Keith Knight
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Keith Knight
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Retired. Rejoiner. VdGG & Peter Hammill. Gigs, films, SF. Bath City FC and Somerset CCC. Reading Pepys’ diary daily.
My TiVo is showing The Lady From the Sea as a 1974 adaptation with Eileen Atkinson, Denholm Elliott, Carole Nimmons and Lynne Frederick.
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
John Sladek! Somewhat forgotten now but a fine writer. I remember where I bought that book - in a small Bristol bookshop in an underpass near what was then the Virgin Records shop. I bought Silent Corner from that Virgin.
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Sounds like a good house! I have never forgotten first hearing them on late night radio c 1970 - on Pete Drummond’s show I think.
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
That stormy painting is surely not a good omen.
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I read The Road to Corlay when it came out and quite often think of it now.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I will endeavour to resume normal service. Seriously thinking of voting for Adge Cutler and the Wurzels this round (justifiably).
January 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Also

Martin Carthy
Van der Graaf Generator
Adge Cutler and the Wurzels
The Monks

Among no doubt many others.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
A bit embarrassed actually.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I don’t remember this although I must have bought it (I always did)! Just before punk came in and lowered the average age.
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Thanks Rich. Four in the Top Six (gosh) and one unplaced!
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Excellent, off to see this in a couple of weeks.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I genuinely believe Martin Carthy has been one of the greatest public figures of my lifetime. Ceaselessly devoted to his art, always pushing forward with new approaches, uncompromised, collaborative, on the right side of things and a lovely bloke to boot.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Hi Rich. A fine five here I think and pretty ‘mainstream’ for once:

#5debutalbums9094

1 Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

2 Ride - Nowhere

3 Portishead - Dummy

4 Jeff Buckley - Grace

5 Godweensatan - The Oneness
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Yes, it’s so sad.
January 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM
‘Part-time Punks’.
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Jaxon had, of course, left months earlier!
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A good read!
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM