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Forever Changes, Love
How does anyone get past track 1. As soon as you hear Alone Again Or, you just have to play it again. And again.
The rest is a bit like Small Faces/The Who at their whimsical worst.
How does anyone get past track 1. As soon as you hear Alone Again Or, you just have to play it again. And again.
The rest is a bit like Small Faces/The Who at their whimsical worst.
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Forever Changes, Love
How does anyone get past track 1. As soon as you hear Alone Again Or, you just have to play it again. And again.
The rest is a bit like Small Faces/The Who at their whimsical worst.
How does anyone get past track 1. As soon as you hear Alone Again Or, you just have to play it again. And again.
The rest is a bit like Small Faces/The Who at their whimsical worst.
Modern Life is Rubbish. Blur.
Blur barely being blur but becoming blur.
A bit bleh.
Blur barely being blur but becoming blur.
A bit bleh.
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Modern Life is Rubbish. Blur.
Blur barely being blur but becoming blur.
A bit bleh.
Blur barely being blur but becoming blur.
A bit bleh.
The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’
When it works it really works, but when it doesn't, which is more often, it doesn't. It's just a bloke whining on with a bit of music in the background. Not inspiring, not insightful, too inspid, too inconsequential.
When it works it really works, but when it doesn't, which is more often, it doesn't. It's just a bloke whining on with a bit of music in the background. Not inspiring, not insightful, too inspid, too inconsequential.
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’
When it works it really works, but when it doesn't, which is more often, it doesn't. It's just a bloke whining on with a bit of music in the background. Not inspiring, not insightful, too inspid, too inconsequential.
When it works it really works, but when it doesn't, which is more often, it doesn't. It's just a bloke whining on with a bit of music in the background. Not inspiring, not insightful, too inspid, too inconsequential.
A builder/sparky/chippy on the SOS big build was asked why he was giving up his time to help a stranger.
"Why wouldn't you?" He asked back. "If you've got the skills and the time why wouldn't you want to help someone who needs it? I don't understand why someone wouldn't."
"Why wouldn't you?" He asked back. "If you've got the skills and the time why wouldn't you want to help someone who needs it? I don't understand why someone wouldn't."
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A builder/sparky/chippy on the SOS big build was asked why he was giving up his time to help a stranger.
"Why wouldn't you?" He asked back. "If you've got the skills and the time why wouldn't you want to help someone who needs it? I don't understand why someone wouldn't."
"Why wouldn't you?" He asked back. "If you've got the skills and the time why wouldn't you want to help someone who needs it? I don't understand why someone wouldn't."
Leave it to pSmith, PG Woodhouse. It is obvious the PG is not a one trick pony, but when you've written about Jeeves and Wooster all else pales a bit, doesn't it? It's not Jeeves and Wooster; not the worst criticism.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Leave it to pSmith, PG Woodhouse. It is obvious the PG is not a one trick pony, but when you've written about Jeeves and Wooster all else pales a bit, doesn't it? It's not Jeeves and Wooster; not the worst criticism.
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Gardiner)
No. Here is where the operatic screeching really starts.
No. Here is where the operatic screeching really starts.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Gardiner)
No. Here is where the operatic screeching really starts.
No. Here is where the operatic screeching really starts.
Neutral Milk Hotel, ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’
I had never heard this album. I had never heard of this band. Now I have done both and that's all I need. I was as happy in my ignorance as I am on my enlightenment. No more, no less.
I had never heard this album. I had never heard of this band. Now I have done both and that's all I need. I was as happy in my ignorance as I am on my enlightenment. No more, no less.
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Neutral Milk Hotel, ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’
I had never heard this album. I had never heard of this band. Now I have done both and that's all I need. I was as happy in my ignorance as I am on my enlightenment. No more, no less.
I had never heard this album. I had never heard of this band. Now I have done both and that's all I need. I was as happy in my ignorance as I am on my enlightenment. No more, no less.
Revolver, The Beatles.
Two great songwriters who knew what they could do finding out they could do more. A good songwriter coming into his own. And a band at the top of its immaculate game.
It doesn't get any better. It gets different. But not better.
Two great songwriters who knew what they could do finding out they could do more. A good songwriter coming into his own. And a band at the top of its immaculate game.
It doesn't get any better. It gets different. But not better.
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Revolver, The Beatles.
Two great songwriters who knew what they could do finding out they could do more. A good songwriter coming into his own. And a band at the top of its immaculate game.
It doesn't get any better. It gets different. But not better.
Two great songwriters who knew what they could do finding out they could do more. A good songwriter coming into his own. And a band at the top of its immaculate game.
It doesn't get any better. It gets different. But not better.
Spem in Alium, Thomas Tallis
More choral singing, but sometimes it edges a little too close to operatic screeches.
More choral singing, but sometimes it edges a little too close to operatic screeches.
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Spem in Alium, Thomas Tallis
More choral singing, but sometimes it edges a little too close to operatic screeches.
More choral singing, but sometimes it edges a little too close to operatic screeches.
The Libertines, The Libertines
The nearly album. They were nearly stars, Pete can nearly sing, it's nearly a good album. But it isn't.
The nearly album. They were nearly stars, Pete can nearly sing, it's nearly a good album. But it isn't.
January 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The Libertines, The Libertines
The nearly album. They were nearly stars, Pete can nearly sing, it's nearly a good album. But it isn't.
The nearly album. They were nearly stars, Pete can nearly sing, it's nearly a good album. But it isn't.
Is multi-tasking the way to get things done? And does listening to music whilst going somewhere on the bus count as multi-tasking?
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Is multi-tasking the way to get things done? And does listening to music whilst going somewhere on the bus count as multi-tasking?
Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys.
⭐⭐⭐
It's slow for the most part. Nice but slow. It's really just lounge music for the hippy generation. But...but then it has God Only Knows and perfection is revealed on Earth for two minutes and fifty five seconds.
⭐⭐⭐
It's slow for the most part. Nice but slow. It's really just lounge music for the hippy generation. But...but then it has God Only Knows and perfection is revealed on Earth for two minutes and fifty five seconds.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys.
⭐⭐⭐
It's slow for the most part. Nice but slow. It's really just lounge music for the hippy generation. But...but then it has God Only Knows and perfection is revealed on Earth for two minutes and fifty five seconds.
⭐⭐⭐
It's slow for the most part. Nice but slow. It's really just lounge music for the hippy generation. But...but then it has God Only Knows and perfection is revealed on Earth for two minutes and fifty five seconds.
Josquin des Prez, Missa Pange Lingua
Hundreds of years after the Hildegard and there is a difference. Its more complicated with more, and contrasting but complimentary, voices. Or its polyphonic and contrapuntal, if you like. I still don't know what is going on, but I do like the noise it makes.
Hundreds of years after the Hildegard and there is a difference. Its more complicated with more, and contrasting but complimentary, voices. Or its polyphonic and contrapuntal, if you like. I still don't know what is going on, but I do like the noise it makes.
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Josquin des Prez, Missa Pange Lingua
Hundreds of years after the Hildegard and there is a difference. Its more complicated with more, and contrasting but complimentary, voices. Or its polyphonic and contrapuntal, if you like. I still don't know what is going on, but I do like the noise it makes.
Hundreds of years after the Hildegard and there is a difference. Its more complicated with more, and contrasting but complimentary, voices. Or its polyphonic and contrapuntal, if you like. I still don't know what is going on, but I do like the noise it makes.
The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck.A beautiful painting, painted beautifully. It draws the eye in, makes you wonder. The half with the woman is bright with greens and reds and blues. The half with the man is darker. There's a theory that it's of a man and his wife, who died in childbirth.
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck.A beautiful painting, painted beautifully. It draws the eye in, makes you wonder. The half with the woman is bright with greens and reds and blues. The half with the man is darker. There's a theory that it's of a man and his wife, who died in childbirth.
My sixth form life set to Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces album. Track 1 Accidents Will Happen, where I fall in lust on a coach back from Manchester.
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Accidents Will Happen
It’s the words that we don’t say…
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January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
My sixth form life set to Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces album. Track 1 Accidents Will Happen, where I fall in lust on a coach back from Manchester.
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Things you see in London town.
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Things you see in London town.
A Hatful of Hollow, The Smiths. When a compilation album wasn't just a compilation album. This shows up the lie that the Smiths were just Morrissey and Marr. The drums hit you over the head and the bass grabs the wrists and drags you away. And then Marr's guitars make noises like no other guitars.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
A Hatful of Hollow, The Smiths. When a compilation album wasn't just a compilation album. This shows up the lie that the Smiths were just Morrissey and Marr. The drums hit you over the head and the bass grabs the wrists and drags you away. And then Marr's guitars make noises like no other guitars.
Rubber Soul, The Beatles
A lot of highs but a lot of averages. I mean they are averages for The Beatles, so still pretty good, but not a consistent record.
A lot of highs but a lot of averages. I mean they are averages for The Beatles, so still pretty good, but not a consistent record.
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Rubber Soul, The Beatles
A lot of highs but a lot of averages. I mean they are averages for The Beatles, so still pretty good, but not a consistent record.
A lot of highs but a lot of averages. I mean they are averages for The Beatles, so still pretty good, but not a consistent record.
Hildegard von Bingen: A Feather on the Breath of God
I do like vocals that sound like an instrument and the music they produce is divorced from any lyrics.This is a wonderful example of the human voice as an instrument. And if you take spirituality from beauty then this is a deeply spiritual album.
I do like vocals that sound like an instrument and the music they produce is divorced from any lyrics.This is a wonderful example of the human voice as an instrument. And if you take spirituality from beauty then this is a deeply spiritual album.
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Hildegard von Bingen: A Feather on the Breath of God
I do like vocals that sound like an instrument and the music they produce is divorced from any lyrics.This is a wonderful example of the human voice as an instrument. And if you take spirituality from beauty then this is a deeply spiritual album.
I do like vocals that sound like an instrument and the music they produce is divorced from any lyrics.This is a wonderful example of the human voice as an instrument. And if you take spirituality from beauty then this is a deeply spiritual album.
The Importance of Being Earnest, The Noël Coward Theatre.The camping up makes you think about the real reasons for the Victorian double lives, but the joy of the play is in the words. Shaper than a vipers tooth and given full impact by actors who sounded like they loved throwing them at each other.
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Importance of Being Earnest, The Noël Coward Theatre.The camping up makes you think about the real reasons for the Victorian double lives, but the joy of the play is in the words. Shaper than a vipers tooth and given full impact by actors who sounded like they loved throwing them at each other.
Highway 61 revisited, Bob Dylan.
What, in the name of fuck, is Bob talking about? Like many great literary figures he could have used an editor.
The backing is consistently good, driving, and blues-based provided by Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper.
All in all, I see the appeal.
What, in the name of fuck, is Bob talking about? Like many great literary figures he could have used an editor.
The backing is consistently good, driving, and blues-based provided by Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper.
All in all, I see the appeal.
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Highway 61 revisited, Bob Dylan.
What, in the name of fuck, is Bob talking about? Like many great literary figures he could have used an editor.
The backing is consistently good, driving, and blues-based provided by Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper.
All in all, I see the appeal.
What, in the name of fuck, is Bob talking about? Like many great literary figures he could have used an editor.
The backing is consistently good, driving, and blues-based provided by Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper.
All in all, I see the appeal.
Follow number 3. @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Enthusiasm in human form.
December 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Follow number 3. @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Enthusiasm in human form.
Follow number two. @benaaronovitch.bsky.social . Looking forward to the next Rivers of London story, in whatever format it lands.
December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Follow number two. @benaaronovitch.bsky.social . Looking forward to the next Rivers of London story, in whatever format it lands.
Ms Holmes and Ms Watson, The Arcola.
Well that was odd. It owed as much to the TV show as the original books but played Holmes as more Downey demented than Cumberbatch cool. It was fun, included a Talking Heads gag, but had a too detailed exposition and unnecessary "in the next installment" ending
Well that was odd. It owed as much to the TV show as the original books but played Holmes as more Downey demented than Cumberbatch cool. It was fun, included a Talking Heads gag, but had a too detailed exposition and unnecessary "in the next installment" ending
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ms Holmes and Ms Watson, The Arcola.
Well that was odd. It owed as much to the TV show as the original books but played Holmes as more Downey demented than Cumberbatch cool. It was fun, included a Talking Heads gag, but had a too detailed exposition and unnecessary "in the next installment" ending
Well that was odd. It owed as much to the TV show as the original books but played Holmes as more Downey demented than Cumberbatch cool. It was fun, included a Talking Heads gag, but had a too detailed exposition and unnecessary "in the next installment" ending
For some reason I have lost all my follows after an extended gap from the Socials. So, clean slate. First follow: @mickeyundertone.bsky.social Essential listening every Friday night. Or later in the weekend for those of us who are out of a night. Or who get to bed by 9. I know which of those I am.
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For some reason I have lost all my follows after an extended gap from the Socials. So, clean slate. First follow: @mickeyundertone.bsky.social Essential listening every Friday night. Or later in the weekend for those of us who are out of a night. Or who get to bed by 9. I know which of those I am.