. Steve Evans eagerly awaiting developments.
Just finished Daniel Rachel's understandably exasperated Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story. Essentially The Specials, who didn't like each other and some lesser artists. A cautionary tale. **** @danielrachel.bsky.social
Just finished Ian Rankin's Rebus-redeeming (again) Standing In Another Man's Grave. Might be my favourite Rebus and not just because of the Jackie Leven title. It drips, drips, drips... **** @ianrankin1.bsky.social
A Song A Day For A Year. 276/365. The Beach Boys, al I Wanna Do, 1970. Those early '70s records were quite something. tinyurl.com/2h3puake @thebeachboys
A Song A Day For A Year. 269/365. Donna Summer, I Feel Love, 1977. All these years later, it's still music from another, better, planet. tinyurl.com/jcc3wjtz
Just finished Philip Short's masterful Mitterand: A Study In Ambiguity. FM was an unknowable giant whose pragmatic ruthlessness was leavened by sensuality. What a man, what a life and what a biography. *****
