How many times have you been watching a film or a television programme you really enjoy only for it to reach new heights with the addition of a song you love? It’s happened to me quite a few times and I wanted to put a video up which illustrated the point. After...
For anyone who has seen the film Dig! it wouldn’t be too unfair to surmise that the Brian Jonestown Massacre and in particular Anton Newcombe are at certain times anyway, as mad as a bottle of crisps. I feel it’s important to remember that they have some...
The music documentaries directed by Julian Temple are some of my favourites in the genre – The Filth and The Fury, Joe Strummer :The Future Is Unwritten and his latest Oil City Confidential about Dr Feelgood. In this clip from the Old Grey Whistle Test the...
I was in a bar till late last night with my friend Kevin and some others. The drink was flowing and we were allowed to play our own music by the bar staff which was very nice of them. The song we played most and subsequently sang all the way home was the very first...
I’ve just uploaded an article I’ve written on the criminally underrated songwriter Bob Lind. By way of celebrating the fact here is a grainy yet enjoyable clip of the great man performing his only hit single Elusive...
