Anyone out there got any interest in a couple of carrier bags worth of miscellaneous indie 7"s? Mostly from the mid/late 90s. Some sufficiently obscure that I didn't actually remember buying them... Collect from Bermondsey; feel free to come and have a rummage although the more you take the better... Otherwise I guess it's Freecycle (not having ( Read more... )

Sadly no tipi this year (the tipi people were all at Bestival instead, apparently), but Waveform was nevertheless once again splendid.
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Finlay-the-dog appears to be settling in reasonably well (he is currently snoozing over the other side of the room). ( dog behavioural details! )

Drive-by post: recommend me some music!

Just back from Climate Camp. Have large to-do list, but also many plans. And a cold (which may just be hay-related irritation: much of camp furniture was constructed largely or wholly from haybales, and it was v windy).

(One of my 101 things is to review some old albums.)

( Although they offer us concessions, change will not come from above! )

One of my 101 things is to review some old albums. (While I have internet.... who knows if the might of Telstra will reach Agnes Water?)

I am actually a day late with this but am going to let myself off. I wound up listening to this after getting a text from bluedevi saying that they were all sat on the beach at Camber Sands listening to it. So I sat on ( Read more... )

(one of my 101 things is to review some old albums)

( Hey kids, rock and roll is here, so scream all you like )

I am plugging away merrily on the old-albums bit of my 101 things list, but there's also something on there about new bands, and about getting recommendations from my friends. Obviously, this is an excellent opportunity to merge the two together ( Read more... )

(One of my 101 things is to listen to & review some old albums.)

( if I could make sense of it all )

(One of my 101 things is to listen to & review some old albums.)

( The Divine Comedy, 'Promenade' (warning: quite long! I adore this album.) )